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

colm_mcm

Bargain_Hound wrote: »

Just bought this. Plates to be swapped this week. Really enjoying it so far. It is original with ~150hp, over 65mpg back from the UK and 280euro per annum tax.

Actually looking at one of these for my wife at the moment!
Insurance only €130 more than on her 00 Yaris.

kirving

Would love to be driving a 7 series to France, but the S40 will have to do for now!

The flag is perforated so I can actually still see out the back window.....a bit.

Getting the boat on Thursday night and then a dash to Bordeaux.

Noccy_Mondy

That inside or outside, paint or what?

Lovely volvo btw!

Edit: I take it it's not paint if it's perforated! Very snug fit flag!

colm_mcm

Id say it's like what they put on buses for advertising. Black on the inside, coloured on the outside

Duke O Smiley

Certainly one alternative to an "IRL" sticker on the bumper

kirving

Thanks! It's actually the stuff that's use on the outside of busses, but would normally have a logo on it.

Only issue is that it's not really designed to fit curved surfaces and is very robust, so I ended up getting a few creases in it. Cut to shape with a blade after applying it. Looks grand from a couple of meters back though.

colm_mcm

It would probably be stretchable with a heat gun? Not a worry anyway as its not forever

Noccy_Mondy

Is it on the inside or outside? Inside job would make bits of the heating element bars wouldn't it?

shietpilot

That's definitely on the outside since you can't see the black areas near the edges of the window.

Bargain_Hound

colm_mcm wrote: »

Actually looking at one of these for my wife at the moment!
Insurance only €130 more than on her 00 Yaris.

What year are you looking at? 5 Doors are hard to find. If you can stretch to 06+ you will benefit from the face-lift which comes with several aesthetic improvements and an unofficially more powerful engine. I managed an indicated average 72MPG (trip) from Cambridge to Liverpool @65MPH the whole way home.

AndyBoBandy

So I had the pleasure of having this for the day yesterday from Hertz Gatwick Airport.
Prior to getting in it yesterday, I'd never seen one of these before.

Hertz called it a GLS 350, yet the badge on the back says GLE 350d
(either way it was the nuts, as are most AMG's)






Inside was nothing special, standard Merc fare really, flappy paddles, big screen, but damn those 21" rims!! and of course, sport mode.





Feels a whole lot grippier than an ML350 as I guess it's quite low in comparison. It also had a button to raise/lower the front end!

vintagevrs

I drove behind one of those recently, from a bit back it looks like an Insignia on stilts

Chris_Heilong

The new whip:D


Here are the ladies together.

shietpilot

That Supra is so stock! Love it :P

bear1

Looks very good, I'd change the front plate though. Just doesn't fit right.

Toyotafanboi

it needs a vinyl front plate!

lovely car seen it on donedeal as POA, assumed it would be dreamer money but clearly it mustn't have been too bad?

Chris_Heilong

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

it needs a vinyl front plate!

lovely car seen it on donedeal as POA, assumed it would be dreamer money but clearly it mustn't have been too bad?

It was a dealer and they have been trying to sell it for a while, I saw the POA and remembered what it was going for before, A big chunk of money was knocked off so I was happy out.

It is totally standard, it was imported in 1997 and is a 1 owner car, the guy really looked after it.

pajor

Shlick laaaaad. Well wear!

I think on the wall of my (old) bedroom in my parents' house there's still a poster of a Supra that I took out of Japanese Performance magazine at least 8 years ago. That's at least how long I've wanted one.

Slideways

I sold it tonight. I haz a sad.

Chris_Heilong

Did you get what you wanted for it?

Slideways

Nah. Market is pretty poor here now. Halved in value over 3.5 years. The lassie that bought it got a hell of a lot of car for the money. The APR stage 1 tune and cold air induction was well over $2k alone. Ah well

Looking at a VR6 Bora tomorrow

Hal1

Awesome Supra well wear with her.

Hal1

The Burren last Sunday afternoon.

Atlantic Dawn

Slideways wrote: »

I sold it tonight. I haz a sad.

Do you get to keep the cool plate for another car?

Foxhole Norman

Gavman's and my own bus at C&C on Sunday.











Photos courtesy of a friend and yes, new plates for the front are on the way :pac:

Toyotafanboi

don't know if i'd be too pushed on a front plate. looks very well without it.

if i was to re-fit one i'd be getting a bracket made up to come out through the grille or something tidy like that so i didn't have to leave marks on the bumper from glue or self tappers. it'd have to be a jap pressed plate too, no oblong bull****.

edit: this type of craic;
screws into the tow eye mounting. have it on when you need it and just screw it out and **** it in the boot when you want to look good.

Foxhole Norman

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

don't know if i'd be too pushed on a front plate. looks very well without it.

if i was to re-fit one i'd be getting a bracket made up to come out through the grille or something tidy like that so i didn't have to leave marks on the bumper from glue or self tappers. it'd have to be a jap pressed plate too, no oblong bull****.

I agree, I was going to get a towing eye plate holder from the US but it was coming to €100 ex duty and the wait was about 3 weeks. I've ordered two Jap plates one will be taped to to driver side PDC trim, then other as a spare

shietpilot

How about a vinyl plate?

Foxhole Norman

shietpilot wrote: »

How about a vinyl plate?

Never liked them!

YbFocus

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I agree, I was going to get a towing eye plate holder from the US but it was coming to €100 ex duty and the wait was about 3 weeks. I've ordered two Jap plates one will be taped to to driver side PDC trim, then other as a spare

Oh I'll see how that looks and then I may do the same

Ron Burgundy II

FN always seems to be an AA van near you at these C&C meets.

Foxhole Norman

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

FN always seems to be an AA van near you at these C&C meets.

It knows what I drive :pac:

Slideways

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Do you get to keep the cool plate for another car?

Yup, it's already on my Landcruiser

hi_im_fil

Supergurrier

Work and play

Noccy_Mondy

Supergurrier wrote:

Work and play

Does your car be parked there often, do be up and down that road quite a lot. Might go in and damage it someday :pac:

YbFocus

Flashback Friday

MetzgerMeister

Noccy_Mondy

Get off the damn grass!

Maybe it's the picture, but does it have a short arse? Maybe it's because the nose is quite long.

LawlessBoy

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I agree, I was going to get a towing eye plate holder from the US but it was coming to €100 ex duty and the wait was about 3 weeks. I've ordered two Jap plates one will be taped to to driver side PDC trim, then other as a spare

Have you looked into the "show plate" ? Im after been trying to find a link to it there as i seen it a few weeks ago. Theyre expensive enough if i remember at circa €150.
Basically its an electronically controlled plate you press a button it slides out and flips up press it again and it hides itself away(usually between the grill) ive seen them on a few VAG cars.

Sh1tbag OToole

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Get off the damn grass!

I used to have a class in college that was beside a field of grass and had tinted windows. A few of the lads thought it would be good craic to open one of the windows a tiny bit and start tapping fellas on the shoulder as they walked past.

Then if we saw a fella go onto the grass instead of the concrete path directly beside the room we would should "Get off the grass!" "Grass walkers!". There was no amount of abuse we wouldn't hurl at fellas that were on the grass and anyone who was off the grass got tapped on the shoulder or prodded with a ruler. The fun all stopped when one fella got sick of this carry on and landed his motorbike helmet in through the window

Foxhole Norman

LawlessBoy wrote: »

Have you looked into the "show plate" ? Im after been trying to find a link to it there as i seen it a few weeks ago. Theyre expensive enough if i remember at circa €150.
Basically its an electronically controlled plate you press a button it slides out and flips up press it again and it hides itself away(usually between the grill) ive seen them on a few VAG cars.

I did, my brother keeps saying for me to do it but I really cannot be arsed spending €100-150 on a glorified plate holder :P

jacksie66

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rizzee

Mate date xox

shietpilot

In work :P

Voodoomelon

Made it to Bordeaux, about 1800km under the belt now, its ridiculous how stable this car is at constant speed, its first real test in 2.5 years.

Lost a flag though! Around the 1200km mark, one of the lads pointed out the windscreen and shouted "its gone!". The plastic flagpole snapped clean in half just above where it was screwed to the metal bracket I made. I was surprised how they lasted for so long at 130kph+ for over 1000km, I doubt the real ones could handle that.

Still have the other one though, the looks we get absolutely everywhere is priceless.

AndyBoBandy

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Lost a flag though! Around the 1200km mark, one of the lads pointed out the windscreen and shouted "its gone!". The plastic flagpole snapped clean in half just above where it was screwed to the metal bracket I made.

Yeah, I'd be a bit suspicious of Irish flags going missing from cars in France.

I was working there for about a year in 2009/2010, and the week of the Henry handball, my flag mysteriously liberated itself from the car overnight outside the house I was renting!! (I don't know how the ba$tards did it, but they managed to remove it without breaking the plastic clip thing that sat over the window! so kudos to them for the clean removal)

Exhibit A:

Voodoomelon

You could be right, dunno how we would have missed it snapping off mid drive, could have happened at a service station.

colm_mcm

Oddly enough, this came up on my Facebook today from 4 years ago

Rowley Birkin QC

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Made it to Bordeaux....[/IMG]

Class picture!

Are those the WW2 Nazi submarine pens?