Hold strong Rc

[Rat Catcher]

I guess we could live healthier lives but that's boring and only prolonging the inevitable. Can't see what difference an extra 10/20/30 years might make. You could plan to do stuff you haven't done before but if you just do the stuff instead of planning to do it, it's done. Sure, when you're brown bread you won't miss not doing it either way!

Anywaysanall, this week is a good week for doing fuckall... even if the weather's bad there's the horse show and cricket on telly.

[Bob Shillin]

"Anywaysanall, how much did it cost you to keep a roof over her head and educate her to a standard facilitating her acquiring sufficient wealth to become a slum landlord"
It's a nice place, which she purchased on the council system not too long after she started working, I think it could be a 30 yr bank mortgage. She's 45 now, and 10 years married. Her husband had a house where they've lived since marriage.

[Rat Catcher]

Well, she managed to put a roof over her head anyway. You deserve some credit for that in my mind... as least insofar as I have no problem blaming the parents for much of the riff-raff (who feel entitled to a free life) that I've encountered over the years.

[Belker]

Im in the middle of a mid life crisis even tho im nearly 60 ... im done workin ... I aint lazy jus cant see the point anymore ... its gotten me nowhere... the house i baut was given to sumone else ... an me flat is taxed tu the hilt an if i tried sellin it it be 6 figures in tax ...i suppose if the fridge was empty I mite ger up off me arse .... but in the mean time .....


  

How is that old damaged covid Taxi screen of yours getting on ?

I have my old FN covid screen here going a-begging, it is in perfect order but it has a FN sticker on it which could easily be removed with a birra WD40 and elbow grease.
If you want it then I will be in Zone 18 in Dooblin airport this Thursday morning at 5am to collect me Mum and you can have it.

[Belker]

I'd say Ken's next motor will be a Camry... can't imagine a man of his stature slumming it in a Corolla! ....

Most likely a nua Skoda Octavia 1.4, 7 speed petrol in 2027, never going Diesel ever again.

[Rat Catcher]

Is the petrol a lot heavier on juice? The Skoda diesel would be a lot better than the Toyota yoke you had. The DPF is programmed to last c.300-320k kilos and (at least for the MKIII) it's nowhere near as costly as the Toyota one to replace. However, I have heard that the Adblue can kill the EGR valve or some related bit so you might be right, all this emissions stuff is making the diesel engine unduly complex. Having said that, if money was no object I'd buy the diesel Octavia. In fact if I was a euro or two behind you I might even stretch to the diesel Superb.

[John m]

Listening to the Big Orange Shite Pile threatening India for buying Russian Oil .It seems that India buys the Russian oil on the Cheap they then Refine it and sell the Diesel back to Europe as Indian Diesel not Russian .If the Shite Pile does put 10000000000000000000000.5% tarriffs on India will they stop buying the Russian Oil and where will Europe get Cheap Diesel ?

[Rat Catcher]

Wouldn't matter to a man with Ken's money. In fact, we all survived Meehaul Martin's first term as Taoiseach when diesel prices almost hit €2/litre. The saving grace for diesel is that road haulage is heavily reliant on it, I guess.

[Belker]

Is the petrol a lot heavier on juice? The Skoda diesel would be a lot better than the Toyota yoke you had. The DPF is programmed to last c.300-320k kilos and (at least for the MKIII) it's nowhere near as costly as the Toyota one to replace. However, I have heard that the Adblue can kill the EGR valve or some related bit so you might be right, all this emissions stuff is making the diesel engine unduly complex. Having said that, if money was no object I'd buy the diesel Octavia. In fact if I was a euro or two behind you I might even stretch to the diesel Superb.

Those old DPF problems never went away, I don't post about it anymore as some were enjoying my misfortune too much, but there still ongoing, another 1.1k fer EGR problems last month and the DPF light came back on a week later.
Dont post any advice, I'm doing an Ostrich on this and will nurse it out fer the final 1.5 years till expiry in 2027.

[John m]

Is the petrol a lot heavier on juice? The Skoda diesel would be a lot better than the Toyota yoke you had. The DPF is programmed to last c.300-320k kilos and (at least for the MKIII) it's nowhere near as costly as the Toyota one to replace. However, I have heard that the Adblue can kill the EGR valve or some related bit so you might be right, all this emissions stuff is making the diesel engine unduly complex. Having said that, if money was no object I'd buy the diesel Octavia. In fact if I was a euro or two behind you I might even stretch to the diesel Superb.

Those old DPF problems never went away, I don't post about it anymore as some were enjoying my misfortune too much, but there still ongoing, another 1.1k fer EGR problems last month and the DPF light came back on a week later.
Dont post any advice, I'm doing an Ostrich on this and will nurse it out fer the final 1.5 years till expiry in 2027.

Why waste money fixing it .Just get the light turned off for the NCT and fill it with half a gallon of Dypatane .It will run on that burns clean for the test then fill it up with diesel later .No sense fixing the unfixable .At this stage its probably a touch of turbo as well as DPF .

[Rat Catcher]

I don't post advice as such, Ken... merely my own experience. The petrol -vs- diesel question is an interesting one. I did buy Mrs. Catcher a petrol Fabia (3 cylinder, probably 1.0 MPI) and the engine lasted 200k klios and had a new (albeit quite cheap) Catalytic Convertor around 180k. I'd expect the diesel DPF to be good for 300k. In a manual diesel the clutch will probably last 150k, in the DSG 300k. In short I'm not sure that I'd consider a VAG petrol for a taxi. If you intend doing more than 300k over the maximum 10 year ownership period the diesel mightn't be the best choice either. Like I say if money was no object I'd buy the DSG diesel expecting to be finished with it within 300k kilos i.e. when it starts to get expensive to maintain. I've taken a bit of a gamble with the MKIII in opting to keep it until next year as it has c.262k on it now and a new clutch would cost €1,700... I could end up doing a bullet but then, who knows, maybe there'll be an age extension for 2016 regs in which case I wouldn't be too put out by replacing the clutch.

You can't just turn the light off, erm or just programme the auto regens out of it. You have to get the thing drilled out as well. If you don't do both it'll likely go up in flames. Also, it's illegal to drive a diesel that's been so modified... but, strangely, not illegal to modify it. In the case of the VAG DPFs they're not that expensive so you might as well replace it if you intend keeping it for any length of time after it fills up.

[Belker]

Is the petrol a lot heavier on juice? The Skoda diesel would be a lot better than the Toyota yoke you had. The DPF is programmed to last c.300-320k kilos and (at least for the MKIII) it's nowhere near as costly as the Toyota one to replace. However, I have heard that the Adblue can kill the EGR valve or some related bit so you might be right, all this emissions stuff is making the diesel engine unduly complex. Having said that, if money was no object I'd buy the diesel Octavia. In fact if I was a euro or two behind you I might even stretch to the diesel Superb.

Those old DPF problems never went away, I don't post about it anymore as some were enjoying my misfortune too much, but there still ongoing, another 1.1k fer EGR problems last month and the DPF light came back on a week later.
Dont post any advice, I'm doing an Ostrich on this and will nurse it out fer the final 1.5 years till expiry in 2027.

Why waste money fixing it .Just get the light turned off for the NCT and fill it with half a gallon of Dypatane .It will run on that burns clean for the test then fill it up with diesel later .No sense fixing the unfixable .At this stage its probably a touch of turbo as well as DPF .

Don't go there John m, Turbo has been replaced TWICE !!

[mercenary for hire]

^^^^^^We told ya to dump that heap of shite at least 4/5 years ago Belker.Nobody wants to see another driver paying for their mechanics holiday home.If something can't be solved move on to another car.You could have bought another vehicle with the money spent so far on repairs.
 
I've posted this shite about twelve times over the years and you still make out that it's not your fault.Dump the money pit and move on.

[Rat Catcher]

I'm not offering any advice, Ken but I do think you'd be better advised to buy a Prius or Corolla than a petrol Octavia if you can't stretch to a Camry.

[John m]

^^^^^^We told ya to dump that heap of shite at least 4/5 years ago Belker.Nobody wants to see another driver paying for their mechanics holiday home.If something can't be solved move on to another car.You could have bought another vehicle with the money spent so far on repairs.
 
I've posted this shite about twelve times over the years and you still make out that it's not your fault.Dump the money pit and move on.

Ah the beloved Satins Wheelbarrow 2008 Scoda Occi  After two years it never passed Emissions without Help .That was the Last Year they messed with the mapping of the engines at VW to get emissions Down .I held on to it to long cost a good Purse to keep it on the Road .Think Diesels are like Good Women you find a good one look after it but they are both hard to find .