181 reg cars...

m17

Left in my 10 year old car in for its service when I this beautiful Lexus lc500h which is now waiting for its 181 plate

Kamili

Nice lexus, wow.

Bit more shocked you take a ten year old car to a main st... Dealer for a service tho..

MarkN

ELM327 wrote: »

Saw a 181 sportage and a 181 skoda karoq (?) in the parking lot in Aldi in Navan earlier.

Warning: mini rant ahead.
PCP at its finest!

I can't for the life of me understand why people buy diesels on PCP. Over the three year term usually the mileage limits mean you don't get much of a saving at all (if any) yet you have the added complications of DPF/DMF/Blue Urine "Adblue"/etc to contend with.

I may be buying new in the next 12 months, and would not consider buying anything other than a hybrid or full EV at this point.

There’s many, many, MANY threads regarding PCP elsewhere in this forum and in Buying & Selling.

That Lexus LC has to be one of the best posts in this thread so far.

rebel.ranter

Larbre34 wrote: »

Leo will be envious.

I have heard on good authority that he has zero interest in cars. So no sympathetic ear for motorists to be expected.


Also, I noticed that newly registered cars take a good few days to update on cartell.ie or motorcheck.ie.

beertons

Saw a 181ke s5 yesterday. Think I'm going to see a lot more of it too, as it was a side road. Mmmm

JimmyMcGill

MarkN wrote: »

That Lexus LC has to be one of the best posts in this thread so far.

I think it's gank. Whoever designed that was getting their elbow shoved.

AMKC

m17 wrote: »

Left in my 10 year old car in for its service when I this beautiful Lexus lc500h which is now waiting for its 181 plate

Left in my 10 year old car in for its service when I this beautiful Lexus lc500h which is now waiting for its 181 .

I thought for a minute there that you were going to say you left in your 10 year old car and bought that.

Wow what a stunning looking car and it has got lots of great reviews too. Be a very lucky person that has bought that.

MarkN

JimmyMcGill wrote: »

I think it's gank. Whoever designed that was getting their elbow shoved.

I like the rear wings the most, the nose I could take or leave.

Autosport

Wouldn’t be a fan of that Lexus.


Well wear on the Audi, love the colour

jca

MarkN wrote: »

There’s many, many, MANY threads regarding PCP elsewhere in this forum and in Buying & Selling.

That Lexus LC has to be one of the best posts in this thread so far.

If you're a UK football player or Conor McGregor it's dreadful looking.

Truckermal

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'm dying to see one of the 100 rumoured Lexus LS that are ordered for this year.

I'm dying to see them in them in the Luxobarge thread in 10 years time!

wyf437gn6btzue

Think there`s soon to be a 181 Ferrari GTC4 Lusso on the roads

Autochange

English plates look better than 181s.
A 2013 14 15 has probably got a better spec than the 181 too

KwackerJack

Autochange wrote: »

English plates look better than 181s.
A 2013 14 15 has probably got a better spec than the 181 too

No pic but I did spot a 181 baby blue M3 in the Clontarf area

Autochange

KwackerJack wrote: »

No pic but I did spot a 181 baby blue M3 in the Clontarf area

That would be a beautiful car for sure.

cashcow

181 Porsche Panamera 4 in Naas this evening,not sure Of The exact model.

Bren_C

Just pick this up, chuffed so far

AMKC

Seen a grey BMW 520D 181-KE-164. Surely there is nicer colours than grey for it as it looked rather boring in grey but the interior looked nice beige seats and a classy dash in it.

bazz26

Maybe the owner likes it.

AMKC

bazz26 wrote: »

Maybe the owner likes it.

Am sure they do just if it was me it would be in a nice blue or red or silver. We all have different tastes it would be a boring world if we all wanted the same thing.

MarkN

AMKC wrote: »

Am sure they do just if it was me it would be in a nice blue or red or silver. We all have different tastes it would be a boring world if we all wanted the same thing.

Space grey is a lovely colour IMO. Will always look classy with Oyster leather.

Atlantic Dawn

Hadn't seen any until today and then in the space of an hour saw 5, their owners must have been taking them out for walkies of a saturday

First was a Mini One in an odd orange colour, actually looked very nice with the black contrast of tyres/wheels and black wheel arch surrounds. Next was a Polo, then Quashqai, Tucson and finally a hybrid Auris.

AMKC

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Hadn't seen any until today and then in the space of an hour saw 5, their owners must have been taking them out for walkies of a saturday

First was a Mini One in an odd orange colour, actually looked very nice with the black contrast of tyres/wheels and black wheel arch surrounds. Next was a Polo, then Quashqai, Tucson and finally a hybrid Auris.

That was a good spotting day. The Mini might look nice but Id say it will not do it any good in that colour when it comes to selling it do might hurt the resale value but fair play to them for going for it.

Id say the Qashqai owner will be getting another new car next year.

Autosport

Spotted a red Auris, wine Rav4 and a white Tucson Friday.

bazz26

Seen a 181 Peugeot 3008 today.

Noccy_Mondy

Were the first week stats posted yet? I've seen some scatter of 181s!

sReq | uTeK

Bit late in getting this up, but last 2 weeks have been mental

Anyway picked my 5008 up Jan 2nd at 3pm. Delighted with the car. Everything I expected.

AMKC

Seen white 181 Kuga today D reg 64xx and a 181-KE Renault Captur. Can,t remember the colour now.

Caught my eye earlier

splinter65

bazz26 wrote: »

Seen a 181 Peugeot 3008 today.

Me too. Bronze.

AMKC

Seen my first 181 Renault Koleos on the road. Nice car to have.

Reventon93

Saw a gold 181 BMW. Didn't get the model but looked like a gold 7 series

hooch-85

Two spots this morning, a new model Insignia (quite like the look of these) and a X5.

grogi

A white Seat Ibiza and a Skoda Kodiaq that tried to run me over in unidentified colour...

Trebor176

I spotted a white 181 Arteon in Clondalkin this morning. White is not a colour that I would pick, if I was buying an Arteon.

Autosport

A 181 Hyundai krona this morning in red. Wouldn’t be my choice of colour for it.

AMKC

Autosport wrote: »

A 181 Hyundai krona this morning in red. Wouldn’t be my choice of colour for it.

Its Hyundai Kona. That must be the first one on the road then. I have seen lots of the Kia Stonic but none of them yet. What colour would you go for?

Autosport

AMKC wrote: »

Its Hyundai Kona. That must be the first one on the road then. I have seen lots of the Kia Stonic but none of them yet. What colour would you go for?

I didn’t like the red as it looked to be a dull matt red but I’d prefer black or a more vibrant red

NyOmnishambles

Spotted a 181 Merc Pick up driving over Broombridge yesterday evening

Will be a rare enough sight I would imagine

AMKC

Some stats for the first 10 days of the year.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/new-car-sales-start-the-year-steady-with-1-7-increase-1.3351799

Razor Russ

AMKC wrote: »

Some stats for the first 10 days of the year.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/new-car-sales-start-the-year-steady-with-1-7-increase-1.3351799

Surprised no sign of VW in the top 5.

I am waiting on delivery of a T-Roc next week hopefully.

bazz26

I think VW are nearly always slow out of the trap this time of year as a good few of their cars are factory orders that may not have arrived in the first week of January. I'd imagine they will catch up when the entire monthly figures get taken into account.

MANSFIELD

Razor Russ wrote: »

I am waiting on delivery of a T-Roc next week hopefully.

What build week was your T-Roc ?

Razor Russ

MANSFIELD wrote: »

What build week was your T-Roc ?

It was build week 51. I got the production dates from my dealer and it shows all the different stages of production. The small issue with the production of the T Roc is that the plant shut for week 52. So it left Portugal last Thursday, its due in to Dublin tomorrow on one of the VW Car Carrier ships. Dealer has said I will have it late next week or early following one.

A VW production file looks like this:


Order Entry Dealer System 31/10/17
Order Entry NADIN 31/10/17
Order Registration IFA 07/11/17
Buildability Check 07/11/17
SGW Rebooking 07/11/17
Current SGW Determination 07/11/17
Allocation of product plant 21/11/17
Handover to production 22/11/17
Start Body Shell Shop 19/12/17
End Body Shell Shop 20/12/17
Start Paint Shop 20/12/17
End Paint Shop 21/12/17
Start Final Assembly 21/12/17
Checkpoint 8 Handover to Sales 02/01/18
Start Service Shop
End Service Shop
Exit Production Plant 03/01/18
Arrival Port of Shipment 03/01/18 •

Departure Port of Shipment 11/01/18
Departure last Port of Transit
Arrival at Port of Destination 17/01/18
Departure from Port of Destination 17/01/18

Arrival at Importer 18/01/18

Doddles88

Razor Russ wrote: »

It was build week 51. I got the production dates from my dealer and it shows all the different stages of production. The small issue with the production of the T Roc is that the plant shut for week 52. So it left Portugal last Thursday, its due in to Dublin tomorrow on one of the VW Car Carrier ships. Dealer has said I will have it late next week or early following one.

A VW production file looks like this:


Order Entry Dealer System 31/10/17
Order Entry NADIN 31/10/17
Order Registration IFA 07/11/17
Buildability Check 07/11/17
SGW Rebooking 07/11/17
Current SGW Determination 07/11/17
Allocation of product plant 21/11/17
Handover to production 22/11/17
Start Body Shell Shop 19/12/17
End Body Shell Shop 20/12/17
Start Paint Shop 20/12/17
End Paint Shop 21/12/17
Start Final Assembly 21/12/17
Checkpoint 8 Handover to Sales 02/01/18
Start Service Shop
End Service Shop
Exit Production Plant 03/01/18
Arrival Port of Shipment 03/01/18 •

Departure Port of Shipment 11/01/18
Departure last Port of Transit
Arrival at Port of Destination 17/01/18
Departure from Port of Destination 17/01/18

Arrival at Importer 18/01/18

I’m waiting on a Tiguan. Originally meant to be built in WW03 but was then told it was due for arrival at importer 12/1/18, way ahead of schedule. Anyway it didn’t arrive but the dealer says it’s due in tomorrow. Would like to think I’ll have it next week, ordered it all the way back in October!

CrowdedHouse

Ye might as well drag it out to February and save a months tax

Razor Russ

Doddles88 wrote: »

I’m waiting on a Tiguan. Originally meant to be built in WW03 but was then told it was due for arrival at importer 12/1/18, way ahead of schedule. Anyway it didn’t arrive but the dealer says it’s due in tomorrow. Would like to think I’ll have it next week, ordered it all the way back in October!

All VW cars for Ireland go through Emden Port in Germany, regardless where they are built. They only ship to Ireland once a week, so a car could be sitting on the Docks in Germany for a week or so waiting on a boat.

Razor Russ

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Ye might as well drag it out to February and save a months tax

You are completely right but I am a crazy person with no patience when I am waiting for new things:D

sky18

Razor Russ wrote: »

All VW cars for Ireland go through Emden Port in Germany, regardless where they are built. They only ship to Ireland once a week, so a car could be sitting on the Docks in Germany for a week or so waiting on a boat.

Ordered a golf r line back in September hopefully it's on the ship tomorrow its taking ages

Razor Russ

sky18 wrote: »

Ordered a golf r line back in September hopefully it's on the ship tomorrow its taking ages

Golf R is such a sweet car. Lots of videos on youtube of it. It will definitely be worth the wait.