My £1,300 2.5 tonne box of unreliabilty

[rich12]

deadtom said:

would replacing the tappets also see the 'gaskets' replaced?

even if you do have to pile another £1200 into it, if that leaves you with a well sorted rangie for £2500 with a decent LPG system, that's still bottom of the market money and therefore worth doing isn't it?

It would indeed so all of it would be sorted.

I'll see how I get on with it over the next few days.

[rich12]

I can't believe how expensive this bloody car is to insure!
Best quote on go compare is £800.
I'm 30 with a clean licence btw.

[njw1]

There is a procedure for bleeding the lifters on the M62, it'd cost nothing to try it;

https://www.meeknet.co.uk/E38/Tappets.htm

And I'd swap the vanos solenoids from bank to bank to see if the fault code follows the suspect solenoid before paying £300 for a new one.

Also, if you don't now for certain that the timing chain tensioner has been replaced I'd fit a new one, they're cheap enough and very easy to change.

Edited by njw1 on Tuesday 8th October 17:33

[rich12]

njw1 said:

There is a procedure for bleeding the lifters on the M62, it'd cost nothing to try it;

https://www.meeknet.co.uk/E38/Tappets.htm

And I'd swap the vanos solenoids from bank to bank to see if the fault code follows the suspect solenoid before paying £300 for a new one.

Also, if you don't now for certain that the timing chain tensioner has been replaced I'd fit a new one, they're cheap enough and very easy to change.

Edited by njw1 on Tuesday 8th October 17:33

Thanks.
I did that twice last week but didn't change anything. The garage did say that the issue won't be resolved by doing that but I had already tried.

Hopefully driving it properly will help.

Im still a bit perplexed by the insurance. Every car I've had for the last few years has been a minimum of £20k value and yet this 1300 piece of st is more than my other two cars combined.
Makes no sense!

[V8RX7]

rich12 said:

Im still a bit perplexed by the insurance. Every car I've had for the last few years has been a minimum of £20k value and yet this 1300 piece of st is more than my other two cars combined.
Makes no sense!

Perhaps those who buy disposable RR aren't the most careful drivers ?

Or when they discover they need work, they catch fire ?

Try a quote on a newer one

[njw1]

rich12 said:

Thanks.
I did that twice last week but didn't change anything. The garage did say that the issue won't be resolved by doing that but I had already tried.

Hopefully driving it properly will help.

Ah bugger, was worth a try I suppose.

[rich12]

V8RX7 said:

Perhaps those who buy disposable RR aren't the most careful drivers ?

Or when they discover they need work, they catch fire ?

Try a quote on a newer one

My 2015 sdv8 was only £750 a year with way more miles and my wife who at the time was 24. Madness

[rich12]

Just got into work.
So i've now done 52 miles. Drives really well, doesn't overheat etc but the gearbox seems a bit hesitant around 1500 revs but fine everywhere else.

I'm going to assume that the gearbox oil has never been changed so if I keep it, that will be a top priority.

Everything works as it should except the bloody head unit that randomly just goes quiet so have to press the power button on and off again and it starts working which is strange.
The system itself does reboot every now and then too.

[The Mad Monk]

rich12 said:

i've now done 52 miles. Drives really well,

Apart from all the problems that I have listed.

[rich12]

The Mad Monk said:

Apart from all the problems that I have listed.

Exactly!

[rxe]

rich12 said:

Thanks.
I did that twice last week but didn't change anything. The garage did say that the issue won't be resolved by doing that but I had already tried.

Hopefully driving it properly will help.

Im still a bit perplexed by the insurance. Every car I've had for the last few years has been a minimum of £20k value and yet this 1300 piece of st is more than my other two cars combined.
Makes no sense!

Problem is that slightly smarter ones of these are the tool of choice for dealers in Class A. You’re trying to insure a valueless one, they’re assuming you’re a low grade dealer and pricing accordingly. :-)

Edited by rxe on Wednesday 9th October 11:38

[deadtom]

rich12 said:

I can't believe how expensive this bloody car is to insure!
Best quote on go compare is £800.
I'm 30 with a clean licence btw.

I'd say that's amazingly cheap...

I'm 31, clean license, 9 years NCB, I have a proper grown up person's job and I live in a nice rural area, and I pay more than that for my partner and I on a 17 year old 206 that's worth about tuppence.

[rich12]

deadtom said:

I'd say that's amazingly cheap...

I'm 31, clean license, 9 years NCB, I have a proper grown up person's job and I live in a nice rural area, and I pay more than that for my partner and I on a 17 year old 206 that's worth about tuppence.

Without this turning into an insurance thread.. How the hell can that be right? Is your nice rural area in the centre of Bradford?

[Krikkit]

rich12 said:

deadtom said:

I'd say that's amazingly cheap...

I'm 31, clean license, 9 years NCB, I have a proper grown up person's job and I live in a nice rural area, and I pay more than that for my partner and I on a 17 year old 206 that's worth about tuppence.

Without this turning into an insurance thread.. How the hell can that be right? Is your nice rural area in the centre of Bradford?

That's absolutely mental - I'm 32, live within an hour's travel of Liverpool in the suburbs and pay £350 for a 325, and only 500 quid for a W211 that are very highly grouped as well.

[prand]

rich12 said:

Without this turning into an insurance thread.. How the hell can that be right? Is your nice rural area in the centre of Bradford?

Maybe his partner is 17 and had two DUIs and a speeding ticket?

[rich12]

prand said:

Maybe his partner is 17 and had two DUIs and a speeding ticket?

In that case, when she turns 18, I applaud him.

[CAPP0]

deadtom said:

rich12 said:

I can't believe how expensive this bloody car is to insure!
Best quote on go compare is £800.
I'm 30 with a clean licence btw.

I'd say that's amazingly cheap...

I'm 31, clean license, 9 years NCB, I have a proper grown up person's job and I live in a nice rural area, and I pay more than that for my partner and I on a 17 year old 206 that's worth about tuppence.

Whereas I insure a 5.0 Supercharged 510bhp version of that car, worth about 20 times more, for £300 fully comp inc business use

[rich12]

CAPP0 said:

Whereas I insure a 5.0 Supercharged 510bhp version of that car, worth about 20 times more, for £300 fully comp inc business use

I bet you're in your 50's, live in the middle of butt fk nowhere, clean licence for 33 years and never made a claim?
Am I right Mr Cappo?

[deadtom]

rich12 said:

In that case, when she turns 18, I applaud him.

nope, she's 25 and has never had an accident, though admittedly only has 1 year NCB and is listed as a full time student as she is just getting to the end of her MSc.

Also, no thankfully I don't live in the centre of Bradford, I live in a small village near the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border, I think the insurance rating for my postcode is B.

Stupid insurance.

Anyway, back on topic, I hope your rangie comes through and proves to be cheap and reliable, as I would like to have one some day and would love to believe that a nice one can be had for £2500 or so

edited for spoolong

Edited by deadtom on Wednesday 9th October 15:21

[CAPP0]

rich12 said:

CAPP0 said:

Whereas I insure a 5.0 Supercharged 510bhp version of that car, worth about 20 times more, for £300 fully comp inc business use

I bet you're in your 50's, live in the middle of butt fk nowhere, clean licence for 33 years and never made a claim?
Am I right Mr Cappo?

Only on one point above!