*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Augeo wrote: »

Out of pure curiosity could I be so rude as to ask what age group you are?

Way to barj in and ask him personal questions out of the blue!
You're a wild rover altogether!
(edited to add the :pac: smiley as this was meant as tongue in cheek only, for clarification I wasn't having a go)

Was only being nosey

dgt

YbFocus wrote: »

Hey man didn't realise you had one

1. If i could find m tech bumpers front and back I'd be laughing.

2. Standard 323/325 exhaust.

3. Cream leather door cards and two clean front seats.

You better not be going out of your way man!

I've had my nosey here

None of the cabby left, was a 323 with M-kit. Car was rolled, had white leather, purple. Baled

I'll keep you in mind on my galavanting

YbFocus

dgt wrote: »

I've had my nosey here

None of the cabby left, was a 323 with M-kit. Car was rolled, had white leather, purple. Baled

I'll keep you in mind on my galavanting

Crap well thanks a million man!
I owe you one!

dgt

YbFocus wrote: »

Crap well thanks a million man!
I owe you one!

Ah no yer grand I enjoy having a nosey

toastedpickles

Day 4 of not having a serpentine belt; the motor factors has since given me a 4th belt which again, is too short, upon bringing this one back they insisted that it was the right one and would fit the car, clearly it doesn't

The saga continues tomorrow

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Day 4 of not having a serpentine belt; the motor factors has since given me a 4th belt which again, is too short, upon bringing this one back they insisted that it was the right one and would fit the car, clearly it doesn't

The saga continues tomorrow

Order it yourself online off a Saab specialist.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Day 4 of not having a serpentine belt; the motor factors has since given me a 4th belt which again, is too short, upon bringing this one back they insisted that it was the right one and would fit the car, clearly it doesn't

The saga continues tomorrow

Which sick saab was that for?
:pac:

Reminds me of the oil filter saga I went through with the GMC, three different (wrong) filters that were supposed to fit my GM.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Order it yourself online off a Saab specialist.

They don't have it, the right one's been supposedly ordered for tomorrow, after me telling them the code a heap of times

Interslice

120.9 for daysul in rathoath this evening. Sound. Not even worth using the green stuff.

pred racer

Anyone know anything about opel corsas?
Mates wife was going round a roundabout today and the steering lock locked:eek:
it has since been towed to an opel garage where they have said it might be the loom which they will gladly change for 1000 euro :eek::eek:
its a 10 reg daysul corsa (1.2 i think)
do these have steering system issues like the older passat? any recomendations for a good indy/auto electrician around the clondalkin area?

I'm not too sure whether diagnostics showed a wiring fault or they are just stabbing in the dark. Ill know more tomorrow.

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Day 4 of not having a serpentine belt; the motor factors has since given me a 4th belt which again, is too short, upon bringing this one back they insisted that it was the right one and would fit the car, clearly it doesn't

The saga continues tomorrow

Can you get the lenght online and count the ribs?
Try going to another motor factors and asking for an (eg.) 1590mm 4pk belt or whatever.

Maybe their system is wrong!

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Can you get the lenght online and count the ribs?
Try going to another motor factors and asking for an (eg.) 1590mm 4pk belt or whatever.

Maybe their system is wrong!

System is wrong! the belt is 6pk2425 they gave me 6pk2868 (a v6 belt) 6pk2413, 7pk2868 and hopefully tomorrow I'll have the right one tomorrow, from a different crowd

Dord

This is just perfection (IMO)

2.3L aircooled engine inside that puts out 500hp!

pred racer

pred racer wrote: »

Anyone know anything about opel corsas?
Mates wife was going round a roundabout today and the steering lock locked:eek:
it has since been towed to an opel garage where they have said it might be the loom which they will gladly change for 1000 euro :eek::eek:
its a 10 reg daysul corsa (1.2 i think)
do these have steering system issues like the older passat? any recomendations for a good indy/auto electrician around the clondalkin area?

I'm not too sure whether diagnostics showed a wiring fault or they are just stabbing in the dark. Ill know more tomorrow.

Update on this, Opel Head office have come back and said that they have never seen a problem like this on that model corsa and will fix it for free! Their current quote to replace the loom is 1500. Nice one Opel!

colm_mcm

I wonder if they'll do a recall...

pred racer

colm_mcm wrote: »

I wonder if they'll do a recall...

Must be afraid of the legal, it only happened today:D

Still fair play, try get anything from Vw/BMW!

Stheno

RandomAccess wrote: »

Death,
Taxes,
The Monday back after Christmas.

I don't think I'm on a high enough floor of the building to guarantee death by jumping out the window.

I strongly considered diving head first out a window today

I'm home nearly three hours and still have a headache

MuppetCheck

pred racer wrote: »

Must be afraid of the legal, it only happened today:D

Still fair play, try get anything from Vw/BMW!

VAG are one of the good ones! I've gotten loads out of warranty from them on one particularly bad car!

It's good they stood over it though - that's a scary bill on a fresh enough car.

pred racer

Stheno wrote: »

I strongly considered diving head first out a window today

I'm home nearly three hours and still have a headache

Try opening it first next time:p

Same here, first day back for all the carpet dwellers today, with a list of all the crappy jobs they were too lazy to get us to do before Christmas :rolleyes:

And yes I was in work when they were all stuffing their pie holes!

pred racer

MuppetCheck wrote: »

VAG are one of the good ones! I've gotten loads out of warranty from them on one particularly bad car!

It's good they stood over it though - that's a scary bill on a fresh enough car.

Fair enough, I was thinking of dodgy injectors, steering faults and hand brakes on that model passat.

MuppetCheck

pred racer wrote: »

Fair enough, I was thinking of dodgy injectors, steering faults and hand brakes on that model passat.

But Sir, they all do that:D

pred racer

MuppetCheck wrote: »

But Sir, they all do that:D

Strangely enough, that's what Opel used to say to me every time I brought my vectra back;)

I did ask if maybe, before I bought it might not have been the time for that.
They didn't agree:D

Alanstrainor

It's been far too long since I went on a drive, no destination in mind, just purely heading out to enjoy driving. Get some great tunes, and go. Doesn't even have to be twisty stuff! Need to do that soon...

Foxhole Norman

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's been far too long since I went on a drive, no destination in mind, just purely heading out to enjoy driving. Get some great tunes, and go. Doesn't even have to be twisty stuff! Need to do that soon...

I've been waiting for the weather to clear up a bit/sunny day to go west down towards Kerry, some spot on a nice day!

We also need to have a meet!

YbFocus

Not until I get this exhaust sorted, I'd be embarrassed!

Foxhole Norman

Oil price falls below $50 a barrel, keep going please!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30687669

Bpmull

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Oil price falls below $50 a barrel, keep going please!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30687669

I recon once it hits about forty they will pull the plug on the whole thing and stop the prices dropping. It's very smart what opec are doing letting the price fall so all the more complicated projects become unfesible while out in the Middle East they are still making a lot of money as they can produce barrels of oil so cheap.

davycc

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I've been waiting for the weather to clear up a bit/sunny day to go west down towards Kerry, some spot on a nice day!

We also need to have a meet!

What part of Kerry you thinking about? I'll be back in Killarney and listowel at the end of this month for a mates wedding

davycc

Augeo wrote: »

Was only being nosey

Yis are a crazy lot here lol , I'm mid thirties :-)

Foxhole Norman

davycc wrote: »

What part of Kerry you thinking about? I'll be back in Killarney and listowel at the end of this month for a mates wedding

Derrynane/Sneem that area, lovely roads up around there.

Bpmull

Seen on facebook apparently vw commercial sales are up 500% on the same period in jan last year. No doubt it's mainly the caddy and golf that are pushing up the sales.

Cheensbo

^ Few 151 Amaroks rocking around my direction assisting that % anyway,

All paid for in cash, if you get me;)

Bpmull

Cheensbo wrote: »

^ Few 151 Amaroks rocking around my direction will help that % anyway,

All paid for in cash, if you get me;)

There was 0% finance on the caddy, transporter, crafter and I think Amarok. For some reason the golf van doesn't have 0% finance and its higher rate than the car too I dont know why.

davycc

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Derrynane/Sneem that area, lovely roads up around there.

Cool a lovely part of Kerry that I'll keep you all posted, fingers crossed we can get a new mini meet boards stylee .

Special Circumstances

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Derrynane/Sneem that area, lovely roads up around there.

Savage spot but a few potential sump burster bumps/dips. If you need to worry bout that kinda thing. Be careful driving behind a VAG down that way, locals know the spots and will haul on the brakes sharpish to keep their undercarriage intact.

GvidoR

:P

Foxhole Norman

Replacing this ignition coil would be a whole lot easier if I had the right size socket.

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Replacing this ignition coil would be a whole lot easier if I had the right size socket.

What do you need?

Foxhole Norman

jimgoose wrote: »

What do you need?

To take off the plastic cover :pac:

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

To take off the plastic cover :pac:

The socket size, you doofus!

Hal1

Can you not mcguyver it? :P

Foxhole Norman

jimgoose wrote: »

The socket size, you doofus!

10mm socket, the 3/8 I have is too small and the 7/16 too big :pac:

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

10mm socket, the 3/8 I have is too small and the 7/16 too big :pac:

Good man the Yank! I have a 10mm here in the boot of the car if you need it.

Foxhole Norman

jimgoose wrote: »

Good man the Yank! I have a 10mm here in the boot of the car if you need it.

Yes please :P

Whereabouts are ya?

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yes please :P

Whereabouts are ya?

Airport business park.

Foxhole Norman

jimgoose wrote: »

Airport business park.

Ah grand I'll spin up there so!

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ah grand I'll spin up there so!

No problem. I'll be here 'til 12:30.

GvidoR

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

10mm socket, the 3/8 I have is too small and the 7/16 too big :pac:

I think it's weird that you have those but not 10mm. :pac:

Special Circumstances

GvidoR wrote: »

I think it's weird that you have those but not 10mm. :pac:

I went adjusting headlights there, assumed it was a 10 as it looked about the same size and so much other stuff is 10. Found it really weird that it was 8 rather than 10! I thought I was doing something wrong first - 10 works on most things.