Ivor newish car!!!

[Cambs_Stuart]

That's a really good response form the dealer! The type that would get you to go back there for your next purchase...

[PhillipM]

Not quite perfect but I think I'd be pretty happy with the £100 instead of the £1500!

[soad]

PhillipM said:

Not quite perfect but I think I'd be pretty happy with the £100 instead of the £1500!

So long as it gets properly sorted.

That’s what? Two fill ups at the petrol station.

[Bobberoo]

soad said:

PhillipM said:

Not quite perfect but I think I'd be pretty happy with the £100 instead of the £1500!

So long as it gets properly sorted.

That’s what? Two fill ups at the petrol station.

1.3 fill ups in the Mini!!!

[Bobberoo]

A small nupdate, I have ordered the first uprated part for Ivor, an Airtec billet lower torque mount with yellow fast road polyurethane bushes, and it has apparently already arrived!!!

[Bobberoo]

Mmmmmmm

[Turn7]

So, watsit do Mr?

[Bobberoo]

Turn7 said:

So, watsit do Mr?

Poly bushed lower torque mount for the gearbox, stops the engine moving around under hard clutch work!!!

[Turn7]

Ah… stock made with of butter I assume ?

[Bobberoo]

Turn7 said:

Ah… stock made with of butter I assume ?

and a pasta case!!

[Turn7]

Bobberoo said:

Turn7 said:

Ah… stock made with of butter I assume ?

and a pasta case!!

[Bobberoo]

Well it's time for a Mini small update, Ivor spent last weekend at Minitopia in Swanmore having a spa weekend while we were in Oxford for the weekend!!
I picked him up Monday on the way home having had a new DMF, clutch, water pump tensioner and pulley and a major service, he also has the shiny new gearbox torque mount fitted, and my god it's made such a difference to how he drives now!!!

Next up in the new year will be the audio upgrade, new front tyres and a full alignment!!!

[Turn7]

How much of that was warranty ?

[Bobberoo]

Turn7 said:

How much of that was warranty ?

Total bill was £1846, warranty paid £1313, and covered the DMF, clutch and water pump tensioner, so most of it!!

[Turn7]

Bobberoo said:

Turn7 said:

How much of that was warranty ?

Total bill was £1846, warranty paid £1313, and covered the DMF, clutch and water pump tensioner, so most of it!!

Thats good news....

[Bobberoo]

Turn7 said:

Bobberoo said:

Turn7 said:

How much of that was warranty ?

Total bill was £1846, warranty paid £1313, and covered the DMF, clutch and water pump tensioner, so most of it!!

Thats good news....

[MDUBZ]

Well done to the original seller for having a word with the warranty company; that’s a result!

Did you sort the start/stop issue.. If not this is usually down to the brake pressure sensor, bmw/ mini will charge you ~£150 just for the part , but you can get one off of Amazon for a touch over £20.. easy 30 minute DIY job (need to take the wipers off the access it) and it can be coded out with a c310+

Sensor
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096RJ5S6Y?psc=1&r...

Code reader
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VSYZ2NC?ref=ppx_yo2...

How to
https://youtu.be/1Exd6qEWrqg

[Bobberoo]

MDUBZ said:

Well done to the original seller for having a word with the warranty company; that’s a result!

Did you sort the start/stop issue.. If not this is usually down to the brake pressure sensor, bmw/ mini will charge you ~£150 just for the part , but you can get one off of Amazon for a touch over £20.. easy 30 minute DIY job (need to take the wipers off the access it) and it can be coded out with a c310+

Sensor
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096RJ5S6Y?psc=1&r...

Code reader
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VSYZ2NC?ref=ppx_yo2...

How to
https://youtu.be/1Exd6qEWrqg

Thanks for this, much appreciated!!

[Bobberoo]

Another Mini update, sorry!!
Ivor continues to be great fun to drive, other than losing traction in the wet due to the useless Pirelli P7's on the front!!

I've just booked him in for an audio upgrade at a localish specialist, gone for JBL Club 605CSQ's for the doors and JBL Club 6932 6x9's in rear, with a JBL Concert 4x 70RMS amp to run them and some sound deadening behind each speaker, £900 all in, which I'm pretty pleased with, just need to wait until 25th January for it to be done now!!

Hoping to get him out to a few car meets this year!!

[Turn7]

And what kind of tunes will that system be playing ?