Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 5 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Foxhole Norman

GvidoR wrote: »

Ooowwwwwww!!! :eek::eek::pac::pac::pac::pac:

Yeah, twas in the car when I bought it, it's really the only ding in it bar the big one I made :pac:

GvidoR

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yeah, twas in the car when I bought it, it's really the only ding in it bar the big one I made :pac:

And the one in your wallet. :pac:

Noccy_Mondy

mhackett102 wrote: »

It was fun having it all done but it'll be a long time before I do anything like it again.

The only thing that'll touch the Passat are a set of new plates and a set of Monte Carlo alloys if I can get my hands on a set

Le mans are where it's at. A lot harder to find though.

Dale Parish

There's not enough BMWs again....




watch this space for the 6er "soon"

shietpilot

Dale Parish wrote: »

There's not enough BMWs again....
watch this space for the 6er "soon"

:pac:

Nice car though

Foxhole Norman

shietpilot wrote: »

:pac:

Nice car though

Dale Parish

that's in work after hours, more people going than coming ;p

GvidoR

You just broke some 'guidelines', FN. :pac:

bazz26

colm_mcm

Well wear bazz. I never properly noticed those bonnet creases before. Looks mint.


435 in the background :eek:

Big Nasty

Seems to be a bit of a Bimmer day.

bazz26

colm_mcm wrote: »

Well wear bazz. I never properly noticed those bonnet creases before. Looks mint.


435 in the background :eek:

Thanks, it's an ex BMW UK managment car but yeah it's mint. There was also a brand new unregistered 730d at the other side out of shot.

colm_mcm

What spec is it? I know you were getting a 520d, assuming it's auto anyway.

Big Nasty

colm_mcm wrote: »

What spec is it? I know you were getting a 520d, assuming it's auto anyway.

I'd certainly hope so. Can't understand how anyone would spend over €50k on a road car and order a manual. :eek:

bazz26

Yeah auto and:

19" 351 M Sport wheels,
Factory rear boot spoiler,
Adaptive xenon headlights,
M Sport Plus pack - Wide Screen Pro Nav with Harman Kardon loud speakers,
Electric front seats, adjustable steering wheel + exterior folding mirrors, all with memory settings,
Electric sunroof,
Comfort access - keyless entry/start and ambient exterior lighting (puddle lights under the door handles).

bazz26

Big Nasty wrote: »

I'd certainly hope so. Can't understand how anyone would spend over €50k on a road car and order a manual. :eek:

They actually had a 14 reg manual 5 Series in stock that was traded in for a another brand new manual 5 Series. :eek:

Noccy_Mondy

Ah ya, but the likes of those people actually want to drive :P not sit there and go weee!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

So I finally gave the beemer a wash!! Sorry for the shíte pics. I'll eventually get around uploading decent pics, believe it or not it is a minter. Pics do no justice to a recently sprayed recently polished motor.

Big Nasty

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Ah ya, but the likes of those people actually want to drive :P not sit there and go weee!

Manuals have their place in econoboxes and racecars but I honestly don't see the point in any daily above 120bhp. Pretty much every performance car has some form of DSG now.

kirving

Picked up the roof rack and test fitted yesterday, I think it suits the car, but still need the bike holder for it before summer.

Noccy_Mondy

Lovely colour on that focus, don't see that too often.

Armchair Andy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Lovely colour on that focus, don't see that too often.

Agreed, but it does dirty badly. One here where I live and it's never washed, looks terrible.

166man

Sorry to burst ye're ghey little BMW bubble ye have got going on..!




Accidentally drove onto a wide open shooting range and got a little bit lost. Car handled the challenge admirably.:)

Ded_Zebra

That's actually a deadly photo :cool:

joujoujou

That's how Ms jou's car look like since last night, probably write-off.

ba_barabus

What happened? I hope everyone's ok

Hal1

How's the chasis leg? if it's alright it might be repairable. It doesn't look too bad, but if it's an economic write off well then that's ****e.

edit: hope everyone is ok.

joujoujou

What happened? Good question.

Car left parked (abit sloppy site), handbrake applied - and it's brakes are really sound. Really.

She came back after couple of hours, car was down the hill with damages as you see them. Nobody hurt. No eyewitness either. Gardai informed, came quickly. My woman refused to get into a car to move it, Garda sat in and tried to move with handbrake (still) applied. Couldn't (no surprise - handbrake is really good on it, I told ya).

Gards took some notes, gave not much hope for cctv footage, but promised they'd check if any cctv there at all.

In terms of write-off - rear pillar looks badly hurt, plastics inside not lying properly, boot lid out of alignment as well, although roof is in perfect condition. A car of that vintage (2009) is worth approx 10 thousand notes, I'm not sure how much it would cost to restore it, if possible. Her fully comp insurance includes NCB protection - I hope it would really keep her NCB intact. She had no previous claims, never.

Special Circumstances

Im missing something here. Handbrake 100% but car moved by itself??huh?

joujoujou

Yep. Either a miracle or a little help from someone attempting to steal it (although no visual signs of break-in). Nothing else coming into my mind.

bear1

Does it have the electronic brake? I've heard of stories where the handbrake fails and the reactivates but its not too common.
Id nearly bet its a write off going by your description.

joujoujou

Good old mechanic handbrake it has.

Dord

Really strange situation...

joujoujou

Dord wrote: »

Really strange situation...

Indeed it was. If there's no cctv nor any eyewitness it'd hardly be ever explained.

Noccy_Mondy

If the chasis is fine, then it's repairable. I seen a pug 307 with far more damage then that, front destroyed, back pillar worse then yours, and yet it's back on the road.

JoeA3

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

If the chasis is fine, then it's repairable. I seen a pug 307 with far more damage then that, front destroyed, back pillar worse then yours, and yet it's back on the road.

Write off doesn't mean not repairable. My brother in law had his 132 Focus written off recently. Damage on the face of it looked mostly cosmetic. Repair bill was 12k. Car worth 16.5k. Insurance company wrote it off.

colm_mcm

That damage doesn't look too bad to be fair. If it's driving straight then it's unlikely to be written off. Maybe 3-4K damage?

Foxhole Norman

Goals

GvidoR

Love that pic, FN. Sadly the E46 and E39 don't fully fit in the frame.

Big Nasty

GvidoR wrote: »

Love that pic, FN. Sadly the E46 and E39 don't fully fit in the frame.

Pity he can't take pics as good as he can clean! :pac:

Foxhole Norman

GvidoR wrote: »

Love that pic, FN. Sadly the E46 and E39 don't fully fit in the frame.

Yeah I had zoomed in a small bit, cut off the cars, better pictures of them were taken!

Big Nasty wrote: »

Pity he can't take pics as good as he can clean! :pac:

Never claimed to be a photographer to be fair

Noccy_Mondy

Big Nasty wrote: »

Pity he can't take pics as good as he can clean! :pac:

It's also a pity the lad in the middle couldn't park right :pac: Throws off the symmetry!

JoeA3

I went along to the Galway cars and Coffee meetup today... a lovely variety of cars turned up. Luckily I'd finally found time to give the R a good post-winter going over...

GvidoR

Was going to go to that but had other plans. Saw some other pics from it, looked like a great turnout.

Big Nasty

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

It's also a pity the lad in the middle couldn't park right :pac: Throws off the symmetry!

That couldn't be helped in fairness!

*Kol*

JoeA3 wrote: »

I went along to the Galway cars and Coffee meetup today... a lovely variety of cars turned up. Luckily I'd finally found time to give the R a good post-winter going over...

Were you in Limerick over the weekend Joe? I spotted a Golf R there. Same colour.

JoeA3

No, wasn't me anyway...

LawlessBoy

Cleaned about 2000 miles of dirt off of my car last night. End result I'm pretty happy with.

joujoujou

Quick update on Ms jou's damaged bus - got opinions from 2 much more experienced (than me) persons.

Rear pillar is bent alright, but not broken, so it's very likely it can be "unbent".

Emailed high res photos to my buddy's trusted body repairer - he quoted all the repairs (parts and respray included) for 550 notes.

The whole thing would be paid off Ms jou's comp insurance (plus 250 euro paid on top of that just for an assessor's appearance), so she decided it'd be better for her just to pay for it out of her pocket.

colm_mcm

€550 seems very cheap! As long as the car isn't compromised safety wise, that's a hell of a deal.