Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Bit parky outside @johnnyb47 but it is gettin late?
Enjoying my new car
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Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
I was ok until the fire-pit gave up an hour ago!
Kevberlin
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Tenbury Wells
What a great account of car ownership. In the age of of buy, abuse and throw away, how nice to read about someone who appreciates what he has.
wonderloaf
Veteran
One thing we had to be careful with is if you start the car from cold don't just move it a few yards (eg off a driveway) and turn it off, we found that you then wouldn't be able to restart it (emissions error or something, my memories a bit hazy on this) so then it was time to call the RAC to come out and reset the system. We found it was always best to let the engine warm up a bit before turning the ignition off, a habit that persists to this day with our current cars!
Re the window leak, we had similar and took it into a dealer to get fixed under warranty. The actual fix wasn't to get new seals fitted, instead they filled the cavity inside the seal with some kind of sealant to stiffen it up a bit, apparently the seals go a bit 'soft' over time and this seemed to fix it!
- Location
- Inside my skull
Hope you got a perm to go with the car 😏 Enjoy it.
@wonderloaf .
Thanks for the info.
That was interesting to read about the issues with not turning the car off immediately after starting.
As for the seals I've read somewhere else in my endless trawling of the Internet about them collapsing/going soft.
One owner just simply did exactly what you said by injecting silicone sealant into the hollow cavities in the rubber seals to firm them up.
From reading up on stuff ,I think the most expensive and scary stuff to go wrong are roof failures and the the rear torsion bar suspension.
They can be quite costly to repair
Thanks for the info.
That was interesting to read about the issues with not turning the car off immediately after starting.
As for the seals I've read somewhere else in my endless trawling of the Internet about them collapsing/going soft.
One owner just simply did exactly what you said by injecting silicone sealant into the hollow cavities in the rubber seals to firm them up.
From reading up on stuff ,I think the most expensive and scary stuff to go wrong are roof failures and the the rear torsion bar suspension.
They can be quite costly to repair
wonderloaf
Veteran
We had ours for over ten years so we must have enjoyed driving it! I seem to remember that it didn't have any major problems, just niggly little ones that got on your nerves, for instance after a few years the roof started rattling really badly which I believe is quite common. I used to commute everyday in it and when we got rid it had over 100 000 miles on it and was still going strong, it was quite a reliable car and I still go a bit misty eyed whenever I see one these days!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
To be fair I don't recall my old Ma ever complaining about anything breaking on her 206cc.
Cheers @Drago.
Just been out for a short drive enjoying the Sun then stopped off to get some groceries.
I've been neglecting my cycling all last week as I've got my car head on at the moment,so this afternoon I'm off for a ride and if the bike throws me into the beer garden on the way back so be it 🤣
Just been out for a short drive enjoying the Sun then stopped off to get some groceries.
I've been neglecting my cycling all last week as I've got my car head on at the moment,so this afternoon I'm off for a ride and if the bike throws me into the beer garden on the way back so be it 🤣
