Used Nomads

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Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Just spoke to them about this, mine was ordered with the hydraulic skid brake, but no handbrake.
I am about to add the mechanical handbrake which has a separate calliper / cables / lever etc as mots would be a bit of an issue without it

Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/a...
Ground hog day smile

Edited by Lighty on Wednesday 29th March 09:28

Benyarmin

45 posts

229 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Sold

Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Blimey, impressive should've gone £75k smile

Lighty

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Benyarmin

45 posts

229 months

Tuesday 11th April 2017
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Lighty said:
Thought that AutoTrader one had sold? Mine sold within a day but could have held out for more.

Lighty

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Sunday 30th April 2017
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foxsasha

1,416 posts

134 months

Sunday 30th April 2017
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That's a different one isn't it? The previous black one with tyre writing didn't have the uprated clutch and flywheel.

Lighty

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Sunday 30th April 2017
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It's the 1st car I posted on this thread, for sale originally by Ariel for £54K
Then Benyarmin had it, flipped it on at £59K, now a guy called Chris has had it for a few weeks .
Not that Iam following them or anything

Benyarmin

45 posts

229 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Lighty said:
It's the 1st car I posted on this thread, for sale originally by Ariel for £54K
Then Benyarmin had it, flipped it on at £59K, now a guy called Chris has had it for a few weeks .
Not that Iam following them or anything
I paid £57k from Ariel (as advertised) and sold for a little more. Car was lovely but didn't compare with the Atom and hence I decided to sell. Was an itch I had to scratch and not bought to flip as such.

Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Don't blame you mate, if it doesn't float your boat, I appreciate, any vehicle like this is a bit marmite.

stormcloud123

226 posts

165 months

Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Just to add to your list Lighty, my Nomad is also now sold.

Sold to a buyer on the factory waiting list so never made it to the factory site.

It went over list, removing commission (factory sale) I got out even. I felt I needed to go through factory as I wanted to secure the Mugen they have (dream car for me). So that's it, sale done. Nomad box ticked, great toy, more useful than an Atom but in my mind not as iconic, and I really really missed the 2.0

At least I'm staying in the family. smile


Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Saw your Nomad at the factory last Sunday, thought it was yours, see someone I'd always watching wink
Steve told me you had purchased the Mugen .

stormcloud123

226 posts

165 months

Thursday 29th June 2017
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That was a great yellow (even if I do say so myself). biggrin

Pick up Mugen tomorrow, going to be a good day.

Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Friday 30th June 2017
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Enjoy it mate, weather supposed to be better tomorrow, getting to be an expert at getting to Crewkerne biggrin

Lighty

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Lighty

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Lighty

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370 posts

206 months

Sunday 26th November 2017
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Here is another, seems that certain cars go around & around .
Would imagine a few will pop up over the winter. Mine is going nowhere for now, hoping to get some snow to use it in
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

RB Will

9,662 posts

239 months

Wednesday 9th March 2022
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foxsasha said:
The basic caliper includes a built in handbrake. The Alcon is just a caliper, no handbrake facility so if you want a handbrake you have to buy a second handbrake caliper. You can buy just the Alcon upgrade but then the car cant be road registered.
Bit of a thread resurrection but this comment got my interest. Had my Nomad for just over a month now (Dec 2016 build/ registration).
I completely didn’t notice when I viewed and bought it but it doesn’t have any handbrake. It has the Alcons all round but no additional mechanical handbrake or hydro one.

It is road registered, had a number plate from new, never had a comment at MOTs and was one of Ariel’s own cars.

If it is a legal requirement or something to have one do you think I’d get anywhere asking for a bit of goodwill from the factory on fitting?

Don’t want to sour my relationship with the factory straight off on my first service but would be nice if I didn’t have to pay the £1k to retrofit something that they should have fitted at build by law.

phil4

1,203 posts

237 months

Sunday 13th March 2022
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As far as I'm aware having a handbrake is a legal requirement, and something would normally be tested at MOT. Whether you can find a lenient tester is another matter. Ariel have the ability to bolt a handbrake to their car when testing, so that's perhaps how it got through the previous MOT.

As for goodwill getting it fitted, you can ask, but I doubt it. When ordering a new Nomad it's not standard fit, and is an optional extra, so it's not that they've removed something which is standard.

FYI, mine was fitted after built, at a cost of ~£1600.

Hope that helps.

Phil