Every day tips for living with a 599

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Had a question asked about mileage, so last night zeroed the trip, filled the tank to 'first click'. Drove to Scotland, all motorway miles and stopped at the first petrol station after the fuel warning light came on

325 miles when the fuel warning light came on.
350 miles when at the next shell station.
80 litres to fill to the first click.
From memory these are pretty average numbers for normal everyday driving.

https://www.mpg-calculator.co.uk/

Imperial gallons for above
To convert to US
1 UK MPG is 0.8327 US MPG

Book says 105 ltr tank and 20 reserve


Never known the car to take more than 90.

And pretty accurate to the book reported mileage

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willy wombat said:

I had a 599 for 13 or 14 years and never realised it had coat hooks!

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After the weather the car is rather dirty. So while visiting a friend her son volunteered to wash the car for me.

Obviously I happy to oblige



And just as obviously it started to rain as soon as he started



Looked a good job




Unless you got up close


Kids! Hahaha
Still, I'm appreciative, rather him than me car washing in the rain

Edited by cake eater on Saturday 30th March 19:28

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Monday I'll be at the British GT4 championship giving a cheer for my friend's son Gordie

https://www.britishgt.com/driver/1142/gordie-mutch

Qualified 5th today and hopefully see him right at the front during the races.

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ANOpax said:

cake eater said:

After the weather the car is rather dirty. So while visiting a friend her son volunteered to wash the car for me.

Obviously I happy to oblige

Looked a good job

Unless you got up close

Kids! Hahaha
Still, I'm appreciative, rather him than me car washing in the rain

Hah! snow foam is the most overrated cleaning product on the market.
My son is a professional detailer and he won't go near the stuff now but he used to hanker after it when he was an amateur.
It's the epitome of 'all show and no go' (or should that be 'all snow and no go'?).

I also had to chuckle at your host's lovely, spacious, double garage - rendered utterly un-useable for its intended purpose by the piles of cheap stuff stored inside while all the expensive BMW metal sits outside...

It does on the surface seem like a good idea, but once washed and dried there were lots of areas still grimy. The whole contactless cleaning misses a sponge
And with the new ceramics I am a bit wary of anything but water and a plain pH neutral soap going on them.

Garages often end up that way, just a dumping ground during a renovation and unfortunately never get emptied for the cars to go back in. You should see my Mum's garage, it is like one of those scenes from a movie were the tunnel has collapsed and there is a pile of rubble in front of them and just a tiny gap. Only in this case Mum some how manages to park her car in that tiny gap

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Obi Wan said:

Snow foam is meant to be followed by a contact wash using a wash mitt. The idea is you snow foam a car, then rinse the majority of the dirt away, you then do a contact wash to make sure the car is totally clean. Snow foam reduces the risk of scratches by encapsulating dirt particles before been rinsed away.

Yes, the rain didn't help but at least I was dry

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cake eater said:

Monday I'll be at the British GT4 championship giving a cheer for my friend's son Gordie

https://www.britishgt.com/driver/1142/gordie-mutch

Qualified 5th today and hopefully see him right at the front during the races.

Drive down to Oulton Park started out nice but increasingly heavy rain, bank holiday traffic and crashes meant it took nearly 2 hours longer than expected and I only just made it in time to see the second race.

So I dump the car in the first available free spot as soon as I'm through the gate. I realised my big mistake as soon as I'm on the grass, the ticket lady's warning of "be careful it's really muddy" ringing in my ears.



I only just make 'parking' rather than sliding into another parked car. The TC is going crazy, the car doesn't know what to do and even the lightest throttle is spinning the wheels. Any kind of steering lock is like a brake to forward motion.

But at least the sun is coming out.


On the way to meet my friends I see dedicated 'supercar parking' just after the cafe with hard standing and have that Homer moment Doh!

Second race almost turned out to be a disaster with a puncture on the first lap avoiding an incident. Still managed to make 5th place so not too bad a day for my friend's son.



Managed to get the 599 out of the car park with a small push and ice mode. The TC was a lot happier.
On the exit of Oulton were the usual YouTubers so gave a little show. Naughty and childish but made them smile.

Straight off to a jet wash and cleaned the car. Can't have Lee at MDL picking mud out of the car to work in it.




All clean
I think

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cake eater said:

Had a question asked about mileage, so last night zeroed the trip, filled the tank to 'first click'. Drove to Scotland, all motorway miles and stopped at the first petrol station after the fuel warning light came on

325 miles when the fuel warning light came on.
350 miles when at the next shell station.
80 litres to fill to the first click.
From memory these are pretty average numbers for normal everyday driving.

https://www.mpg-calculator.co.uk/

Imperial gallons for above
To convert to US
1 UK MPG is 0.8327 US MPG

Book says 105 ltr tank and 20 reserve

Another mpg update, this time 50/50 town and country roads

221 miles
71 litres

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And because of road closures and farm track detour, Lee is going to get his hands very dirty


And my cholesterol is not going to thank me for a McDonald's breakfast

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cake eater said:

And because of road closures and farm track detour, Lee is going to get his hands very dirty


And my cholesterol is not going to thank me for a McDonald's breakfast

With the mud dried she looked even better



Unfortunately, at the visual inspection of the car at MDL, showed paint and body damage / wear.
The headlight washer cover had broken off and the bumper alignment off, probably from the detour when Google maps took me down s farm track to avoid a road closure.
Paint was also notices to be bubbling in places.



Rear of all the arches








And the under tray scooping up mud


Bumper will need to come off to replace the failed parking sensor, so once the sensor and washer cover are painted will get this sorted

Edited by cake eater on Wednesday 3rd April 00:53

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Installed the braided hoses


View of the old hoses


New HEL yellow




And bled with SRF

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Arches were thoroughly cleaned




Before


After

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New bulbs installed


This panel in the wheel arch needs removing


Which reveals the light cluster

D1S going in


H6W for the DRL


LED conversion isn't available and DRLs look distinctly yellow compared to the main beam

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A Spark plug was checked as I couldn't find any history of it being done before

Coil pack out


Spark plug (NKG PMR 8B) is definitely in need of replacement so all will need changing


Another job on the list

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In the left passenger footwell a sensor was found to be loose.


Turns out the bracket is broken


Looks like a fuel pump prime, like on a caterham but I think it's a roll over sensor. So temporarily secured with a tie wrap

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Most concerning is the brake wear pattern.

Rears are nice and shiny, wearing edge to edge and very smooth




The front are visually darker and a very slight texture can be felt on the surface with an un-even wear pattern showing




Pads were cleaned up, reinstalled and test drive performed.

Brakes definitely felt better but on the third hard press the push back from the pedal was less. Lee said the stopping power was good but it just feels a little weak to me.

I called Freddy from special brakes in Germany and showed him the picture. He said I'm not using the brakes hard enough
And to check them after a trackday. If after this the full pad surface is not being used, something else is wrong

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Also, while cleaning the brakes some strange metal balls were found in the cooling vanes of the disk.
Looked like 'welding slag' and easily removed, loose.



Not sure if this is from the manufacturing process?

A diagnostic was also run as well as a good clean


Everything looking good for tomorrow.

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Picture of the wheel doughnuts and spacers

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Today was an early start and finish at Donington for the Ferrari Owners Club Pista day.

Really had a brilliant day. Met some great people driving a Roma, a 488 and a 296. We shared the garage, lunch and laughs at our awesome driving skills.

Day was on off raining, circuit wet in the morning but afternoon was drying.

What's a line of red Ferraris?


The friends we made
296


488


Roma

Edited by cake eater on Wednesday 3rd April 16:48

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Gaffa taped up the windscreen washer cover


And it lasted all day