********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

Hal1

Space X rocket just exploded. There was a live stream of it on youtube.

Hal1

Hal1 wrote: »

Space X rocket just exploded. There was a live stream of it on youtube.

Didn't that happen already not so long ago?

Hal1

There was another test launch today, but it failed miserably.

quadrifoglio verde

davycc wrote: »

watching the GAA in my case and looking for a goodwood festival stream;)

I bet that smile is well and truly wiped off your face right now. Christ that was some game in the second half.

davycc

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I bet that smile is well and truly wiped off your face right now. Christ that was some game in the second half.

Im in tears for all the right reason. im a dub living in ashbourne:D

plenty of my meath mates at croker were saying its going to be a cricket score;)

i always cheer on the underdogs through it rarely works as well as today- some turn around in the 2nd half:cool::cool:

Ah jesus. Someone won €2m on the lotto from a ticket bought in Adare yesterday. I do the lotto in that shop the odd Friday on the way to work and did it the Friday gone. Bitter is an understatement :pac:

Asmooh

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

A lot of Volvo dissing here today

The S40 (which I hate) and MX5 are two completely cars to be fair. Literally off the phone with a friend who says he wants a car like mine (S60) so he might go and test drive a GTI

Eh...you're doing it wrong.

i would choose the 940 2.3 LPT but I cannot insure it in Ireland.. if it exists in the first place :P same as 850R

beertons

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

And I'll be in Kerry tomorrow night!

Who else was in the kingdom for the weekend?

Asmooh

OSI wrote: »

115bhp short on a 850R, no?

tuning is the key

http://en.bsr.se/tuning-kits/t/760

And this is excluding a turbo and exhaust upgrade


Or a B230FK with 16v head..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzjkpjrPfQ

pred racer

My friend left her car in midway for the weekend, when we got back to it this,



Was stuffed in her exhaust :eek:
It was stuffed right the way into the silencer, must've taken a few minutes to do.
Only for the end was left hanging out we wouldn't have known.

I dunno what it is, it was like fake hair, would something like this go on fire in an exhaust? (Btw it's an 02 punto)

colm_mcm

Thats been working it's way out the exhaust rather than being stuffed in.

wotzgoingon

Wow, just goes to show I never check my exhaust for anything stuffed inside. Would that cause any damage to a car? (i.e. no smoke able to get out and choke the engine)

pred racer

colm_mcm wrote: »

Thats been working it's way out the exhaust rather than being stuffed in.

What is it?

davycc

pred racer wrote: »

My friend left her car in midway for the weekend, when we got back to it this,



Was stuffed in her exhaust :eek:
It was stuffed right the way into the silencer, must've taken a few minutes to do.
Only for the end was left hanging out we wouldn't have known.

I dunno what it is, it was like fake hair, would something like this go on fire in an exhaust? (Btw it's an 02 punto)

my toupe :eek::eek::(

Pov06

That is exhaust packing

pred racer

davycc wrote: »

my toupe :eek::eek::(

Hang on, why would the girl I spent the weekend with have your toupe stuffed in her exhaust :eek::p

Pov06 wrote: »

That is exhaust packing

Thanks.

Stheno

pred racer wrote: »

My friend left her car in midway for the weekend, when we got back to it this,



Was stuffed in her exhaust :eek:
It was stuffed right the way into the silencer, must've taken a few minutes to do.
Only for the end was left hanging out we wouldn't have known.

I dunno what it is, it was like fake hair, would something like this go on fire in an exhaust? (Btw it's an 02 punto)

It looks fairly flammable!

Asmooh

OSI wrote:

Ah just get the 850R, already 250bhp before you even consider tuning, and the manual has a LSD.

And still crappy FWD ...

davycc

pred racer wrote: »

Hang on, why would the girl I spent the weekend with have your toupe stuffed in her exhaust :eek::p
.

ha i am only half bald and wouldnt need a toupe that big yet:pac:

probably exh packing as another poster mentioned try setting it on fireif you still have it

pred racer

davycc wrote: »

ha i am only half bald and wouldnt need a toupe that big yet:pac:

probably exh packing as another poster mentioned try setting it on fireif you still have it

Nah, I dumped it.

Stheno

davycc wrote: »

ha i am only half bald and wouldnt need a toupe that big yet:pac:

probably exh packing as another poster mentioned try setting it on fireif you still have it

Is it like wire wool?

pred racer

Stheno wrote: »

Is it like wire wool?

Nah it was like soft rope fibre.

Foxhole Norman

MuppetCheck, clear your inbox :P

bear1

Enjoying the last top gear... Sad

MuppetCheck

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

MuppetCheck, clear your inbox :P

Done!

YbFocus

pred racer wrote: »

Exhaust packing is made from rare substances.
Namely Slash's hair!

Pov06

Sweet.

Looking at insurance quotes, specifically on quoteme.ie.

2000 Yaris 1.0 - €1,200.
1999 Yaris 1.0 - €2,500.

I hate insurance If only my car was 1 year newer

Foxhole Norman

Pov06 wrote: »

Sweet.

Looking at insurance quotes, specifically on quoteme.ie.

2000 Yaris 1.0 - €1,200.
1999 Yaris 1.0 - €2,500.

I hate insurance If only my car was 1 year newer

Have a look at Aviva, do their Ignition Test and you'll get a very good quote from them.

Pov06

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Have a look at Aviva, do their Ignition Test and you'll get a very good quote from them.

I reckon I'd fail the ignition test as soon as the instructor sees my car :D:D

Foxhole Norman

Pov06 wrote: »

I reckon I'd fail the ignition test as soon as the instructor sees my car :D:D

You do it in theirs, I did it last September, I thought I was brutal but passed, tis grand.

Alanstrainor

Had a fella in Ballsbridge get infuriated when I slowed over the speed bumps that lead out to the N11. Thought he was about to have a heart attack with the face on him.

YbFocus

Some people seem to use them as launch ramps. Can't see how they get lasting from shocks and springs.

I seen a quashqai take off from one!
Never slowed from about 30mph.

Duke O Smiley

47 euro eFlow bill in the door. Shiiiiiite

Pov06

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

47 euro eFlow bill in the door. Shiiiiiite

47 is nothing.

I've had 90 euro bills come in from my college commute. Queue a long heart attack :pac:

frozenfrozen

was behind a people carrier zafira type yoke doing 60 in a 100 zone and their reverse lights kept flicking on for a split second and a bouncy exhaust. passed it out asap not sure what kind of hokey pokey nct they passed but it wasn't the same one as me

Alanstrainor

YbFocus wrote: »

Some people seem to use them as launch ramps. Can't see how they get lasting from shocks and springs.

I seen a quashqai take off from one!
Never slowed from about 30mph.

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

Pov06

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

I don't slow down for bumps because it takes too long to speed up after the bump with my 1.0.

Easy for you in a BMW :pac:

YbFocus

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I do slow right down, but I'm no slouch after I'm over the bump. Ah well, some people are just dicks.

I have to slow right down on the harsh ones.
I get chassis scrape on them. But like you i get moving again so the hold up is very minimal!

Chris_Heilong

Getting a bit pissed off now,

The company I am buying the wheels off have not contacted me at all, Last I heard from him he said he was getting a shipment of wheels in on the 19th of June and he said mine would be posted that day, nothing came so I tried all last week to contact them but the guy has his phone off and it goes straight through to messages, I sent an email and message to his facebook which has been marked as 'seen' but still nothing. I always like to give companies the benefit of the doubt but this is very unprofessional. I sent him a message today telling him he needs to contact me today or else I will go through paypal to recover my money.

Alanstrainor

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Getting a bit pissed off now,

The company I am buying the wheels off have not contacted me at all, Last I heard from him he said he was getting a shipment of wheels in on the 19th of June and he said mine would be posted that day, nothing came so I tried all last week to contact them but the guy has his phone off and it goes straight through to messages, I sent an email and message to his facebook which has been marked as 'seen' but still nothing. I always like to give companies the benefit of the doubt but this is very unprofessional. I sent him a message today telling him he needs to contact me today or else I will go through paypal to recover my money.

Where is the company based? Probably worth going through Paypal, or doing a chargeback on the card. Not too sure how the chargeback would work since paypal is in the middle. Might be worth talking to the bank.

Chris_Heilong

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Where is the company based? Probably worth going through Paypal, or doing a chargeback on the card. Not too sure how the chargeback would work since paypal is in the middle. Might be worth talking to the bank.

Paypal is the ones to use in this case as I used them and they offer buyer protection.

joujoujou

Claim with paypal.

pred racer

YbFocus wrote: »

I have to slow right down on the harsh ones.
I get chassis scrape on them. But like you i get moving again so the hold up is very minimal!

Same as that, there is one in straffan I nearly have to stop for :eek:

Chris_Heilong

joujoujou wrote: »

Claim with paypal.

yeah. If the guy contacts me today then fair enough I wont have to contact paypal, the ball is in his court now.

Pov06

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

yeah. If the guy contacts me today then fair enough I wont have to contact paypal, the ball is in his court now.

I would claim it now. Paypal will automatically send him a query asking to provide a reason why you haven't received your items.

It should speed things up even if you won't claim

YbFocus

pred racer wrote: »

Same as that, there is one in straffan I nearly have to stop for :eek:

Stanceworks yo!

GvidoR

Sat in the Punto this morning and saw that the head unit was on the whole night and thought to myself "aw crap, will need to get the battery charged" but I turned the key and it started straight away. :eek:

Gavman84

GvidoR wrote: »

Sat in the Punto this morning and saw that the head unit was on the whole night and thought to myself "aw crap, will need to get the battery charged" but I turned the key and it started straight away. :eek:

That a blaupunt radio? Had one before in a car and used to just randomly turn itself on like that! Well known I think. Had to unclick the removable fascia when getting out the car.

GvidoR

Gavman84 wrote: »

That a blaupunt radio? Had one before in a car and used to just randomly turn itself on like that! Well known I think. Had to unclick the removable fascia when getting out the car.

It's a nice Pioneer with CD, USB and AUX.

Big Nasty

+1

Happened with me before in the Jeep. Wouldn't turn off, took off fascia, wouldn't turn off, hit it a few smacks, wouldn't turn off, put my fist through it, still wouldn't turn off! Ended up disconnecting the battery. :eek:

Needless to say I had to get a new head unit.