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[Deadmanposting]

I've heard a couple of stories about the rear seatbelt anchors not being visible resulting in a fail, even though it'd be literally less than five seconds for the tester to confirm if they're there or not.

It's a racket.
Same with the driving testing process.
Deliberately designed to trip you up to get another fee out of you.
Ran by a bunch of unhappy, grumpy fuckers who could not care less about safety, but everything about box ticking.
Or that has been my experience.

God bless bikes.

 

[Anthony]

Anytime I go to the NCT I buckle up every seatbelt in the thing.

 

[pete]

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[ernesto]

Gasoline Car Review

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Brilliant

 

[ann post]

1972 John Dodd's The Beast For Sale By Auction

Legendary John Dodd creation, The Beast27,000cc Merlin engineTruly a one-off buildCustom-built automatic transmissionCurrie rear axle Ful...

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[magicbastarder]

it doesn't state what it actually runs on.. or how big the fuel tank is.

 

[ann post]

it doesn't state what it actually runs on.. or how big the fuel tank is.

from google.

It could carry 164 gallons of fuel, and travelling at top speed it used 50.3 gallons of fuel per hour.

the guy who made it drove it daily so i'd say over the counter petrol is grand. well grand if you fill the entire car with cash.

 

[magicbastarder]

€6 per minute at full speed!

 

[ernesto]

Fuckin hell. The waste

 

[ann post]

Fuckin hell. The waste

The real waste is that everyone doesnt have one, Ernesto.

I do find the creativity of it all interesting. And the endless shadow of WW2 looming over it all.

 

[magicbastarder]

Fuckin hell. The waste

i live on a busy road. the waste is watching car after car after car passing the house, most just with single occupants. that car will just be a showpiece at car meets.

 

[pete]

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I didn't know they built them on Shelbourne Road - handy for the ol' Swastika Laundry anyway

 

[ann post]

They made ford's in cork for a while too. Hippies like me get slightly annoyed that SIMI still has lobby power even though as an industry representative they mostly make dealerships now.

They do the computers for some cars in Ireland now.

Also there once were over 100 Bike factories.

And the beetle was largely a rip off of another car.

 

[magicbastarder]

raleigh used to have a bike factory on hanover quay in dublin, i think,

 

[ernesto]

They made ford's in cork for a while too. Hippies like me get slightly annoyed that SIMI still has lobby power even though as an industry representative they mostly make dealerships now.

They do the computers for some cars in Ireland now.

Also there once were over 100 Bike factories.

And the beetle was largely a rip off of another car.

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My Da hates fords because they pulled out of ireland. Think it's rubbed off on me because I've always hated most of them

 

[ann post]

My Da hates fords because they pulled out of ireland. Think it's rubbed off on me because I've always hated most of them

I hate fords because i own one.

 

[magicbastarder]

my father in law has a new car on order. i googled the price. the most 'basic' option is over €110k. the idea of spending that much on a car makes my head hurt.

 

[ann post]

my father in law has a new car on order. i googled the price. the most 'basic' option is over €110k. the idea of spending that much on a car makes my head hurt.

This would put the fear in me too.

 

[magicbastarder]

i shall have to limber up my 'pretending to be impressed with a car' muscles.

 

[Deadmanposting]

my father in law has a new car on order. i googled the price. the most 'basic' option is over €110k. the idea of spending that much on a car makes my head hurt.

Fair fucks to him if he has it

Is it some state of the art electric yoke?
Like the AMG - EQE?
Imagine turning the key in that? Or pressing the button or whatever?

Plus side, your wife's side has a few bob and you've a happy FIL
Downside, he's blowing your inheritance on expensive toys


If it's an AMG EQE, I want to be mates with him