*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

dr.fuzzenstein

Supergurrier wrote: »

Thats a good price oil considered.

Oil i use is 45 quid for 5 litres

Get a Focus diesel! Oil I buy is €15 for 4 liters. I just have to wait till Halford's has sale on.
They did last week, so got enough oil to cover 2 oilchanges for both cars for the total outlay of €60. For that there will be a ton of spare oil left over.

CIP4

Interslice wrote: »

A rant: the worst thing about trying to study on a sunny day is the ****wits who stick the alarm on and head out with the windows left open. External sirens should be banned. Useless ****ing things anyway.

Our alarm text us if it goes off I can then go on my phone to look at the cctv to see if anyone is in the house from anywhere in the world. If there is no one I can then wirelessly turn off the alarm and reset it back on. Tbh I thought was fairly standard these days didn't think people still had them old fashioned alarms that go off. Alarm will also text it someone tampers with it cuts power etc etc.

Gavman84

Went to Mizen head and Healy pass today savage day had again. Some lovely roads round there!

Special Circumstances

Gavman84 wrote: »

Went to Mizen head and Healy pass today savage day had again. Some lovely roads round there!

Wtf? Antrim to west cork??? Some driving!!
Some great driving and scenery down around beara.

Interslice

CIP4 wrote: »

Our alarm text us if it goes off I can then go on my phone to look at the cctv to see if anyone is in the house from anywhere in the world. If there is no one I can then wirelessly turn off the alarm and reset it back on. Tbh I thought was fairly standard these days didn't think people still had them old fashioned alarms that go off. Alarm will also text it someone tampers with it cuts power etc etc.

Wouldn't have a clue if it's standard. We just have a dog . Maybe so as it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be years ago.

Gavman84

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Wtf? Antrim to west cork??? Some driving!!
Some great driving and scenery down around beara.

Ya I have done 1600 kilometres since Tuesday so far. Just drove back from Dublin yesterday and didn't go anywhere. Off to Kilkenny tomorrow too but that's not too far.

kev250

challengemaster wrote: »

pics?

Sorry didnt have any but it passed anyway. On adverts now if anyone is looking for a celica. Very impressed at how they drive!

nd

So the sisters avensis failed the nct today on emissions.

Obviously the readings are wayyy over the limits. Anyone take a guess as to the most likely cause?

GvidoR

Any meets / mini-meets or whatever this weekend in Dublin/Louth area?

Supergurrier

nd wrote: »

So the sisters avensis failed the nct today on emissions.

Obviously the readings are wayyy over the limits. Anyone take a guess as to the most likely cause?

Knackered cat most likely

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Any meets / mini-meets or whatever this weekend in Dublin/Louth area?

Why are you heading to Dublin?

GvidoR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Why are you heading to Dublin?

Because there are things, and some stuff. :pac:

Noccy_Mondy

wotzgoingon wrote:

Why are you heading to Dublin?

You see this is where punctuation use is vital. I assume you meant to say "why, are you heading to Dublin?" As opposed to nosing into Gvidors life?

Or maybe you're just being a nosey cnut, if so, carry on :pac:

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Because there are things, and some stuff. :pac:

I'd say Pickles would meet with you if you asked him. And he could maybe try get one or two more people.

wotzgoingon

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

You see this is where punctuation use is vital. I assume you meant to say "why, are you heading to Dublin?" As opposed to nosing into Gvidors life?

Or maybe you're just being a nosey cnut, if so, carry on :pac:

You actually got it spot on. I was thinking the same thing as you when I read GvidoR's reply.

Hal1

Just looking at some pics of the explosion in China. F'kn hell doesn't describe it.

Thousands of new VW's all burnt and some pics of the aftermath.

http://imgur.com/gallery/4bjvv/new

wotzgoingon

Hal1 wrote: »

Just looking at some pics of the explosion in China. F'kn hell doesn't describe it.

Thousands of new VW's all burnt and some pics of the aftermath.

http://imgur.com/gallery/4bjvv/new

Wow that was some explosion. I don't watch the news or listen to the radio(I listen to my own music) so didn't really hear about it till today. What was the cause of it?

challengemaster

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Wow that was some explosion. I don't watch the news or listen to the radio(I listen to my own music) so didn't really hear about it till today. What was the cause of it?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33900268

No confirmation on what caused it yet, but it was a storage facility for toxic chemicals and gas.

View from space:
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/chinas-huge-tianjin-explosion-looked-like-space/

wotzgoingon

Wow the poor migrant worker were very close to the blast and their prefab huts were destroyed, after watching that bbc news report I'd say most casualties were the migrant workers.

China has migrant workers where ever they come from. Wages are very low in China even for Chinese so i wouldn't like to know how low a pay they were getting.

beertons

Got my aircon regassed yesterday. I never did it before, surprisingly it only lost 80 grams of gas in 12 years. Nearly all the oil was gone though. Some job, I was nearly high on it driving home.

Also, guy who did the aircon pointed to one of the belt tensioners, said it was very shakeup/unstable. Is it a big job to replace?

bear1

beertons wrote: »

Got my aircon regassed yesterday. I never did it before, surprisingly it only lost 80 grams of gas in 12 years. Nearly all the oil was gone though. Some job, I was nearly high on it driving home.

Also, guy who did the aircon pointed to one of the belt tensioners, said it was very shakeup/unstable. Is it a big job to replace?

You mean on the timing belt side or fan belt? Either way if its the timing belt side then you may as well have the timing belt changed with new tensioners. Fan belt side would be easier, quicker and cheaper.

beertons

Must be the fan belt. Timing belt was done not too long ago. I'll point it out to the auld lad later and see what he says.

bear1

beertons wrote: »

Must be the fan belt. Timing belt was done not too long ago. I'll point it out to the auld lad later and see what he says.

Was just the belt done or the whole lot was changed?

beertons

bear1 wrote: »

Was just the belt done or the whole lot was changed?

Can't confirm that, but I'd hope it was the lot as you buy them all as a kit now.

kev250

I was not able to drive my own car (which is taxed) so i used a spare car for a few days which motor tax expired at the end of june. Its going to be sold which is why it was not declared off the road. Letter seems very late so is this a standard letter or have they been made aware the car has been on the road?

Special Circumstances

Stock up on the vaseline motorists... FBD haven't a pot to p!ss in so guess where they will come looking to maintain their pay?

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/fbd-shares-plunge-on-fears-it-needs-100m-capital-injection-31450164.html

fancy pigeon

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Stock up on the vaseline motorists... FBD haven't a pot to p!ss in so guess where they will come looking to maintain their pay?

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/fbd-shares-plunge-on-fears-it-needs-100m-capital-injection-31450164.html

Good thing I only have a classic car policy with them

Wait, let me rephrase that... I have the house/tractor and vintage stuff with them but no motor policy

Stheno

Anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to get four alloys returned?

Also any idea on prices?

beertons

beertons wrote: »

Must be the fan belt. Timing belt was done not too long ago. I'll point it out to the auld lad later and see what he says.

Himself says it's the alternator belt.

bear1

I'm with fbd... Renewal at the end of September. Lovely

Noccy_Mondy

Stheno wrote:

Anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to get four alloys returned?

Refurbed?

Special Circumstances

They should have taken out insurance against the risk of this happening LOL.
"Sir, I'm afraid we only insure Insurance companies who are 4.5years old and have blue logos"

CIP4

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Stock up on the vaseline motorists... FBD haven't a pot to p!ss in so guess where they will come looking to maintain their pay?

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/fbd-shares-plunge-on-fears-it-needs-100m-capital-injection-31450164.html

bear1 wrote: »

I'm with fbd... Renewal at the end of September. Lovely

I went to get a quote in April and the guy said this straight out to me that their premiums would be well up for the next while. Then after quoting me 2.6 k euro for insurance he said they could drop 50-100 of that if they were close close ye they were only 1500 euros out.

Special Circumstances

At what point a Catch 22 situation?
"We are happy to offer you a quote of 4500 this year sir!"
"Oh goody goody I'll take it saxaphone giraffe!"
"Frankly sir, the fact that you would take out insurance with us is an indicator of an undiagnosed medical condition, we would violate our own terms and conditions by selling you a policy"
"Terns and renditions? shut up and take my money monkey socks"

jimgoose

Special Circumstances wrote: »

..."Frankly sir, the fact that you would take out insurance with us is an indicator of an undiagnosed medical condition, we would violate our own terms and conditions by selling you a policy"...

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

bear1

Wonder with now 4 years ncb and paid just over 600e last year what are the odds of will be under the 500 mark

timaru89

bear1 wrote: »

Wonder with now 4 years ncb and paid just over 600e last year what are the odds of will be under the 500 mark

Unlikely unfortunately! Paid €599 last year but my renewal quote was 75% higher than last year at €1047. This despite an extra year NCB (6 years) and now being 25, which used to be the age when premiums dropped substantially! Eventually got covered for €740 (still 23% increase)

ba_barabus

Anyone looking for a job?
http://www.grapevinejobs.com/employers_jobs/4783,The_New_Clarkson_Hammond_and_May_Car_Show.html

challengemaster

ba_barabus wrote: »

Anyone looking for a sore eye?
http://www.grapevinejobs.com/employers_jobs/4783,The_New_Clarkson_Hammond_and_May_Car_Show.html

Fixed your post. :pac:

GvidoR

Saw flashing blue lights in my mirror this morning. Kinda scary even though they were not after me. :P

MetzgerMeister

Stheno wrote: »

Anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to get four alloys returned?

Also any idea on prices?

Wheel Wizards in Finglas.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Saw flashing blue lights in my mirror this morning. Kinda scary even though they were not after me. :P

I know the feeling, happened me a few time but they were after me.

GvidoR

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I know the feeling, happened me a few time but they were after me.

Why? :eek:

Chris_Heilong

GvidoR wrote: »

Saw flashing blue lights in my mirror this morning. Kinda scary even though they were not after me. :P

And then for a split second you think "should I put the foot down" then you realise they are after someone else.

wotzgoingon

GvidoR wrote: »

Why? :eek:

Different things. Most recent I was doing doughnuts on main streets crossroad. I told them I didn't know which road I was planing on taking so I was going around in circles, while deciding which way to go.

jimgoose

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Different things. Most recent I was doing doughnuts on main streets crossroad. I told them I didn't know which road I was planing on taking so I was going around in circles, while deciding which way to go.

Tell them that's a Parking Orbit.

GvidoR

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

And then for a split second you think "should I put the foot down" then you realise they are after someone else.

When you drive a 1.2 Punto, there is no point of even thinking that. :pac:

Special Circumstances

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

And then for a split second you think "should I put the foot down" then you realise they are after someone else.

haha it just pops into your brain like it was hanging around waiting for its chance...

fancy pigeon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Different things. Most recent I was doing doughnuts on main streets crossroad. I told them I didn't know which road I was planing on taking so I was going around in circles, while deciding which way to go.

Welded diff club?

wotzgoingon

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

And then for a split second you think "should I put the foot down" then you realise they are after someone else.

I know someone who done that and they weren't even after him and he got banned from driving for 5 years.