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25 minutes ago, Stanky said:

The Bini next door bought against my advice did this shortly after they acquired it and I was summoned to see if I could fix* it. My £20 generic OBD2 code reader declared there to be nothing wrong with it, and the manual suggested if it happened then to take it to BMW/Bini directly for 'work' and not to drive it as the ABS and ESP deffo wouldn't work.

I suggested that while its not ideal, life without ABS and ESP were fine provided you didn't drive in snow or like a dinlo.

All I know it that it then languished on their drive for several months going nowhere while the front tyres slowly went flat and then got carted away one day and replaced with a ford ecoboost on finance. I never asked what happened to the Bini.

long story short, I think its an ABS issue, check in the manual, there is a section about it specifically. You can also toggle some switches (from my very hazy memory) which sometimes clears the issue but didn't work in my case. assume it will drive fine but that the ABS is likely MIA.

EDIT https://minicooperforums.com/forum/2002-2006-mini-cooper-r50-11/why-my-abs-flat-tire-sensors-all-same-time-4450/

Might be just low pressure in one tyre, check the pressures and even them up if needed. Cheapr place to start.

To be fair you could probably just reset the pressure sensor but IIRC the ABS light doesn't come on when the pressures are wrong. 

The tyre pressure warning uses the 4 speed sensors to check that all four wheels are turning at the same rpm, and apparently comes on with about 5 psi difference.  I'm not sure what fitting none run flats to it will do with a more compliant sidewall, but i guess might be more sensitive. 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Out in the bini today and a trio of warning light popped up together. I had noticed the abs kicking in earlier when pulling up. Is this a common issue with them? Any pointers?


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I don't know about Binis but the description of it kicking in when braking not that heavy sounds like the ABS Reluctor rings have split and are slipping. 

[Ghosty]

The fast 197bhp one? Or the 140bhp one? 
If 140 one, make sure you get the odd jib that it's a Nissan [engine]. Isn't that the second of the Clio III he's had?

It's a 140 not an RS. I don't know if he's had another. He had some issues with the cat when he got it, they're a strange design.

[paulplom]

The pedal was definately abs'ing when I was low speed manouvering earlier but didn't do it for the last mile of my trip. Turning the car off, then restarting it makes them all go out but they come back on after 100yds or so. I'll investigate over the weekend. Thanks for the replies peeps.

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[paulplom]

Knowing my luck it'll be something simple like the entire abs pump/module that can only be coded to the car via the hal computer in space odyssey.

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[Eyersey1234]

Just heard Shearings/National Holidays have now collapsed. All trips/tours etc cancelled and won't be rescheduled. My sympathies to all staff affected. 

[greengartside]

An early 70’s Saab 99 has just come into one of the local scrappers near me. Does anybody require anything?

[MondeoBlues]

8 hours ago, Yoss said:

So I posted this in the lazy spotters a few months ago when it was parked in the garage behind it in this photo. It's on my delivery and that was the first time I'd seen the garage open. Today is the first time I've ever seen it out. 

It confused me the first time. DVLA says its an Opel Ranger but it's only badged as a Ranger, there's not an Opel badge to be seen.

It seems to be a sort of Rekord coupe and does have a sort of 70's Vauxhall look about the front end. The badges do tell us it's a 2500 but I've no idea what sort of engine it is. 

It is right hand drive but I'm not sure it was for the British Market as I'm completely unaware of it. 

That's a Ranger 2500. A car made by GM for the South African market from 1968 - 1973, hence the Vauxhall Victor FD/Opel Rekord looks. They sold them in Belgium from 1970 - 1978 as well. It was just badged as a Ranger, in the same way the US market Rover 800 was known only as the Sterling. 

Engines were 2.1 or 2.5 four cylinder jobs with about 80-100bhp. You've probably found the only one in the UK. 

[Yoss]

I've been on this delivery for three and a half years and it's only the second time I've seen it. Makes you wonder what's in all the other garages doesn't it?

[High Jetter]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/driver-films-201mph-motorway-m23-sussex-a4448356.html

All together now, Audi W_ _ _ _ _!

[GBJ]

6 hours ago, paulplom said:

Out in the bini today and a trio of warning light popped up together. I had noticed the abs kicking in earlier when pulling up. Is this a common issue with them?
 

Yes.

[Tamworthbay]

Tree surgeon mates VW caddy van has snapped a rod after 35,000 miles and 4.5 years. VW’s response was that he should pay £6.5k for a new engine to be fitted and they would then decide if they would put anything towards it as a ‘gesture’. Oddly enough he told them to FRO. It’s gone this afternoon for £3.5k to a place in Leamington Spa. Picked up with two hours of him calling them.

[BorniteIdentity]

13 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said:

Tree surgeon mates VW caddy van has snapped a rod after 35,000 miles and 4.5 years. VW’s response was that he should pay £6.5k for a new engine to be fitted and they would then decide if they would put anything towards it as a ‘gesture’. Oddly enough he told them to FRO. It’s gone this afternoon for £3.5k to a place in Leamington Spa. Picked up with two hours of him calling them.

Goodness me. I just don’t think that sort of thing is good enough in the year 2020. That’s stinks of not “Fit for Purpose”. A huge failure like that on a 4 year old/35K failure? I can’t see how that can really be operator error. 

Perhaps I’m naive! 

[Tamworthbay]

10 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Goodness me. I just don’t think that sort of thing is good enough in the year 2020. That’s stinks of not “Fit for Purpose”. A huge failure like that on a 4 year old/35K failure? I can’t see how that can really be operator error. 

Perhaps I’m naive! 

Same here, having looked there are a few stories of rods making a break for freedom. He is going to take it up with trading standards but as the van has gone I can’t see him getting anywhere. But he needs a vehicle for work so can’t afford it to sit there for 6 months while someone makes their mind up and I think VW know this and play on it. Surely an engine has to be good for at least 100k unless abused these days? FFS an A series would do 60k if abused in the 70s! And my poor 2 litre pinto in my first Capri was thrashed senseless for two years and was still running when the tree jumped out in front of it.

[Stanky]

3 hours ago, greengartside said:

An early 70’s Saab 99 has just come into one of the local scrappers near me. Does anybody require anything?

Is that Brinkley's at Brettenham by any chance? Shame that it's in there but looks like a good source of spares

[greengartside]

3 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Is that Brinkley's at Brettenham by any chance? Shame that it's in there but looks like a good source of spares

Nope, it’s in South Norfolk bud. I saw it and thought someone might be able to get some decent parts off it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Shamazon is just after delivering a massive 20w solar panel battery charger thing with regulator box and some cables / cable extension leads.

What's the betting that the cables are not long enough to stretch from the intended site of the solar panel all the way to the CX?

[New POD]

2 hours ago, Tamworthbay said:

Same here, having looked there are a few stories of rods making a break for freedom. He is going to take it up with trading standards but as the van has gone I can’t see him getting anywhere. But he needs a vehicle for work so can’t afford it to sit there for 6 months while someone makes their mind up and I think VW know this and play on it. Surely an engine has to be good for at least 100k unless abused these days? FFS an A series would do 60k if abused in the 70s! And my poor 2 litre pinto in my first Capri was thrashed senseless for two years and was still running when the tree jumped out in front of it.

When I worked for Garrett making Turbos, there was an expectation of 100K in normal use.  And that was a worst case scenario of short journeys and long oil change intervals. 

[HMC]

7 minutes ago, New POD said:

When I worked for Garrett making Turbos, there was an expectation of 100K in normal use.  And that was a worst case scenario of short journeys and long oil change intervals. 

I wonder if there were test beds where eg very short trip, full power from cold and for good measure rev it up as it’s switched off, plus ancient cheap oil.

[New POD]

1 minute ago, HMC said:

I wonder if there were test beds where eg very short trip, full power from cold and for good measure rev it up as it’s switched off, plus ancient cheap oil.

Yes.  I remember one of the tests for the VNT was the soot test.  Adjust the fuelling badly, and run it where it's not doing a full sweep of the vanes going from fully closed to fully open.  

[puddlethumper]

Just heard that Hertz has gone tits up. Going to be loads of ex rentals coming on the market.

[anonymous user]

Does that make Godfrey Davies number one now?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

Just heard that Hertz has gone tits up. Going to be loads of ex rentals coming on the market.

All rental companies are going to be nervous, including the big names.

2 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

Does that make Godfrey Davies number one now?

But for how much longer?

[brownnova]

18 hours ago, greengartside said:

An early 70’s Saab 99 has just come into one of the local scrappers near me. Does anybody require anything?

Boggles my mind when beautiful cars like that are scrapped... 

[Tamworthbay]

4 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Boggles my mind when beautiful cars like that are scrapped... 

You just wonder why, it must have been valued enough to be kept all these years so it might be someone has passed away and the kids just want rid ‘of the old crap car’ and scrappy offers £50 to collect and they are happy. But then I think why wouldn’t the scrappy doesn’t offer it as a project? Very sad however it happened.

[HMC]

That w210 underneath it may well be rustier 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

25 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said:

..... the kids just want rid ‘of the old crap car’ and scrappy offers £50 to collect and they are happy. ...

Today's young seem to have little sense of history. For them, it's the "now" and maybe "tomorrow".

[vulgalour]

~sweeping generalisations~

Plenty of t'younguns are still interested in and have a sense of history.  Plenty of them are willing and able to save old cars.  Same as it ever was.

Same as it ever was

 

SAME AS IT EVER WAS

 

 

[richardmorris]

2cv mot now extended until the end of November and I’ve taxed it for twelve months.  24 years since the last mot failure which was as the Citroen dealer in ascot. Poked a hole in the chassis!

 

[Timewaster]

On 5/22/2020 at 2:07 PM, BorniteIdentity said:

I've been served three different adverts from three different "Classic Dealers" on Facebook.  All with cars being raffled. 

• £23 a ticket for a Peugeot 205 GTi (Maximum 700 tickets)
• £9 a ticket for a 1966 Mustang (Maximum 4000 tickets)
• £9  a ticket for a made over Morris Mini 1000

I've dealt with premium rate competitions and lotteries pretty much all my working life.  I don't like them, but it's an accepted (not neccessary) evil.  

But it also feels like a strong signal that the 'classic market' isn't what it was. 

A couple of weeks ago I was blind, stupid and gullible enough to buy a few tickets for a Club Turismo raffle that you might have seen on Facebook. 

I would not normally go for this sort of thing and I'm not a gambler but the prize was an immaculate 205Gti which is reputed to be worth £25k. Hnnnnnnng! WANT!

I bought a £10 ticket and a week later they were doing a "limited" buy one get one free offer.

Instead of spotting the red flag I bought some more tickets.

After a delayed draw, I got a snivelling email explaining how gutted they were but they couldn't shift enough tickets and the prize was now £10k cash.

I was far more disappointed than I should have been.  I'm frankly not that interested in a cash prize. I'm sure it was in the terms and conditions yadda yadda yadda.....

It's not that I'm rolling in cash,  but I really wanted a chance at not winning the Peugeot.  If I wanted to not win cash I'd buy scratch cards. 

And of course I didn't win.

 

Now facebook must have got me on a sucker list because there are loads of them popping up.

Some of the prizes are less than mint it has to be said.