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Yes for an Avensis t27

I also had 205/60/r16 on it

Dailying this yoke with semi slicks and the rain we've had is some craic, especially with 425hp on low boost now

I know a former NCT manager. A random guy arrived and said Gardai told him to go to NCT centre and get a noise test. The ncy guy said there is no procedure to refer a car to NCT by Gardai. There is limits in NCT manual but this guy personally decided to not check some cars and let them go. I am not sure how strict limit is compared to full revs. Cars can be mapped to pop and bang, and exhausts can be changed to vary noise. Some exhausts can be electrically switched from noisy, particularly in UK people swap out exhaust for tests.

I have never heard of Gardai roadside testing noise, I am sure it's possible, do-able, but they probably just will be extra particular on licence, insurance, tax, NCT as they are easier to enforce and prosecute. I can imagine if they went all the way to court driver will just remap or swap exhaust and if prosecution requires court rather than points it may take Gardai a day to attend court.

As said if a guy wants to be noisy he will. Burnouts, revs all can happen with barely legal noise level. I too would like to see more enforcement, but if you live in a posh area it's less of an issue.

Can a car bettery be too low to use a boost pack on?

I've a 2.0 diesel BMW and my boost pack which is rated up to 3.0 diesel just will not jump it. Will only jump off another car.

Must be like driving on ditchfinders.

I've had my exhaust tested 4 times by Gardai for noise but each time it was just barely under the limit

I jumped a 2.0 TDI A3 yesterday with a NOCO 1500A. Car hadn't been started in months and the central locking was dead. Boost pack is supposed to recognise the battery if it has some charge, and only power on when you connect for safety, but I had to use the override as it was so low.

https://www.micksgarage.com/g/jump-starter/products/f2c23500863/jump-starter---genius-boost---1500a

During the summer I priced around a few places for PS71s in 255/35/18 for the e90. Prices were around €145.

Priced them up in newry, worked out £102/€119.

Asked a mate in the trade (main dealer) to get me a price from his parts department who I knew fitted Kuhmos to customers cars. They came back €147 from a Dublin branch of same company in the north.

Mate says to parts guy " think he's able to get them cheaper up north with same tyre place"

Parts guy asked him to find out. I tell him 119 fitted. Turns out it they weren't even getting them in that cheap 😂. Mate told me afterwards that parts guy was fuming and within the week their tyres were being delivered by a different company 😂

205/55R16 is a very common size so is usually cheaper than 205/45

Muppets drive noisy cars end of

inconsiderate at the minimum

idiots who wake ppl up, make pets nervous and are basically selfish muppets

what kind of a moron intentionally annoys ppl in dense populated estates

especially hard for ppl with young children

That’s like saying “He’s not just a football hooligan, he’s a football enthusiast too”

Ive had cars with decats, performance exhausts, induction kits etc, which will make a car louder.

I’d take that into account though and not go the whole way through the rev range in built up areas, that’s just common decency.

So you can be a car enthusiast and act decently, or you can be a car enthusiast and be a bell-end.

On the flip side to that you've peoples dogs barking all night waking people up,people's cats climbing all over cars possibly scratching them,people's kids crying and screaming in restaurants and cafes etc all that people to put up with that. When it's comes to a loud car its all down to how you drive it. Plenty of people drive the shite out of normal cars but because they don't have a loud exhaust you don't hear it

Well yeah, I’m an enthusiast, I like the design and engineering aspects of cars, new tech, retro/classic stuff - and like reading up on things I don’t understand, at the same time I like to keep a car clean and well maintained.

that apparently lumps me in with Salthill lads in Boras with reek maps, illegal numberplates, sun strip and pink front fog lights though, under the ‘car enthusiast’ umbrella.

Car enthusiasts are just glorified boy racers