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

Heisenberg.

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Brian Scan

Heisenberg. wrote: »

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Bit of uncertainty there alright.

Foxhole Norman

Heisenberg. wrote: »

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My guess would be stolen or a previous write off,I'd be looking at other options.

Duke O Smiley

Insurance Alert, one could only assume that the insurance company have been alerted of something, most likely a crash.

CIP4

I can't post pictures or links but did anyone see on the Audi cork Facebook page the a4 2005 they had in with apparently an original engine and 660k km on the clock. That's fair going for any car I know trucks and buses do more than that but it seems so much for a car to do you rarely here of them with that mileage.

Autosport

Welcome back Cip4 good to see you back

Stheno

Jaysis I was seriously confused there for a few posts!

CIP4 your post about the constant maintenance had me convinced for a minute!

Am on dreaded public transport this week

dgt

CIP4 wrote: »

I can't post pictures or links but did anyone see on the Audi cork Facebook page the a4 2005 they had in with apparently an original engine and 660k km on the clock. That's fair going for any car I know trucks and buses do more than that but it seems so much for a car to do you rarely here of them with that mileage.

Good to see you back chief

Isn't your username a very old kk reg....? Circa 1950's......?

I haven't seen that link but in 2009 there was a 2004 Mondeo sold in a uk auction with over 500k miles, or 800k kms in new money. Theres an article written about it online somewhere!

Duke O Smiley

dgt wrote: »

Good to see you back chief

Isn't your username a very old kk reg....? Circa 1950's......?

Well spotted. I thought I was the only one who noticed that, I don't think its intentional though

CIP4 1958 Kilkenny reg

CIP4

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Well spotted. I thought I was the only one who noticed that, I don't think its intentional though

CIP4 1958 Kilkenny reg

No it's a pure coincidence a good one though.

beertons

Welcome back man.

bear1

T minus 2 days until the Honda goes continental
I wonder whereabouts it will leave me stranded haha.
Started looking at replacements tbh, narrowed it down to a legacy sw, newer version croma (starting to grow on me) and a 93 sw..
Cant believe in stuck in a sw.

Stheno

bear1 wrote: »

T minus 2 days until the Honda goes continental
I wonder whereabouts it will leave me stranded haha.
Started looking at replacements tbh, narrowed it down to a legacy sw, newer version croma (starting to grow on me) and a 93 sw..
Cant believe in stuck in a sw.

I'd a friend with a legacy sw, they loved it

bear1

Stheno wrote: »

I'd a friend with a legacy sw, they loved it

Cough.. It'll be a diesel... Cough
They look class Imo, re the croma I'm looking for the 200bho version cause that's a proper sleeper and the 93 would be the 150 one. Couldn't stretch to a ttid

Stheno

bear1 wrote: »

Cough.. It'll be a diesel... Cough
They look class Imo, re the croma I'm looking for the 200bho version cause that's a proper sleeper and the 93 would be the 150 one. Couldn't stretch to a ttid

It was the third gen I think my mates had.

As for the devil fuel :eek:

No idea even what a croma looks like

Special Circumstances

Stheno wrote: »

I'd a friend with a legacy sw, they loved it

I'd love an outback actually. With the 3.0 petrol. But not in ireland. ..:-(

Special Circumstances

Stheno wrote: »

No idea even what a croma looks like

You certainly wouldn't expect 200 bhp from one!

dgt

Stheno wrote: »

It was the third gen I think my mates had.

As for the devil fuel :eek:

No idea even what a croma looks like

The modern Croma


A real Croma


Last one I saw was a 2.5TD a few years back.... Easy to shove in a Daily 2.8TD engine.... That mechanical direct injection knock DROOOOL

Stheno

Ugly

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-investigate-link-between-m1-fatal-crash-and-discovery-of-womans-body-in-house-31407361.html

I've twice encountered cars driving at speed the wrong way on motorways, frightened the crap out of me each time.

While I'll say RIP to the driver, god love the people in the other car who were unwitting victims in this too

Duke O Smiley

Dgt I know someone with an original Croma (its petrol)....could probably be bought too

Stheno

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Dgt I know someone with an original Croma (its petrol)....could probably be bought too

Ah jaysis don't be tempting him :pac:

dgt

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Dgt I know someone with an original Croma (its petrol)....could probably be bought too

No room! No real interest unless its a 2.5TD... :D:D

Interslice

dgt wrote: »

Last one I saw was a 2.5TD a few years back.... Easy to shove in a Daily 2.8TD engine.... That mechanical direct injection knock DROOOOL

How many cylinders in that?

wotzgoingon

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Ugly

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-investigate-link-between-m1-fatal-crash-and-discovery-of-womans-body-in-house-31407361.html

I've twice encountered cars driving at speed the wrong way on motorways, frightened the crap out of me each time.

While I'll say RIP to the driver, god love the people in the other car who were unwitting victims in this too

I didn't follow that story right. The man drove up the wrong way more than likely on purpose. What did he do kill his wife and went tout to kill himself in his car while trying to take the life of his unsuspecting victims who were just going about their business.

The only time I came across someone driving the wrong way was up a one way street. And the attitude of them was as if I should get out of their way. I moved out of their way as well and it was only afterwards I was thinking to myself I should have crashed into them, thoughts brought on by their attitude towards me.

ba_barabus

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Dgt I know someone with an original Croma (its petrol)....could probably be bought too

I haven't seen one of those in YEARS.

I used to love the facelift of the original.

Duke O Smiley

ba_barabus wrote: »

I haven't seen one of those in YEARS.

I used to love the facelift of the original.

Its been a while but I think its navy and a facelift one. Struggling to find parts for it mind

Stheno

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I didn't follow that story right. The man drove up the wrong way more than likely on purpose. What did he do kill his wife and went tout to kill himself in his car while trying to take the life of his unsuspecting victims who were just going about their business.

The only time I came across someone driving the wrong way was up a one way street. And the attitude of them was as if I should get out of their way. I moved out of their way as well and it was only afterwards I was thinking to myself I should have crashed into them, thoughts brought on by their attitude towards me.

It's happened to me twice on the M7 I always wondered if the drivers were suicidal, both times wrong way in the outside lane and driving at serious speed.

Both times I rang the cops after I met the cars as it scared me stupid, narrowly avoided hitting one of them.

It's the people he hit I feel sorry for most is what I meant. That could have been me, I spend up to 15 days a month on the M1 due to work

dgt

Interslice wrote: »

How many cylinders in that?

4 cylinder engines supplied from Iveco/Sofim.... The 2.8 is the same engine with a different stroke (I think)

I would love to have a Croma with a 2.8 Turbo Daily engine under the bonnet :cool::cool::cool:

Edit: bored out too

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dgt wrote: »

4 cylinder engines supplied from Iveco/Sofim.... The 2.8 is the same engine with a different stroke (I think)

I would love to have a Croma with a 2.8 Turbo Daily engine under the bonnet :cool::cool::cool:

A modern..ish beast of turin hahaha. Did you see the original in action at good wood, 28L, 4 cylinders = 7L per cylinder. ..

dgt

I'm going to have to youtube that

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dgt wrote: »

I'm going to have to youtube that

Side pipes? Who needs side pipes? Let's just vent these 7L cylinders straight out...

ba_barabus

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Struggling to find parts for it mind

I'd imagine so. There used to be a very early phase1 near me that had rust EVERYWHERE on it. I still struggle to understand that as I thought they were galvanized. There was a few phase2 near me too which seemed to last well enough but I think parts being NLA took them all off the road.

Interslice

dgt wrote: »

4 cylinder engines supplied from Iveco/Sofim.... The 2.8 is the same engine with a different stroke (I think)

I would love to have a Croma with a 2.8 Turbo Daily engine under the bonnet :cool::cool::cool:

Edit: bored out too

I remember you saying the iveco was a 4 alright.
Be a nice rumble out of it .

Going to look a a 1.8 focus tomorrow off a friend of a friend. Told it's a good runner. It's 700 euro, only up the road and has new tyres, nct and tax. Time to get rotary pump reliability and the cheap juice on the go again unfortunately. Told the body is a bit rough, hopefully not too bad. They're an ugly enough yolk at the best of times.

dgt

ba_barabus wrote: »

I'd imagine so. There used to be a very early phase1 near me that had rust EVERYWHERE on it. I still struggle to understand that as I thought they were galvanized. There was a few phase2 near me too which seemed to last well enough but I think parts being NLA took them all off the road.

Sadly


I think the Tempra/Tipo were the 1st Fiats offered with a galvanized warranty

Duke O Smiley

This car is actually an 88 2 litre..

Speaking of galvanised Tipos there is a 94-MH one around the corner fromm school in lovely nick. No rust at all, I always used to perv on it

Stheno

Anyone remember Lancias? Think I've said it on here before, but my dad was a shopkeeper, and I as a kid entered a competition in his name to win one of those mini transits (or some such) when they first came out.

Imagine his surprise reading the post at breakfast to discovered he'd won!

Anyway, we ended up with a Lancia after he sold the van and replaced it with a Lancia, that was a deadly car, four door saloon, I was about eight at the time, so early eighties, and fairly new, was a massive upgrade for us

colm_mcm

Fella near me has a tempra turbo diesel. Car is In great shape

dgt

It did make a big difference the galvanizing. My Tempra is still solid despite lying up ages. Only rust is on the rear doors just below the quarter light, never got any worse. Seemed to be a common rust spot on a lot of them

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

Fella near me has a tempra turbo diesel. Car is In great shape

The last one I had see in regular use was a 94 TD owned by a farmer. It put up with dogs abuse and was killed in the end when the handbrake slipped on his tractor which ended up rolling over the bonnet and into the windscreen.

Duke O Smiley

Lancia had a few saloons in the 80s, the Thema, Dedra, Prisma. I think the Prisma was a Delta with a boot

Early 80s though they had the Trevi. Google Lancia Trevi dashboard and be amazed

Stheno

Twas a Lancia that was very square that we had.

Think of a stylish Tiida

Those are my childish memories anyway

davycc

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This car is actually an 88 2 litre..

Speaking of galvanised Tipos there is a 94-MH one around the corner from school in lovely nick. No rust at all, I always used to perv on it

any excuse to post up some of my old much loved 2.0 16v sedicivalvole phase 2 car with honestly no rust anywhere- heavy galvanised from the factory

Marcusm

When I was a kid in the early 80s, we were a 2x Fiat Ritmo household. My father had a metallic blue 75 which he bought new and my mother had a mushroom coloured 60. Needless to say it was the beautiful 75 which rusted to ****e before being written off in a rear end smash 86 or 87.

bear1

Special Circumstances wrote: »

You certainly wouldn't expect 200 bhp from one!

Yeah they aren't easy to find. They use the 2.4 diesel engine which I'm fairly sure has 200bhp or there about.

Marcusm

Marcusm wrote: »

When I was a kid in the early 80s, we were a 2x Fiat Ritmo household. My father had a metallic blue 75 which he bought new and my mother had a mushroom coloured 60. Needless to say it was the beautiful 75 which rusted to ****e before being written off in a rear end smash 86 or 87.

Can't rememember a 75, remember the 70 & the super 85 and of course the 105TC

Heisenberg.

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Special Circumstances

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Private seller or wheeler dealer? Import I assume?

CIP4

CIP4 wrote: »

I can't post pictures or links but did anyone see on the Audi cork Facebook page the a4 2005 they had in with apparently an original engine and 660k km on the clock. That's fair going for any car I know trucks and buses do more than that but it seems so much for a car to do you rarely here of them with that mileage.

Neighbour had 580k miles on an avensis taxi. 02 IIRC.

Alanstrainor

Just got a quote of 650 for my yoke, not bad going. AIG seem to be working for me this year!

toastedpickles

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Just got a quote of 650 for my yoke, not bad going. AIG seem to be working for me this year!

Just tried them myself, 1000 fully comp for me, or 600 if i download some good driver app thing......


I think I'll pay the grand :pac: