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

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

My cars are filthy, I have hundreds worth of cleaning products, but no working power washer, balls to that.

You may hit topaz or the like and use one of the self service power washers although the bloody timers on them can be short. I'll admit that the last time I got my car washed about 2 weeks ago I just paid to get it done. It's the first time I let someone wash one of my cars I'd say ever not sure if that's a bad thing or not :pac:

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote:

You may hit topaz or the like and use one of the self service power washers although the bloody timers on them can be short. I'll admit that the last time I got my car washed about 2 weeks ago I just paid to get it done. It's the first time I let someone wash one of my cars I'd say ever not sure if that's a bad thing or not

Yar, suppose I'll have to get it done somewhere, until I see what I'm going to do with my own. At 6 yoyo though, I won't be getting it done much!

Special Circumstances

CIP4 wrote: »

You may hit topaz or the like and use one of the self service power washers although the bloody timers on them can be short. I'll admit that the last time I got my car washed about 2 weeks ago I just paid to get it done. It's the first time I let someone wash one of my cars I'd say ever not sure if that's a bad thing or not :pac:

Saw a lad in limerick washing cars on Friday. Attacking the car with a long handle brush thing like it had insulted his mother....

Duke O Smiley

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

My cars are filthy, I have hundreds worth of cleaning products, but no working power washer, balls to that.

Much prefer using the self service at a garage. Less hassle, but been meaning to put in a garden tap for ages now for the grass. I could use it for the power washer

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Yar, suppose I'll have to get it done somewhere, until I see what I'm going to do with my own. At 6 yoyo though, I won't be getting it done much!

I spent 7 euro getting mine done but 2 lads spent 20 minutes doing it properly cleaned alloys, body with microfibres, dried, sprayed on some shiny stuff on the alloys and a kind of spray on wax stuff. Sure for 7 quid you can't really go too wrong.

Hal1

If it was me I would spray on some GPC and let it dwell, rinse (repeat?), then 2bm time and rinse after that.

Stheno

The oh has been using my car today as his needed to be jumped started.

He has the most irritating habit of allowing the fuel to run down to the warning light, and parking it up, so I go out to use the car and discover it's on fumes

CIP4

Stheno wrote: »

The oh has been using my car today as his needed to be jumped started.

He has the most irritating habit of allowing the fuel to run down to the warning light, and parking it up, so I go out to use the car and discover it's on fumes

My mum just won't buy fuel full stop. It's not even that she doesn't want to pay for it she just doesn't like the effort of having to get it or the smell of it or in case she gets her hands dirty. So it always down to me or dad to get it for her. We have her spoiled :pac:

Pov06

Rear drum brake fixed!

I took the drum off again and indeed it was the wheel cylinder that had lost one of the pins that push against the brake shoe. I pushed the brake shoes to one side and removed the rubber boot on the wheel cylinder. The pin popped right back into the cylinder but as I did that brake fluid started coming out of it.

Readjusted the brake shoes, bled the brakes, everything is super now. I think the shoes were just badly adjusted leaving a gap for the pins to fall out. Everything is working fine now and the best part is it cost €0.00!

YbFocus

Pov06 wrote: »

Rear drum brake fixed!

I took the drum off again and indeed it was the wheel cylinder that had lost one of the pins that push against the brake shoe. I pushed the brake shoes to one side and removed the rubber boot on the wheel cylinder. The pin popped right back into the cylinder but as I did that brake fluid started coming out of it.

Readjusted the brake shoes, bled the brakes, everything is super now. I think the shoes were just badly adjusted leaving a gap for the pins to fall out. Everything is working fine now and the best part is it cost €0.00!

Was it not pretty beat up man?
It will probably destroy the cylinder pretty quick imo.
Just watch for a slow drop in fluid.

It may be fine but I'd be cautious of it

Pov06

YbFocus wrote: »

Was it not pretty beat up man?
It will probably destroy the cylinder pretty quick imo.
Just watch for a slow drop in fluid.

It may be fine but I'd be cautious of it

Actually it didn't look too bad compared to the on the other side.

The cylinder started leaking because the piston naturally started sliding out once there was nothing (brake shoe) applying pressure on it. Once I pushed the piston back into the cylinder it didn't leak no more.

Took it for a decent drive and it was fine.

I suppose I was lucky to find the bit in the centre of the drum instead of stuck between the shoe and the drum.

ba_barabus

Errr are you not supposed to replace contaminated brake shoes and clean the drum if the fluid has leaked......

quadrifoglio verde

Stheno wrote: »

The oh has been using my car today as his needed to be jumped started.

He has the most irritating habit of allowing the fuel to run down to the warning light, and parking it up, so I go out to use the car and discover it's on fumes

Is he the woman in the relationship because any woman I know always does that?

Pov06

ba_barabus wrote: »

Errr are you not supposed to replace contaminated brake shoes and clean the drum if the fluid has leaked......

The amount of fluid that leaked out wouldn't contaminate anything. Think about it - the drum was off so there's no brake fluid on the drum. The shoes are to both sides of the cylinder so when it leaks the fluid runs straight down onto the ground

It would be a different story if the cylinder seals were ruined and it was leaking whilst driving... This wasn't the case as it only leaked when I took it apart.

Autosport

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Is he the woman in the relationship because any woman I know always does that?

Behave :P

Stheno

Autosport wrote: »

Behave :P

He does have driving habits you see guys on hear attributing to women fairly regularly

Supergurrier

He hasn't been driving in heels again has he ?

Stheno

Supergurrier wrote: »

He hasn't been driving in heels again has he ?

Nah not today, he reserves that for the weekend

challengemaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops

Pov06

http://www.adverts.ie/commercial-4-x-4-s/nice-clean-jeep-onily-got-it-put-cant-get-insurance/8315289

Adverts is comical. "@scubas if it's gets nct I wood do something need few bob with it my jeep it getting new beaks and dicks on it" :pac::pac::pac:

I dunno if I'd like a jeep with new beaks and dicks on it

colm_mcm

challengemaster wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops

No wonder they can't build a decent diesel if they're arsing around on skateboards listening to Rudimental on their Mark Levinson headphones

Stheno

colm_mcm wrote: »

No wonder they can't build a decent diesel if they're arsing around on skateboards listening to Rudimental on their Mark Levinson headphones

Ah stop, you'll all have this thread invaded soon!

dr.fuzzenstein

colm_mcm wrote: »

No wonder they can't build a decent diesel if they're arsing around on skateboards listening to Rudimental on their Mark Levinson headphones

They don't need jeeps. Where they're going, they don't even need roads!

Noccy_Mondy

Can gardai have any cars as unmarked yokes? I know the common ones are focus', mondeos and recently white i30 estates. Distinguishable by the lights on the side of the bumpers.

Lately however I've seen Gardai in an unmarked landcruiser. 1999 reg lwb, light blue, but all tinted out windows, drivers too - fully black, illegal to joe soap I'd say.

Very well disguised, seeing as late 90s landcruisers are owned by the majority of farmers out in the sticks.

Stheno

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Can gardai have any cars as unmarked yokes? I know the common ones are focus', mondeos and recently white i30 estates. Distinguishable by the lights on the side of the bumpers.

Lately however I've seen Gardai in an unmarked landcruiser. 1999 reg lwb, light blue, but all tinted out windows, drivers too - fully black, illegal to joe soap I'd say.

Very well disguised, seeing as late 90s landcruisers are owned by the majority of farmers out in the sticks.

They used have a couple of bmws as well

challengemaster

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Can gardai have any cars as unmarked yokes? I know the common ones are focus', mondeos and recently white i30 estates. Distinguishable by the lights on the side of the bumpers.

Lately however I've seen Gardai in an unmarked landcruiser. 1999 reg lwb, light blue, but all tinted out windows, drivers too - fully black, illegal to joe soap I'd say.

Very well disguised, seeing as late 90s landcruisers are owned by the majority of farmers out in the sticks.

Yup, theres apparently a heap of random stuff. I've heard tales theres even an Evo in the mix, or at least there was.

dr.fuzzenstein

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Can gardai have any cars as unmarked yokes? I know the common ones are focus', mondeos and recently white i30 estates. Distinguishable by the lights on the side of the bumpers.

Lately however I've seen Gardai in an unmarked landcruiser. 1999 reg lwb, light blue, but all tinted out windows, drivers too - fully black, illegal to joe soap I'd say.

Very well disguised, seeing as late 90s landcruisers are owned by the majority of farmers out in the sticks.

In Limerick they do drive a white, beat up Citroen Berlingo and not a new one, this is like an early 00's.
Saw it fly up the Dock Road with blues and twos some years ago. Don't know if it's still around.

Mycroft H

They've an old light blue forester that's on the M50 and M4 often enough.

Mister Jingles

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Can gardai have any cars as unmarked yokes? I know the common ones are focus', mondeos and recently white i30 estates. Distinguishable by the lights on the side of the bumpers.

Lately however I've seen Gardai in an unmarked landcruiser. 1999 reg lwb, light blue, but all tinted out windows, drivers too - fully black, illegal to joe soap I'd say.

Very well disguised, seeing as late 90s landcruisers are owned by the majority of farmers out in the sticks.

They can be in anything, I've seen them in 5 series, 407s, Connects, Berlingos and Octavias. Last year i seen them on a few occasions in a 98 Camry. Also seen them in cars that aren't even D reg's. The typical mondeos and focus are still about but there are a lot of new Hyundais and mk3 Focus's on the roads lately that are very hard to spot.

Mister Jingles

challengemaster wrote: »

Yup, theres apparently a heap of random stuff. I've heard tales theres even an Evo in the mix, or at least there was.

Could be just pub talk I heard but apparently they used the Evo solely for the M1 so catch people heading for the boarder. Also heard that back in the early 90s they had Sapphire Cosworths in Dublin but they where short lived as they were too powerful for the guards to handle. Again that's probably a load of bollocks.

Je suis tres mal

Mister Jingles wrote: »

They can be in anything, I've seen them in 5 series, 407s, Connects, Berlingos and Octavias. Last year i seen them on a few occasions in a 98 Camry. Also seen them in cars that aren't even D reg's. The typical mondeos and focus are still about but there are a lot of new Hyundais and mk3 Focus's on the roads lately that are very hard to spot.

There's a camry around dunshaughlin a lot.
Didnt that girl get pulled in by a camry, the one that was done for having a welded rear diff.

YbFocus

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Could be just pub talk I heard but apparently they used the Evo solely for the M1 so catch people heading for the boarder. Also heard that back in the early 90s they had Sapphire Cosworths in Dublin but they where short lived as they were too powerful for the guards to handle. Again that's probably a load of bollocks.

Don't know about the Evo but the Cosworth spey is true.
They broke them all up in no time!

frozenfrozen

sometimes the garda sense just starts to tingle, usually when that dirty d reg car with 2 lads in the front is actually using indicators and following the rules of the road

Pov06

I've seen a guy in a tracksuit driving a 98 Corolla at the quays. Next I hear sirens and I see flashing lights on the Corolla.

Must be some kind of drug squad.

I'd be vary of any newish Hyundai behind me. There's a few that are used as undercover cars.

frozenfrozen

I'd say the trick with that level of undercover is just to not do something so bad that they'll waste their undercoverness on stopping you

Je suis tres mal

Generally they won't blow their cover to stop you unless it's justified.

Duke O Smiley

BMW 5 series and Audi A6s are in use around Dublin.

And the Landcruiser Noccy described does too, well in Cork anyway

MetzgerMeister

2003ish Citroen C6 around here.

UnknownSpecies

I've seen the blue Forester in Cork twice. Flew past me like a rocket both times.

Duke O Smiley

Have seen a blue/ purpleish Forester in Dublin too

ba_barabus

Pov06 wrote: »

The amount of fluid that leaked out wouldn't contaminate anything. Think about it - the drum was off so there's no brake fluid on the drum. The shoes are to both sides of the cylinder so when it leaks the fluid runs straight down onto the ground

It would be a different story if the cylinder seals were ruined and it was leaking whilst driving... This wasn't the case as it only leaked when I took it apart.

That makes sense, sorry I thought you were driving it.

dr.fuzzenstein

The 90's Camry will have to go once the insurance is up and no one will touch it anymore.
What kind of loading would "undercover garda vehicle used in pursuits" buy you?

GvidoR

Got my 08-16 insurance disc. Turns out my insurer for this year is Axa, not Asgard. Weird, because Axa directly quoted me €800 more.

Pov06

GvidoR wrote: »

Got my 08-16 insurance disc. Turns out my insurer for this year is Axa, not Asgard. Weird, because Axa directly quoted me €800 more.

Broker quotes are usually completely different when you go directly, no surprise there.

Je suis tres mal

Pov06 wrote: »

Broker quotes are usually completely different when you go directly, no surprise there.

Often there are times when direct insurance won't quote but they will through brokers.
The mind boggles so it does.

Pov06

Je suis tres mal wrote: »

Often there are times when direct insurance won't quote but they will through brokers.
The mind boggles so it does.

Yeah because generally they don't have strict criteria like the company itself.

Allianz wouldn't quote be a few years back because my car was too old (this was said to be my the operator on the phone).

I got a quote from Allianz through First Ireland a year later :rolleyes:

Sobanek

Speaking of unmarked cars, the most odd ones I've seen (all in Dublin):

- 2007 Volvo S60 T5 (Black)
- 2008 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI (Black)
- 2008 BMW X5 3.0sd (Black)
- 2005 BMW E90 330i (Silver)
- 2005 Subaru Forester (Dark Blue)
- 2002 Audi A4 (Black)

morritty

Sobanek wrote: »

Speaking of unmarked cars, the most odd ones I've seen (all in Dublin):

- 2007 Volvo S60 T5 (Black)
- 2008 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI (Black)
- 2008 BMW X5 3.0sd (Black)
- 2005 BMW E90 330i (Silver)
- 2005 Subaru Forester (Dark Blue)
- 2002 Audi A4 (Black)

There also used to be an old mk2 Gold Punto from Mountjoy.

Je suis tres mal

Yup I saw that driving around phibsboro back in the day

Skylinehead

morritty wrote: »

There also used to be an old mk2 Gold Punto from Mountjoy.

...Gvidor? :pac: