***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

Dr.Rieux

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Got sms from co-worker. Asked if i am selling Ford... Some friend wants to buy it.

Told her 200eu and they can take it as it is. good old fordie was a great horse. If it can help someone else, they may it be!

Its my birthday this month, so that would be 200eu to spend on lego!

My birthday early next month. And my girlfriend has already got the Lego for me. It was in the boot of my car and all, taunting me. Only 5 weeks to wait

renofan

Can't beat the aul Lego. I've the VW Splitty Camper Van to do and can't wait to get at it!

On another note I'd a brilliant day today. A friend of mine recently got back a '75 MGB softop that he bought 2 years ago. It had being lying in a shed up North for 22 years and he got a crowd in Belfast to do a total restoration. Car is like new. And to beat it all it had only 38k miles done!

Well today we spent about 3 hours doing back roads of Kildare with the roof down the whole time. A feeling you can't beat, its what motoring is all about.

Big Nasty

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Manager at work wants to buy my car within the next 3 weeks. He has been asking about it for months. could be a good way to get rid of it. 3 weeks to find something to buy aint easy though

E46 Coupe - end of.

skyhighflyer

Saw a Mazda RX8 reg 09-D-31 today. Nice car and all, but astounded somekne would pay €2,350 motor tax for one.

Dr.Rieux

Dr.Rieux wrote: »

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Just noticed that Barry Barry closed his account

Bummer, decent chap

Ardennes1944

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

insurance on the TT aint happening
cooper s/325/93 aero

Gone off the e60 idea?

challengemaster

RoverJames wrote: »

Gone off the e60 idea?

I think anyone under 35-40 shouldn't even have an e60 idea unless it's specifically to have an M5... :pac:

Same goes for the aul Saabs. They're just not aimed towards younger people.

Ardennes1944

challengemaster wrote: »

I think anyone under 35-40 shouldn't even have an e60 idea unless it's specifically to have an M5... :pac:

Same goes for the aul Saabs. They're just not aimed towards younger people.

i like owning cars that younger people wouldnt usually drive though

an e60 would be nice but more than what i want to spend for performance received really. and i wouldnt like trying to maintain it parts wise

For Forks Sake

Todays WTF-mobile goes to this http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4661632

Ded_Zebra

Dr.Rieux wrote: »

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Just noticed that Barry Barry closed his account

The golf that he just put up on the "post a pic of your cat thread" is up on donedeal in the classics section.

I see that the contact name on the ad is Carl so I was wondering if he used to be Cgal

dgt

The high pressure feed let go, pissed the oil everywhere almost killing the engine and turbo in one swoop. The lovely new Millers oil I'd just put in is now all over the yard.

I'm quite annoyed at the whole episode but glad it happened at home, not while driving

New pipe and filter will be ordered asap

Mr Benevolent

challengemaster wrote: »

I think anyone under 35-40 shouldn't even have an e60 idea unless it's specifically to have an M5... :pac:

Same goes for the aul Saabs. They're just not aimed towards younger people.

You've obviously never driven a Saab 9-5 properly.

Ardennes1944

MCMLXXV wrote: »

E46 Coupe - end of.

the fact the interior scratches so badly annoys me. id have to wrap everything

Stheno

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You have your options narrowed down - E36/E46 BMW or an Audi TT. Easy decision :P

Top Gear was absolutely class tonight!!!

Twas

Confab

Confab wrote: »

You've obviously never driven a Saab 9-5 properly.

The normal ones are a bit boaty cornering, to be fair.

Mr Benevolent

RoverJames wrote: »

The normal ones are a bit boaty cornering, to be fair.

Ah, I drove a 9-5 Aero. Big difference I assume.

MetzgerMeister

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

insurance on the TT aint happening
cooper s/325/93 aero

Ah that sucks

Out of the 3 of those, I would go 325 because I have never been in or driven the Cooper S or 93 but I would imagine the cooper is a hoot and a half!! Is the S supercharged?

Alanstrainor

The old S is supercharged alright. Would love one.

Ded_Zebra

Am I the only person who just does not like the new Minis? I just think they are big and ugly and a diluted fake of the real thing. They might well be fantastic, but even if they were the best car in the world ever I still wouldn't have one.

MetzgerMeister

Lemme guess, the new one is a bloody diesel???? :rolleyes: :pac:

Ardennes1944

Nope, turbo 1.6 petrol. R53 is supercharged and r56 is turbocharged.
There ain't really any nice 325s catching my eye though, nor any 328/323 e36s. There's two opc corsas gone up in the last week but both have pretty high mileage.

MetzgerMeister

I have a feeling that it's going to be more of a nightmare for everyone here than it will be for you in picking your next car :pac:

Ardennes1944

Well you know what it was like last time

166man

In my very uneducated opinion Ardennes, I'd have the Cooper S Supercharged.

Could very easily see one of them being a car I own in the next few years tbh.

Ded_Zebra

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Just because its called Mini? If it was called the usual BMW name like would it be OK?

I would like it if it was it's own thing, if that makes sense.

If it didn't look anything like a mini I would probably like it (provided it didn't look like a bag of shoite). I don't mind it using the mini name much like VW keep using Golf.

166man

I'll just leave this here..

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4291002

There's one way of getting people to view your ad...:pac:

Bigus

166man wrote: »

I'll just leave this here..

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4291002

There's one way of getting people to view your ad...:pac:

Should be in
Bang HER nomics

It won't help sell the car , already alienating 50 % of the buyers

Dord

Bigus wrote: »

Should be in
Bang HER nomics

It won't help sell the car , already alienating 50 % of the buyers

What an awful ad...

thecomedian

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

insurance on the TT aint happening
cooper s/325/93 aero

That's a pain in the ass, did u try a broker?

challengemaster

Dord wrote: »

What an awful ad...

What ad? :pac: