***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

Alanstrainor

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4827437

just like an ugly girl with a nice personality. awful on the outside but strangely nice on the inside.

I like them....*runs*

Toyotafanboi

its probably an unreliable dog... that said, its probably a lovely car when its working! if i was given it for free i'd definitely drive it.

Alanstrainor

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

its probably an unreliable dog... that said, its probably a lovely car when its working! if i was given it for free i'd definitely drive it.

Yeah definitely, I'm a sucker for quirky cars like that I guess. The Avantime was another cool recent enough renault.

dgt

Really need this turbo on asap.... This wastegate issue is really annoying me at this stage....

MetzgerMeister

dgt wrote: »

This wastegate issue is really annoying me at this stage....

:rolleyes:

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

:rolleyes:

At least you can change yours relatively easily!!!

dar83

dgt wrote: »

At least you can change yours relatively easily!!!

Yeah, you'd think he'd have it sorted by now really...

:P

Ardennes1944

think he just likes to be able to complain about it

dar83

On another note, does anyone fancy some carbon fibre vinyl wrap?

Have a big roll of it here and I'm 99% sure ill never be using it again. Think the size I bought was 150cmX200cm and I've only used about a fifth of it, if even.

Gary ITR

Seems we made Q's news

Only 6 days to go until race 1

gollywog

Had a dream I bought a merecedes c63 amg black last night.... Waking up sucked

tossy

dar83 wrote: »

On another note, does anyone fancy some carbon fibre vinyl wrap?

Have a big roll of it here and I'm 99% sure ill never be using it again. Think the size I bought was 150cmX200cm and I've only used about a fifth of it, if even.

How much are you looking for it ?

Ardennes1944

Went to take the 6" inch backing plate off the DA for the first time and the locking mechanism appears to broken :mad:
Eventually got it off with my Dad and the backing plate itself now is even bent a bit. **** sake, gonna email Larry straight away.

ba_barabus

Love those days where I clean the car and then go for an evening drive just for the hell of it

ShadowHearth

I just dropped of misses in train station. She is off to Dublin then to Austria Vienna for a week to her sisters. So me and our boys ( 2x sausage dogs ) alone for a week.

To make it worse I got Mazda back for a week and forecast is shiet...

Big Nasty

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I just dropped of misses in train station. She is off to Dublin then to Austria Vienna for a week to her sisters. So me and our boys ( 2x sausage dogs ) alone for a week.

To make it worse I got Mazda back for a week and forecast is shiet...

Oh, Vienna! :pac:

Autosport

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I just dropped of misses in train station. She is off to Dublin then to Austria Vienna for a week to her sisters. So me and our boys ( 2x sausage dogs ) alone for a week.

To make it worse I got Mazda back for a week and forecast is shiet...

I miss Vienna They love their cars

Fingers crossed i'll be going back for a few months

dgt

Wahey! Tank full for the first time in weeks!!! Lets not talk about the cost for filling a near empty 70 litre tank + filler.....

Back to measuring my mpgs

Ardennes1944

In other news I got 160miles for €50 petrol in the 325 which is only about €6 more than the Astra and that included lots of tunnel runs too!

Toyotafanboi

hit a nice little milestone tonight, 140k

dar83

tossy wrote: »

How much are you looking for it ?

Well it was more a question of giving it away really. But if you want to give me anything for it a tenner will do to cover petrol or whatever if I meet you somewhere to give it. I'll unroll it and see how much is left first if you want.

vectra

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Went to take the 6" inch backing plate off the DA for the first time and the locking mechanism appears to broken :mad:
Eventually got it off with my Dad and the backing plate itself now is even bent a bit. **** sake, gonna email Larry straight away.

I don't recall any locking mechanism on mine. I got a little spanner to hold the shaft while spinning off the backing plate.

TestTransmission

vectra wrote: »

I don't recall any locking mechanism on mine. I got a little spanner to hold the shaft while spinning off the backing plate.

Same on mine.

L-M

Same on mine.

Ardennes1944

if you take off the black piece there is a button to lock the rotating part like a normal grinder.
i did get the plate off in the end but it was ridiculously tight and the backing pad got warped a little because i had to put so much force against it

MetzgerMeister

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

if you take off the black piece there is a button to lock the rotating part like a normal grinder.
i did get the plate off in the end but it was ridiculously tight and the backing pad got warped a little because i had to put so much force against it

I think you've made an absolute AR$E out of something very simple :pac:

Ardennes1944

Nope, I haven't. I worked in an engineering fabrication job for almost 2years so I know grinders etc!
I didn't even tighten the plate when I put it on first, hand tight only.
My dad and his apprentice said it was broken too

dgt

How old is it?

Ardennes1944

About a month, only used it since Monday though

dgt

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

About a month, only used it since Monday though

Oh! Just wondering if it could be a manufacturers defect....