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

wotzgoingon

^^Fúcking German bastards.

quadrifoglio verde

No such thing as bad publicity lads.
I'd stay at charleville lodge, and the only reason I would is Because I know of them from the bad publicity.

Big Nasty

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Hope it does, I know it's only the loan of a car for the weekend, but if that's the sort of trickery they are up to then it's bad form.

Audi Ballina did it last year and gave the car away no bother, had pics of the winner with their family and everything.

No trace of the competition is on their page now so I'm told, all that remains is the 30k+ likes they got 

Audi Galway, Ballina & Sligo is all the same Co. (Kevin Connolly)

MetzgerMeister

wotzgoingon wrote: »

^^Fúcking German bastards.

I'm Irish

dr.fuzzenstein

jimgoose wrote: »

Achtung! Der Dumpfelstafen Arseways Egyptians ist as der Actingderbollixen! Die Arseways Egyptians ist Verboten! Schnell, raus raus!! Dr. Fuzz, jump in and correct me!

I have no idea why I clicked on motors chat today. Now I know it was fate brought me here.
Achtung! Scheisse! Hände hoch!
Ja, ja, das ist gut.
That's what a friend of mine says who learnt all his German from old war movies and porn.

dgt

Once again, incompetence leads to me picking up the pieces. Can't anyone actually do a job right on a car at all....?

NickDunne

How long does a provisional c licence have to be out of date before you cant renew it?

CIP4

Anyone know if interior lights are ran on a canbus wiring system I know my car has a canbus system and exterior lights are. But was toying with the idea of changing the boot light and possibly the four footwell lights on the doors to LED. Not sure if it may cause more harm then good and possibly look tacky.

Special Circumstances

CIP4 wrote: »

Anyone know if interior lights are ran on a canbus wiring system I know my car has a canbus system and exterior lights are. But was toying with the idea of changing the boot light and possibly the four footwell lights on the doors to LED. Not sure if it may cause more harm then good and possibly look tacky.

I don't think anyone stuck in your boot is gonna worry about the ambience. ..

If they are just on/off then they should be ok. Considering it won't cost much for the LED's.
If there's any trendy dimming or fading them maybe not.

jimgoose

NickDunne wrote: »

How long does a provisional c licence have to be out of date before you cant renew it?

5 years, same as any other learner permit.

jimgoose

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I have no idea why I clicked on motors chat today. Now I know it was fate brought me here.
Achtung! Scheisse! Hände hoch!
Ja, ja, das ist gut.
That's what a friend of mine says who learnt all his German from old war movies and porn.

Du lieber Himmel! Der Fattenbasterden Englander hast sheissered all overen mein Motorenfabrik Oberursel Focke-Wulfe Mercedesbenzenwagen!!

NickDunne

jimgoose wrote: »

5 years, same as any other learner permit.

Cheers. Its been awhile since i've had to even think about renewing a licence

Chris_Heilong

Got the thumbs up from a guy in a red Prius today,He was beside me at the lights, my wife was confused so I gently told her "dont worry, it was for the car":D.

Stheno

Remember all my whinging about an extender pedal?

Driving in heels has solved it

I get steering feedback on the M1 but that's it, but the M1 is notorious for noise etc

h3000

So Chris Harris is selling his S4 and wrote a very honest (amusing) advert.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/audi/s4/audi-s4-b8-terrible-bodywork-new-gearbox/4523992

ba_barabus

I finally did it!

I finally turned into Victor Meldrew this evening after some kids kicked a ball off my car :o:o

davycc

ba_barabus wrote: »

I finally did it!

I finally turned into Victor Meldrew this evening after some kids kicked a ball off my car :o:o

do you drive a rover213i?:D god damn pesky kids some need a kick up the hole alright no respect for others property:eek:

ba_barabus

davycc wrote: »

do you drive a rover213i?:D god damn pesky kids some need a kick up the hole alright no respect for others property:eek:

:o:o

One of them purposely whacked a balls off the drivers door to help him get around his mates. I got out after a second, looked at the door and turned to them to say please don't kick the ball off my car..............the apology had to be sought. THE YOOF OF TODAY

Gwynplaine

NCT Question.
Engine Management Light stays on. Will it fail NCT? All other lights go out after a few seconds.

Big Nasty

Gwynplaine wrote: »

NCT Question.
Engine Management Light stays on. Will it fail NCT? All other lights go out after a few seconds.

No.

dr.fuzzenstein

jimgoose wrote: »

Du lieber Himmel! Der Fattenbasterden Englander hast sheissered all overen mein Motorenfabrik Oberursel Focke-Wulfe Mercedesbenzenwagen!!

Must be a dialect I'm not familiar with...

Gwynplaine

Big Nasty wrote: »

No.

Are you certain of this? It's not in the 2014 NCT manual, most of the other lights are. Hope it hasn't come in recently, as they are getting more and more strict on the test these days.
Need to get NCT done ASAP, as insurance is out next week.

Big Nasty

Big Nasty wrote: »

No.

Are you sure? I thought any illuminated dash light (that shouldn't be illuminated) was a fail?

Big Nasty

The EML light itself is not a fail.

What's causing the light to come on in the first place could well lead to a fail, e.g. emissions.

dr.fuzzenstein

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Are you certain of this? It's not in the 2014 NCT manual, most of the other lights are. Hope it hasn't come in recently, as they are getting more and more strict on the test these days.
Need to get NCT done ASAP, as insurance is out next week.

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

Supergurrier

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

All dandy until you crash

dr.fuzzenstein

jimgoose wrote: »

Du lieber Himmel! Der Fattenbasterden Englander hast sheissered all overen mein Motorenfabrik Oberursel Focke-Wulfe Mercedesbenzenwagen!!

This is so funny, i have to quote it again!
Considering dropping the FSM and make this my Sig.

Stheno

Big Nasty wrote: »

The EML light itself is not a fail.

What's causing the light to come on in the first place could well lead to a fail, e.g. emissions.

If it's a diesel they won't do the engine test once they see the light is on
it's about ten pages into the manual

If it's a petrol they will

Duke O Smiley

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Since when has any insurance number cared for NCT? I'm with NoNonsense and they automatically renew my cover (they just send a new disc and it's direct debit as usual, been working like that for years) and they never asked me for proof of NCT. Once bought a car with no NCT, transferred my insurance, sold it again, transferred insurance back to my old car, never a question about NCT.

Axa asked for proof of NCT this year on my Corolla. Something to do with its age

Marcusm

Stheno wrote: »

Remember all my whinging about an extender pedal?

Driving in heels has solved it

I get steering feedback on the M1 but that's it, but the M1 is notorious for noise etc

The excess wear on your heels might be more expensive than the pedal extender.

Pov06

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

toastedpickles

Pov06 wrote: »

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

Wait till you see now, it wont rain for the next month :pac:

Pov06

toastedpickles wrote: »

Wait till you see now, it wont rain for the next month :pac:

I wouldn't be surprised. Gonna empty a bottle of water onto the windscreen through the side window and see if it works then :P

toastedpickles

Pov06 wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised. Gonna empty a bottle of water onto the windscreen through the side window and see if it works then :P

Haha good idea :P I'm in two minds if i should clean mine, far too much car for such little materials

Hal1

Rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow. I might wait till monday myself.

Interslice

This focus is an absolute miser on diesel as they say. Getting 52 MPG out of it.

GvidoR

I have never known the actual MPG on any of my cars. None of them have had those displays to tell me nor have I ever filled it up to the max driven a certain amount of miles, filled up again and done some math.

I'm getting about 120km for €10 on the Punto right now. Roughly. That's all I know.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

I have never known the actual MPG on any of my cars. None of them have had those displays to tell me nor have I ever filled it up to the max driven a certain amount of miles, filled up again and done some math.

I'm getting about 120km for €10 on the Punto right now. Roughly. That's all I know.

Your the same as me. I never filled the tank, don't have the money anyway. I get roughly 120 miles to €30.

dr.fuzzenstein

Pov06 wrote: »

Bought some Rain X and applied it to half of the windshield. Waiting for some rain now...

There's a plan it that!
I noticed that every time I buy anything for the garden, parasol, trampoline, chairs, benches, hammock, it rains because it angers the weather gods.
So maybe the opposite is true also.
If every single person put RainX on their windscreen, it might never rain again.
But even better, we cover the entire country in RainX!

Supergurrier

MPG is over rated

Interslice

Supergurrier wrote: »

MPG is over rated

Its some consolation. Money saved to fix the other yolk.

Supergurrier

Interslice wrote: »

Its some consolation. Money saved to fix the other yolk.

Decided to fix it then ?

Don't get too drawn in would be my advice unless it's a quick fix

Interslice

Supergurrier wrote: »

Decided to fix it then ?

Don't get too drawn in would be my advice unless it's a quick fix

I know what you mean. Not sure if its worth doing but Im going to fix it anyway. Get nothing for it as is.

I got a 1.6 147 with a really nice engine and box for 200. Goes like stink and only 80k on it. Everything i need there to sort the few knocks at the front end too. Will only need an oil change and timing belt. Get some cash for scrap in the end to pay for them. Shouldn't be hard to do as im not splitting the box off or anything....

GvidoR

When did you get a Focus?

Interslice

GvidoR wrote: »

When did you get a Focus?

About a week ago. It's a mk 1 2003 estate 1.8 tdci. 150k miles on it but a full main dealer service history from new so it should blow up anytime soon. Engine is lovely and smooth for a diesel. It's the older ford duratorq tdci not the dodgy peugeot unit.

Supergurrier

Sierra engine yo !

GvidoR

Estate? Nice!

Interslice

Supergurrier wrote: »

Sierra engine yo !

Its the same core I think alright, but with all the electronics and common rail system it sounds and drives really nice.

Supergurrier

Interslice wrote: »

Its the same core I think alright, but with all the electronics and common rail system it sounds and drives really nice.

Same engine as the work van, good power.

Grand if a little industrial but then again what diesel isn't

CIP4

GvidoR wrote: »

I have never known the actual MPG on any of my cars. None of them have had those displays to tell me nor have I ever filled it up to the max driven a certain amount of miles, filled up again and done some math.

I'm getting about 120km for €10 on the Punto right now. Roughly. That's all I know.

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Your the same as me. I never filled the tank, don't have the money anyway. I get roughly 120 miles to €30.

Would you not get sick of constantly going to the petrol station to buy smaller amounts of fuel. The first day I collected my Megane I filled the tank to the brim and I have only ever filled it to the brim everytime I've never stopped in with the intention of putting xx euro in it well with this car anyway I've done it before.