*********Motors Chat - Round 10 *********

YbFocus

Its getting the full Viva la Vlog treatment once the bodywork is done

I will remember to get a phoenix racing sticker on it somewhere!

job seeker

Ordering plates on EIREPlate.com and it's loading when I go to shopping trolly. Its like a circle that flashes green and white. is this normal...?

ShadowHearth

Sorry to bother you lads, you got some things on here, but would like to hear your opinion.

Got offered audi a4 07 130miles infamous 2.0 to swap. Clutch and flywheel done last year and will come with timing belt changed before swap.

I know those are cars to drive, but 2.0 little bit putting me off. I would much prefer the older 1.9. I am kind of unsure if I can afford those expensive audi bills of major things goes on them with 2.0. I am really spoiled by scoobies reliability.

CIP4

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Sorry to bother you lads, you got some things on here, but would like to hear your opinion.

Got offered audi a4 07 130miles infamous 2.0 to swap. Clutch and flywheel done last year and will come with timing belt changed before swap.

I know those are cars to drive, but 2.0 little bit putting me off. I would much prefer the older 1.9. I am kind of unsure if I can afford those expensive audi bills of major things goes on them with 2.0. I am really spoiled by scoobies reliability.

Weren't they the cars affected by the expensive oil pump / balance shaft issue. You should look it up here there has been thread. I know you can do preventative maintenance on them to solve the issue but I don't know much more other than that. I like that model a4 put unless you had some money put aside for potential issues I don't think I'd bother swapping. But then in saying all that what 2007 car are you going to get that never needs anything spent on it, it's a 9 year old car at the end of the day.

ShadowHearth

CIP4 wrote: »

Weren't they the cars affected by the expensive oil pump / balance shaft issue. You should look it up here there has been thread. I know you can do preventative maintenance on them to solve the issue but I don't know much more other than that. I like that model a4 put unless you had some money put aside for potential issues I don't think I'd bother swapping. But then in saying all that what 2007 car are you going to get that never needs anything spent on it, it's a 9 year old car at the end of the day.

That's the exact issues I am worried about. Its a major flow in design. That's why i would prefer 1.9. I know, I don't mind spending running costs and few things that pop up, but that oil and balance shift issues is something that will be very expensive.
I am kind of settled on next car to be a4 1.9, 320d e46 or skoda Octavia. That 2.0 is a gamble.

CIP4

ShadowHearth wrote: »

That's the exact issues I am worried about. Its a major flow in design. That's why i would prefer 1.9. I know, I don't mind spending running costs and few things that pop up, but that oil and balance shift issues is something that will be very expensive.
I am kind of settled on next car to be a4 1.9, 320d e46 or skoda Octavia. That 2.0 is a gamble.

Well if you want an a4 anyway then maybe it's worth getting a mechanic to look over that one and see if it was a clean example maybe it's worth a chance. You have to remember that 2007 onwards bxe 1.9tdi engines are not without their issues either in terms of throwing conrods causing the engine to be written off. Plus the 2.0tdi would be nicer to driver obviously with the extra power. What does it cost if the oil pump goes wrong 1-2k euro is the figure I seem to have in my head.

ShadowHearth

CIP4 wrote: »

Well if you want an a4 anyway then maybe it's worth getting a mechanic to look over that one and see if it was a clean example maybe it's worth a chance. You have to remember that 2007 onwards bxe 1.9tdi engines are not without their issues either in terms of throwing conrods causing the engine to be written off. Plus the 2.0tdi would be nicer to driver obviously with the extra power. What does it cost if the oil pump goes wrong 1-2k euro is the figure I seem to have in my head.

After some Google work it looks like it's a massive issue. 1-2k will set you back if you will do conversion kit before it goes.
In reality if it goes, it takes whole engine with it, which is then costs as much as getting another a4.
A4 would be on the last spot from all 3.

Foxhole Norman

ShadowHearth wrote: »

After some Google work it looks like it's a massive issue. 1-2k will set you back if you will do conversion kit before it goes.
In reality if it goes, it takes whole engine with it, which is then costs as much as getting another a4.
A4 would be on the last spot from all 3.

D'ya want an Imola Red E39 needing small work :pac:

Does anyone here have/use a drone at all (you know the flying thingies with the cameras?).


I'm keen to pick one up, and started a thread on the Gadgets forum, but figured i'd chance my arm and see if anyone here has one and could give an opinion of it. I need something to take aerial photos with.

Does anyone here have/use a drone at all (you know the flying thingies with the cameras?).


I'm keen to pick one up, and started a thread on the Gadgets forum, but figured i'd chance my arm and see if anyone here has one and could give an opinion of it. I need something to take aerial photos with.

YbFocus

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Does anyone here have/use a drone at all (you know the flying thingies with the cameras?).


I'm keen to pick one up, and started a thread on the Gadgets forum, but figured i'd chance my arm and see if anyone here has one and could give an opinion of it. I need something to take aerial photos with.

We fly a DJI Phantom 2 which is a great bit of kit.

I'd reckon any of them would let you take good stills with them. We shoot moving footage of cars and stuff from time to time and its great quality.

They are simple to fly too!

Our one links back to the phone so you can see what its shooting, they probably all do this but I'm just not that familiar with all of them.

Ours has an rtb function which is handy if it gets lost, but we are never far enough away for that to have ever happened.

We took ours up to ridiculous heights too, it has bright led nav lights and these had disappeared in the heat haze.

I couldn't guess what we were at but it was damn high!

Great bits of kit man

166man

@SH - hate to sound repetitive but 130k miles on an now '07 A4 diesel? Would want to see proper service history and other checks to make it legit. I'd bet it's a UK car too.

Just something to bear in mind. Did you decide not to go down the Alfa 159 route?

Donnelly117

One for the army of BMW people, is there someone good in particular for tracking/alignment for an E46 in Cork? Or would the nearest tire shop do the same job?

shietpilot

Since pumps.ie is down I searched for an alternative site and discovered one that hasn't been updated since 2012:

Unleaded 95:
161 c/l 17/06/2012
Diesel:
154 c/l 17/06/2012

It's mad to think that petrol was up at €1.61 per litre! :eek:

Special Circumstances

Donnelly117 wrote: »

One for the army of BMW people, is there someone good in particular for tracking/alignment for an E46 in Cork? Or would the nearest tire shop do the same job?

Find somebody good. Plenty of useless f**kers doing "tracking"

Donnelly117

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Find somebody good. Plenty of useless f**kers doing "tracking"

Thats what I was thinking alright! I know there a good BM guy in Blanchardstown but thats a serious trek for wheel alignment! Hopefully someone here will know of someone closer!

ShadowHearth

166man wrote: »

@SH - hate to sound repetitive but 130k miles on an now '07 A4 diesel? Would want to see proper service history and other checks to make it legit. I'd bet it's a UK car too.

Just something to bear in mind. Did you decide not to go down the Alfa 159 route?

130k uses at least sounds like motorway miles, but I hear you. It is on a high side, on positive note, if it did that milage already, most likely the balancer shaft and oil pump thing should have been sorted. I'll try to get regular of that car and my friend can put it through audi dealers to check if it's done.
Anyway, it's only an offer I got. And that engine audi was pretty much the last thing I wanted to take.
If I get subaru sold before I need a car, then alfa is back on the menu.
If not, I am buying a diesel for 3.5k max and keep it for a year or two. Sell subaru meanwhile. I dropped scoobies price a bit, but I wont drop any more. Its already best for the money on donedeal and I won't rush and sell it for pennies.

nd

So after calling axa part of their explanation for their increase is they said because the government require them(and presumably all insurance companies) to increase premiums by 15% per year.

This can't be true?

Toyotafanboi

i think he's suggesting that it's actually way too low and you should make sure it hasn't been clocked!

ShadowHearth

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

i think he's suggesting that it's actually way too low and you should make sure it hasn't been clocked!

You sure? Works out about 10K+++ miles per year. Sounds about right.

Toyotafanboi

ShadowHearth wrote: »

You sure? Works out about 10K+++ miles per year. Sounds about right.

that'd be fairly low for an executive sized diesel.

you're right, works out @ 14k per year, but you have to ask yourself who bought a €50,000 diesel car in 2007 to do less than 50 miles a day when in 2007 petrol and diesel fuel were pretty much the same price, the petrol car would have been cheaper to buy and the tax on the petrol car would have been cheaper.

not saying it's definitely clocked, it could be totally legit, but worth double checking.

Big Nasty

shietpilot wrote: »

Since pumps.ie is down I searched for an alternative site and discovered one that hasn't been updated since 2012:

Unleaded 95:
161 c/l 17/06/2012
Diesel:
154 c/l 17/06/2012

It's mad to think that petrol was up at €1.61 per litre! :eek:

Was up to €1.70 at one stage. Was costing me €140 a fill back then. :eek:

fancy pigeon

shietpilot wrote: »

Since pumps.ie is down I searched for an alternative site and discovered one that hasn't been updated since 2012:

Unleaded 95:
161 c/l 17/06/2012
Diesel:
154 c/l 17/06/2012

It's mad to think that petrol was up at €1.61 per litre! :eek:

I have a picture of the filling station on merchants quay, where in 2007 the petrol and diesel were 1.79 a litre each

ofcork

Donnelly117 wrote: »

One for the army of BMW people, is there someone good in particular for tracking/alignment for an E46 in Cork? Or would the nearest tire shop do the same job?

Express tyres on the ringaskiddy road are supposed to be good havent been there myself.

_Kaiser_

Speaking of wheels...

My A6 with 18" wheels is suffering an increasingly hard ride on our deteriorating roads - plus there's always the ridiculous cost of replacing a tyre and the difficulty of finding one in the right size when you need one.

I'm thinking about dropping down to 17" instead... anyone done this? Would I notice much difference (in comfort and cost), or would I need to go to 16" for that?

Cheers

CIP4

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I have a picture of the filling station on merchants quay, where in 2007 the petrol and diesel were 1.79 a litre each

I didn't think fuel was that high in 2007 I thought it was a few years later before it started getting really high. I suppose back then most didn't care about the cost because Celtic tiger and all that the good times :pac:

CIP4

CIP4 wrote: »

I didn't think fuel was that high in 2007 I thought it was a few years later before it started getting really high. I suppose back then most didn't care about the cost because Celtic tiger and all that the good times :pac:

I started driving in 2007. I don't remember it being anywhere near that per litre in Limerick. I remember it going below the euro in 2008.

CIP4

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

I started driving in 2007. I don't remember it being anywhere near that per litre in Limerick. I remember it going below the euro in 2008.

I remember it being in early one euros late 90s cents alright. I didn't start driving till 2011 so I wouldn't have remember the prices as much before then.

Big Nasty

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Speaking of wheels...

My A6 with 18" wheels is suffering an increasingly hard ride on our deteriorating roads - plus there's always the ridiculous cost of replacing a tyre and the difficulty of finding one in the right size when you need one.

I'm thinking about dropping down to 17" instead... anyone done this? Would I notice much difference (in comfort and cost), or would I need to go to 16" for that?

Cheers

17s with a bigger tyre wall will certainly increase comfort and more than likely be a bit cheaper. How long would you need to keep the car to offset the price of new wheels or you planning on doing a swap?

vintagevrs

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Speaking of wheels...

My A6 with 18" wheels is suffering an increasingly hard ride on our deteriorating roads - plus there's always the ridiculous cost of replacing a tyre and the difficulty of finding one in the right size when you need one.

I'm thinking about dropping down to 17" instead... anyone done this? Would I notice much difference (in comfort and cost), or would I need to go to 16" for that?

Cheers

Are they run flats?

CIP4

There was some taxi driver on the radio today complaining about having to nct test his taxi every 6 months as it was over 10 years old. Tbh I think it's fair enough considering the amount of use the vehicle gets. Is there an upper limit on age ie at 15 years old it can't be a taxi ? Afaik if your beginning a career as a taxi driver the car has to be a good bit less than 10 years old maybe I'm wrong though.

fancy pigeon

CIP4 wrote: »

I didn't think fuel was that high in 2007 I thought it was a few years later before it started getting really high. I suppose back then most didn't care about the cost because Celtic tiger and all that the good times :pac:

It was in that filling station, which was a statoil and an extortionate one at that. Next dearest was 1.37 when everywhere else for petrol was 1.10 and I can't remember the price of weasel.

Bear in mind when I started driving that petrol was about 90 cent a litre and weasel 80 cent. When I started driving and when I got my licence were very different times

job seeker

Hope this is okay with mods?

Anyone sign the petition going around Facebook for lower insurance premiums?

https://www.change.org/p/the-irish-government-lower-motor-insurance-prices?recruiter=477845662&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

YbFocus

Signed it anyway, doubt they will even blink an eye!

job seeker

YbFocus wrote: »

Signed it anyway, doubt they will even blink an eye!

Ya, you're probably right. These things seem to get forgot about after a few days and nothing comes of it.

_Kaiser_

Thanks for the replies guys...

Big Nasty wrote: »

17s with a bigger tyre wall will certainly increase comfort and more than likely be a bit cheaper. How long would you need to keep the car to offset the price of new wheels or you planning on doing a swap?

Well what I'd do is buy the 17s, fit them and then sell on the 18s to make up (hopefully most) of the cost

vintagevrs wrote: »

Are they run flats?

No, standard tyres. They're fine on the motorways or main roads, but I also do a bit of backroads at weekends and the ride gets very rough on these what with all the rain, frost and general lack of maintenance of late.

CIP4

In general would most comprehensive insurance policies cover you to drive your car in the uk. I must look up the policy but just wondering is it normally the case that they would cover it a standard.

YbFocus

CIP4 wrote: »

In general would most comprehensive insurance policies cover you to drive your car in the uk. I must look up the policy but just wondering is it normally the case that they would cover it a standard.

They all do as far as I am aware, you get 30 days euro travel!

CIP4

YbFocus wrote: »

They all do as far as I am aware, you get 30 days euro travel!

Nice one I'll double check the policy tomorrow anyway. I'd only be going for a few days so the 30 day limit is more than enough.

MetzgerMeister

A petition for lower premiums??? LOL I'm going to email Metallica and ask them to play at my 31st

job seeker

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

A petition for lower premiums??? LOL I'm going to email Metallica and ask them to play at my 31st

You're only 30?

MetzgerMeister

job seeker wrote: »

You're only 30?

What age did you think I was???

CIP4

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

What age did you think I was???

I would have said you were in your 40s I don't know why it's just the age Id of said. But then infairness on more than one occasion people thought I was 40-50 : pac:so it can be difficult to gauge.

Noccy_Mondy

Every second mk1 focus I see is navy, but "ink blue". Mine is "deep navy". There isn't a lot in them, but still a noticeable amount if I put a mirror backing on. Don't think I've ever seen another deep navy around. Looks like I'll have to go spraying. Can't see anything on ebay or any of the forums.

MetzgerMeister

CIP4 wrote: »

I would have said you were in your 40s I don't know why it's just the age Id of said. But then infairness on more than one occasion people thought I was 40-50 : pac:so it can be difficult to gauge.

From your taste in cars that would certainly be apt :P

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Every second mk1 focus I see is navy, but "ink blue". Mine is "deep navy". There isn't a lot in them, but still a noticeable amount if I put a mirror backing on. Don't think I've ever seen another deep navy around. Looks like I'll have to go spraying. Can't see anything on ebay or any of the forums.

Is it just the casing of the door mirror that fell off you should be able to buy a new primed one cheap and spray it yourself I did that with the Astra and they turned out well.

CIP4

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

From your taste in cars that would certainly be apt :P

Ah sorry but actually I don't know any 40-50 year olds that drive Meganes.


They are all 60-70 :pac:

job seeker

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

What age did you think I was???

Id rather not offend you.. ::pac:

Only messing, naw I just you were slightly older because you drive new fast BMW.

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote:

Is it just the casing of the door mirror that fell off you should be able to buy a new primed one cheap and spray it yourself I did that with the Astra and they turned out well.

Aye, barely notice it gone at all. Might do that yeah.

beertons

CIP4 wrote: »

I would have said you were in your 40s I don't know why it's just the age Id of said.

You're some cnut. Don't ya know Nasty is the oldest here. Everyone else, under 35