Hello from Ireland

[bud1970]

Hello one and all! Sean is the name, from the beautiful country of ireland. decided to join up here, after being on the FB page for ages. thanks for having me folks.

[Largactil]

Welcome aboard - Where are you based?

 

There's a few of us here who live in the Emerald Isle...I'm in North County Dublin, myself

[bud1970]

Welcome aboard - Where are you based?

 

There's a few of us here who live in the Emerald Isle...I'm in North County Dublin, myself

donegal mate. ever been up?

[HillmanImp]

From the title I was expecting this to be a rundown of points for the countries in the Eurovision finals. A free 'like' for anyone who can put up some pictures of that milk maid with the big cahoonas from this years contest.

 

Welcome along. Do you have any cars?

[Largactil]

donegal mate. ever been up?

 

Not yet - Carrick-on-Shannon is the nearest I've got to Donegal, but hope to get up that way at some point.

[Wilko220]

This thread is getting off to a promising start...

 

 

Welcome!

[bud1970]

heres some of my previous shite...

 

R19 baccara, full leather etc.... loved that car

 

 

Vauxhall Zafira, my god, what a ball of dung that was!!!

 

 

B4 Passat, bought for 250 euro, with 6 months tax, and 2 months test, with a fail sheet. spent 100 euro on it, and it flew through the test! got 2 years out of that!

 

 

Astra "G" 1.4. never let me down a day!!!

 

 

And the current chariot... Saab 93 2.2 TiD...

 

[eddyramrod]

Welcome!

[bud1970]

Thanks for the welcome folks. i did post some pics of my previous/current marques, but they don't seem to have went up... did i make a boo boo???

[brickwall]

Welcome along.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Hello and all that but as I'm nosey, what cars you got?

[bud1970]

Hello and all that but as I'm nosey, what cars you got?

 

 

see my post above lol!!

[AlabamaShrimp]

Honest they weren't there when I posted!!

[richardmorris]

From the title I was expecting this to be a rundown of points for the countries in the Eurovision finals. A free 'like' for anyone who can put up some pictures of that milk maid with the big cahoonas from this years contest.

 

Welcome along. Do you have any cars?

Just for you!

 

[bud1970]

Honest they weren't there when I posted!!

 

Yeah, i know mate. took a while for them to get modded in, as i'ma nooooobieeeeee. Lol

[dieselnutjob]

I have noticed that many 604s sold in the UK seem to go to Irish buyers.  I had an eye on Dean Hunters 604 turbo diesel but apparently that went to Ireland.

[Wilko220]

Interesting. Spent a couple of short stints in Dublin over the past couple of years and I thought that shite of any description was very much conspicuous by its absence.

However, the one, single old/interesting motor I do remember seeing is a 604 that i encountered in a petrol station on Navan Road.

[Largactil]

Interesting. Spent a couple of short stints in Dublin over the past couple of years and I thought that shite of any description was very much conspicuous by its absence.

However, the one, single old/interesting motor I do remember seeing is a 604 that i encountered in a petrol station on Navan Road.

 

 

Very little interesting chod over there - Most motors seem to be 2000+ era, with every corner scraped due to the culture of parking by touch.

 

 

Most of the big engined 90's chod died when the extortionate road tax rates came into force - Add the aggressive scrappage scheme, and pernickety NCT (MOT) inspectors, and it's not good news for old rammel.

 

 

I ran the old peasant Pug 205 for a couple of months around Dublin, and it stuck out like a sore thumb.

 

 

You just don't seem to see Sierra's / Mk3 Cav's / other common stuff from that time.

 

 

Don't get me wrong - There is definitely a classic car movement - But a lot would appear to be shiny garage jewellery, for sunny day use rather than daily snotters.

[Wilko220]

I ran the old peasant Pug 205 for a couple of months around Dublin, and it stuck out like a sore thumb.

 

 

Have you still got the old girl?

 

(SOZ 4 thread hijack)

[Largactil]

Have you still got the old girl?

 

(SOZ 4 thread hijack)

 

Sadly not - Sold to a friend of a friend last May, who promised to take care of it.

 

The MOT expired in December, and he was too skint to put it in for another, so elected to run it 'sans MOT'. 

 

Got caught by Plod (or maybe VOSA) 6 months back, and that was that. Needed a few things doing to achieve an MOT, and he couldn't afford it, so scrapped the car.

 

Gutted, as I'd told him to offer it back to me if he was ever thinking of selling, and I only found out after the COD was issued.

[Wilko220]

What a shame - was such a fun little car. Although I'm sure it did live a good few years longer than the odds thanks to this forum!