24 Hrs of supercar grief!!

[simonspider]

Driving the 360 yesterday evening and suddenly lose all drive and can't select any gears (its an F1). Then with a bang it selects 4th then back to neutral and I end up stranded on a bad bend. Can't select any gears, just getting lots of bleeping and flashing lights. After enduring many pi**taking catcalls for an hour from passing traffic, Man who Can arrives but refuses to tow it saying its too expensive, but kindly offers to send a flatbed within 48hrs (!!)if I hide the keys somewhere!! After I'd laughed I phone my business partner Dave who arrives with the Subway van (Corsa) and it tows the 360 8 miles home churning black smoke out all the way. (Now that did get some laughs).However 360 is on the track with the Murcie earning on Sat/Sun so frantic phonecalls and R & D in Eccles offer to sort it out the next day if I can get it there.However the Murcie's in at Lambo Manchester and needs collecting first, so having got a train and taxi return home with the Lambo and a bill for £750. So now at home I then have the bright idea of borrowing a flatbed and loading the 360 meself and getting it to Manchester and R&D. After crunching the gears of an elderly Iveco towtruck for 20 miles I give up trying to load it and running out of time decide to risk driving the 360 over there as magically the gears have now returned. Low and behold it gets me there after a nervewracking hour,then I try and get back home again but trains cancelled and delayed mean a 2 hr wait and another taxi,I finally get in at 7pm having wasted the whole day pis*ing about. And I still have to get the tow truck back to Leeds. I've said it before. I just wish sometimes I was into fishing

[elms]

I know exactly what its like when the cars have broken. But these cars are like having lap dancers for girlfriends. When they are in a good mood and dolled up they are the greatest thing in the world but when they start playing up you wish you were dating a accounts clerk from Stevenage

Edited by elms on Wednesday 19th July 07:16

Edited by elms on Wednesday 19th July 10:58

[chris_crossley]

Sorry to hear about the adventure.
That's why i step away from these cars every now and again and then i
jump back in both feet. Glutton eh!

No point in the money being in the bank when your dead!

Were you in harrogate tonight? If not you have a doppleganger
Still sounded nice

[mr_c]

sounds like fun

[crikeymikey]

Honestly, Simon. You should have your own TV show! Viva la Bam has nothing on you.

[traxx]

Unfortunately it's just one of these things that happens with F1/e-gear


Last year on my old 360F1Spider I put the car into N on Regent Street and then spent 1 hour trying to get it into 1st
The traffic jam covered half the westend, all the other drivers were really sympathetic - not

[chilli]

simonspider said:

Driving the 360 yesterday evening
However the Murcie's in at Lambo Manchester and needs collecting first

It's a tough old life mate, eh?

[cummingsa]

elms said:

I know exactly what its like when the cars have broken. But these cars are like having lap dancers for girlfriends. When they are working for you they are the greatest thing in the world but when they start playing up you wish you were dating a accounts clerk from Stevenage

Edited by elms on Wednesday 19th July 07:16

Thats an interesting comparison!!

Sounds like the day from Hell Si. At least you got the orange beast back with no issues.

Andy.

[ruttboy]

Simon,

At times like these, try giving me a call, you'll be surprised what I can acheive nowadays.

Alan.

[elms]

cummingsa said:

elms said:

I know exactly what its like when the cars have broken. But these cars are like having lap dancers for girlfriends. When they are working for you they are the greatest thing in the world but when they start playing up you wish you were dating a accounts clerk from Stevenage

Edited by elms on Wednesday 19th July 07:16

Thats an interesting comparison!!


Andy.

Good point, ive amended it to make it sound slightly better

[octane]

Had the same thing when i had the 355F1

jammed in second gear on central London, and no way to move it or tow it.

Cost for the pump was 8K, it looks like the part out of a hoover washing machine by the way!

Will never buy one again for that reason

[rogerb]

You're lucky Simon - my 550 completely died on the Route Napoleon 900 miles from home; took me three weeks to get it back to the country. Never again........

[f308 man]

Hi Simon,
I hope da orinj ladee will be ok 4 da film nite, as mi dadz car sux.
luv 'n stuff,
Lydia xx

Edited by f308 man on Wednesday 19th July 21:29

[sjn2004]

What was actually wrong with the F1 system? Was it a major job(&£££ to get it working again? thanks

[ferrarispider]

Do you know what was wrong with the car??

[t1grm]

Having spent six weekends in the last 12 months taking cars from various work locations in Europe to the UK for a service, fly back to work and then a week or so later fly back to the UK to pick up the cars I know how you feel mate.

[Splodge s4]

simonspider said:

. I've said it before. I just wish sometimes I was into fishing

Hey fishing is just as bad, I lost my line, weights & float when it got caught in a bush yesterday, then to top it off i then caught an eel & had to cut the line again... that cost about £2.50 in lost tackle... Glad my Esprit never gets caught in a bush...then on the hottest day of the year i ran out of beer....

If owning one of these cars was cheap & easy everyone would have one...The bad times just make the good times even more sweet.

[simonspider]

It wasn't the clutch, as my mate (and co-owner) Rick had driven it to Le Mans, where it got caught in a huge rainstorm just before Dover, which bug*ered up the ECU. Apparently it stores these faults which then materialise at the least opportune moment! Alls well now, R&D didn't even charge since its going back for a service anyway Glad to see others have had the same problem!
I've heard it all today. Was in the tyre place with the Lambo having the fronts changed, when a guy asked if I was racist since I had a Union Jack on the roof! What is the world coming to??!!

[troesma]

simonspider said:

Was in the tyre place with the Lambo having the fronts changed, when a guy asked if I was racist since I had a Union Jack on the roof!

You must be fuing joking...

Edited by troesma on Thursday 20th July 19:47

[rogerb]

simonspider said:

I've heard it all today. Was in the tyre place with the Lambo having the fronts changed, when a guy asked if I was racist since I had a Union Jack on the roof! What is the world coming to??!!

That is utterly ridiculous Simon. What did you say to him?