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

CIP4

joujoujou wrote: »

Very unlikely to be disqualified solely for doing 50@30. However, in this country cops don't have to have a leg to stand on in terms of accusing you of doing something wrong - if there's a court involved it's your word against theirs, AFAIK.

Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone.

Yes they came on very strong initially said what I was doing was dangerous. Then when I passed drug test, Alcohol test, everything on car was in order and the fact I have never had points etc. They were a little easier and I just got the don’t speed, don’t act the clown in the car and that if they had, had a speed gun on me I’d be off the road.

I suppose they are ultimately only doing their jobs. The stand out thing for me was at one stage they cursed at me and I didn’t appreciate that at all absolutely no need for it.

selectamatic

The moral of the story is; if you're going to a nightclub forget about this not drinking craic.

Leave the car at home.

Viva La Sesh

Tazzimus

Wibbs wrote: »

I don't because I'm old. :mad::D I never did even when I was younger. My own dad was pulled way more times when he drove my cars. I must look innocent/dopey/harmless.

I'm hoping that'll be the case when I get it back on the road.
Besides, little chavvy lads are in their boo machines now, prob wouldn't look twice at a DC2.
Although the exhaust might draw some looks :pac:

Sexual Chocolate

Went to do the pads and discs on the car today and low and behold the pads were not the right ones. It even says on the label that there for my car but are defiantly the wrong size. Can only assume someone in the Mintex factory ****ed up and packed the wrong ones into the box or wrong label.

Tazzimus

I did the front caliper carriers on the Mazda today.
Front left one had seized slider pins and the one I got as a replacement had one seized as well. Much swearing and hitting with a hammer later and it was free and left carrier sorted.
Moved to the right one to put in the new pads and discovered it had a seized pin as well... Luckily I managed to free up the two pins from the old left carrier and used that.

As a result I can now do a set of pads in about 5 minutes and have full feeling in the brake pedal again.

Now to see what else the NCT will find to fail it on this time.

ofcork

I assume you can reschedule a booking on the NCT site without having to ring them?

DelBoy Trotter

ba_barabus wrote: »

Had my first experience of paintless dent removal today........why isn't this more common.

I'm slowly doing a running resto on my Renault 19 and want to avoid a full respray so I decided to see how much I could save of the original paint. Turns out pretty much all of it. I've now got a dent free car, some of which I thought would be impossible to sort this way.

The roof and bonnet will have to be resprayed but that's pretty much it. Result. :cool:

ba_barabus wrote: »

About €80.

No experience of these things but there were several dents some of which I was skeptical could be sorted. Turns out I was wrong.

Where did you get it done? PM if you'd rather not say on the forum!

ELM327

ofcork wrote: »

I assume you can reschedule a booking on the NCT site without having to ring them?

Yes once you are within the timeframe to cancel

ba_barabus

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

Where did you get it done? PM if you'd rather not say on the forum!

A guy called Pietro did it. He moves around but I had it done in Nenagh. Not sure where else he works. I'll PM you the number if you want it.

DelBoy Trotter

ba_barabus wrote: »

A guy called Pietro did it. He moves around but I had it done in Nenagh. Not sure where else he works. I'll PM you the number if you want it.

I'm based in Dublin so was looking for somebody close by, thanks though!

ELM327

Supergurrier wrote: »

Can't get my main account to log in even though im entering password and username properly aswell as the send to email function not working, any mods able to help me ?

I find this sometimes with the cloudflare issues. Must be the mental repetition that goes on here sometimes.

Truckermal

ELM327 wrote: »

I find this sometimes with the cloudflare issues. Must be the mental repetition that goes on here sometimes.

7 Year's later.....:eek::p

ELM327

Truckermal wrote: »

7 Year's later.....:eek::p

I dont know what happened there, I was reading that thread and quoted something here but it crossed over. Or I crossed over mentally ... I blame the 3pm slump :D

Keplar240B

Is motortax.ie not working , I have been trying to pay tax on it for last two days and it comes up with

505
You cannot use this service from there null Please contact the merchant.

Anyone else see this?

tossy

Keplar240B wrote: »

Is motortax.ie not working , I have been trying to pay tax on it for last two days and it comes up with

505
You cannot use this service from there null Please contact the merchant.

Anyone else see this?

Worked for me yesterday, are you trying it in work or at home ?

Keplar240B

tossy wrote: »

Worked for me yesterday, are you trying it in work or at home ?

At home , tried different computers, same error message, it pops after "pressing continue to payment"

punisher5112

Could be an issue with broadband, try on a phone off the network.

Are you using Chrome?

Try Firefox

Keplar240B

punisher5112 wrote: »

Could be an issue with broadband, try on a phone off the network.

Are you using Chrome?

Try Firefox

Ya i has using "brave"(which is a chrome fork i believe) on both computers linux and windows, it worked when when i used firefox. Thanks!

punisher5112

I hate the devil that is chrome......

fancy pigeon

Time to pop in for a bit!

Windows 7 and the last minute panic to upgrade to win 10 has me kept flat out. Trying to explain to users that their ancient hardware will not accept win 10 is another disaster. And there's no end to it for the foreseeable future...

I sold the Avensis and it went to a young lad who wanted a sturdy workhorse. It's only down the road from me in Ballivor and I've seen it driving once or twice

I haven't much planned, things have been very busy. Maybe in a few months things will quiet down and I can get back to sorting some of the scrap I have

farna_boy

Is there any consensus as to which is the best car history check website?

I used cartell before but when I was talking to a dealer about trading it in about a year later they could see more stuff that hadn't come up when I checked.

Duke O Smiley

Motorcheck 100%. Their €15 check is excellent for the money

CIP4

Was going through old files today and found a lot of receipts paperwork for previous cars I bought was adding up how much I had lost on them never actually did it before. The first 5 up to the first A4 I had I actually lost next to nothing on as I made money on two of them. The story on the Leon and B9 are not so good lost a lot on both of them. The golf will be far worse again I am sure when it’s time comes.

If I was to draw any conclusions from it I’d say buying cars around 10k and less the vast majority of the time you will fair out fairly ok on them depreciation wise once you get into the 20k-30k range depreciation hits hard especially if you don’t keep the car long. I know it’s fairly obvious stuff just something I never really thought about before.

PsychoPete

If your not losing money on cars then you ain't doing it right

bazz26

Love this lady's reviews of cars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGqARb8JgU

No trade mark driving gloves in this one though.

wotzgoingon

I think she fancy's me. I was only watching for less than a minute and she said to me lets get it on, shall we.

colm_mcm

Chilly enough this morning



Have the car 4 months now. I’d say I’m used to it at this stage. Nothings fallen off yet. Overall I’m very happy with it, have a few mods in the pipeline to keep it interesting. Have an OBDEleven ordered for it too, so that should be fun to mess about with.

Wibbs

colm_mcm wrote: »

Nothings fallen off yet.

In fairness C it's an Octavia. The only way to be sure of killing one is to stab it through the engine block with a wooden stake and lashings of holy water. Bury it in consecrated ground to be sure. Even then...

Wibbs

bazz26 wrote: »

Love this lady's reviews of cars:

Nicely done vid alright. Interesting accent, sounds like she spent time in Australia/New Zealand?

colm_mcm

Wibbs wrote: »

In fairness C it's an Octavia. The only way to be sure of killing one is to stab it through the engine block with a wooden stake and lashings of holy water. Bury it in consecrated ground to be sure. Even then...

After the Honda and how lucky I was with that, I am still skeptical.

CIP4

colm_mcm wrote: »

After the Honda and how lucky I was with that, I am still skeptical.

I know it was the previous model but the one my parents had for 5 years literally caused no issues they didn't spend a cent on it outside of tyres and servicing and at that it was just basic major/minor servicing. They really are a great car and that was the 1.6TDI the 2.0TDI is considered to be more reliable. Although I know you Civic has set the bar high.

How do you find the diesel engine to live with power wise it is probably fine but does it being a lot noisier around town/at low speeds bother you ?

colm_mcm

CIP4 wrote: »

I know it was the previous model but the one my parents had for 5 years literally caused no issues they didn't spend a cent on it outside of tyres and servicing and at that it was just basic major/minor servicing. They really are a great car and that was the 1.6TDI the 2.0TDI is considered to be more reliable. Although I know you Civic has set the bar high.

How do you find the diesel engine to live with power wise it is probably fine but does it being a lot noisier around town/at low speeds bother you ?

I find it very easy to live with around town to be honest. The civic was probably just as noisy at low speeds, and even though the Skoda is on 18s and the Honda was on 16s, the ride comfort is better, and there is more suspension travel so speed bumps aren’t crashy.
I do miss the Honda though, it was a lot more engaging and chuckable - and despite the Clarkson rhetoric that that generation Civic was a load of crap because it doesn’t have IRS, it was still an enjoyable car to hustle along a backroad.
My son loves it, but he misses the panoramic roof for plane watching!

CIP4

colm_mcm wrote: »

I find it very easy to live with around town to be honest. The civic was probably just as noisy at low speeds, and even though the Skoda is on 18s and the Honda was on 16s, the ride comfort is better, and there is more suspension travel so speed bumps aren’t crashy.
I do miss the Honda though, it was a lot more engaging and chuckable - and despite the Clarkson rhetoric that that generation Civic was a load of crap because it doesn’t have IRS, it was still an enjoyable car to hustle along a backroad.
My son loves it, but he misses the panoramic roof for plane watching!

Would you notice much difference in running costs ? Civic was quite economical though yes ?

Dartz

Cold outside.

Cold enough to water the eyes of everyone following in traffic behind.

colm_mcm

CIP4 wrote: »

Would you notice much difference in running costs ? Civic was quite economical though yes ?

Yeah, it’s quite noticeable, the Skoda is averaging 50mpg for the typical mixed driving I do, where the Honda was doing 38mpg. That’s a 30% improvement, plus the fuel itself is 8% cheaper.
I don’t really feel the difference in the commute, I’m certainly putting less in, but it’s on longer journeys that you notice how much farther you can go on a tank (tank is quite small in both the civic and Octavia)
I can tax the Octavia for the same kind of money as 3 months on the Civic.

I think I’ve done 12k since I got it, so I might have saved €300 in fuel. Servicing will gobble that up I’d imagine.

Sexual Chocolate

Anyone think 5.5k is a good or bad price for a low mileage 08 177bhp e90 pre lci m sport auto with chain supposedly done ? People I speak to seem to have different opinions on prices. Likewise with the e60s some 08/09 m sports are going from anything between €4.5k - +€8k for ones under 160k miles. 3.0l seem to be going for around €7k and beyond. Not really sure what's good value for money tbh.

Manic Moran

I don't know if anyone caught this, but GM have announced they will, for the first time, be building right-hand-drive Corvettes from the factory.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1124143_chevy-corvette-to-go-global-with-right-hand-drive-production

It's an astonishing car for the money, and being mid-engined, has proven quite controversial amongst the die-hards. Early reviews are very promising.

On other speedy matters, some blokes just did the Cannonball Run (New York to LA) in under 28 hours, an average speed of 103mph/165 kmh.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30085091/these-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes/

They received no tickets. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30136497/cannonball-record-police-countermeasures/

Wibbs

That Corvettte looks bloody good and remarkably well priced for what it is. I'm very impressed by it. GM have big economies of scale, but it shows up the fancier brands for their big money cars that are similar. If it turns out to be a good car it'll show them up even more. It might be today's version of the Honda NSX when it came out and showed up the Italians for being ropily built unreliable rustbuckets. Which in turn made the Italians up their game so all good.

I gather the RHD was partially in response to the Australian and Japanese market where apparently Vettes have a large fanbase. Plus I gather it's slightly easier to do a RHD and LHD in a mid engined car?

Big Nasty

Great news in theory but in reality it will be beyond our reach. An entry level Stang or Camaro are the equivalent of €20k in the US and cq. €50k here. Fook knows how much we would end up paying for a Vette

wotzgoingon

Just back from the NCT. Failed on a few things. Anti roll bar bushing and parking light bulbs are blue. They passed the last 3 times with them bulbs so I don't know why. Fogs are on all time lights are on so failed on that also passed last few times also.

And the maddest one he put a bar/rob/screwdriver through the rear chassis. It is a bit rusty but this smart guy decides to smash it through. I just had a look now and you can still see the indentation of where he busted it through.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Drove a brand new Chevy Tahoe in the states recently. 5.3 V8.

Good engine, guzzler of course but even more so than the Ford V8 which got much better MPG !

Was happy enough with the Chevy, but could be seen on the inside the build quality was no where near that of Ford ! Cheap plastics, bad seats (leather, electric, heated but collapsing on the sides from getting in and out)

Suspension not as comfortable as the F150 somehow I thought too.

But anyway, like previously said. It may only be 20dd grand in states but by the time it gets here it'll be well over 50K

ba_barabus

To be fair if he could force a screwdriver through metal he was either incredibly strong or the metal was very weak.

wotzgoingon

ba_barabus wrote: »

To be fair if he could force a screwdriver through metal he was either incredibly strong or the metal was very weak.

He was strong alright. Sure when I handed him the key him he squashed a can of spinach right into his mouth and done mad motions and his arms grew.

I was like f**k me this ****s going to wreck the car.





Ah no all joking aside he did bust it through but as you said it would have been weak enough but honestly he still did force it through.

selectamatic

The metal will be weak for sure but they are going to town on poking holes in cills and arches that are pretty borderline.

Everything has gone very strict since the rule changes last year.

PsychoPete

The last time I'd one of my older cars in for the test, the fecker was hitting the floor with a screwdriver and hammer. Put the car on the lift when I got home and you could see about 8 small dents in the floor

Manic Moran

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Drove a brand new Chevy Tahoe in the states recently. 5.3 V8.

Good engine, guzzler of course but even more so than the Ford V8 which got much better MPG !

Was happy enough with the Chevy, but could be seen on the inside the build quality was no where near that of Ford ! Cheap plastics, bad seats (leather, electric, heated but collapsing on the sides from getting in and out)

Suspension not as comfortable as the F150 somehow I thought too.

Sortof. Being the flagship model Chevy put some serious effort into the C7 Corvette. It still wasn't excactly Porsche or Audi interior, but it also was far better than the rest of the product lineup. It would appear they've done it even more with this one, it came in as Motor Trend's Car of the Year, saying the last car which shook up the motoring world like this was the Tesla Model S.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-corvette-c8-2020-car-of-the-year/

We were also equally surprised at the Corvette's high-quality cabin. To be blunt: Corvette interiors have been nasty, low-quality dens of cheapness and weird smells since 1984. With always-terrible seats, too. That's the truth. With history as my witness, I was expecting more of the same. To keep the price as low as Chevy has promised, you'd think corners would have to be cut, and this would be the place to cut them. Nope. "The interior actually has great build quality. What a miracle!" associate online editor Stefan Ogbac said. "Lots of good materials, and the seats are super comfortable and supportive."

I'm likely to take a serious look at trading in the SL550 for one of these. (It's a 2013, and has proven troublesome).

The cost of the vehicle in Ireland may well be disproportionately high in Ireland, as per a lot of other American cars. (The Chrysler 300 is a luxury car? Seriously?). However, there are some caveats. I don't believe GM specifically markets cars like the Camaro in countries like Ireland, it's possible that if they really do decide to sell in the British Isles from the factory, there may be a mitigating technique for them. The other matter is that even in Ireland, I've seen some pretty high end cars like 911s. Even if you put a "Yank Tax" on the car, you could still end up with a 911-competitor for less than the cost of the 911.

Also from Motor Trend:
Right, driving. What will convince current Corvette owners to trade in their cars is the C8's performance. In truth, the new 'Vette's numbers and capabilities might convince a few Porsche, BMW, and AMG owners to do the same. Might convince more than a few, in fact.

We mentioned the 0-60 time of 2.8 previously, but to contextualize that number, the 755-horsepower C7 Corvette ZR1 hits 60 mph in 3.0 seconds. The 789-horsepower Ferrari 812 Superfast hits 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. Remember, the C8 with the Z51 Performance package makes "only" 495 horsepower. I won't even point out the $377,000 price gap with Ferrari. Whoops, I just did.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Manic Moran wrote: »

Sortof. Being the flagship model Chevy put some serious effort into the C7 Corvette. It still wasn't excactly Porsche or Audi interior, but it also was far better than the rest of the product lineup. It would appear they've done it even more with this one, it came in as Motor Trend's Car of the Year, saying the last car which shook up the motoring world like this was the Tesla Model S.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-corvette-c8-2020-car-of-the-year/

We were also equally surprised at the Corvette's high-quality cabin. To be blunt: Corvette interiors have been nasty, low-quality dens of cheapness and weird smells since 1984. With always-terrible seats, too. That's the truth. With history as my witness, I was expecting more of the same. To keep the price as low as Chevy has promised, you'd think corners would have to be cut, and this would be the place to cut them. Nope. "The interior actually has great build quality. What a miracle!" associate online editor Stefan Ogbac said. "Lots of good materials, and the seats are super comfortable and supportive."

I'm likely to take a serious look at trading in the SL550 for one of these. (It's a 2013, and has proven troublesome).

The cost of the vehicle in Ireland may well be disproportionately high in Ireland, as per a lot of other American cars. (The Chrysler 300 is a luxury car? Seriously?). However, there are some caveats. I don't believe GM specifically markets cars like the Camaro in countries like Ireland, it's possible that if they really do decide to sell in the British Isles from the factory, there may be a mitigating technique for them. The other matter is that even in Ireland, I've seen some pretty high end cars like 911s. Even if you put a "Yank Tax" on the car, you could still end up with a 911-competitor for less than the cost of the 911.

Also from Motor Trend:
Right, driving. What will convince current Corvette owners to trade in their cars is the C8's performance. In truth, the new 'Vette's numbers and capabilities might convince a few Porsche, BMW, and AMG owners to do the same. Might convince more than a few, in fact.

We mentioned the 0-60 time of 2.8 previously, but to contextualize that number, the 755-horsepower C7 Corvette ZR1 hits 60 mph in 3.0 seconds. The 789-horsepower Ferrari 812 Superfast hits 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. Remember, the C8 with the Z51 Performance package makes "only" 495 horsepower. I won't even point out the $377,000 price gap with Ferrari. Whoops, I just did.

That sounds a lot now promising now from GM,

For the car itself I'm hopeful for, but like we say it's down to our country now, the cost of the car after taxes and on the road tax , insurance cost

Of course it will be very costly on fuel but that's Ireland anyway ! I can't see us getting $2.99 a gallon anytime soon !

Just as a side thought , is there already a RHD camero ? I thought they would've been quite popular against the mustang even in the UK

James Bond Junior

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Drove a brand new Chevy Tahoe in the states recently. 5.3 V8.

Good engine, guzzler of course but even more so than the Ford V8 which got much better MPG !

Was happy enough with the Chevy, but could be seen on the inside the build quality was no where near that of Ford ! Cheap plastics, bad seats (leather, electric, heated but collapsing on the sides from getting in and out)

Suspension not as comfortable as the F150 somehow I thought too.

But anyway, like previously said. It may only be 20dd grand in states but by the time it gets here it'll be well over 50K

I looked at one and the interior was enough to put me off. They are like something from the nineties inside.

CIP4

Was walking along and a Mk7 Golf GTD pulled of hard near me from a stop. While I am sure they are nippy just the sound completely lets the whole thing down.

tossy

CIP4 wrote: »

Was walking along and a Mk7 Golf GTD pulled of hard near me from a stop. While I am sure they are nippy just the sound completely lets the whole thing down.

MK7 snob