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

Sexual Chocolate

Seen a 202 yesterday. Must be the last of them.

punisher5112

But the Mondeo only got a hybrid plant recently.

Be sad to see it go, would have loved to see the st kept too.

bazz26

That Mondeo hybrid has been on sale in the US market for a good few years so it wouldn't take much to engineer it for the European market. It's not meant to be great anyway and dealers struggled to sell them here. They were offering massive discounts on them last year along with the overpriced Vignale.

ba_barabus

bazz26 wrote: »

That Mondeo hybrid has been on sale in the US market for a good few years so it wouldn't take much to engineer it for the European market. It's not meant to be great anyway and dealers struggled to sell them here. They were offering massive discounts on them last year along with the overpriced Vignale.

The Mondeo Hybrid was available in the UK for a few years. It was a bit shyte so wasn't hugely promoted.

moby2101

moby2101 wrote: »

Hi
Wifes G30 automatic appears to have a dpf issue. Car was practically parked up for 6 weeks while she was WFH. She mentioned power issue yesterday, I've just taken it for a motorway spin and it definitely seens to be down in power in the lower gears almost like the autobox isn't selecting the correct gear. After 30 minutes or so it appeared to be back to normal. Think it needs to be looked over , 2 years old 50K it's not due service for months. What's the remedy? Do they replace them or clean them? Big issue or no?
Thanks

Hi,
So i posted about my wife’s car a month or so ago, as above the car appeared to be loosing power when decelerating and sluggish, a week or so later it had disimproved but no warning lights.
Got the car into BMW last week and it turns out the EGR valve was the issue.
The valve was open too wide and causing the lack of power.
New EGR valve and the car feels like new again

colm_mcm

OSI wrote: »

Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

Did it have the dieselgate fix?

Tazzimus

Buying parts for the DC2 at the mo, haven't done that in a while.
Should possibly replace the front discs as well. They were only on it a day or two before the engine went pop, but it's been sat up for a long long time.
Finding 300mm discs in 4x114.3 is tricky though, might go down the redrilling route.

wotzgoingon

Tazzimus wrote: »

Buying parts for the DC2 at the mo, haven't done that in a while.
Should possibly replace the front discs as well. They were only on it a day or two before the engine went pop, but it's been sat up for a long long time.
Finding 300mm discs in 4x114.3 is tricky though, might go down the redrilling route.

Would it not be easier to get the old ones skimmed? Since you said they were new before it was parked up.

Tazzimus

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Would it not be easier to get the old ones skimmed? Since you said they were new before it was parked up.

Might be, need to have a proper look at them and see if they've been corroded much from sitting up.
I'd say they were just about bedded in when it popped.

Some mish mash of brakes gonna be on it now; Prelude discs, Legend calipers up front and Ep3 on the back.

wotzgoingon

Forget to ask was it parked up inside or outside. If parked up in a shed then get them skimmed but if parked outside they are probably gone at this staged.

moby2101

OSI wrote: »

Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

Out of warranty what are the replacement and labour costs?

Tazzimus

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Forget to ask was it parked up inside or outside. If parked up in a shed then get them skimmed but if parked outside they are probably gone at this staged.

Was in a garage, but said garage was damp as **** so would have been better off outside.

Toyotafanboi

moby2101 wrote: »

Out of warranty what are the replacement and labour costs?

2012 Golf 1.6 EGR in a main dealer would be the guts of €1k.

2 years cover on the EGR cooler with a bit of flexability if it's had the emissions recall done.

CIP4

OSI wrote: »

Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

Could be worse when my Dad brought his A4 in to get the EGR changed with Audi doing good will on it and it costing 100s rather than 1K when they went to remove it, they couldn’t get it off the air intake manifold not sure the full story was the air intake manifold actually damaged before they went to do the job or what. Ultimately the car ended up with a new air intake manifold and new EGR valve probably talking 2K cost I’d imagine he still only ended up paying a couple of hundred euro Audi covered the rest. His car is 141 180k km.

He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.

wotzgoingon

CIP4 wrote: »

He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.

Ah, that's only pocket change to you. Sure you're loaded.

Tazzimus

CIP4 wrote: »

Could be worse when my Dad brought his A4 in to get the EGR changed with Audi doing good will on it and it costing 100s rather than 1K when they went to remove it, they couldn’t get it off the air intake manifold not sure the full story was the air intake manifold actually damaged before they went to do the job or what. Ultimately the car ended up with a new air intake manifold and new EGR valve probably talking 2K cost I’d imagine he still only ended up paying a couple of hundred euro Audi covered the rest. His car is 141 180k km.

He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.

You'd have just bought a new car

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Well my volvo is now sold thanks to the boardsies !

Just one post on the luxobarge thread was enough to get good interest on her.

Thankfully now she's going to a very good home !

I'm happy she'll be looked after and I hope the new owner really enjoys their new car !

Truckermal

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Well my volvo is now sold thanks to the boardsies !

Just one post on the luxobarge thread was enough to get good interest on her.

Thankfully now she's going to a very good home !

I'm happy she'll be looked after and I hope the new owner really enjoys their new car !

I'm surprised it lasted so long it's a class Car!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Truckermal wrote: »

I'm surprised it lasted so long it's a class Car!

There was quite a bit if interest ! But one person tossed me about on here and when I contacted them several times they didn't have the decency to say thanks but no thanks. So there's time wasters on here too... Who would've guessed :rolleyes:

CIP4

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Ah, that's only pocket change to you. Sure you're loaded.

Tazzimus wrote: »

You'd have just bought a new car

The joke in work is I don’t buy tyres for cars just change the car once they wear down :pac:

wotzgoingon

CIP4 wrote: »

The joke in work is I don’t buy tyres for cars just change the car once they wear down :pac:

Sounds about right.

Midnight_EG

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

There was quite a bit if interest ! But one person tossed me about on here and when I contacted them several times they didn't have the decency to say thanks but no thanks. So there's time wasters on here too... Who would've guessed :rolleyes:

Sounds like Tim :P

CIP4

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Sounds about right.

Actually this weekend a year ago I collected the Golf. For all my nitpicking on it, it's been a good car overall. I think it would be a struggle to find a better all rounder it really does everything quite well. It hasn't given me any issues and maintenance cost have been low but then there still is only 48k km on it. Running costs have been substantially lower than I would of expected. I really don't find it expensive to run considering the performance it offers. I am still unsure how long I will end up keeping it but I will have to wait and see.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Sounds like Tim :P

Not at all actually :haha:

Tim actually did buy it and was very decent about it all ! So I'm not complaining !

Midnight_EG

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Not at all actually :haha:

Tim actually did buy it and was very decent about it all ! So I'm not complaining !

I know

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I know

Ya bollox :PAC:

I'm happy to see the car get a decent wash since it got to this country ! Ha ha

Hal1

Midnight_EG

He's on an all carb diet

ofcork

Got 2 punctures in the 1 tyre this week one tuesday and one today a nail and a screw!!

theintern

That happened to me last year. Couldn't believe it when the second one happened. You'll go a year or two with nothing and hit 2/3 punctures in quick succession.

Mc Love

Had been leaking oil for a while, brought car to one garage that told me it was fixed and then decided to bring it to an indy that was recommended. He fixed it and showed me the video of oil dripping the whole way back along the car. Changed the clutch too, man they are expensive.

Pointed out that one of my wishbone nuts was snapped off. More expense but hopefully not too much. Wishbone is still in place although who knows for how long.

Fvck Mondays

wotzgoingon

What car? Just curious.

Mc Love

2011 mondeo. Brake discs need doing too or something to do with the brakes as they're making a rubbing noise while I'm braking and there's a bit of a wobble

Sounds like it shouldn't be on the road TBH.

Noccy_Mondy

This whole NOx charge. Is there something in it that post 2015 stuff has less to pay? Heard that somewhere. It really really is destroying importing anything nice. Getting thrown back 2500 on some cars just for Nox, before vrt.

selectamatic

For diesels anything euro 6 will have a low nox charge so basically anything from 2016 on.

Peter T

Anyone here insured with fbd ? Potentially changing car mid policy and wondering whats the oldest they will cover as a run around

Sexual Chocolate

Toyotafanboi was that your old Celica linked below ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-toyota-celica-t-sport-vvtl-i-192bhp/24232362

wotzgoingon

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Toyotafanboi was that your old Celica linked below ?

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-toyota-celica-t-sport-vvtl-i-192bhp/24232362

No, I posted that in the dreamer thread a couple of months ago and it's still for sale so it seems. He still must think he is going to get that price for it. Not a chance it is very clean but nobody will pay that much for that gen celica.

Toyotafanboi

Not my old one but pretty much identical. Mine was 02.

Was only looking back yesterday (see the bangernomics thread), i sold mine for €1300 in 2015. Mine wasn't as absolutely tidy as that but it was well sorted and very good for what it was.

That's a really lovely car he has but he'll be a long time waiting for €5500, in fact he'd be a long time waiting for €2500 IMO. The only reason anyone wants a gen7 is to take the engine out to put into other things.

Sexual Chocolate

Here's another one in the UK for 5k Sterling.

I just found a great car on Auto Trader.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202007040866816?atmobcid=soc3

Wailin

Peter T wrote: »

Anyone here insured with fbd ? Potentially changing car mid policy and wondering whats the oldest they will cover as a run around

10 years old from my experience with fbd.

Peter T

Ya i had that in mind but hoped they would be a bit looser on that for an existing customer

Lurching

Quick question folks:
1986 car. Is that guaranteed to not have NCT, or does it depend on when it was registered in Ireland?

wotzgoingon

Lurching wrote: »

Quick question folks:
1986 car. Is that guaranteed to not have NCT, or does it depend on when it was registered in Ireland?

No it needs a NCT but every two years rather than a single year. 40 years old no NCT needed.

Lurching

wotzgoingon wrote: »

No it needs a NCT but every two years rather than a single year. 40 years old no NCT needed.

Ok, cheers. Few years to go then.

CIP4

My Dad is looking to change his A4 at the moment and a few garage are offering him mad trade in values like seriously the car isn’t worth what they are offering. Some seem quite openly desperate to sell cars. It’s fairly high mileage so most aren’t going to put it on their forecourt and what it would make in the trade would be a long way off what they are offering. Most of the cars he is looking at are fairly reasonably priced to begin with.

Not sure is it a sign of the times or maybe just luck on his part. But I have never seen anything like it and I have bought a few cars at this stage!

Lurching

CIP4 wrote: »

My Dad is looking to change his A4 at the moment and a few garage are offering him mad trade in values like seriously the car isn’t worth what they are offering. Some seem quite openly desperate to sell cars. It’s fairly high mileage so most aren’t going to put it on their forecourt and what it would make in the trade would be a long way off what they are offering. Most of the cars he is looking at are fairly reasonably priced to begin with.

Not sure is it a sign of the times or maybe just luck on his part. But I have never seen anything like it and I have bought a few cars at this stage!

Make hay while the sun shines!

CIP4

Lurching wrote: »

Make hay while the sun shines!

Yes he is actually nearly gone paranoid the deals are too good but main dealer, warranty and a newish car the risk is fairly low anyway.

ciarsd

CIP4 wrote: »

My Dad is looking to change his A4 at the moment and a few garage are offering him mad trade in values like seriously the car isn’t worth what they are offering. Some seem quite openly desperate to sell cars. It’s fairly high mileage so most aren’t going to put it on their forecourt and what it would make in the trade would be a long way off what they are offering. Most of the cars he is looking at are fairly reasonably priced to begin with.

Not sure is it a sign of the times or maybe just luck on his part. But I have never seen anything like it and I have bought a few cars at this stage!

Strange times indeed. 2nd hand car values are strong in certain models - perhaps down to minimal new registrations thanks to the C word. Supply and demand I suppose.

Just pay special attention to the cost to change versus the flattering trade in values some dealers are throwing about.