The Road Rage Thread
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Uncle Frank »
Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:23 am
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Have the actions of a fellow road user made you see red?
Don't lose your cool on the road, vent about idiot drivers, cyclists or pedestrians on here...
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A friend challenged a woman parking in a parent and child spot because she was the only person in the car.
Later in the womans children met her in...
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Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:06 pm
Cannonball 2021
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by 765489 » Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:43 am
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Anyone see any of the cars in this ? I was out in a field and heard the rumble and roar of the engines as they made their by from Malahide Castle on...
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Oops, sorry wrong link
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Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:50 am
Car towing.
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kadman »
Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:10 pm
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So for all you knowledgeable folk out there who have managed to decipher the current towing regs.
What can weight car can I legally tow using a Fiat...
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Safer just to check the plate on the vehicle?
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Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:44 pm
The obsession with car interiors
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by
peasant »
Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:00 pm
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My guess is that every motor journo these days is on a discount with their nail studio.
Because whenever they are reviewing any car's interior, the...
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Have to admit, I put a lot of value on the interior. It's where you're spending your time after all, and even more important if you do a lot of...
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Last post by Kaiser
Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:31 am
Chevrolet recalls all Bolt EVs due to risk of battery fire
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Hairy-Joe »
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:53 pm
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I know things go wrong and there are recalls on cars every day but you will have some jumping up and down foaming at the mouth saying Look, I told...
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The Bolt uses battery packs from LG Chem.
Hyundai Kona also uses battery packs from LG Chem.
Hyundai have chosen to replace the packs in Konas....
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Last post by dawg
Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:16 pm
Kia Picanto
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by
marhay70 »
Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:55 am
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Any thoughts on the new Kia Picanto? Very little choice in the range in Ireland , only manual or automatic but both are highly specced. My OH has a...
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Extra warranty period would win out for me against cruise control . Cant say I am familiar at all with either makes, I am still stuck back in the...
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Last post by kadman
Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:25 pm
NCT now includes OBD testing?!
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Cyclepath »
Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:53 pm
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Not sure if anyone else was aware of this change to the NCT, but apparently:
From the 21st June, OBD testing will become an inspection item in the...
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This might answer your question,
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Last post by kadman
Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:25 pm
A pox on mechanics who overtighten oil filters!
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490808 »
Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:37 pm
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I'm off in the car to the UK tomorrow. Remembered car is due an oil change. Could have waited till I came back but had an afternoon free so decided...
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Having never used scissor lifts before, I'm just not sure I'd get under them Kadman. Is there a locking mechanism on them? That'd make a big...
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Last post by kadman
Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:10 am
Ioniq 5 seen in the wild
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dawg »
Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:10 pm
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Not mine
Just a few pics
Very angular, if other manufacturers follow then Cybertruck will look unremarkable.
ioniq 5 a.jpg
ioniq 5 b.jpg...
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cought a glimpse of one on dealer's forecourt when driving past ..looked eye-catching (in a good way)
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Last post by peasant
Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:16 pm
Classic car prices forecast
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by
Fratello »
Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:40 pm
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I am in a position where I could buy a classic car for the first time. Previously I lived where I had a driveway for one car only and no room to...
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Of course you always have the option of converting you prized classic to electric power.
I thought of this on a beetle i had, but the conversion kit...
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Last post by kadman
Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:57 pm
Government policy is to drive old cars off the road.
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kadman »
Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:01 pm
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I think you will find the greens are looking to drive all cars off the road. But at the moment I enjoy driving my classics.
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The biggest thing the gubberment could do to reduce global emissions for climate change is to get rid of the age number plate. Hear me out on this....
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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:06 pm
Quadricycles for the cities of the future
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by
GrowlerG »
Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:50 am
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I like the idea of it, but a bicycle is still a lot smaller and more environmentally friendly.
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That's not how insurance companies think.
Pretty much. All insurance companies are concerned about and quite naturally is maximising profit and they...
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Last post by Wibbs
Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:50 am
Pictures of classics
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dawg »
Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:14 pm
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mustard merc 2.jpg
mustard merc 1.jpg
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And here was the first startup after the problem was found. Not bad, but smokey.
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Last post by kadman
Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:23 pm
Bad parking pics.
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by
Joe »
Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:23 am
As the title says. Have you any? There's a good one going on boards but no chat is allowed. It gets you a 24 hr ban.
I'll start the ball rolling...
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Last post by Joe
Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:24 am
Do hybrids make financial sense?
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by
Hairy-Joe »
Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:10 pm
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I think not!
I was shopping for a new car for the parents today and we called to our local Skoda Dealer. The mother knew what she wanted colour and...
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I drive a 2012 Prius
4.9l/100km so about 55MPG in old money I think
Saves me a tank fill about every 6 weeks (so about €50) compared with our A3...
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Last post by Bionicrasher
Tue Jul 27, 2021 8:37 pm
My 2nd GT
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by
ec_pc »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:23 pm
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Just to mark the occasion of joining Gubu I decided to post a pic of my latest addition - a 2nd GT. Now the owner of 2 x 2006 GT's. Got this one for...
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Free for spares?! It looks great!
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Last post by Macca
Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:41 pm
The Chinese are coming(ETA unknown)
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Hairy-Joe »
Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:28 pm
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I can't remember but wasn't something similar said about Tata with the CityRover and the Ssangong motors have really taken off.......
Then again...
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There’s a bunch of these Chinese EV companies targeting Norway at the moment as a testbed for the European market. They’re mostly EV startups rather...
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Last post by silverbirch
Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:02 pm
How about an EV sub-forum?
by
Guburnor »
Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:24 pm
Definitely want to have an EV subforum but a bit premature.
Post all EV threads in Motors, when we have a few of them, we'll group them into a...
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Last post by Guburnor
Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:24 pm
Garda Traffic on Twitter
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hammerhead »
Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:57 am
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One of my favourite threads on boards, banjaxed because new site does not display tweets. No such problem here.
189 km/h is a fair lick!
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Driving her own he was ha. :o :o
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Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:11 pm
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