Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Mr.Dingle]

2 minutes ago, techswede said:

You did get a decent first car though  And you don't seem to be having a lot of problems with yours. 

Most of my IRL friends that got french cars did not have the same luck. So i'm not too keen on them myself.

When those particular cars were built it seems Renault and Citroen forgot what Contrôle de qualité means.

Well its not mine and i consider myself extremely lucky (women not included)

So yea , no big issues ... except that one time the EGR valve turned hand granade on me during a drive . 

 

Edit : i need to re read stuff after work .. its a family ride so not mine per se but still an ok first car , took me a minute to figure you typed that 

[techswede]

Just now, ColonelThunder said:

Well its not mine and i consider myself extremely lucky (women not included)

So yea , no big issues ... except that one time the EGR valve turned hand granade on me during a drive . 

Hah  

Yeah that's not fun. But at the very least a valve didn't go 

"Hey driver! I wanna kiss that piston!"

-"No!"

"I'mma kiss that piston!"

*Ungodly noises*

[iDeFecZx]

2 minutes ago, techswede said:

You did get a decent first car though  And you don't seem to be having a lot of problems with yours. 

Most of my IRL friends that got french cars did not have the same luck. So i'm not too keen on them myself.

When those particular cars were built it seems Renault and Citroen forgot what Contrôle de qualité means.

New french cars are fine, as are the more premium ended ones, i.e DS3 Perfomance, Renaultsport and Peugeot GTIs. Its the ones up until around 08 ish that can be riddled with problems, I mean mine has a dead ABS pump and ECU and my friends 133 had a door solenoid die but other than that theyve had no issues (both £11k 08 cars).

[iDeFecZx]

4 minutes ago, ColonelThunder said:

Well its not mine and i consider myself extremely lucky (women not included)

So yea , no big issues ... except that one time the EGR valve turned hand granade on me during a drive . 

 

Edit : i need to re read stuff after work .. its a family ride so not mine per se but still an ok first car , took me a minute to figure you typed that 

Is yours the 1.9 DCi?

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

New french cars are fine, as are the more premium ended ones, i.e DS3 Perfomance, Renaultsport and Peugeot GTIs. Its the ones up until around 08 ish that can be riddled with problems, I mean mine has a dead ABS pump and ECU and my friends 133 had a door solenoid die but other than that theyve had no issues (both £11k 08 cars).

 

[Mr.Dingle]

1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

Is yours the 1.9 DCi?

The megane is 1.5dci , laguna is 1.9dci

[iDeFecZx]

3 minutes ago, ColonelThunder said:

The megane is 1.5dci , laguna is 1.9dci

Cant remember which one you have

[techswede]

5 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

New french cars are fine, as are the more premium ended ones, i.e DS3 Perfomance, Renaultsport and Peugeot GTIs. Its the ones up until around 08 ish that can be riddled with problems, I mean mine has a dead ABS pump and ECU and my friends 133 had a door solenoid die but other than that theyve had no issues (both £11k 08 cars).

Most of the newer ones seem fine. Had an old coworker that drove a C4 Cactus that was pretty great. 

But after their hit and miss history i'm not too keen on them.

 

(Mind you i drive a chevy. So i know all about expensive faults )

[Mr.Dingle]

2 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Cant remember which one you have

Just took the picture .. from this distance it looks clean tho so all is ok 

[TVwazhere]

On 8/29/2017 at 6:41 PM, vinyldash303 said:

how do you have any damn money?

On 8/29/2017 at 6:54 PM, techswede said:

A functioning economy?

*cries in american*

20 hours ago, ColonelThunder said:

 

tbh i do drive a turbocharged car but this kind cant really care if its cold air or piss , it would still have the throttle response of a morbidly obese diabetic  wheelchair bound man . /rant

Lets just say that its throttle response is measured via calendar,

This is why I got the Air ram ;D 

12 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

for future reference, don't bother with K&N oil filters. they're not that great for the money.

 

http://www.gmtruckcentral.com/articles/oilfilterstudy.html

Shit! Lol I just did an oil change and bought a K&N oil filter because the hex nut made it like 2% easier to install. 

[iDeFecZx]

2 minutes ago, techswede said:

Most of the newer ones seem fine. Had an old coworker that drove a C4 Cactus that was pretty great. 

But after their hit and miss history i'm not too keen on them.

 

(Mind you i drive a chevy. So i know all about expensive faults )

Well the DS3 is essentially a mini, same chassis and engines, theyve all gotten much better over the years, and its nice to see they havent lost their way with fun hatches

 

2 minutes ago, ColonelThunder said:

 

 

 the black meg?

[techswede]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

*cries in american*

Funny thing about our taxes over here. We pay quite a bit of them. But our pay after taxes is still really good. (Unless you're a carer like me) 

[TVwazhere]

So I found a software update for my S that allows me to use Android Auto, which for the the only real benefit of having is for the Google Maps since my car doesnt have the NAV system installed.

Also saw some videos where the theme of the Sync3 can be changed, and I can use the car fob to raise and lower all the windows. HOLY SHIT I NEED THIS! 

[techswede]

9 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Well the DS3 is essentially a mini, same chassis and engines, theyve all gotten much better over the years, and its nice to see they havent lost their way with fun hatches

 

 the black meg?

The DS3 is a car i'd probably consider if i was looking for a hot hatch. But only the DS3 Cabrio Racing. Getting one of them is next to impossible though..

[bcredeur97]

14 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

*cries in american*

This is why I got the Air ram ;D 

-snips-

Shit! Lol I just did an oil change and bought a K&N oil filter because the hex nut made it like 2% easier to install. 

I found the tall size for my car and I use the Fram "XG" filters. 

 

the only fram filter i'll ever buy... that for some reason despite the company being known for their terrible filters... is actually really good in tests, esp for the price.

 

you get looks from people who are anti-FRAM and don't know tho lol

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

I found the tall size for my car and I use the Fram "XG" filters. 

 

the only fram filter i'll ever buy... that for some reason despite the company being known for their terrible filters... is actually really good in tests, esp for the price.

 

you get looks from people who are anti-FRAM and don't know tho lol

I've heard concern about the tall filters in my ST though, just in case the car bottoms out and the filter is the first to catch. Dont know how much merit it has, but I was cautious nevertheless

[iDeFecZx]

2 minutes ago, techswede said:

The DS3 is a car i'd probably consider if i was looking for a hot hatch. But only the DS3 Cabrio Racing. Getting one of them is next to impossible though..

They may do a performance cabrio, essentially a DS3 racing with the facelift body and minus the stickers, im actually looking at getting a Racing to replace my C2 in about a year and a half, failing that ill be getting a THP DS3 (same engine but smaller turbo) or a Clio 182 and turboing that

[bcredeur97]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

I've heard concern about the tall filters in my ST though, just in case the car bottoms out and the filter is the first to catch. Dont know how much merit it has, but I was cautious nevertheless

i just go tall size because I can. I wouldn't either if that were the case on my car. 

The filter on my car is mounted horizontally so it's fine.

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

i just go tall size because I can. I wouldn't either if that were the case on my car. 

The filter on my car is mounted horizontally so it's fine.

my air filter requires the airbox to be removed from the car since the hex screws that hold it down go underneath the intake pipe next to the manifold

 

also i believe this is the first picture ive posted of the mighty NFS engine (believe full code is TU5JP4S NFS)

[Mr.Dingle]

27 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Well the DS3 is essentially a mini, same chassis and engines, theyve all gotten much better over the years, and its nice to see they havent lost their way with fun hatches

 

 the black meg?

Yus

[iDeFecZx]

17 minutes ago, techswede said:

The DS3 is a car i'd probably consider if i was looking for a hot hatch. But only the DS3 Cabrio Racing. Getting one of them is next to impossible though..

I also see what you mean about the cabrio, they only made 100, and only sent 10 to the UK, surprised none were at the french car show tho, reckon theyre still a pretty penny when they come up for sale, especially with a £30k new price

[MadyTehWolfie]

That moment when a co worker shits on a car for reliablity when they drive a BMW. That moment when co worker says "I only buy fast cars" then when you point out he bought a 1990's civic he says "best bang for buck!" no best bang for buck for a 1/4mile car is a old fox body mustang bar non. Found it rediculous he spent 10k on the Civic and it's still only in the 12's. Yup best bang for buck right there.

[iDeFecZx]

1 minute ago, ColonelThunder said:

Yus

Dunno why i thought you had a grey laguna/megane estate then

 

Only asked as my mate has a coworker with a 1.9 dci swapped mk2 clio with 400hp

[Mr.Dingle]

Just now, iDeFecZx said:

Dunno why i thought you had a grey laguna/megane estate then

 

Only asked as my mate has a coworker with a 1.9 dci swapped mk2 clio with 400hp

Thats because it is blue not grey

 

Damn , 400 ? Whats that like 50psi 

[techswede]