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

Mervyn Skidmore

Augeo wrote: »

Are the engine warning lights no longer an issue?

No, he said warning light was down to loss of communication to dash. It had been acting up for a good few months.

CIP4

Washed the Golf this weekend first time since about Christmas. It was that dirty the automatic number plate recognition in work stopped being able to read the front number plate about 2 weeks ago

Out of all the cars I’ve had the dirty look really doesn’t suit it partly because it is white in colour and partly just because of the type of car it is. My Megane, A4s etc. always took being dirty a lot better.

User1998

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Quick question. My 2006 civic 1.4 dsi instrument cluster was throwing up engine warning lights. Local mechanic installed a 2nd hand one for me. It's now reading a lower milage (presumably the milage of the donor car). Any way to get this changed to the proper milage without incurring much cost? Car isn't worth a whole pile but i wouldn't like to be accused of falsifying anything if i were to sell it. I presume the NCT certs will look strange now.

Google “Mileage correction Dublin” there are a few ‘companies’ that will do it for you. Companies as in polish lads that clock cars, you’ll probably be the first person to actually use their service correctly

Mervyn Skidmore

User1998 wrote: »

Google “Mileage correction Dublin” there are a few ‘companies’ that will do it for you. Companies as in polish lads that clock cars, you’ll probably be the first person to actually use their service correctly

Ha, you're probably right. I had just assumed that this info was in the ecu and the dash would display what's on ecu. Will there be any issue at nct as my car will have lost 30k since the last test? I presume my local mechanic doesn't have the equipment to amend this.

punisher5112

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Ha, you're probably right. I had just assumed that this info was in the ecu and the dash would display what's on ecu. Will there be any issue at nct as my car will have lost 30k since the last test? I presume my local mechanic doesn't have the equipment to amend this.

NCT won't care.

Cookie_Monster

Haven't seen it noted here yet but a sad Monday for Australia and NZ as GM confirmed its killing Holden yesterday. ☹

End of this year is the last time you'll be able to buy a new one.

Midnight_EG

Wibbs wrote: »

He may as well dream there as in bed M. I'd even be willing to bet that if he put it up for sale at 2400 quid he'd be waiting longer than he imagines before he'd get an actual concrete buyer even at that price. He'd do better in the UK alright, if he dropped the price by about 4 grand...

Yeah, I just didn't reply :pac:

' wrote:

Ouch, but yeah significantly less of a headmelt than a headgasket.

Lesson learned, took 2.5 hours to bleed the system after putting a new rad in tonight, and along with that used a quarter tank of juice while doing so

CianRyan

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Lesson learned, took 2.5 hours to bleed the system after putting a new rad in tonight, and along with that used a quarter tank of juice while doing so

2.5 hours?
What the hell were you doing to the poor car? :eek:

wotzgoingon

CianRyan wrote: »

2.5 hours?
What the hell were you doing to the poor car? :eek:

I thought you were dead.

Just looking at your signature 7 years ago you got rid of that car. I remember when you posted the pictures of it hanging onto the back to the truck driving off. 7 years ago, mad....time is flying.

CianRyan

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I thought you were dead.

Just looking at your signature 7 years ago you got rid of that car. I remember when you posted the pictures of it hanging onto the back to the truck driving off. 7 years ago, mad....time is flying.

Heh, I occasionally lurk from time to time but I don't spend as much time thinking about cars outside of work any more.:p

Yeah it's nuts man, there's been a few more of my cars leaving me on the backs of trucks.
My MX5 left in boxes on the back of a trailer and my RX8 came home twice on a recovery truck and then finally left me on a recovery truck. Having over heated it 3 times, I wasn't going and putting an engine in it, the person that bought it had it up for sale a few days later claiming the engine had been rebuilt but he "lost the receipt". :pac:

After that I hated cars and drove a terrible Volvo XC70 for about a year, sold that (in bits) and I've picked up a lovely Swift Sport last week which I love. So yeah, I like cars again so here I am. :cool:

wotzgoingon

MX5 gone.

The RX8 gone also.

The Swift Sport are cool little cars. I prefer the seats in the Ignis Sport though.

CianRyan

Yeah, it's a bit rubbish not having a Mazda to be honest. I'll probably have to start saving for an RX7. :pac:

I'd love those Recaro fishnets in my car, they are so 90's. :cool:

Midnight_EG

CianRyan wrote: »

2.5 hours?
What the hell were you doing to the poor car? :eek:

Tedious process, not a scrap of water in it to begin with as I fully flushed it. Not joking took that long for the fans to come on :O

Also I messaged that fella who was selling the 8, swore down that it was rebuilt two owners ago... Didn't realise he was talking to the owner 2 owners ago

CianRyan

Bloody hell, man, I probably would have been throwing a stat at it at that stage. Bloody boxer nonsense.

Hahaha, ah man he was mental. Calling me up asking me how to change the plugs and all even though he told me he was a mechanic. God only knows. :rolleyes:

Big Nasty

One less F40 in the world!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157001281943441&id=577783440

Wibbs

Exotic Italian supercar catches fire? Well I never. :eek:

vintagevrs

I have the car on done deal at the minute. I just got a text from one of those we buy any car type places....

Hi, we're looking to buy BMW 3 Series cars, if you'd like us to make an offer, add the car here https://www.cashoffernow.ie/How-it-works/123456

The trailing numbers on my link were different and when I go to "my" link the form is prefilled with some of my details which I thought pretty clever as they are lifting it from the ad. I changed the numbers and some other persons details populated. Fair enough until I see they have my surname too. I don't have my surname on my ad, so where are they getting that from? Are they affiliated with done deal?

ba_barabus

vintagevrs wrote: »

I have the car on done deal at the minute. I just got a text from one of those we buy any car type places....

Hi, we're looking to buy BMW 3 Series cars, if you'd like us to make an offer, add the car here https://www.cashoffernow.ie/How-it-works/123456

The trailing numbers on my link were different and when I go to "my" link the form is prefilled with some of my details which I thought pretty clever as they are lifting it from the ad. I changed the numbers and some other persons details populated. Fair enough until I see they have my surname too. I don't have my surname on my ad, so where are they getting that from? Are they affiliated with done deal?

Google chrome auttofill?

Midnight_EG

€25 for this little piece of loveliness today

vintagevrs

ba_barabus wrote: »

Google chrome auttofill?

Don't think so, tried incognito too but not sure if autofill does its thing there too. If I change the number I get other seller mobiles, names, county etc but just curious where the feckers got my surname, not that it really matters but still.

ba_barabus

vintagevrs wrote: »

Don't think so, tried incognito too but not sure if autofill does its thing there too. If I change the number I get other seller mobiles, names, county etc but just curious where the feckers got my surname, not that it really matters but still.

Ohhh...one for the data commissioner there

colm_mcm

vintagevrs wrote: »

I have the car on done deal at the minute. I just got a text from one of those we buy any car type places....

Hi, we're looking to buy BMW 3 Series cars, if you'd like us to make an offer, add the car here https://www.cashoffernow.ie/How-it-works/123456

The trailing numbers on my link were different and when I go to "my" link the form is prefilled with some of my details which I thought pretty clever as they are lifting it from the ad. I changed the numbers and some other persons details populated. Fair enough until I see they have my surname too. I don't have my surname on my ad, so where are they getting that from? Are they affiliated with done deal?

punisher5112

They handler the change of ownership....

Some real good proof reading right there....

ba_barabus

Sounds like Borat

colm_mcm

Seems to be a company registered in the Isle of Man.

vintagevrs

My guess is they skimmed the details when I put the ad up a few days ago. I remember now I had my full name on it when I published it, then updated it after.

Interslice

CianRyan wrote: »

Yeah, it's a bit rubbish not having a Mazda to be honest. I'll probably have to start saving for an RX7. :pac:

I'd love those Recaro fishnets in my car, they are so 90's. :cool:

16 grand for a nice stockish rx7 there the other week. I've awful ideas about a 1600 euro rx8. Not to mention looking at 800 euro ones.

Wibbs

A mate of mine got an RX8 recently. For feck all too. Some goes in it. I can see why the rotary have the following, very smooth.

MetzgerMeister

The RX8 is going to be a car that people will want in a few years time and will be like the Toyota twin cam. You can get an RX8 now for pittance but there's not that many options for the 231 model.

In a few years time an RX8 with a rebuilt engine will be the new cult car. The thing is that for 95% of them, the newest one you can get is already 12 years old. Very few R3s made it onto the old tax system here and I've seen them with €2,350 tax which is outrageous for that kind of car. You can tax an F10 M5 for that kind of money albeit a much more expensive car to buy.

Still miss mine Just thinking back to the fact that I paid €23,500 for mine in 2007 :eek:

colm_mcm

The emissions are horrendous on them, that’s why they’re expensive to tax.

MetzgerMeister

colm_mcm wrote: »

The emissions are horrendous on them, that’s why they’re expensive to tax.

Yeah that's true hence why they stopped selling it here. I think it was pulled from the European market altogether in 2013ish.

There was one spotted at the Nurburgring recently. It was an R3 with presumably a new engine. Mazda themselves were testing it so the future looks bright.

Wibbs

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The RX8 is going to be a car that people will want in a few years time and will be like the Toyota twin cam.

I'd hope so MM, but maybe, I dunno. I've a feeling the whole classic area is going to change. There will always be those who will want a Twin Cam or an RX8 or whatever, but I have the strong feeling the numbers who do will contract. Especially here in Ireland, which is a tiny market for that sorta thing. Look at the generation before of would be Twincams, they're a hard sell. The big ticket classics will likely always command good even mad prices, but the upward swing that came with the interwebs, what with EV's and more and more restrictions I can see them being track, trailer and show queens.

colm_mcm wrote: »

The emissions are horrendous on them, that’s why they’re expensive to tax.

They're thirsty that's for sure.

MetzgerMeister

There's actually quite a lot of them for sale in the UK. Best bet there is to find a 2008 R3, get it on the old tax system and you'll have the most eligible RX8 in Ireland

colm_mcm

One on the cc system redeclared to be 1.3 is surely the holy grail

MetzgerMeister

colm_mcm wrote: »

One on the cc system redeclared to be 1.3 is surely the holy grail

They clamped down on that a number of years ago. Lots of people re-registered them at 1.3 and when it was copped they were all put back to 1.8 (€636)

colm_mcm

Didn’t realise they had changed them back!

Midnight_EG

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The RX8 is going to be a car that people will want in a few years time and will be like the Toyota twin cam. You can get an RX8 now for pittance but there's not that many options for the 231 model.

In a few years time an RX8 with a rebuilt engine will be the new cult car. The thing is that for 95% of them, the newest one you can get is already 12 years old. Very few R3s made it onto the old tax system here and I've seen them with €2,350 tax which is outrageous for that kind of car. You can tax an F10 M5 for that kind of money albeit a much more expensive car to buy.

Still miss mine Just thinking back to the fact that I paid €23,500 for mine in 2007 :eek:

I paid €1200

colm_mcm

They would surely make an excellent car to convert to electric?

L-M

colm_mcm wrote: »

They would surely make an excellent car to convert to electric?

Or a Cummins diesel. Even better for the environment.

https://youtu.be/OQlg4pwO23c

colm_mcm

Holy cow. Wasn’t expecting that to be local.

ELM327

There's nothing that cant be made better with a 6bt conversion.

L-M

colm_mcm wrote: »

Holy cow. Wasn’t expecting that to be local.

Yeah it’s wrapped and all now. He has an instagram for it.

tossy

Seen that at Limerick it's a sight to behold.

ELM327

vintagevrs wrote: »

Don't think so, tried incognito too but not sure if autofill does its thing there too. If I change the number I get other seller mobiles, names, county etc but just curious where the feckers got my surname, not that it really matters but still.

I just went to the link and got someone called Leon with an 089 number.

Tacitus Kilgore

vintagevrs wrote: »

330d xdrive

See if Rkings are interested in buying it from you for one of their raffles, good way to get rid of a high end maa-chine.

Tazzimus

L-M wrote: »

Or a Cummins diesel. Even better for the environment.

https://youtu.be/OQlg4pwO23c

That fella looks awful familiar

MetzgerMeister

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I paid €1200

There always has to be eejits like me who spend 23k on a car so that someone else can get it for half nothing :pac:

I was 22 at the time and my first year's insurance was €2,500. I had trouble getting insurance as it was a Jap import.

Midnight_EG

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There always has to be eejits like me who spend 23k on a car so that someone else can get it for half nothing :pac:

I was 22 at the time and my first year's insurance was €2,500. I had trouble getting insurance as it was a Jap import.

To make you feel better, I had awful trouble finding insurance too... Ended up with a €1600 policy but the RX8 only stayed with me 4 months and I got a refund of €800

CIP4

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There always has to be eejits like me who spend 23k on a car so that someone else can get it for half nothing :pac:

I was 22 at the time and my first year's insurance was €2,500. I had trouble getting insurance as it was a Jap import.

But at the time when you had it I am sure you adored it and felt it was money well spent. I have spent and lost a lot of money on cars over the years and it's not something I have ever really regretted.

I could easily look back now and said if i have kept my original A4 or Leon I would be up X amount of money. But would you really be, chances are the money would be just spent somewhere else if it wasn't on the car. If you like the car, enjoy driving it and can afford to buy/own it what harm is in.

Dartz

Paid 4500 from mine from a Boardsie nearly six years ago.

Then Paid 600 for the ignition upgrades.
Tack on about 900 for coilover to replaced blown shocks
550 for a running engine last year
Maybe 1300 for fitting it - along with a new clutch.
300 for two Chinese tyres after they got slashed
50 for a replacement midpipe from a wreck - after the cat got cut
Can't remember what the battery cost me - but it's the only time it ever refused to start.

Have managed to rack up nearly 80,000km in it. At one stage, managed 30,000 in one year. It's done three track-days - the best one being the first.

It still moves. The passenger doorhandle fell off so it's running around with foil tape on the passenger door for the time being.

I don't think anyone's ever kept one that long - but I know one that's going for ludicrous money, with upgrades - and hasn't sold in nearly a year.


I amn't sure what to replace it with. It mostly does 200km blasts to the south of Wexford and back these days. About 70 quid in fuel, return. Nothing feels weirder than driving on a glass-smooth slab of road - with the engine at 3500 revs and no vibration whatsoever. Driving the new motorway is like rolling down a constant hill rather than being propelled by anything.