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

Chris_Heilong

wotzgoingon wrote: »

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

Well its just a feeling for 1 or 2 seconds then common sense kicks in.

GvidoR

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Well its just a feeling for 1 or 2 seconds then common sense kicks in.

For most.

Special Circumstances

I love reading RSA/Garda/Insurance industry public releases. If they weren't so serious they'd be hilarious.

1 in 3 drivers dead not wearing seatbelts. Not very funny, but no mention of how actual Gardai on the streets should be used to combat this rather than flash for cash vans.

Also, the key to sfe driving is to be having great bants - silence and concentration are a no no.

"The traffic bureau chief called on people to speak out. “So many people are silent when they should speak up” and they have lifelong regrets afterward that “I should have said something.”

He added: “You have drivers out there who have passengers who are usually very talkative but then are quiet in the car. That’s an indication very often that you’re a bad driver. If the person doesn’t talk to you when you’re driving the chances are they’re afraid, so you need to look at your driving.”"

Afraid? Afraid I'll tell them "put a fvking sock in it, I'm trying to watch all these morons we're sharing the road with"

jimgoose

Special Circumstances wrote: »

...If the person doesn’t talk to you when you’re driving the chances are they’re afraid, so you need to look at your driving their head is jammed up against the side-window while you arsehole around that hairpin with more sideways action than Seanie Fitz. Durt a' ya!!"

Fixed!

BBMcQ

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I wish someone would make a diesel RX8

I just puked!

166man

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.

Found this much funnier than I probably should have.........



Maybe that's becusee tis Friday or I'm just a big child......:D

fancy pigeon

stuartmchugh wrote: »

I just puked!

Well good!

The more reactions I get like this the more tempted I am to make one out of spite.

You think I'm joking?

Dartz

Welp, the rotor's only spinning at about 3000rpm at the redline.

Still, sticking an oilburner in it is missing out on the car's signature feature.

A supercharged hayabuse or K1600 engine.... that'd be a thing to swap in.

fancy pigeon

As above, it would be just out of spite rather than something to be taken seriously. I have a 2.8 non turbo sofim engine at my disposal... You never know

dr.fuzzenstein

fancy pigeon wrote: »

As above, it would be just out of spite rather than something to be taken seriously. I have a 2.8 non turbo sofim engine at my disposal... You never know

Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on!:D

dr.fuzzenstein

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Wheel Wizards in Finglas.

I'm getting deja vu. Anyone care to guess what the German for deja vu is? :P

YbFocus

Dartz wrote: »

Welp, the rotor's only spinning at about 3000rpm at the redline.

Still, sticking an oilburner in it is missing out on the car's signature feature.

A supercharged hayabuse or K1600 engine.... that'd be a thing to swap in.

Just add rotors man, nothing else
No other engines should be in there!

dr.fuzzenstein

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on! Go on!:D

Actually, with one caveat:
It has to be a rotary diesel engine! Otherwise, anyone could do it. :P
You will be given one rotary engine of your choice, a shed full of tools, a scrapyard for spares and Robert Llewellyn yelling at you how much time you got left. On your marks...!

GvidoR

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I'm getting deja vu. Anyone care to guess what the German for deja vu is? :P

I don't know, but 'deja' in Latvian means 'dance'. :P

dr.fuzzenstein

GvidoR wrote: »

I don't know, but 'deja' in Latvian means 'dance'. :P

Google suggests it's French for "already seen".
Makes sense to me. So German is "Bereits gesehen". So no nifty German expression for the feeling of deja vu.
I leave you with this:

Stheno

Hmm so I bought my car on May 20th

So I have it twelve weeks Wednesday just gone.

In that time, I've done 5436 miles :eek: almost all of them work related :eek:

Works out at almost 24k miles per year if it keeps up

The mileage counter has two settings, one for overall mileage, and one for individual trip mileage, and I usually have it on trip mileage to record the mileage for expenses, so didn't notice the amount!

CIP4

Stheno wrote: »

Hmm so I bought my car on May 20th

So I have it twelve weeks Wednesday just gone.

In that time, I've done 5436 miles :eek: almost all of them work related :eek:

Works out at almost 24k miles per year if it keeps up

The mileage counter has two settings, one for overall mileage, and one for individual trip mileage, and I usually have it on trip mileage to record the mileage for expenses, so didn't notice the amount!

I got mine on the 15th may I only have 6.5k km put up on it I may start driving it more :pac: Was in my Mums octy for the first time in months and that's just passed the 110k km mark it will be 4 years old in December. This is about the longest they have kept a car since well before I was born anyway. It needs an nct now soon my mother was asking about it as this will be her first one to do ever :eek:

Stheno

CIP4 wrote: »

I got mine on the 15th may I only have 6.5k km put up on it I may start driving it more :pac: Was in my Mums octy for the first time in months and that's just passed the 110k km mark it will be 4 years old in December. This is about the longest they have kept a car since well before I was born anyway. It needs an nct now soon my mother was asking about it as this will be her first one to do ever :eek:

Ah well I've done over 800 this week alone, and have spent a shedload of time in the North and Cork since I got it so no surprise

Gavman84

Iv done 2000 kilometres since Tuesday as been touring the country on my hols! Wouldn't want to be doing it every week I'd be broke!

Supergurrier

New discs and pads on.

Fairly stops

CIP4

Stheno wrote: »

Ah well I've done over 800 this week alone, and have spent a shedload of time in the North and Cork since I got it so no surprise

You'd be a bit like my dad so well he doesn't work to much in ireland so doesn't actually end up clocking up high annual mileage but when he would be here he could do 2k km in a week easy enough traveling from project to project.

Gavman84 wrote: »

Iv done 2000 kilometres since Tuesday as been touring the country on my hols! Wouldn't want to be doing it every week I'd be broke!

It sounds like a nice way to spend your holidays. I keep planning to do a proper road trip around Ireland there is so much of it I haven't seen but never get around to it. It will probably be after my final year of college at this stage.

Rugby world cup tickets arrived today. ROAD TRIP!!!! Its only Cardiff and Exeter but its been a while (2008/9 maybe) since I left Ireland by car. We're taking the brothers Civic (daysul) because the trip is crippling me financially as it is so the Volvo can stay put for a week. Really looking forward to it now

beertons

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Rugby world cup tickets arrived today. ROAD TRIP!!!! Its only Cardiff and Exeter but its been a while (2008/9 maybe) since I left Ireland by car. We're taking the brothers Civic (daysul) because the trip is crippling me financially as it is so the Volvo can stay put for a week. Really looking forward to it now

Class.

beertons

beertons wrote: »

Class.

A year of planning eventually started taking shape when the tickets arrived. I'm like a child on christmas eve except that christmas eve will go on for the next 2 months :pac: The road trip even has me excited! :P

Foxhole Norman

Never really thought that driving an "Enthusiasts" car would be any different to driving any other car but the last week has shown anything but that. Even just this week as I passed a few other E39 Sports they all waved or signaled to me as I passed, even some in work just come in and chat to me about it. While I popped in to work earlier today I had a guy pull up in an E60 525i and start to talk to me about mine as he had one before and offered to give me a genuine Roof Rack and glove box torch :cool:

Dartz

No...No...No....No..... Not the hot Start issue with the RX8.... Noooooooo

Only after 30 minutes for some weird reason.

I think I bought the Focus on Feb 19th (could be wrong, though), which means 6 months in it (thought I had it longer - goes to show!) and I've put approximately 14,000 miles on it (about 22,000 km I think).


I actually enjoy it.. I love putting mileage on it just 'to see'. Wondering will it ever break down. It's going like a soldier since day one with nothing but a heat shield repair (€30), 5ltrs of Oil (~€30?) and a set of part worn tyres (and it only got them on Wednesday!). It's the car that just keeps on giving!

wotzgoingon

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Rugby world cup tickets arrived today. ROAD TRIP!!!! Its only Cardiff and Exeter but its been a while (2008/9 maybe) since I left Ireland by car. We're taking the brothers Civic (daysul) because the trip is crippling me financially as it is so the Volvo can stay put for a week. Really looking forward to it now

Sounds good but expensive mind you. I am not a rugby supporter so I do not even know when it is on, I'm more a soccer supporter.

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Sounds good but expensive mind you. I am not a rugby supporter so I do not even know when it is on, I'm more a soccer supporter.

Expensive alright but not stupidly expensive. I'm sure it'll be worth every penny. When I heard the UK were hosting it a good while back I said I have to be there. Can't see it been held here any time soon (2023 maybe) so this is the next best thing. 18th of September to the 31st of October is when its on.

Stheno

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

A year of planning eventually started taking shape when the tickets arrived. I'm like a child on christmas eve except that christmas eve will go on for the next 2 months :pac: The road trip even has me excited! :P

There are still tickets for all the Ireland games.

I'm half thinking of checking out Ireland France this weekene

THere was a bentley outside my local this evening

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

There are still tickets for all the Ireland games.

I'm half thinking of checking out Ireland France this weekene

THere was a bentley outside my local this evening

I'll be there!

Dartz

Can't afford it.

Turned all my money into global warming

davycc

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Never really thought that driving an "Enthusiasts" car would be any different to driving any other car but the last week has shown anything but that. Even just this week as I passed a few other E39 Sports they all waved or signaled to me as I passed, even some in work just come in and chat to me about it. While I popped in to work earlier today I had a guy pull up in an E60 525i and start to talk to me about mine as he had one before and offered to give me a genuine Roof Rack and glove box torch :cool:

doggers?

Foxhole Norman

davycc wrote: »

doggers?

Very possible but I'd hope not in a main town anyway :pac:

Hal1

T'would give a new meaning to your name anyway .

Foxhole Norman

Hal1 wrote: »

T'would give a new meaning to your name anyway .

That car is no stranger to dogging :pac:

Sh1tbag OToole

Where'd you get the boards sticker?

GvidoR

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Where'd you get the boards sticker?

It was available for a limited amount of time. It's a boards motoring sticker.

Foxhole Norman

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Where'd you get the boards sticker?

As Gvidor says, they were available for a limited period last year, I have a spare one floating about somewhere.

Sh1tbag OToole

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

As Gvidor says, they were available for a limited period last year, I have a spare one floating about somewhere.

Jaysus better bring that to the safe deposit box. Could be worth money in a few years

GvidoR

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Jaysus better bring that to the safe deposit box. Could be worth money in a few years

He could also scan them, get more stickers made and get a number of moneys. :pac:

Sh1tbag OToole

GvidoR wrote: »

He could also scan them, get more stickers made and get a number of moneys. :pac:

They wouldn't be originals then and wouldn't be worth anything.

Also what is it with people selling fake 'Shell motor spirit sold here' signs and the like? Did they buy a cheap desktop CNC machine from China and find out making those things is all it's good for?

joujoujou

Supergurrier wrote: »

New discs and pads on.

Fairly stops

Why the hell I read it as

Supergurrier wrote: »

New dicks and pads on. [...]

Too much beer likely.



Please accept my apologies.

GvidoR

:eek: :eek: :eek:

joujoujou

What?

GvidoR

Nothing. S'all good.

joujoujou

Alright so.

GvidoR

A road lane that charges electric cars. :eek:



This will be tested in UK. Apparently should take 60 km to fully charge a Chevy Volt.

dr.fuzzenstein

I wonder how efficient that is and how much power would be lost.

Marcusm

GvidoR wrote: »

A road lane that charges electric cars. :eek:


This will be tested in UK. Apparently should take 60 km to fully charge a Chevy Volt.

Which would allow it to travel almost 60km under battery power alone.