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

fryup

CIP4 wrote: »

Seems the car insurance refunds will come in around the €30 mark. Probably not as much as many would have hoped for but certainly better than nothing. Will be interesting to see do all the insurers go in on it. Aviva haven't committed to anything so far.

a €35 one 4 all voucher from FBD :cool: if that's all they're giving i think they need the money more than i do

here stick it!

ofcork

Just passed 180k km on the avensis still going strong!!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

fryup wrote: »

a €35 one 4 all voucher from FBD :cool: if that's all they're giving i think they need the money more than i do

here stick it!

I would've voted for a percentage of your premium personally

Now we're all getting 30/35 euros so regardless if your insurance cost you 400 euro or 1,400 euro you're getting the same.

Bit unfair I think

fryup

i've been with them for 10years + and not so much as a whimper out of me, and all they give is a measly 35 quid ?? i would have had more respect for them if they gave me nothing tbh

vintagevrs

colm_mcm wrote: »

I have that on the Skoda and was told it makes no difference

Had to make some difference, otherwise it wouldn't be a feature?

https://www.carscoops.com/2015/05/study-says-vws-safety-systems-actively/

CIP4

fryup wrote: »

i've been with them for 10years + and not so much as a whimper out of me, and all they give is a measly 35 quid ?? i would have had more respect for them if they gave me nothing tbh

That’s as high as I have heard any of them give. I suppose they were never going to give out huge money as your car is still insured and you are still free to drive it from their point of view anyway.

johndaman66

fryup wrote: »

i've been with them for 10years + and not so much as a whimper out of me, and all they give is a measly 35 quid ?? i would have had more respect for them if they gave me nothing tbh

There in lies your problem I reckon. Did you properly shop around every year and if you did then did they provide the most competitive quote on each renewal?

colm_mcm

vintagevrs wrote: »

Had to make some difference, otherwise it wouldn't be a feature?

https://www.carscoops.com/2015/05/study-says-vws-safety-systems-actively/

I mean it makes no difference to the price of my premium. It’s already saved my ass.

carsfan2

Tazzimus wrote: »

GF's place has seemingly been selling cars the last few weeks, despite them being closed..

How are they doing test drives and hand overs?

Tazzimus

carsfan2 wrote: »

How are they doing test drives and hand overs?

No idea, she only found out they were doing it the other day, she hasn't been in since they "closed"

ofcork

See some guy crashed a M4 in the UK police said his tyres were below the limit Michelin pilot sport cup,he disagrees

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8277097/amp/Trader-24-wrote-40-000-BMW-M4-M3-slammed-police-illegal-tyres.html

Doesn't look like 1.6mm on the inner shoulder thread or 4mm on the outer shoulder.

Great advertisement for the somewhat decent (totally unethical though) instagram scam they have going. They've lads like you'd see hanging around pubs & betting offices clad in tracksuits claiming to be making a living trading currency. Their girlfriends are utter swamp donkeys also. Preying on folk who are totally clueless.

Sexual Chocolate

Picked up two Uniroyle Rainsport 5s the other day, the P7 Pirellis had gone to **** on both shoulders due to previous owner not keeping them correctly inflated as well as being 45 opposed to 40 on the side walls.

Other than the comfort improvements by ditching the run flats it's too early to tell what there like.

Truckermal

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Picked up two Uniroyle Rainsport 5s the other day, the P7 Pirellis had gone to **** on both shoulders due to previous owner not keeping them correctly inflated as well as being 45 opposed to 40 on the side walls.

Other than the comfort improvements by ditching the run flats it's too early to tell what there like.

I had a P7 do the same and it deflated a few PSI for no length, I'll be very interested to see how you get on because I nearly ordered a set but decided on Kumhos after. The P7 were £170 per corner from camskill..:(

Wailin

Anyone experience in painting brake calipers? I've decided it's my next job as they are really letting the car down. Watched enough youtube videos on it and am confident to give it a go. Just wondering what brand of heat resistant paint to use. I'm thinking of going with either black or the dark blue common on most bmw calipers.

PsychoPete

Truckermal wrote: »

I had a P7 do the same and it deflated a few PSI for no length, I'll be very interested to see how you get on because I nearly ordered a set but decided on Kumhos after. The P7 were £170 per corner from camskill..:(

I paid 360 for four 19" P7s off a wholesaler

Sexual Chocolate

Truckermal wrote: »

I had a P7 do the same and it deflated a few PSI for no length, I'll be very interested to see how you get on because I nearly ordered a set but decided on Kumhos after. The P7 were £170 per corner from camskill..:(

Only reason for not going ahead with the kumhos was because the rears have a poorer rating that the fronts. Uniroyles are the same back and front.

vintagevrs

Wailin wrote: »

Anyone experience in painting brake calipers? I've decided it's my next job as they are really letting the car down. Watched enough youtube videos on it and am confident to give it a go. Just wondering what brand of heat resistant paint to use. I'm thinking of going with either black or the dark blue common on most bmw calipers.

Ye could buy these as they are already painted

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/BMW-F10-M5-Brake-Calipers-F06-F12-F13-M6-Blue-Brembo-Front-rear-FAST-SHIPPING/283779512281?hash=item421293b7d9:g:U9AAAOSw1PxeQwdy

CIP4

Can you still pay for motor tax online and have the disc posted out as normal ? My car tax is either expired the end of this month or next I have to check tomorrow.

Sexual Chocolate

CIP4 wrote: »

Can you still pay for motor tax online and have the disc posted out as normal ? My car tax is either expired the end of this month or next I have to check tomorrow.

Yep. Unless things have changed in the last three weeks with them.

Manic Moran

vintagevrs wrote: »

Ye could buy these as they are already painted

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/BMW-F10-M5-Brake-Calipers-F06-F12-F13-M6-Blue-Brembo-Front-rear-FAST-SHIPPING/283779512281?hash=item421293b7d9:g:U9AAAOSw1PxeQwdy

EUR 1,450? He's as well off doing them himself. They shouldn't be too hard to disconnect, the issue he's going to have is making sure they are damned clean before trying to paint them.

Manic Moran

vintagevrs wrote: »

Ye could buy these as they are already painted

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/BMW-F10-M5-Brake-Calipers-F06-F12-F13-M6-Blue-Brembo-Front-rear-FAST-SHIPPING/283779512281?hash=item421293b7d9:g:U9AAAOSw1PxeQwdy

EUR 1,450? He's as well off doing them himself. They shouldn't be too hard to disconnect, the issue he's going to have is making sure they are damned clean before trying to paint them.

PsychoPete

Manic Moran wrote: »

EUR 1,450? He's as well off doing them himself. They shouldn't be too hard to disconnect, the issue he's going to have is making sure they are damned clean before trying to paint them.

But postage is less than a tenner!

bazz26

I think someone's humour radar is on the blink.

CIP4

Out of boredom decided to work out what I have spent on cars over the years. Probably wasn't actually as bad as I thought. But that is mainly because if you break it down for everything I owned up to trading in my Audi A4 the 2009 one I had actually broke even as there was a few I made money on.

Then the 161 Leon I actually think was a good buy at the time practically a new car but heavily reduced in price. If I had been doing the sensible thing financially I would have kept that as even now it would only be a 4 year old car so still fairly fresh.

But on the B9 A4 and GTI really I can't justify either whatsoever. However I don't regret buying either and if I was back again probably would buy the same over.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Wailin wrote: »

Anyone experience in painting brake calipers? I've decided it's my next job as they are really letting the car down. Watched enough youtube videos on it and am confident to give it a go. Just wondering what brand of heat resistant paint to use. I'm thinking of going with either black or the dark blue common on most bmw calipers.

Mcg in Kells have caliper paint kits on their Facebook page.

advertsfox

advertsfox wrote: »

Wanted to get a dashcam for the Karoq but didn't want anything too obvious on the glass so did a bit of hunting for OEM style ones and found these - IRO Dashcams. A bit on the dearer side for it's specification but the integration and ease of install (direct to ODB) is ticking all the boxes for me. I took a punt and went for it, should be here in 1-2 weeks. Any have experience with them? Available for tonnes of models (even Tesla).

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000256868810.html

Arrived and setup in 15 minutues, excellent device I must say. Auto powers off if battery gets to 11.8, 12 or 12.4V (set to the latter) and parking mode is timelapsed.

colm_mcm

:rolleyes:

That's likely what plenty fncktards around the country call them.

Tazzimus

I'm sure the felt spec lads are delighted.

Iirc back in the day lads used to call yellow reg on the year Donegal plates.
Boxy Starlet folk largely, who aspired to twin cams.

Tazzimus

306 D Turbo crew are the ones I remember, they evolved into the agri spec lads it seems.

Tazzimus

Tazzimus wrote: »

306 D Turbo crew.........

Great cars though, really nice.
I'd happily run one today tbh.

The new 208 actually really appeals to me, there's a sort of retro Peugeot look to it.

AndyBoBandy

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

colm_mcm

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

Completely illegal.

punisher5112

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

are those 'Donegal Plates' not illegal??

I often see them going around, and think surely they get stopped all the time with them??

They should be removed, then firmly slapped across the car owners face multiple times....

CIP4

I don't understand why you would actually spend money on a plate which doesn't meet requirements and is illegal. My Golf had pressed metal plates that had everything bar the hyphens between the year/ county/ number. I am not sure if that makes them illegal but I got the garage to change them to standard plastic ones.

But I mean yellow plate, no hyphens, no IRL symbol, no county at the top, you might as well get a piece of cardboard and a marker and write the reg on it and stick that to the car they are both about as legal.

ELM327

Tazzimus wrote: »

306 D Turbo crew are the ones I remember, they evolved into the agri spec lads it seems.

Great cars, I had 2 406 DTurbos back in the day, love the look of the prefacelift 306s though.
Doesnt seem to be many for sale these days, especially with the XUD

ELM327

CIP4 wrote: »

I don't understand why you would actually spend money on a plate which doesn't meet requirements and is illegal. My Golf had pressed metal plates that had everything bar the hyphens between the year/ county/ number. I am not sure if that makes them illegal but I got the garage to change them to standard plastic ones.

But I mean yellow plate, no hyphens, no IRL symbol, no county at the top, you might as well get a piece of cardboard and a marker and write the reg on it and stick that to the car they are both about as legal.

Felt spec laaad :cool::pac:

Wailin

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Mcg in Kells have caliper paint kits on their Facebook page.

Cheers for that, I just ordered the caliper paint kit from them. It's Foliatec which is a decent brand by all accounts.

Tazzimus

ELM327 wrote: »

Great cars, I had 2 406 DTurbos back in the day, love the look of the prefacelift 306s though.
Doesnt seem to be many for sale these days, especially with the XUD

Oh I'd 100% love one, great little cars.
Like many things though, they were ruined by idiots.

PsychoPete

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

FDave

PsychoPete wrote: »

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

Once you de-cat them the pigeons tend to get in and nest there.

colm_mcm

PsychoPete wrote: »

A Mk6 golf passed me yesterday with yellow square plates,grassmen across the windscreen and some sort of pigeon stuck in the exhaust

Bonus points if they were yellow square German plates.

ELM327

FDave wrote: »

Once you de-cat them the pigeons tend to get in and nest there.

Or whatever you fancy yourself. It's cooooooool :cool::pac:

colm_mcm

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

punisher5112

colm_mcm wrote: »

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

Ah jaysusssssss

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

I swear to god, they’re raffling a jack and pair of axle stands on Facebook. €5 a go.

Theres an 08 407 doing the round for a fiver a go too!

PsychoPete

Seen a few decent sized sheds up for raffle but the whole raffle thing is gone pretty annoying

colm_mcm

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Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Theres an 08 407 doing the round for a fiver a go too!

Unless it was limited to 4 entries, it’s hardly worth it.