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***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****
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A little from column A, a little from column B and a little from column cool factor.
To be honest, I'm not sure I'll bother. I had plans of tuning the GTI when I first got it. But I will have had it 2 years in February and with the recent lack of trust in its reliability, I've already made an emotional detachment with it. Its very likely it and I will be parting ways in the new year.
The next step is figuring out what I want next.
Can't remember if it was yourself or supergurrier who wanted to own a fast alfa.
Personally I think both of you should!
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Alfa-Romeo/147/3.2-GTA-/201341218948426/advert?channel=CARS
Anyway, it's got the busso v6 (very reliable engine) and it has a decent speck. Always good to see a q2 fitted. Was chatting to some of the gta owners in the uk last week and they couldn't get over how cheap it was. Similar spec'd 147 gtas are making 6-7 k in the uk!
And even if it is unreliable, you won't become emotionally detached from it.
Oh and thanks to our great tax system you'd knock at least 20% off the asking. No mention of nct either so mention all the rubber probably needs to be replaced! 0 -
ba_barabus wrote: »My only news is that the Vectra is growing on me (like mould) and every time I talk to the OH she asks me if it's gone yet
I strangely like having a car I couldn't give a toss about for a change.
And that doesn't brake down all the time! :pac:
To be honest if it's cheap reliable motoring your after and it's proving that way at the moment I'd hang onto it.
Isn't she in Scotland for another year anyway? Who give a fuq if she doesn't like it.
Tell her your saving up for something nice next year! 0 -
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And that doesn't brake down all the time! :pac:
To be honest if it's cheap reliable motoring your after and it's proving that way at the moment I'd hang onto it.
Isn't she in Scotland for another year anyway? Who give a fuq if she doesn't like it.
Tell her your saving up for something nice next year!
She is back in June upon which time I'll be up and down the road to NI all the time. TBH it's working very well apart from a few niggles, mainly the fan not working on all speeds. I can't find a guide to changing the fan resistor on models with climate control. Needs belts done at the next service but other than that it's going great. I'm rather surprised.0 -
A little from column A, a little from column B and a little from column cool factor.
To be honest, I'm not sure I'll bother. I had plans of tuning the GTI when I first got it. But I will have had it 2 years in February and with the recent lack of trust in its reliability, I've already made an emotional detachment with it. Its very likely it and I will be parting ways in the new year.
The next step is figuring out what I want next.
Exact same here tbh. Already a grand deep into suspension mods and just spend 900 quid on an exhaust system and almost a grand on other stuff like wheels/intercooler/service items/tyres and the ride and constand suspension rattling/steering wheel vibration and the general cheapness of the cabin are getting old.
Will probably spend another grand or so on remap and induction and see where i am in a year or so but the honeymoon period is definately over. Really want something more "special" to justify my tax spend and 20 odd mpg.
That being said i have no regrets as the car itself will at the very least be a stepping stone to something purer even though it makes me question a 4 year old RS costing 25 grand dynamically
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Can't remember if it was yourself or supergurrier who wanted to own a fast alfa.
Personally I think both of you should!
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Alfa-Romeo/147/3.2-GTA-/201341218948426/advert?channel=CARS
Anyway, it's got the busso v6 (very reliable engine) and it has a decent speck. Always good to see a q2 fitted. Was chatting to some of the gta owners in the uk last week and they couldn't get over how cheap it was. Similar spec'd 147 gtas are making 6-7 k in the uk!
And even if it is unreliable, you won't become emotionally detached from it.
Oh and thanks to our great tax system you'd knock at least 20% off the asking. No mention of nct either so mention all the rubber probably needs to be replaced!
Jaysus there is no stopping you is there
Even 1xxmph didn't faze you as we passed a FTO for lolz "We must catch the other boardsie" That being said my brother recently changed from a 1.6 vectra "sell it for the love of god Ba" that he had for a couple of years and it developed so many issues over time. He now has a rough enough "paintwork mianly" 156 1.8 t spark and he loves it to death and i must say it's a nice place to be with a really nice footwell even our toyota fanboi dad thinks it's great. But even before this was the case it was an alfa 159 5 cylinder diesel for me remapped if i needed something sensible.
Next car won't be Fwd though, Monaro/S4/Something japanese upper tier (skyline/rx7/nsx or a Bmw of some desciption0 -
TestTransmission wrote: »Haven't been around too much lately, what I have missed?
Naff all. Not sure about anyone else but I just have no time to get anything done on the car. When I do have some time it's dark or raining. I've been driving around with 1 wind deflector on for about 2 months now and it would only take 10 minutes to fit
I can only just about afford to run my car at the moment so I'm going to change to a much more expensive one 0 -
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ba_barabus wrote: »It's very odd. It's costing me feck all. It's cheap to run and I'm not afraid to park it near the door in Tesco. If I keep it I can get a second 'fun' car after Christmas. I've wanted an MX5/Alfa/MGFeminine/Jag for an age now and not had the spare cash to get one.
There are many upsides to keeping it.
Not an Alfa fanboy, so it's gotta be a Jaaaaaag. 0 -
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Masters is really starting to pile on the work now so ill probably have to say bye bye mister BMW come February, if i can get a job before i graduate ill probably get a cooper s and if not ill be getting something like this http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/08-fiat-punto-1-2-one-owner/5905577
or possibly a GP sporting
60e a week on petrol is killing me on my wages with my mileage having doubled since i got the BMW0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »Jaysus there is no stopping you is there
Even 1xxmph didn't faze you as we passed a FTO for lolz "We must catch the other boardsie" That being said my brother recently changed from a 1.6 vectra "sell it for the love of god Ba" that he had for a couple of years and it developed so many issues over time. He now has a rough enough "paintwork mianly" 156 1.8 t spark and he loves it to death and i must say it's a nice place to be with a really nice footwell even our toyota fanboi dad thinks it's great. But even before this was the case it was an alfa 159 5 cylinder diesel for me remapped if i needed something sensible.
Next car won't be Fwd though, Monaro/S4/Something japanese upper tier (skyline/rx7/nsx or a Bmw of some desciption
Sure someone had to take over from 166man, who's became quite the Japanese fanboy recently.
Was that your car or mine? :pac:
Converted a friend of mine to busso goodness at the weekend!:) it was some change from the fiesta he was used to driving.
I'd go for an m5 or a skyline! You'd make Cian Ryan's day.
How rough was it? In fairness most of them are fairly rough on the road. I'd planned to do some bodywork on mine, but have decided I want to upgrade shocks to konis, ebc brakes and pads along with braided lines, polybush it and maybe fit strut braces, q2 lsd and eibach arbs before I go taking dents out of it and getting the wheels powdercoated etc.0 -
Sure someone had to take over from 166man, who's became quite the Japanese fanboy recently.
Was that your car or mine? :pac:
Converted a friend of mine to busso goodness at the weekend!:) it was some change from the fiesta he was used to driving.
I'd go for an m5 or a skyline! You'd make Cian Ryan's day.
How rough was it? In fairness most of them are fairly rough on the road. I'd planned to do some bodywork on mine, but have decided I want to upgrade shocks to konis, ebc brakes and pads along with braided lines, polybush it and maybe fit strut braces, q2 lsd and eibach arbs before I go taking dents out of it and getting the wheels powdercoated etc.
We were in the car with the unbalanced back wheels not the one with the passenger airbag making a break for freedom 0 -
Supergurrier wrote: »We were in the car with the unbalanced back wheels not the one with the passenger airbag making a break for freedom
Sure I rarely carry passengers (anyone who tells me to slow down when I amnt speeding gets thrown off the list of lifts!:pac:)
Passenger airbag is now securely fixed thanks to a <racist term removed> job with poly cement. I'd be surprised if your brothers isn't the same. The clips just go on them after a while it seems as every 156 I've seen has a loose cover.0 -
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Sure someone had to take over from 166man, who's became quite the Japanese fanboy recently.
Was that your car or mine? :pac:
Converted a friend of mine to busso goodness at the weekend!:) it was some change from the fiesta he was used to driving.
I'd go for an m5 or a skyline! You'd make Cian Ryan's day.
How rough was it? In fairness most of them are fairly rough on the road. I'd planned to do some bodywork on mine, but have decided I want to upgrade shocks to konis, ebc brakes and pads along with braided lines, polybush it and maybe fit strut braces, q2 lsd and eibach arbs before I go taking dents out of it and getting the wheels powdercoated etc.
You mean RWD manual German fanboi :pac:0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »I sat there for a good 15 minutes laughing at the idea of this thing going around somewhere out doing mercs and bmws, while two stereotypical frenchies drove it :pac::pac:
Sounds like the getaway car in a bad French heist film. 0 -
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