Recent content by Macadoodle

If it is the evap it's pretty ridiculous that they won't honour the repair as there's no way a customer can damage it under normal circumstances. I've had a condenser fail due to stone damage when the car ( Ford Focus ) was just 4 yrs old but those components are exposed so it was more expected...

The calipers on these cars are a bit crap to say the least, in - house SAIC design. You'll possibly need to lube the sliders and all contact points on the pads, mine were dry as a bone from the factory. My brakes don't squeak or stick any more but they do 'clack' a bit when braking in reverse...

I've owned my 72 plate SR from new, 42k recorded miles now. I'm like you Ross, don't like to see a car that I've spent a lot of money on just dissolving before my eyes every winter, living beside the north sea and regular road salt is a killer of steel :confused: I've taken some simple...

Very true, feels quite violent when the traction control cuts in and out on those occasions. Your 60k km oil changes are probably a good idea, I would imagine that the film strength of the lube in this box thins quite quickly due to the limited quantity that's in there by design.

when you say 'boom' what was the failure? casing blew out ? Makes me think that a 40k mile oil change might be a good preventative job on these reduction boxes. I also don't tend to use full acceleration just for the hell of it as I think the casing is pretty thin from the pics I've seen, might...

Yep, definitely pull all the badges if that doesn't harm the paint. Maybe take measurements and stash them in a safe place so you can return it to standard at hand back though. Such a cool looking car but 'build your dreams' and 'seal' are slightly cringe, as the young uns say.

Yep, my car at 2.5 yrs 34k miles is showing no moisture detected on the ( admittedly fairly basic ) resistance tester gizmo I have. I'll probably run fresh fluid through it if I still own it at the 4yr mark. 2 years is unnecessary unless you park on the sea floor on a regular basis.

Tranny oil is under a lot of shear stress from the gear teeth which will thin the viscosity over time, so definitely worth the small investment around the 50k mile mark. These simple reduction transmissions should be capable of 300k miles or so without failure but they're dealing with a bucket...

Been pondering this too, really missing having a tow bar. The Witter detachable ball one I spotted on ebay has a weight of 30kg apparently. It necessitates permanently removing the car's behind bumper transverse crash beam and you only need to fit the heavy ball when actually towing of course...

These large national dealer groups are only concerned with maximizing profit to the point of downright fraud, not saying some indies aren't dodgy too, but there's a far better chance of finding an honest one IMO. As for the 'faults' on your car, my Dec 22 with 34k has similar non-issues. Hit a...

So was it the front driveshaft angle that was causing the issue ? From pics I've seen, the front diff and hubs looked very misaligned by design :oops:

Took the abuse better than I thought it would, diff had had enough by 110k miles though, those teeth are nasty. Makes me less concerned with the occasional kerb bump and winter flood spots now :)

Indeed, and pretty much identical to the figures my SE trots out regardless. 10% optimistic even if you ran it to zero, 20% optimistic if you leave a sensible buffer. I think these factory range defaults are so no one is scared off during a test drive. Pity they couldn't have an adjustable...

Couple of times a month at least, makes no difference. What irks me is you would think that 50% would be a good point for the GOM to accept reality. If you've done say 90 miles at that point it would be reasonable to presume another 90 will be available down to zero. You're not gonna want to...