***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

colm_mcm

CIP4 wrote: »

I have to get two mirror covers just don't like the black plus whoever painted them didn't do the best job with them.

Just get the chrome ones. Limerick style.

James Bond Junior

It's a white SUV, totally blends into the crowd. You'll be fine!

punisher5112

What is it a quasqai.... ;-)

Midnight_EG

Does it come with the new Crowd Control mode?

wotzgoingon

Anyone know why the 2018 and 2019 models are down on power compared to the 2014-2017 model of the 2.3 ecoboost?

bazz26

Stricter emissions\WLTP I'd imagine.

Sexual Chocolate

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/incredible-videos-show-bedlam-garda-16685772

https://youtu.be/10HDkkrl2pE

Tonight in Dublin.

James Bond Junior

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/incredible-videos-show-bedlam-garda-16685772

https://youtu.be/10HDkkrl2pE

Tonight in Dublin.

Got a few vids earlier. Attempted robbery originally apparently.

Sexual Chocolate

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Got a few vids earlier. Attempted robbery originally apparently.

Failed to stop according to the Indo. Same thing probably....

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Saw that myself on the North road

Thought to myself by the looks of the Audi driving it wasn't exactly flooring it and the two lads inside it were chatting away

Thought it strange !

colm_mcm

Maybe the cops are hoping they’ll run out of diesel

Sexual Chocolate

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Saw that myself on the North road

Thought to myself by the looks of the Audi driving it wasn't exactly flooring it and the two lads inside it were chatting away

Thought it strange !

Didn't look that fast I thought as well tbh. Pretty common thing the last few weeks. I seen one last week go by where I live with a dozen i40s behind plus the rest.

Tazzimus

I see North Strand/Ossery road in one of the vids.
Having lived there, this is not surprising in the least.

bazz26

More here:*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMagP52BWG8

* May or may not be actual footage.

Sexual Chocolate

Fun fact. That Dodge Monaco really was doing 120 mph through Chicago. Can the i40 do 120 ? :pac:

bazz26

Another fun fact, around the chase through the shopping mall. They never told the mall owners that they were going to wreck it. The shopping mall was never repaired and never opened again after the movie.

wotzgoingon

bazz26 wrote: »

More here:*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMagP52BWG8

* May or may not be actual footage.

I hate watching those old movies where they wreck all the old cars but I suppose there was a tonne of them available at the time.

Sexual Chocolate

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I hate watching those old movies where they wreck all the old cars but I suppose there was a tonne of them available at the time.

I think the first Blues Brothers held the record for the most cars wrecked until the 2nd one came out 18 years later. Dunno if it's being broken ever since.

punisher5112

Great to see the kinahans r golf in use....

punisher5112

colm_mcm wrote: »

Maybe the cops are hoping they’ll run out of diesel

Did it coooooo or boooo

Wailin

Newb question lads. I just got delivered new adjustable avo shocks for my jimny and took them out to have a look. They came out of box fully compressed and i can extend them and compress them by hand, but they don't spring back out? What am I missing here?

Harcrid

Thats normal with shocks. Shocks only damp the bumps and its the job of the spring to control rebound and ride height.

Wailin

Harcrid wrote: »

Thats normal with shocks. Shocks only damp the bumps and its the job of the spring to control rebound and ride height.

Thanks, god help me installing them

Tazzimus

Installing them is easy. Getting springs onto them, is a bit trickier.
Do you have spring clamps?

ILikeBoats

OSI wrote: »

It’s here....... can’t tell if it’s more or less conspicuous than the triple yellow.

Who bought this?! Love it!!

carsfan2

OSI wrote: »

It’s here....... can’t tell if it’s more or less conspicuous than the triple yellow.

That looks excellent. Well wear.
Did the previous one hold its value well and how did it wear?
I’ve heard that they sometimes get tired looking quickly especially on the inside.

punisher5112

OSI wrote: »

The old man.



Nah. Lost over 30k

It wasn't holding up too well in the end really, no. Fuel pump failed, compressor failed, heater matrix cracked, leather was split in a few places and plastics were coming loose. Worst bit was, they only came with a 2 year warranty then and all that happened in it's 3rd year.

Wow that's shocking build quality.

shanec1928

OSI wrote: »

The old man.



Nah. Lost over 30k

It wasn't holding up too well in the end really, no. Fuel pump failed, compressor failed, heater matrix cracked, leather was split in a few places and plastics were coming loose. Worst bit was, they only came with a 2 year warranty then and all that happened in it's 3rd year.

And he still bought another one:pac:

carsfan2

In fairness, if you can afford to lose it and it makes you happy to roll around in then why not?

Wailin

Tazzimus wrote: »

Installing them is easy. Getting springs onto them, is a bit trickier.
Do you have spring clamps?

No, and the new springs are 25mm longer to give it a small lift. I reckon the most difficult part will be removing the old nuts which are probably seized solid on a 17 yr old car. I'll give it plenty of wd40 for a few days beforehand.

Mickiemcfist

Wailin wrote: »

No, and the new springs are 25mm longer to give it a small lift. I reckon the most difficult part will be removing the old nuts which are probably seized solid on a 17 yr old car. I'll give it plenty of wd40 for a few days beforehand.

I'd recommend you get spring clamps, they're like 15 quid & save a hell of a lot of hassle.

Tazzimus

Wailin wrote: »

No, and the new springs are 25mm longer to give it a small lift. I reckon the most difficult part will be removing the old nuts which are probably seized solid on a 17 yr old car. I'll give it plenty of wd40 for a few days beforehand.

You say that now, wait til you try compress the springs without losing an eye/finger

Mickiemcfist

OSI wrote: »

What else is out there that's half as interesting without spending at minimum 10-15k more?

2 or 3 year old M3/M4? However that'd be just my choice, I'm glad he's put two Mustangs onto Irish roads.

punisher5112

Was a bit disappointed to see such cars in 2016 with halogen DRLs..... Let's the car down and also the 3 rear lights each side on the rear not doing the repeat indicators sequence is a let down imo....

I still like them though and would love a drive in one.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Happy out

Didn't need to put my car into NCT

Just sent in the MOT from UK for exchange !

Dia_Anseo

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Happy out

Didn't need to put my car into NCT

Just sent in the MOT from UK for exchange !

That's unpossible!!

shanec1928

OSI wrote: »

What else is out there that's half as interesting without spending at minimum 10-15k more?

Ment more so about the quality being poor than the depreciation but fair play to him!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Dia_Anseo wrote: »

That's unpossible!!

EU law baby

Now have more time before I change the tyres and wipers ! Hehe

Dia_Anseo

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

EU law baby

Now have more time before I change the tyres and wipers ! Hehe

How did you go about doing that?

colm_mcm

Dia_Anseo wrote: »

How did you go about doing that?

https://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Your-Vehicle/Your-Vehicle-/The-NCT--Recognition-Certs/

Noccy_Mondy

The Mondeo has been retired. New car on the way. 2 weeks delivery is the killer

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

The Mondeo has been retired. New car on the way. 2 weeks delivery is the killer

What did you buy ? Did you buy from up the north after or was it you that was looking at cars up there ?

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote: »

What did you buy ? Did you buy from up the north after or was it you that was looking at cars up there ?

An 2015 A4. No didn't bother, a lot of them weren't sitting right with us. One owner company car bought in the UK. Bought last Monday, just delays in getting it brought over. Should do the trick.

Wailin

Lads is there any pros or cons in going for a tyre with a higher load index, eg. from 96 to 100? Apart from price? I'm guessing it will last longer but fuel consumption might be worse.

colm_mcm

It will usually make the car ride harder.

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

An 2015 A4. No didn't bother, a lot of them weren't sitting right with us. One owner company car bought in the UK. Bought last Monday, just delays in getting it brought over. Should do the trick.

Not too bad. Is it a 150bhp model I assume most of them are ? Assume it’s the last of the B8 model ?

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote: »

Not too bad. Is it a 150bhp model I assume most of them are ? Assume it’s the last of the B8 model ?

It's actually a 163bhp. Took a while to find one as most are the 136bhp. Should have a nice bit of poke. It's an SE Ultra Tecknik. Last of the b8 so it has a nice few extras, leather seats etc. The new model was a nice few extra beans. It's for the mother and she has zero interest in cars so she couldn't justify the extra for an sline.

CIP4

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

It's actually a 163bhp. Took a while to find one as most are the 136bhp. Should have a nice bit of poke. It's an SE Ultra Tecknik. Last of the b8 so it has a nice few extras, leather seats etc. The new model was a nice few extra beans. It's for the mother and she has zero interest in cars so she couldn't justify the extra for an sline.

Yes really nothing wrong with the SE for those not into cars there is often a bit of a price difference in it. My dad has a 177bhp 141 A4 SE and it has a lot of extras on it. Hasn't given him any trouble and it has high enough mileage at this point on it.

In other news have the Golf coming up on 4 weeks. TBH I am actually not sure what to make of it. Its not what I expected yet I am not sure what I was expecting it to be like either I think between the choice of the golf and Leon I made the right choice. Being honest it is plenty powerful enough for what I want I haven't been in a situation yet where I thought god it could do with another few BHP like a Cupra has.

It gets a serious amount of attention and I think that's probably more to do with where I live its not a common car you would see like if I lived in Cork or Dublin where there are loads of them I don't think it would be like that at all. Genuinely its not something that ever really crossed my mind when I was buying it so I hadn't been expecting it.

Sexual Chocolate

How is the insurance situation with it ? Guessing it was a few quid more than the A4 ?

CIP4

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

How is the insurance situation with it ? Guessing it was a few quid more than the A4 ?

About €220 extra to change with over 10 months left on the policy so for a year your taking ~€900 fairly good considering I am 25.