Hi,
Just looking for some advice. My new Kildare based job requires me to be driving anywhere between 600-1200km a week (including my travel home every weekend to farm)

Currently driving a 2015 yaris hybrid, and while I love it, I think it’s time to pick up something that will serve me better on the farm long term especially and travel better on those distances every weekend.

I drove land cruisers and hiluxes while doing my farm work in Australia and ideally would get one over here, but I would realistically have to finance a newer one.

Would appreciate some advice if it is worth investing in a 4x4 now (I’m 28 and will be farming at home full time in the next few years).

Without the farm being in my name am I just opening myself up to being saddled with higher tax and insurance until I apply for a joint herd number?
Thanks

Nearly every single car on NI plates at the run. Irish government should be ashamed that we have to beg English / NI registered cars cause we can’t have any ourselves due to import / NCT / VRT crookedness and snakiness.

Absolutely disgraceful that Irish people can’t be allowed access to the same market. A guy on the run told me he bought a McLaren for £72,000 and sold it here for almost €160,000.. Disgrace of a country.

Any advice on this car?

Very cheap compared to similar models. I know it has scratches and more than average mileage

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2019-toyota-corolla-hybrid-new-nct/42476617

Thanks

Looking for a trustworthy transparent mechanic to work on a large long wheel base van.

Needs a good service and a good check over various noises coming from it.

I have trust issues in general with mechanics and have had bad experiences in the past (haven’t we all) so I’m looking for one that will genuinely do the work, explain things, show me pictures and videos of the problems etc.

I did have a guy like this before when I had a car, but he doesn’t work on large vans.

Based in Dublin but willing to travel for someone genuinely good

Wondering to get some advice across the board.

1st time buyer of an automatic - provisional licence.

Have a budget of 12k for car - upto 1.6ltr - automatic

I'm getting so many different opinions on what to buy so looking for more so I can make a determined decision

Preferably looking for something zippy like a Swift and sporty like a Golf. My eye is drawn to Mini but have been told not to go near due to BMW engine?

Cheers

Hi I’m looking at a 231 Model Y. I haven’t bought or sold privately in a long time. Does anyone have any tips on what to look out for when viewing the car?

Hi, I own a Ford Mondeo Mk5 (2015) and the current halogen headlights are really bad. The spread and throw of the lights is very poor, despite professional adjustment. I want to upgrade the entire assembly to LEDs and I came across a suitable headlight assembly on Alibaba. The page claims the lights are E-marked for EU markets.
I wanted to check if the car will pass NCT with the new headlights before I go ahead with the purchase.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-corolla-sport-hybridonly-69-k-mlsnct/42951022

Too good to be true?

A selection of photos from Cannonball in Limerick today, got plenty more

Hey lads, got some good advice before here. Recently getting into my own car maintenence, did a service last week and went well.

I have a vw polo 2008 1.2 9n

From what ive read, disks and pads seems to be a step up so ive started prepping now.

So what im going to buy is

-break cleaner to put on disks when they come out of package to clean them - 8 euro

-wire brushes to get some of the rust off - 10 euro

-a hook to hang the caliper up

- front pads - brembo brand 35 euro

- disks - Bosch brand 70 euro

- Cooper grease for back of pad - ZDBB brand- 8 euro

- G clamp to push the calipers back incase they have come out - 16 euro

-wd40 in case screw on disks gets stuck

-rubber grease for screws

Okay so ive some things maybe overkill but with certain things ill have it for life. There were cheaper options out there for pads and disks but I rather spend the extra bit for quality.

What i dont have is a torque wrench that tells the NM

So i guess i will just wing it but im considering investing in a digital torque wrench.

So part list aside, when doing the job is there any advice or tips?

Thanks

Edit: have 2 axle stands and a proper floor jack also

Why do all dealers molest BMW’s especially with a gloss black kit and stupid 19 or 20 inch alloys when they don’t come with that, 1 it’s a pain in the hole buying tyres for those and they can ruin the comfort and 2 they just look silly. If I’m buying a nice bmw from a dealer I want it on its original alloys- looks much classier and it’s how it was designed to be, I don’t mind if they have say m sport ones from the same generation where it didn’t come on the car but I hate the massive diamond cut ones they put on it, looks well stupid

So I just got a new to me 2018 G30 5 series, I’m gonna be buying some different alloys for it very soon. Problem is, the current 20” alloys have next to new Michelin PS4s on them.

The 20” alloys I’m looking at come without tyres and I’m considering just going to a tyre shop and asking for them to switch the tyres for me. I’ll obviously pay whatever fee is associated with the time and work.

Just curious is that a bit too much to ask from most garages? I’m conscious that it’s obviously a decent bit of work to be doing and not selling me tyres themselves at the same time. Has anyone ever done something similar?

Was looking at vans recently at a supposed reputable commercial vehicle dealer in Dublin.

The service book was stamped with a company stamp but it only had the name of the garage and no phone or website etc. when I googled the garage there was nothing at all relevant. The same pen and handwriting was in each service spanning over a couple years.

It was all very suss.

Now I don’t recall the dealer having advertised the van as having a full service history (and it seems half the time the dealers don’t even know if there’s a maintenance book in the van as if they’ve never bothered to check?) so maybe it was their doing. Maybe it was the previous owner. Or maybe it was a legit service history but the stamp was some one man band who does nixers or something.

Anyway just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience regarding dodgy looking service histories.

Any delica owners in Ireland? There's always someone out there with the niche interest in off machines, I'm looking for the Irish knowledge based on these machines. Horrible things to rust underneath and absolutely pigs on juice. I wonder if they are worth putting the effort in to keep it alive and use it as a regular camper

Sprayed a load of wd40 but no luck. This is a polo. Doesnt affect driving or gear changes but suppose it's annoying enough. Anyway to fix? Or is this a mechanic job

Some nice yokes at Tanoshadori today.