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

Mickiemcfist

Actually for anyone in Dublin, I got my tyres delivered to Rowan tyres in Sandyford & he has a van & comes to you, think fitting is like 17 a tyre but it works out cheaper. Really good service. (In no way affiliated) Mods can remove if that's not allowed.

marcos_94

Truckermal wrote: »

Yep got 4 245/45/19 for 340 delivered from Camskill.

How much is postage with them to Ireland? Looking at getting two Michelin PS4s (225/35/19) and Camskill are about 20 quid cheaper per tyre

Truckermal

marcos_94 wrote: »

How much is postage with them to Ireland? Looking at getting two Michelin PS4s (225/35/19) and Camskill are about 20 quid cheaper per tyre

That was including delivery!

colm_mcm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Mate of mine priced same size this week in Munster. Can get Bridgestone Turanzas and Dunlop something or other for €110
Kumhos should be sub €100 IMO.

He ended up getting the Bridgestone for €100

Big Nasty

I've nothing against buying online, often done so myself but if the saving is only €20 / tyre and it costs you €15+ a corner to fit (plus hassle) it's not really worth it IMO.

Wailin

Big Nasty wrote: »

I've nothing against buying online, often done so myself but if the saving is only €20 / tyre and it costs you €15+ a corner to fit (plus hassle) it's not really worth it IMO.

For me it's not really cost, but more a case of **** selection in most tyre places, especially if you're going for higher end tyres. Most of them are grand for mid range which suit 80% of the population. Try getting a good run flat tyre and you'll struggle.

colm_mcm

Wailin wrote: »

For me it's not really cost, but more a case of **** selection in most tyre places, especially if you're going for higher end tyres. Most of them are grand for mid range which suit 80% of the population. Try getting a good run flat tyre and you'll struggle.

Yep, and show me a tyre shop that has a public price list!

selectamatic

Most are pretty poor for midrange too.

Hankook, kumho and uniroyal readily available in most but very hard get the likes of toyo, Yokohama, firestone, barum etc.

At least that'd be my experience here in the west.

colm_mcm

One place told me Wanli were a good mid range tyre.

Duke O Smiley

Sure all the taxi drivers are using them!

colm_mcm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Sure all the taxi drivers are using them!

Sure I have them on my own car, which just happens to not be here at the moment.

bazz26

Sure they are owned by Goodyear and all Goodyear employees have them on their cars....

colm_mcm

I’ll show you a Nordexx now, and then a Michelin, you won’t be able to tell the difference.

bazz26

Like Goodridge and Goodyear

Toyotafanboi

Speaking of tyres and bad advice, did anybody even notice that Advance Pitstop has rebranded as Continental? Does that mean they will only be stocking Continental products now?

colm_mcm

bazz26 wrote: »

Like Goodridge and Goodyear

Place sold my mother Silverstones to replace Bridgestones, specifically sent her in there for Bridgestones, they were a cheap size anyway. Told her they were the same company.

colm_mcm

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Speaking of tyres and bad advice, did anybody even notice that Advance Pitstop has rebranded as Continental? Does that mean they will only be stocking Continental products now?

Been like that for a while, they’ve pushed Barum and Continental for a long time.

They’re going to rebrand as “Best Drive”

Wailin

Wailin wrote: »

For me it's not really cost, but more a case of **** selection in most tyre places, especially if you're going for higher end tyres. Most of them are grand for mid range which suit 80% of the population. Try getting a good run flat tyre and you'll struggle.

Decent tyre shops order in for you after you agree the price etc...

Toyotafanboi

colm_mcm wrote: »

They’re going to rebrand as “Best Drive”

Sounds like a ropey chinese tyre brand in itself :pac:

eljono

Augeo wrote: »

Decent tyre shops order in for you after you agree the price etc...

Exactly this. If they don't have what I want in stock, I order my tyres through Nenagh Tyre Centre. They're fair on price and nice to deal with.

colm_mcm

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Sounds like a ropey chinese tyre brand in itself :pac:

Shows you how damaged the Advance brand is if they want to bin such a well known name.

MetzgerMeister

Wailin wrote: »

For me it's not really cost, but more a case of **** selection in most tyre places, especially if you're going for higher end tyres. Most of them are grand for mid range which suit 80% of the population. Try getting a good run flat tyre and you'll struggle.

This is true. My local Advance couldn't get in any of the tyres I wanted for a decent price as they weren't "what we normally sell".

I went elsewhere (FirstStop) and asked them for a price on the Pirellis and also priced up what it would cost if I were to buy them online and have them fitted by someone else (FirstStop don't fit tyres that they didn't sell) and the price difference was negligible.

Toyotafanboi

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Speaking of tyres and bad advice, did anybody even notice that Advance Pitstop has rebranded as Continental? Does that mean they will only be stocking Continental products now?

They stock Bridgestone, Pirelli, Dunlop, Michelin, Semperit as well as Continental & Barum.

Semperit and Barum are Continental owned of course. Advance was a Continental company since the 60s.

James Bond Junior

I've had barum tyres on several cars and I really couldn't fault them.

I never drove a car with Barums but Semperit were my choice of tyre many moons ago when I did Cork to Dublin return twice a week on average. I didn't know they were a budget brand at the time to be honest.

colm_mcm

They (Semprit) were made in Ballyfermot at the time.

selectamatic

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I've had barum tyres on several cars and I really couldn't fault them.

The relatively new barum 5hm tyre seems to be getting good reviews.

shanec1928

renting a van in a few weeks and trying to figure out how much of a hold will be put on my card. the van has Collision Damage Waiver and the excess is 3k does that mean the hold will be 3k also?

punisher5112

shanec1928 wrote: »

renting a van in a few weeks and trying to figure out how much of a hold will be put on my card. the van has Collision Damage Waiver and the excess is 3k does that mean the hold will be 3k also?

Where is that with?

Last time mine was around €1600 I believe.

I've used easirent and europcar

shanec1928

punisher5112 wrote: »

Where is that with?

Last time mine was around €1600 I believe.

I've used easirent and europcar

hertz

TheShow

shanec1928 wrote: »

renting a van in a few weeks and trying to figure out how much of a hold will be put on my card. the van has Collision Damage Waiver and the excess is 3k does that mean the hold will be 3k also?

Sounds like it. Normally if you buy their insurance there is no excess. It’s extra cost but better than potential excess of 3k

I generally rent with Avis, excess typically is €1000/€1500, I never take any insurance above the mandatory from them and they excess is never held on the card. Of course they've my card details and my acceptance of their T&Cs.

Ardent

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Tiff Needell has being given the boot from Fifth Gear.

https://youtu.be/uXE-cFW6vPI

Sorry to revive an old topic but I just found out about this. I was really looking forward to watching the new series - especially with Jason Plato on board - but now I hope it just crashes and burns. Pretty shocking they jettisoned him without reason, I think he's spot on about ageism. Basterds.

colm_mcm

Meh. Nobody’s entitled to a lifetime gig.

Harcrid

If anyone remembers, a few weeks ago my 2011 BMW 520D suffered a stretched timing chain which caused some significant damage to the engine. Due to the costs associated with an independent repair it was decided to try and approach BMW for goodwill since the car had full service history from new until last year. After a bit of back and forth I was surprised to hear it got approved and a new engine is currently being fitted courtesy of BMW. Restores a little faith in the brand at least!

punisher5112

Harcrid wrote: »

If anyone remembers, a few weeks ago my 2011 BMW 520D suffered a stretched timing chain which caused some significant damage to the engine. Due to the costs associated with an independent repair it was decided to try and approach BMW for goodwill since the car had full service history from new until last year. After a bit of back and forth I was surprised to hear it got approved and a new engine is currently being fitted courtesy of BMW. Restores a little faith in the brand at least!

Wow, that's a great result...

Didn't think they were actually doing this.

CIP4

Took the Golf out for a good drive tonight I half forgot how quick it was. It is actually quite impressive and good fun to drive in sport mode on the paddles handles well with the front LSD. I have had it over 3 months now and thinking about it overall the running costs really aren't that bad and not really that far off running a normal run of the mill car. For me anyway the stand out is the cost to buy but then these days basically all hot hatches and any kind of performance models are quite expensive to buy. Reason I think of running costs is the perception by many that it would absolutely break anyone financially to run one.

Thinking about it though I can't really think of any cars that have as good a performance as the GTI that would equal/better the running costs.

So in other words I will probably hold onto it for another while :pac:

tossy

CIP4 wrote: »

So in other words I will probably hold onto it for another while :pac:

A couple of months?

If you’re ever passing through Kildare give me a shout you can take the R for a spin.

CIP4

tossy wrote: »

A couple of months?

If you’re ever passing through Kildare give me a shout you can take the R for a spin.

Yes I have driven a few Cupra at this point including a 4 drive one so they would be quite similar to an R. I have no doubt the power difference is noticeable they pull harder low down the rev range a bit more drama to driving it I would say.

However it comes at a cost tax is more, for me because I am still youngish an R was good bit more to insure also there would be a reasonable difference in fuel consumption. Would be worth it to some people no doubt but I can’t really say I have ever driven the GTI and thought I could do with something quicker. Maybe there will come a day when I think that I don’t know.

vintagevrs

I'd say Tossy's car has about another 150bhp and another 2 wheels to put it down over a Gti. Effectively another Audi A4

MetzgerMeister

CIP4 wrote: »

Thinking about it though I can't really think of any cars that have as good a performance as the GTI that would equal/better the running costs.

Quoted for posterity

CIP4

vintagevrs wrote: »

I'd say Tossy's car has about another 150bhp and another 2 wheels to put it down over a Gti. Effectively another Audi A4

As I said in the post above I think the R is a fantastic car and on another level to the GTI. The 4 wheel drive would be nice as even in the GTI wheel spin can be an issue.

However I personally don’t look at car as being better because it has more power. I liked my A4 even though it was only 150bhp, I liked the Megane I had and that was only 90 bhp. I would just look at so many things other than just power when judging a car.

I have driven stuff 300-400bhp but the funnest most impressive car I have ever driven was a 197 Clio on the Nurburgring it wasn’t quick at all actually slower than I expected but the handling was plain unbelievable you could just drive it as hard as it would go around every bend and it would t budge in other words the handling exceeded the power. For me it just made the car epic to drive the feeling you were getting everything it had to give. I drove faster cars around the track and they didn’t come close to it and I wasn’t the only person on the trip to say that either.

CIP4

OSI wrote: »

Easy to say when you’re not putting 200 quid a week of petrol into it

Well I do the guts of 30k km a year so however much fuel that equates to.

wotzgoingon

CIP4 wrote: »

Well I do the guts of 30k km a year so however much fuel that equates to.

Roughly €3350 a year. Well that's how much it would cost me if I drove 30k km a year. Yours is more or less depending on how much mpg you get.

punisher5112

I'd double that if it were me, I could only drive it like I stole it..,

CIP4

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Roughly €3350 a year. Well that's how much it would cost me if I drove 30k km a year. Yours is more or less depending on how much mpg you get.

Yes I am not prepared to do that calculation :pac: the thing about it is though in my case anyway depreciation would be the biggest cost.

Dartz

CIP4 wrote: »

Thinking about it though I can't really think of any cars that have as good a performance as the GTI that would equal/better the running costs.

So in other words I will probably hold onto it for another while :pac:

'Running Costs' is such an ephemeral figure.

vintagevrs

Had the pleasure of driving in front of a car today that has those LED lights that adapt their pattern around traffic. Seriously impressive tech. I had to check my own lights weren't on full beam a few times with cars coming towards me as the road was so well lit, and that's from the car behind me. My car has decent headlights, but lighting up the hedges beside oncoming traffic really helps more than I thought it would.

MetzgerMeister

vintagevrs wrote: »

Had the pleasure of driving in front of a car today that has those LED lights that adapt their pattern around traffic. Seriously impressive tech. I had to check my own lights weren't on full beam a few times with cars coming towards me as the road was so well lit, and that's from the car behind me. My car has decent headlights, but lighting up the hedges beside oncoming traffic really helps more than I thought it would.

You should have the same on your car albeit Xenon rather than LED. When I put mine to "auto" and engage the adaptive lights it lights up the hedges etc. and when it notices an oncoming car it dims the right headlight which comes back on after the oncoming car is gone.

Having the lights on "auto" means that the beam turns with the steering wheel but the adaptive lights are another nugget on top of that.

On the side of your indicator stalk, do you have 2 small buttons or 1?

vintagevrs

No I don't have that option, just the basic lights. The car behind me though had an excellent version of it. It looked like a G series BM, couldn't tell if it was a 3 or a 5. It was trimming the lights perfectly around me and other cars.