New FF

[suigeneris]

Brewster Green said:

Thanks, that's good advice

Hi - I have info on one of the cars for sale that might be of interest but your account wont accept PMs. If you PM your phone or email, can bounce it over

[Mattjevans]

When I was buying mine I looked at a number of c.30k mile cars, and all had discs that were needing, or on the verge of needing, replacement

[Monkeybiz101]

gazm said:

Monkeybiz101 said:

Yes, that’s the one. Indeed re the solar option, but I still need to figure out how to stop it shutting down, ofherwise I am not sure the solar charging will help (The AC output turns off automatically when not used for 12 hours, but it goes off before that.)

Am also loving the car, FF’s really are the business.

do let me know how you get on - if it works i'll do the same!
Thanks

Ok, so on the Ecoflow unit there is a standby setting which you can set to standby ‘forever’. So I have selected that, and that solves the standby point. It still seems to kill the ac charger though after some time so given the Ecoflow is internet enabled, I have invested in a portable router (TP-Link M7000 4G LTE MiFi, c.£40), which plugs into the Ecoflow (clearly if you car is in range of a wifi network accessible to you, you can skip this). I then have a payg data only mobile set-up. My tracker also allows me to monitor battery voltage remotely, so now I can see when the battery is a little low and turn on the AC output on the Ecoflow and thus the charger. This helps eek out the power.

I did try the Ecoflow solar panel, but they are huge and need to be positioned just so in direct sunlight, so can’t be simply left in the car. Instead, I bought the additional Ecoflow battery so now have 1.44Wh, which is probably enough for a couple of weeks of battery maintenance. Thus, whilst it is a bit of hassle to set up, it seems like I have a reasonably low maintenance set up to keep the FF battery in shape whilst not needing to have it next to a power socket/visit it every day….

[gazm]

Monkeybiz101 said:

Ok, so on the Ecoflow unit there is a standby setting which you can set to standby ‘forever’. So I have selected that, and that solves the standby point. It still seems to kill the ac charger though after some time so given the Ecoflow is internet enabled, I have invested in a portable router (TP-Link M7000 4G LTE MiFi, c.£40), which plugs into the Ecoflow (clearly if you car is in range of a wifi network accessible to you, you can skip this). I then have a payg data only mobile set-up. My tracker also allows me to monitor battery voltage remotely, so now I can see when the battery is a little low and turn on the AC output on the Ecoflow and thus the charger. This helps eek out the power.

I did try the Ecoflow solar panel, but they are huge and need to be positioned just so in direct sunlight, so can’t be simply left in the car. Instead, I bought the additional Ecoflow battery so now have 1.44Wh, which is probably enough for a couple of weeks of battery maintenance. Thus, whilst it is a bit of hassle to set up, it seems like I have a reasonably low maintenance set up to keep the FF battery in shape whilst not needing to have it next to a power socket/visit it every day….

Thanks for this. Do you have any links for the products you used. Thanks gaz

[vanman1936]

How much are steel replacement discs?

[Monkeybiz101]

gazm said:

Thanks for this. Do you have any links for the products you used. Thanks gaz

So the Ecoflow kit can be bought from: https://www.hampshiregenerators.co.uk/ecoflow-port... Were good to deal with

The wifi mobile router from: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B089ZFZK5L/ref...

The initial deal I found on the mobile payg deal was EE, mainly driven by them having signal where I am, but was similar to this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/EE-PAYG-Triple-Card-Prelo...

[catfood12]

Monkeybiz101 said:

I have had mine a month or so and found it needs charging more than once a week even with a drive thrown in. It quickly throws up a lot of error messages otherwise... If you don't have mains to hand, I have found a portable power station (Ecoflow River Pro) in the boot works pretty well, although it seems to turn itself off eventually which needs investigating...it may just be it is charged and goes into standby. If you can figure out a solar set-up, would love to know about it!

Re a cover, Specialised Covers to a custom made one for the FF. They get good write ups too.

Has anyone figured out how to add an easy DAB option to the radio system?

Edited by Monkeybiz101 on Wednesday 16th June 21:06

As I posted up on George69's Readers Cars' thread, £30 Amazon DAB receiver, works a treat.




All wiring behind the dash, powered from the fusebox at the bottom of the driver's side A pillar.

Antenna top of windscreen on passenger side;

Edited by catfood12 on Tuesday 21st September 14:30

[catfood12]

Minor drama last month. I was parking in a temporary carpark in a town centre, and drive over/into a low down chopped off bollard that I didn't see.

By sheer misfortune, it was just high enough to hit the car, and my aim was so accurate to get it hit one of the unions on the oil cooler which hang down quite low on the N/S. Then trying to get out of the spot, I ripped a chunk out of the undertray.

Where I hit the oil cooler, it was just enough to crack the casting. The cooler is aluminium, with steel union inserts pushed in. I made a temporary repair with araldite , but had to order a replacement.




Luckily, it comes out of the bottom without having to take all of the front PU off......




Minor dismantling up top to get to all of the bolts. Reassuringly clean air filters. :-)




Local stealers wanted over £2K for the cooler and never came back to me on undertray etc.

All from Eurospares in the end. Great service. All in around £1400. Bought new centre caps whilst I was at it, as mine were crusty around the edge.



Expensive day out. All better now though.

[Not Ideal]

^^ Jeez sorry to hear but great work sourcing yourself on the parts etc.

[Monkeybiz101]

catfood12 said:

As I posted up on George69's Readers Cars' thread, £30 Amazon DAB receiver, works a treat.




All wiring behind the dash, powered from the fusebox at the bottom of the driver's side A pillar.

Antenna top of windscreen on passenger side;

Edited by catfood12 on Tuesday 21st September 14:30

Thanks for the DAB details. Apologies for my ignorance, but how find the Readers Cars thread you mention? Cheers

[DarthtaterM16]

Monkeybiz101 said:

catfood12 said:

As I posted up on George69's Readers Cars' thread, £30 Amazon DAB receiver, works a treat.




All wiring behind the dash, powered from the fusebox at the bottom of the driver's side A pillar.

Antenna top of windscreen on passenger side;

Edited by catfood12 on Tuesday 21st September 14:30

Thanks for the DAB details. Apologies for my ignorance, but how find the Readers Cars thread you mention? Cheers

Sorry to jump in but I'd just been reading that thread.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Monkeybiz101]

DarthtaterM16 said:

Sorry to jump in but I'd just been reading that thread.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Many thanks!

[Monkeybiz101]

Hi, so first scuff on my painted FF alloy…please can anyone let me know if you can touch them up yourself (they are forged painted grey/silver type). Cheers!

[catfood12]

Like these ?



I scraped both of my fronts within about 8000 miles. The local Revive! franchisee fella (South Coast) is an ex proper bodyshop guy who's done quite a few bits for me over the years, but never on Ferrari alloys! He repainted these in exactly the right shade of satin grey. Invisible repair for notes.

PM me if you want his details.

[Monkeybiz101]

Thanks, yes exactly. Will message you.

[gazm]

having started this thread 6 months ago, I thought i'd update it. Sadly today i said goodbye to the car. It was a fantastic car which sounded so good. the reality was i didn't really use the back seats and was hankering after something different. After looking at 488's i decided to try a McLaren. I'll miss the FF (especially on the rare occasion i need to put 2 extra people in the car.
here's a photo of the outgoing and inbound car.



Thanks for all the info / support on this thread

[vanman1936]

Oooof!