***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

Matt Simis

Matt Simis wrote: »

Science!
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/

Science fail, I'm in America at the moment, lots of grand cher's about.

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Yeah I would be if they had any inclinations to repeat what I'd do to his wife! :pac:

Keep at the weights :pac:

dar83

MugMugs wrote: »

You know the score...... Pics or......

Can you not tell from the furious quick fire shots from the camera as she was leaving the driveway that he tried his best.

Only once the husband had already exited the driveway and was out of sight though. Haha :pac:

Autosport

Two garda check points in two days. First one exiting the M9 and Second entering the M9, I didnt know my Astra attracts so much attention

Bpmull

Autosport wrote: »

Two garda check points in two days. First one exiting the M9 and Second entering the M9, I didnt know my Astra attracts so much attention

The m9 seems to have cameras and gardai checks a good bit. Specially between Kilkenny and Carlow you always see the gaurds pulled in checking speed. And yet when I go on the m8 you never see a gaurd on it.

Autosport

Bpmull wrote: »

The m9 seems to have cameras and gardai checks a good bit. Specially between Kilkenny and Carlow you always see the gaurds pulled in checking speed. And yet when I go on the m8 you never see a gaurd on it.

Today one was on the Links road and exiting at exit 10(M9) and yesterday at Danesfort and at exit 9(M9) Waterford direction. I wonder where it will be tomorrow

Before all this i hadnt seen a garda or a checkpoint since christmas. Are they on the lookout for me

Chris_Heilong

Thats the thing, you always feel guilty when the guards are around even if you haven't done anything wrong. They can smell fear ye know.

MetzgerMeister

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Thats the thing, you always feel guilty when the guards are around even if you haven't done anything wrong. They can smell fear ye know.

Ever notice that people go EXTRA slow when there's a Garda car in front or behind them? I'm talkin 25km/h in a 50 zone!!! Fair annoying!

Ardennes1944

I always floor it away from a checkpoint Its even more fun now that theres actually a real noise from my engine

pred racer

Got a bit of a shock this afternoon, my dad rang me to say he had a pain in his chest and he couldnt make it out to the kitchen to tell my mother. (he's been waiting for a heart bypass since december) needless to say land speed records were set. To anyone who was cut up, terrified, honked at or inconvienced in any way by a black alfa today, I'm sorry!
Got to the hospital in Nenagh, and the bloody nurse says to me "why did you bring him here?" bring a man having a heart attack to a hospital.......the fcucking cheek of me:mad: and then she says to me why didnt I call an ambulance, it would have been quicker.....I think not, you dozy old trout!
Long story short, ambulance from nenagh to limerick, hes ok now, mild heart attack, and they are keeping him in the cardiac care unit until he can go to dublin for the op.

Drove my mother to limerick in their yeti, bit of a pudding but a million miles better than the Juke I drove in germany

Sorry for the rant, had to let it out somewhere, me head is fried, gotta try sleep now, off to cheese eating surrender monkey land in the morning:(

Autosport

^ Hope he gets better soon and fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

Alanstrainor

pred racer wrote: »

Got a bit of a shock this afternoon, my dad rang me to say he had a pain in his chest and he couldnt make it out to the kitchen to tell my mother. (he's been waiting for a heart bypass since december) needless to say land speed records were set. To anyone who was cut up, terrified, honked at or inconvienced in any way by a black alfa today, I'm sorry!
Got to the hospital in Nenagh, and the bloody nurse says to me "why did you bring him here?" bring a man having a heart attack to a hospital.......the fcucking cheek of me:mad: and then she says to me why didnt I call an ambulance, it would have been quicker.....I think not, you dozy old trout!
Long story short, ambulance from nenagh to limerick, hes ok now, mild heart attack, and they are keeping him in the cardiac care unit until he can go to dublin for the op.

Drove my mother to limerick in their yeti, bit of a pudding but a million miles better than the Juke I drove in germany

Sorry for the rant, had to let it out somewhere, me head is fried, gotta try sleep now, off to cheese eating surrender monkey land in the morning:(

Jesus, that must've been some shock! Here's hoping for a speedy recovery man.

MetzgerMeister

Jesus christ pred, I really hope he's ok. Good thing you were there to do all that though, fair play to you.

Ardennes1944

Awwww ****e man Im sorry, not a good time to have to leave home.

MetzgerMeister

Ardy, you drive a 325i, why do you have a pic on an M3 dash as your sig??? Aspiration??? Good man

Toyotafanboi

all the best pred. not a nice thing to have happen.

pred racer

Thanks guys/gals, it was probably for the best, at least now he will get the op,
Mild heart attack and then surgery is better than major heart attack!
Even I cant outrun the grim reaper, although if MM wants to lend me his car, Ill give it a go:D

159 vs binky (terry pratchett fans will understand)

Toyotafanboi

http://books.google.ie/books?id=fJsvJgppWWoC&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=height+of+plane+of+collimation+method&source=bl&ots=cuB4VgB25M&sig=UbSxSaKC3VXiufW85ZDjMc8H5e8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aHFkUbXhL8TDhAeIt4HIAg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=height%20of%20plane%20of%20collimation%20method&f=false

must - not - get - distracted - by -boards...

dammit! all bloody evening can mods give me a temporary ban :pac:

dgt

pred racer wrote: »

Got a bit of a shock this afternoon, my dad rang me to say he had a pain in his chest and he couldnt make it out to the kitchen to tell my mother. (he's been waiting for a heart bypass since december) needless to say land speed records were set. To anyone who was cut up, terrified, honked at or inconvienced in any way by a black alfa today, I'm sorry!
Got to the hospital in Nenagh, and the bloody nurse says to me "why did you bring him here?" bring a man having a heart attack to a hospital.......the fcucking cheek of me:mad: and then she says to me why didnt I call an ambulance, it would have been quicker.....I think not, you dozy old trout!
Long story short, ambulance from nenagh to limerick, hes ok now, mild heart attack, and they are keeping him in the cardiac care unit until he can go to dublin for the op.

Drove my mother to limerick in their yeti, bit of a pudding but a million miles better than the Juke I drove in germany

Sorry for the rant, had to let it out somewhere, me head is fried, gotta try sleep now, off to cheese eating surrender monkey land in the morning:(

Glad to hear he's on the road to recovery, hat's off for the speedy reactions

dgt

challengemaster wrote: »

Make sure to take photos of all the "repairs"

Kwalitee repairs!!!



At last, I can drive up and down there again in a bit of peace of mind the potholes are gone until it rains again

Ded_Zebra

The 406 will be slammed (as they say:pac:) now that the road is smooth(ish)

dgt

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

The 406 will be slammed (as they say:pac:) now that the road is smooth(ish)

I'll sort the front springs in due time! I want some sort of handling back :pac:

Ded_Zebra

dgt wrote: »

I'll sort the front springs in due time! I want some sort of handling back :pac:

Just fount this there with a bit of random goggleing. This is what I vote for your car next:D

dgt

The hape was halfway there :pac:

Ded_Zebra

Thanks to my super duper amazing fantastic paint skills I have made that car a bit more you

dgt

Black and all!!!

I must make a vid of Auld Laim driving off, some reek from it under full boot before it spools...

For now, here's a vid from earlier tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi45EQnlQpk

Bpmull

It's just one of those days. Went upto cork today for review lecture nearly 2 hour trip got up there lecture cancelled till Friday drove home. 4 hour trip 320 km for basically nothing. It gets worse. On the way home I look up at the mirror to notice a foot long crack on the window. And the focus has a heated screen window. Do insurance companies even cover heated screen windows or will they try to put some sh!t plain window in.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

in hb Dennis air side getting sensors done on the volvo

drooling all over the brand new volvos and landrovers

R.O.R

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

in hb Dennis air side getting sensors done on the volvo

drooling all over the brand new volvos and landrovers

They had a couple of cracking looking V60 R-Design's up on Carzone a few weeks ago. One of them in Polestar Blue, which looks great in pictures, but probably have a hard time selling it on in a few years.

Supergurrier

Polestar blue

Gavman84

Bpmull wrote: »

It's just one of those days. Went upto cork today for review lecture nearly 2 hour trip got up there lecture cancelled till Friday drove home. 4 hour trip 320 km for basically nothing. It gets worse. On the way home I look up at the mirror to notice a foot long crack on the window. And the focus has a heated screen window. Do insurance companies even cover heated screen windows or will they try to put some sh!t plain window in.

They will have to replace it with what it has already once your covered for windscreen it doesn't matter heated or not. My dad had his heated replaced on insurance no issues!