Eyerseys Motoring Adventures.

[Eyersey1234]

Garage has quoted £623 including VAT, labour etc which isn't too bad considering. Surprisingly according to their supplier it has a solid flywheel not a DMF. 

[sierraman]

Sounds a bit dear for a straight clutch swap if I’m honest I.e no DMF replacement. Are they sure it’s got no DMF? Bit late finding out when the gearbox is off that it’s another couple of hundred quid on the bill. 

To put it in perspective I paid £700 at a VAT reg gearbox specialist for a DMF and clutch kit fitting to a Mk4 Mondeo.

[Eyersey1234]

Presumably their supplier got the right parts off the reg number. When the clutch on my old Fiesta went 4 years ago it was just shy of £500 to replace and that was with no DMF. 

[Eyersey1234]

I'm wondering if they have quoted for a DMF in case it turns out it does have one. 

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

I'm wondering if they have quoted for a DMF in case it turns out it does have one. 

I would hope so, assuming the kit is £250 plus 4 or so hours labour let’s say sounds about right. 

[Eyersey1234]

Henry will be departing later this month, partly due to the nag factor from Mrs Eyersey but also due not wanting it to become one bill after another, which was why I was debating about whether to get the clutch done or bail. He is going as trade in as it is easiest. The new car is another Focus which I will introduce when it arrives. 

[Eyersey1234]

I asked @greengartside to run the new car through Ford etis, for anyone interested this is the result.

 

[Dan302]

I'm looking forward to pics of the new Focus. My little boys mum has a 2016 (facelift) Focus in black, it's a colour that really suits them in my opinion.

[Eyersey1234]

2 minutes ago, Dan302 said:

I'm looking forward to pics of the new Focus. My little boys mum has a 2016 (facelift) Focus in black, it's a colour that really suits them in my opinion.

Thanks Dan yes I agree black does suit them, I also like the Iceberg blue colour they did. Bit of a shame in a way that Henry won't see moon mileage with me but I suppose sometimes it's best to move on. New Focus is 3 owners from new with 93k on the clock, I suspect the first owner was actually the supplying dealer given the registration date. 

[Dan302]

Will be interesting to compare the economy of the new Focus to Henry, I would think you will get a few more mpg's.

[Eyersey1234]

1 minute ago, Dan302 said:

Will be interesting to compare the economy of the new Focus to Henry, I would think you will get a few more mpg's.

I'm told the 1.5tdci averages 70+ mpg, under normal driving Henry averages mid 40s to 50mpg. One of my workmates has a 65 reg 1.5tdci Focus estate that says has averaged over 90mpg in the time he has had it. 

[Eyersey1234]

Has anyone any idea what dress up RSO is? Apparently new Focus doesn't have it whatever it is. 

 

Edit, a look on Google suggests its some kind of body kit apparently 

[mintwth]

5 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Has anyone any idea what dress up RSO is?

Dress up RSO?

Sounds like something that'd be popular on onlyfans.........

[Eyersey1234]

53 minutes ago, mintwth said:

Dress up RSO?

Sounds like something that'd be popular on onlyfans.........

🤣 Yeah I suppose it does

[sierraman]

What did they offer p/ex on the old Focus Estate?

[Eyersey1234]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

What did they offer p/ex on the old Focus Estate?

£100 which is basically scrap value, I could have got more for it selling privately but it was just easier to p/ex it. If I had somewhere to store it until it sold and a way of getting 2 cars back here at the same time I'd have offered it for sale on here, but I don't nor can I be bothered with dealing with idiots on gumtree. 

[sierraman]

23 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

£100 which is basically scrap value, I could have got more for it selling privately but it was just easier to p/ex it. If I had somewhere to store it until it sold and a way of getting 2 cars back here at the same time I'd have offered it for sale on here, but I don't nor can I be bothered with dealing with idiots on gumtree. 

Scrap is round about £250 on that at the moment. So off it goes to the scrapyard!

[Eyersey1234]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Scrap is round about £250 on that at the moment. So off it goes to the scrapyard!

Yeah it's a sad end to a good car. 

[sierraman]

5 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Yeah it's a sad end to a good car. 

Fuck it, when theyve got to go they’ve got to go. You never know it might get picked up by someone doing a homer who’ll put a new clutch in it. Usually though below a price point they’ll have the breakers fetch it. 

[Eyersey1234]

New Focus will be called Eccles. I'll need to get a SD card for the sat nav but I'll look on bay of E as they are something like £85 from Ford, bollocks to that. 

[Eyersey1234]

Morning all, meet Eccles. 

[Dan302]

Looks very smart, black really suits them

[Eyersey1234]

Only done 60 miles in Eccles so far but I'm really impressed, drives really nicely and is much quieter than Henry.  Run out to Minehead planned for Thursday. 

[Eyersey1234]

Eccles resting at Cleeve Abbey today 

[Eyersey1234]

Just under 500 miles covered so far today, when I get in I will have done over 600 which will be a record for me to do in a day. Had a nice drive over Exmoor earlier, really enjoyed piloting Eccles over the twisty roads there. 

[Eyersey1234]

636 miles covered today, Eccles behaved impeccably. I will work out the average fuel economy of the trip tomorrow. 

[Eyersey1234]

Eccles used 9.83 gallons of fuel in yesterday's adventure, giving an average fuel economy of 64.7mpg. Very impressive. 

[Eyersey1234]

Took my OH out for her first ride in Eccles earlier, we took a ride out to Pocklington Canal. She is impressed with the car and when I brought it home on Tuesday she asked to swap. Errm no lol. 

My almost 17 year old stepdaughter wants one as her first car too, I suspect insurance will be expensive. She seems to think she won't need any lessons and can go straight for her test. Hmm she is in for a shock 🤣

[Eyersey1234]

Nothing to do with Eccles at all but we were given a ride on this fine boat earlier on whilst on our walk. Also saw this chodtastic Massey Ferguson

[Eyersey1234]

Resting in the M18 services today. Over 900 miles covered in a week.