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

ba_barabus

ba_barabus wrote: »

No. It's very similar but they won't accept that one.

What are articles 10 and 11 that are referrred to on that form?


I wonder, can I just send them a letter.. a normal letter, asking them to send out the form? I know they don't read emails or answer phones, but i presume they still have the capacity to read a letter?




or do shannon just ignore letters, unless they're documents?

Speaking of my motoring woes, what do he guys think of this pricing for these bits of work?

Front ball joint passenger side and apparently spring isn't in great shape, so it's on it too.

The rest might be self explanatory


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wotzgoingon

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of my motoring woes, what do he guys think of this pricing for these bits of work?

Front ball joint passenger side and apparently spring isn't in great shape, so it's on it too.

The rest might be self explanatory


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Can you not do them yourself? Changing oil and filters is handy. The rear discs, pads and calipers are easy also. And then get him to do the two €150 parts.

re. price:
I know it all adds up but it's not too bad all things considered. €650

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Can you not do them yourself? Changing oil and filters is handy. The rear discs, pads and calipers are easy also. And then get him to do the two €150 parts.

re. price:
I know it all adds up but it's not too bad all things considered. €650

I need the car for work. Those bits might be simple if you know what you're at, but as someone whose never done them I'd take forever.

Itd be worth it for me to pay someone to do it to just make sure it's done and done in a timely manner.

L-M

Seems very good value to be fair.

wotzgoingon

If you taxed a car for the year and then for some reason put it off the road for a few months can you claim back the tax for the duration it is off the road?

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

If you taxed a car for the year and then for some reason put it off the road for a few months can you claim back the tax for the duration it is off the road?

As far as I know you can only claim back in the same durations that you can buy it (ie: 3months and 6 months). So if you've 9 months left, you can can only claim back 6 months.


Open to correction though.

CIP4

I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to decide whether or not to sell the GTI or not actually never spent so long thinking about changing a car. Just dreading the whole selling it process I don't have it up yet. But can already imagine the calls when its on Donedeal and offers of 20-25k on it as that is all its worth or the I can get a manual non performance pack UK one for X expecting my one to be priced the same. I know a few people who might be interested in it so might start there. I think the figure I have in my head is realistic for what its worth but at the same time I am not going to sell it stupid cheap just for the sake of selling it.

Still having second thoughts about selling it as I don't need the money and there are things about the car I like. But at the same time after owning a few expensive cars I just have this odd desire to own something normal I don't have to worry too much about or care if it gets scratched or if an alloy gets damaged and most importantly jus won't stand out at all.

colm_mcm

Surely the Audi dealer will take it as a trade in.

selectamatic

CIP4 wrote: »

I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to decide whether or not to sell the GTI.

But can already imagine the calls when its on Donedeal and offers.

I just have this odd desire to own something normal I don't have to worry too much about or care if it gets scratched or if an alloy gets damaged and most importantly jus won't stand out at all.

Swap for a 1999 corolla?

3 good tyres on it.

CIP4

colm_mcm wrote: »

Surely the Audi dealer will take it as a trade in.

Not sure if you are joking or serious :pac:

The type of car ill be buying you won't find on an Audi Forecourt :pac:

James Bond Junior

Is your car financed Cip?

CIP4

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Is your car financed Cip?

Yes but like literally a couple of thousand left on it. Say 5K with VW bank which I would obviously clear before it’s selling it.

colm_mcm

Are you trading down?

CIP4

colm_mcm wrote: »

Are you trading down?

Yes that would be the plan for the minute. There actually isn’t anything out there that appeals to me to trade up too. The only thing I actually like is the G20 330i but wouldn’t be sure enough to buy one at the minute as it wouldn’t be easy to off load in 6 months time if I decided I didn’t like it.

So my plan currently is sell the Golf now while mileage is low and it’s still under manufacture warranty. Buy a standard diesel probably around 10k. Cheap motoring for a while something a bit normal. Then whenever I find something I really like flog the diesel handy enough and buy the other car.

There just really is literally nothing I like enough to spend big money on at the minute.

L-M

wotzgoingon wrote: »

If you taxed a car for the year and then for some reason put it off the road for a few months can you claim back the tax for the duration it is off the road?

You can only claim tax back if you scrap the car.

punisher5112

Why would you go backwards, it's the worst decision you'll ever make.... Why sell so soon, the car is high performance and I'd keep it... A little longer anyway.

punisher5112

L-M wrote: »

You can only claim tax back if you scrap the car.

Or export

colm_mcm

punisher5112 wrote: »

Or export

Or give them an extreme sob story about not being able to use the car.

Sexual Chocolate

Cip why don't you look at an F30 330i ? Or even a 330d ?

James Bond Junior

CIP4 wrote: »

Yes but like literally a couple of thousand left on it. Say 5K with VW bank which I would obviously clear before it’s selling it.

CIP do yourself a favour, keep the car, pay off the loan and buy that house you've been talking about. Come back in 2/3 years and trade up and still have equity to move up rather than trying to start again.

vintagevrs

I'd sell it. You're paying a premium (in depreciation) for a car you don't care for.

Buy a cheap diesel run around and buy a house.


I bought a new car a few years ago and it was delayed. I sold my current car at the time privately and the delay left me car less. I asked the dealer to sort me out with any thing at all. They gave me a beige Octavia estate that was old and high millage. One of the best cars I drove as I didn't give to ****s about it.

PsychoPete

I have a 142 A6 that sits in the driveway at least 4 days a week, I normally drive a 93 corolla. I love it cause I don't have to look after it, it's been crashed 5 times, I don't service it but I might fix something serious. I'm really only using the A6 to qualify for classic insurance

vintagevrs

PsychoPete wrote: »

I have a 142 A6 that sits in the driveway at least 4 days a week, I normally drive a 93 corolla. I love it cause I don't have to look after it, it's been crashed 5 times, I don't service it but I might fix something serious. I'm really only using the A6 to qualify for classic insurance

Haha

CIP4

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Cip why don't you look at an F30 330i ? Or even a 330d ?

I don't really get the whole high powered diesel thing if I wanted performance I would buy a petrol. But a 320d would be an option but if I am going back a bit age wise I think something VAG would be less likely to give me trouble.

James Bond Junior wrote: »

CIP do yourself a favour, keep the car, pay off the loan and buy that house you've been talking about. Come back in 2/3 years and trade up and still have equity to move up rather than trying to start again.

The house search is still on going just not 100% sure where exactly I want to actually live But we won't go down that road.

vintagevrs wrote: »

I'd sell it. You're paying a premium (in depreciation) for a car you don't care for.

Buy a cheap diesel run around and buy a house.


I bought a new car a few years ago and it was delayed. I sold my current car at the time privately and the delay left me car less. I asked the dealer to sort me out with any thing at all. They gave me a beige Octavia estate that was old and high millage. One of the best cars I drove as I didn't give to ****s about it.

I think you have probably nailed the situation the best. For whatever reason I really just couldn't give a sh!t about cars at the minute so driving around in a GTI and having to mind it and deal with higher running costs, maintenance, attention it gets etc. just seems absolutely pointless.

The way I see it when my love for cars comes back and I see something I like I will just buy it and flog the diesel not a big deal. A few closer family have said it to me that I just literally don't care (no interest in it as opposed to don't mind it) about the Golf at all so why bother with it.

vintagevrs

vintagevrs wrote: »

Buy a cheap diesel run around and buy a house.

Sounds like an old Green Party election slogan.

PsychoPete

PsychoPete wrote: »

I have a 142 A6 that sits in the driveway at least 4 days a week, I normally drive a 93 corolla. I love it cause I don't have to look after it, it's been crashed 5 times, I don't service it but I might fix something serious. I'm really only using the A6 to qualify for classic insurance

I don't have a 142 A6, but I do find that my interest in having a 'good' car has died off lately. I have started to enjoy the fact that I don't care about the car.


I hit a pigeon a week or two back (did I tell anyone about that here? He actually survived and was still in my grill when I got home 10 minutes later! Had to get him out, take care of him for a few hours and let him go back to the wild!) and it didn't really bother me that my grill is sitting slightly 'off' now (though i will just glue it back).


I also, yesterday, noticed a new scuff where, presumably a car tried to get by me in a car park or something. Rubbed it off and it's mostly gone, with the exception of one deeper scratch. Just shrugged my shoulders and got on with my life.


With the old C5 that I adored, that'd have been a day of messing around with painting it, polishing in, sanding it, caving in and asking a pro for quotes, etc. and i'd be annoyed for a week over it.


I love bangers

Padre_Pio

Weird question,

I'm looking at buying a small van. There's a good few on Donedeal with company decals still on.

What's the legality of driving around with some company's info on the side.
My thinking is they should remove it before sale, but not sure if that's the official answer.

punisher5112

I drive a car as intended, I service the car, use to wash it but since a Yaris creamed into the front 7 months ago I've lost all interest.

I think the dirt is now holding it together...
I bounce it of things and just no longer care

punisher5112

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Weird question,

I'm looking at buying a small van. There's a good few on Donedeal with company decals still on.

What's the legality of driving around with some company's info on the side.
My thinking is they should remove it before sale, but not sure if that's the official answer.

Heat gun and some blades... Tar and glue remover and a good polish brings back to New...

Depends on company most it would be removed

Mickiemcfist

James Bond Junior wrote: »

CIP do yourself a favour, keep the car, pay off the loan and buy that house you've been talking about. Come back in 2/3 years and trade up and still have equity to move up rather than trying to start again.

Financially, that's not doing himself a favour.
Cash tied up in an asset thats depreciating quickly isn't better than a cheaper asset depreciating at the same rate.

OP, I'd recommend a circa 5k hot hatch. I have a summer e46 m3 & a stage 1 mk5 gti I've had 6 years now, bought it when I got my first job out of college, it was my baby until I got the m3 which I always wanted. Now the golf is effectively worthless so I don't mind if I get a scratch, someone spills coffee in it etc. Its my favourite car to drive because its got c. 260 bhp, doesnt stand out, cheap to run, i get all the pleasure & none of the stress.

ELM327

CIP4 wrote: »

Yes that would be the plan for the minute. There actually isn’t anything out there that appeals to me to trade up too. The only thing I actually like is the G20 330i but wouldn’t be sure enough to buy one at the minute as it wouldn’t be easy to off load in 6 months time if I decided I didn’t like it.

So my plan currently is sell the Golf now while mileage is low and it’s still under manufacture warranty. Buy a standard diesel probably around 10k. Cheap motoring for a while something a bit normal. Then whenever I find something I really like flog the diesel handy enough and buy the other car.

There just really is literally nothing I like enough to spend big money on at the minute.

535d/335d?

vintagevrs

Anyone recognise the brand that this locking nut may be from? Maybe it's a generic one, I have no idea. Found it at the house and trying to guess who's car it might have come off.

Thanks

tossy

Never seen a locking nut like that. Is it off a roofbox or roofrack maybe ?

Tazzimus

vintagevrs wrote: »

Anyone recognise the brand that this locking nut may be from? Maybe it's a generic one, I have no idea. Found it at the house and trying to guess who's car it might have come off.

Thanks

I have them on the Mazda if that's of any help.

Tazzimus

tossy wrote: »

Never seen a locking nut like that. Is it off a roofbox or roofrack maybe ?

The outside of it should spin, to stop people beating a socket onto it or getting a hold with something to turn it.

vintagevrs

By a mad coincidence the car it's off turned up there now and I had a quick look around it and sure enough.

They were on a Evoque. Apparently car was serviced last week, and locking key can not be found either now...

punisher5112

vintagevrs wrote: »

By a mad coincidence the car it's off turned up there now and I had a quick look around it and sure enough.

They were on a Evoque. Apparently car was serviced last week, and locking key can not be found either now...

I'd be looking in glove box, arm rest or under spare wheel, most likely loose in the boot though...

The ever elusive, apparently just called "I acquire" form:


https://i.postimg.cc/CwNQSjyF/i-acquire.jpg

Padre_Pio

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Weird question,

I'm looking at buying a small van. There's a good few on Donedeal with company decals still on.

What's the legality of driving around with some company's info on the side.
My thinking is they should remove it before sale, but not sure if that's the official answer.

Have seen this before. Sometimes the buyer sticks a load of duct tape over the sign so it's just a patch of shiny grey tape.. It's not a huge job to remove it, though, in fairness.

Use a heat gun or hairdryer to heat it up, pull at it, and pour petrol over it. Soak a sponge in petrol too, and squeeze it down behind it. Petrol will destroy the glue holding it on and it'll peel off fairly quickly.

CIP4

ELM327 wrote: »

535d/335d?

As I said earlier I don't really see the point of high powered 3.0 litre diesel cars as economy wise they are basically the same as an equivalent powered petrol. TBH is going the older BMW route I would probably just stick to a 320d/320i. Really only buying something as a run around until there is something I would like to own. So would rather buy something fairly easy to sell on.

Sexual Chocolate

You might struggle to get a f30 with reasonable mileage for around 10 grand but you might pick up a decent e90 for under 8k if not less. You'd defiantly pick up a nice F10 SE for within your budget if you were into them. Personally I'm not, only the M Sport are nice in them.

There's two ways of looking at all the above though imo.

1. You'll get to have a feeling for what it's like to own a BMW. You might like them or might not. So far I'm liking mine the majority of the time. I wouldn't be dead set on making sure the next car I buy is another one though. If I end up with another one then so be it.

2. If you do get one that's a few years old or has clocked up a few miles expect problems with it, they are not a trouble free car, the diesels anyways. Between chains, egrs, thermostats glow plug modules and dpfs etc they can be a pain in the bollocks.

And tbh CIP I and everyone else here knows how fussy and peculiar you are with cars (no offence) so maybe a BM is not for you.

It's unfortunate your not that mad on the GTi anymore, it's a beautiful one you have but as the others said if your not bothered with it move it on while it still holds good value.

CIP4

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

You might struggle to get a f30 with reasonable mileage for around 10 grand but you might pick up a decent e90 for under 8k if not less. You'd defiantly pick up a nice F10 SE for within your budget if you were into them. Personally I'm not, only the M Sport are nice in them.

There's two ways of looking at all the above though imo.

1. You'll get to have a feeling for what it's like to own a BMW. You might like them or might not. So far I'm liking mine the majority of the time. I wouldn't be dead set on making sure the next car I buy is another one though. If I end up with another one then so be it.

2. If you do get one that's a few years old or has clocked up a few miles expect problems with it, they are not a trouble free car, the diesels anyways. Between chains, egrs, thermostats glow plug modules and dpfs etc they can be a pain in the bollocks.

And tbh CIP I and everyone else here knows how fussy and peculiar you are with cars (no offence) so maybe a BM is not for you.

It's unfortunate your not that mad on the GTi anymore, it's a beautiful one you have but as the others said if your not bothered with it move it on while it still holds good value.

Yes you made a few good points there. I would like to buy an F30 just to see what they are like. But as you said an older high mileage example is going to need work and give a certain level of trouble. So if I go with my head best thing to do would be buy something VAG 2.0TDI up the years as much as is possible and that should give me the best shot at reliability even if it won't be as nice to drive as an F30 etc.

I am generally quite fussy with cars but this is what it is I am not plowing in huge money so will have to accept some level of imperfection. In some way owning newer cars that never have any issues whatsoever can get boring. I always learned a lot through fault finding issues I had on cars. Still that doesn't mean I am going to buy something that was dogged and sprayed in 3 different places.

You never know might not be able to sell my Golf that will make the options a bit simpler then :pac:

firstlight

I'd be of the same mindset
You can't have anything decent these days
Always someone to mark scratch dent or Rob it
Keep a 2 grand car and look after it
Even at that I go mad finding marks on my A6
It's a clean straight car for year
But every mark that is on it is from some other clown who can't park or purposely just wrecks other people's stuff
Sorry for the rant
Does my nut in selfish pigs

job seeker

job seeker wrote: »

The brother won a 87 twin cam on one of them raffle competitions on bookface..

Just a quick question. The log book of this yoke is still in someone else’s name who lives locally. So this person has reached out to the brother and this guy wants to sign off the log book. So that the car can be changed into the brothers name from his name.

Now a friend of my brothers is claiming this is some sort of scam. Doesn’t this sound normal to get the current owners name off the log book? Or am I missing something..

bazz26

This is the way it's done. Current registered owner fills in the name and address of the new owner, new owner signs it and current owner then posts it off to Shannon. To be extra safe check the seller's id matches the details on the existing logbook, you could always take a photo or photocopy of the completed log book too and then both just drop into the nearest post box.

job seeker

bazz26 wrote: »

This is the way it's done. Current registered owner fills in the name and address of the new owner, new owner signs it and current owner then posts it off to Shannon. To be extra safe check the seller's id matches the details on the existing logbook, you could always take a photo or photocopy of the completed log book too and then both just drop into the nearest post box.

That’s what I was thinking. My thoughts was that he wouldn’t want to be receiving fines in the post as it’s registered too him. Thanks for the reassurance! Appreciate it..

wotzgoingon

It's a bit funny though not in scam way. Like did the raffle crowd buy the car off him and say to him when we raffle it we will give you the details of the person who won so you can contact them to change owner over.

job seeker

wotzgoingon wrote: »

It's a bit funny though not in scam way. Like did the raffle crowd buy the car off him and say to him when we raffle it we will give you the details of the person who won so you can contact them to change owner over.

That I’m not sure. The brother might have more information when he gets home. However my brother wasn’t told anything in regards to change of ownership etc the day he collected it.. he was given a couple of receipts for tyres, 2 nct certs and an Irish log book. There is an Irish tax and insurance disks from 2016 too. I thought it was abit odd as well..

To me it looks like the crowd that done the raffle just had it, bought it or whatever. Didn’t test it or anything. My guess would be, that whoever owned it up the north before the raffle just trailered it to shows etc. as there is no evidence of it being registered up the north.. but that’s just speculation.. Or it might have been just been in storage, as it’s very clean for 1987..

wotzgoingon

Why are you meeting that guy when you have the log book? Just fill it out and send it off.

Tbh he should have been in contact with the raffle crowd and not your brother as he must have sold it to them and how did he get in contact with your brother.