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

tcawley29

GustavoFring wrote: »

Classic airport parking.

I can never for the life of me understand why people use these companies, particularly with a car like that. Working there with the keys to an M3...you know it's going to be rallied.

Surely less chance of it getting nicked though (not that it matters in this case)

cadaliac

cadaliac wrote: »

There is another "front" which is a cheap NCT'd car for less than €1000.................Apparently, cheap taxed and nct'd cars are good for not getting pulled over and blend in better when crims are using cars to get around.  
Apparently...

I think someone is drawing conclusions there tbh. A cheap NCTd car isn't awfully difficult to come across to be fair.

punisher5112

Drug dealers use rentals or buy and sell the cars extremely quickly so the cops never know what they're in.

punisher5112

punisher5112 wrote: »

Drug dealers use rentals or buy and sell the cars extremely quickly so the cops never know what they're in.

Mmmm I dunno, I can't say that's true based on the behaviour of more than a few I knew over the years. AGS know where they'd all live so establishing their daily driver isn't mission impossible. That accepted why bother chopping and changing

They'd not actually have stuff on them that often anyway, if ever. Most operate their business at an arms length basis and the stuff is muled around by various hopeless cases.

MetzgerMeister

Augeo - you seem to know a lot about the way they work.......... :pac:

..........when growing up neighbouring parishes had more than their share of anti social behaviour in the 80s recession. Many of the joyriders etc "graduated" so to speak into more lucrative activities as they got older. Ireland's first gangland hit was in Cork City, Cork is tiny, you wouldn't need to have your ear too close to the ground unfortunately to notice.

I'd wander around Dublin of an afternoon and notice nothing but back in Cork and you'd spot a few well know heads most days.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I have used both but found Cartell gave me a much more detailed report including all previous MOT's, what it failed and had advisories on and all.

Cheers FN, think I will go with Cartell so!

Big Nasty

The chap in Motorcheck used to post here regularly and even helped out users checking car history. Their website doesn't look like it's been updated for a while now. They're using that pic of the battered Yaris near 10 years now.

Mickiemcfist

Semi-related to this, my friend is doing a college project & was asking me if I knew where companies like say motorcheck or Micksgarage would get their registration - car info. I don't! Other than presumably from the RSA/motor tax office or something.

He wants to find out car type by reg number, anyone know where would he go re: getting access to that database?

Mickiemcfist

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

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He wants to find out car type by reg number, anyone know where would he go re: getting access to that database?

It must be fairly simple (presumably not free though) as type a reg into Motorcheck or even the likes of https://www.dublinairport.com/car-parks/long-term-parking returns Make, model and colour

Mickiemcfist

Augeo wrote: »

It must be fairly simple (presumably not free though) as type a reg into Motorcheck or even the likes of https://www.dublinairport.com/car-parks/long-term-parking returns Make, model and colour

Yea it's clearly available somewhere but he's finding it difficult to figure out where exactly it can be accessed.

Duke O Smiley

Gents, I bought a car from a dealer last week, filled in the logbook and they sent it off. I just checked and motor tax says it was transferred to an individual on the 1st of June, but only notified 21st of September (Friday gone) and a VLC hasn't been issued yet.

If the tax office think it was transferred to me in June I'm going to get shafted for back tax from the date of sale. Would that "transferred to an individual on.." date possibly be the date the dealer bought it? They weren't exactly a SIMI place by a long stretch..and they have had it for sale for a good while.

I put the reg into motor tax on Thursday or Friday last and got the standard "No change fo ownership in the last 3 months" so the 1st of June date is only newly updated, for what thats worth.

Thanks

punisher5112

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Gents, I bought a car from a dealer last week, filled in the logbook and they sent it off. I just checked and motor tax says it was transferred to an individual on the 1st of June, but only notified 21st of September (Friday gone) and a VLC hasn't been issued yet.

If the tax office think it was transferred to me in June I'm going to get shafted for back tax from the date of sale. Would that "transferred to an individual on.." date possibly be the date the dealer bought it? They weren't exactly a SIMI place by a long stretch..and they have had it for sale for a good while.

I put the reg into motor tax on Thursday or Friday last and got the standard "No change fo ownership in the last 3 months" so the 1st of June date is only newly updated, for what thats worth.

Thanks

It would have had a temp garage transfer.

You have over 20 days to sign off the road

colm_mcm

I’m guessing the wrong date was put on the change of ownership.

Alanstrainor

I saw some dope driving a Focus this morning with two space saver spare wheels on the rear of it, and he was tearing through roundabouts. Was waiting for him to lose it around a corner. How do you even end up with two of them?

Ivefoundgod

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Yea it's clearly available somewhere but he's finding it difficult to figure out where exactly it can be accessed.

https://data.gov.ie/

Should be there, i haven't gone looking but thats usually where that kind of stuff is. You'd need to know a bit about API scraping and some coding to get it to work like it does on those sites but the raw data will be in there somewhere. If he finds the json file and opens it up it should point him in the direction of where the data is stored.

Interslice

At least he had the sense to put them on the back :pac:
Maybe looking for that rear wheel drive feel.

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’m guessing the wrong date was put on the change of ownership.

I dunno, 1/06/18 vs 15/09/18 would be kind of hard to mix up. Unless it was changed for some reason. The tax is also up since June, I don’t know if that might be relevant

Autosport

Might give someone a giggle

tossy

Brilliant

punisher5112

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I saw some dope driving a Focus this morning with two space saver spare wheels on the rear of it, and he was tearing through roundabouts. Was waiting for him to lose it around a corner. How do you even end up with two of them?

Rob off another, had a focus previous and robbed it, got from Scrappy....
Usually a punto you would see this.

Mickiemcfist

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

https://data.gov.ie/

Should be there, i haven't gone looking but thats usually where that kind of stuff is. You'd need to know a bit about API scraping and some coding to get it to work like it does on those sites but the raw data will be in there somewhere. If he finds the json file and opens it up it should point him in the direction of where the data is stored.

Brilliant, thanks a lot!

selous

No photo, but over in Slovakia last week and see a bright yellow yoke rumbling down the road beside me and as it passed it was a
Brabus G-wagon, lovely sound off it. pricey bit of kit.

CIP4

Was driving to Galway this evening for College on the M6 before junction 16 the motorway pull in parking area is all closed off with cones and a barrier what’s that all about couldn’t see any reason for it to be closed.

OldMrBrennan83

CIP4 wrote: »

Was driving to Galway this evening for College on the M6 before junction 16 the motorway pull in parking area is all closed off with cones and a barrier what’s that all about couldn’t see any reason for it to be closed.

There's one on the M7 southbound that's closed permanently for as long as it's been there for some reason.

shietpilot

Hello, I'm back

ba_barabus

There's something hugely satisfying about having a freshly cleaned car with a full tank of diesel and a new set if tyres sitting on the driveway.

I treated the Avensis to a set of Pirelli P7s today. Between the new tyres and tracking it's driving great again. Service is booked too and I may as well do the NCT early now that it'll be ready.

Tyres were cheaper to buy in the local store than ordering online too for added WIN

Big Nasty

shietpilot wrote: »

Hello, I'm back

Were you on holidays?

Voluntary or involuntary?

shietpilot

Big Nasty wrote: »

Were you on holidays?

Voluntary or involuntary?

Involuntary. Apparently showing up to a Boards.ie Motors meet in my new 7 seater is trolling :pac:

vintagevrs

I thought this was clever

punisher5112

Patww79 wrote: »

There's one on the M7 southbound that's closed permanently for as long as it's been there for some reason.

Legal reasons.

It's a fight over what service agents gets it I believe.

OldMrBrennan83

punisher5112 wrote: »

Legal reasons.

It's a fight over what service agents gets it I believe.

Ah sorry, I didn't realise they meant a service station. I mean one of the parking lay-bys. There's one on the M7 with a permanent barrier closing it off.

CIP4

Patww79 wrote: »

Ah sorry, I didn't realise they meant a service station. I mean one of the parking lay-bys. There's one on the M7 with a permanent barrier closing it off.

You are right I did mean the parking lay-bys.

punisher5112

Patww79 wrote: »

Ah sorry, I didn't realise they meant a service station. I mean one of the parking lay-bys. There's one on the M7 with a permanent barrier closing it off.

Sorry I mixed up with m11 don't know how I did that.... My bad

OldMrBrennan83

punisher5112 wrote: »

Sorry I mixed up with m11 don't know how I did that.... My bad

Ah yes, we'll be having that Big Mac at Gorey any day now...

ba_barabus

Patww79 wrote: »

Ah sorry, I didn't realise they meant a service station. I mean one of the parking lay-bys. There's one on the M7 with a permanent barrier closing it off.

I watched a guy on a Merc hit the barrier and destroy the front end of his car one day. Didn't realise the barrier was closed.

Noccy_Mondy

CIP4 wrote:

Was driving to Galway this evening for College on the M6 before junction 16 the motorway pull in parking area is all closed off with cones and a barrier what’s that all about couldn’t see any reason for it to be closed.

All the ones on the new Tuam to Got stretch are closed off and always have been

James Bond Junior

shietpilot wrote: »

Involuntary. Apparently showing up to a Boards.ie Motors meet in my new 7 seater is trolling :pac:

But you didn't.

Marcusm

Patww79 wrote: »

Ah yes, we'll be having that Big Mac at Gorey any day now...

I think you mean a Whopper don’t you?

Dartz

Is it just me, or can tourists not drive at an appropriate speed on our roads?

They're always going that bit too slow.

punisher5112

Dartz wrote: »

Is it just me, or can tourists not drive at an appropriate speed on our roads?

They're always going that bit too slow.

They spend most of their time looking anywhere but the road.

colm_mcm

I don’t mind once they’re not crashing into things. Met one on the wrong side of the road a few weeks ago, nearly got a new car out of it.

Damien360

Fitted a dashcam today in wife's Hyundai Kona. Bloody fuse box is micro prong. Called one motor factor for a tap adapter and he didn't know what I was on about. It was late today so probably didn't want to talk to me. Anyone know if these are easy to get.

It's not a standard fuse, mini fuse or micro blade but a micro prong tap adapter.

CIP4

Galway traffic seems to be brutal enough on a saturday afternoon motorway is grand but then from Kilbeggan to Kilkenny is just constant stuck behind slow moving vehicles with limited opportunities to pass them. In saying all that I think Galway is such a nice place to be one of the few counties I would be happy to move too. Not sure the whole working full-time attending college part time thing is all its cracked up to be though well not with the 450km return journeys on top of it.

Duke O Smiley

Dartz wrote: »

Is it just me, or can tourists not drive at an appropriate speed on our roads?

They're always going that bit too slow.

colm_mcm wrote: »

I don’t mind once they’re not crashing into things. Met one on the wrong side of the road a few weeks ago, nearly got a new car out of it.

I came across a bunch of Americans in a Kadjar last week just after they'd filled it with petrol instead of diesel, asked them if they wanted a hand pushing it out of the way of the pump until their recovery arrived and they were delighted and full of praise...

The looks they gave me when I told them they'd have to get out and give me a hand!!

Obviously I got back in the car and fecked off. Passed them hours later still blocking the pump

frozenfrozen

Saw a rental car being pulled over yesterday in galway city.

Not sure the reason for pulling over but when the blue lights went on, without indicating they pulled across the path of the garda car, mounted the kerb and came to a stop on the footpath

Noccy_Mondy

Seen the new Focus at a dealers yesterday, seems nice. The inside is very pared back, less of the clutter and more straight lines. Reminded me of an A3 inside. Door cards seemed less bulky too, along with the centre area around the handbrake. Seats seemed low and didn't really have bolsters

James Bond Junior

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Seen the new Focus at a dealers yesterday, seems nice. The inside is very pared back, less of the clutter and more straight lines. Reminded me of an A3 inside. Door cards seemed less bulky too, along with the centre area around the handbrake. Seats seemed low and didn't really have bolsters

As said by another member on here, it looks like a bulbosaur from pokemon. I think they are hideous.

OldMrBrennan83

I think they're way better looking than any of the fancy brands in the same size bracket. Makes the current Golf look very dated also.

OldMrBrennan83

Marcusm wrote: »

I think you mean a Whopper don’t you?

Hopefully.