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This week I have made the 80 mile a day round trip every day in sunshine across glorious Dorset.
I’ve done just over 16000 miles since my Cabrio got through IVA in September 2009. It has been basically trouble free motoring and it has let me down just once, when the crankshaft sensor failed.
Other problems have been
- I have worn out 2 sets of rear tyres
- I’ve warped the front disks.
- The engine, which had done 130k miles became a bit smoky if left to idle then driven off. It turned out to be worn valve guides so I had the head re-furbished.
- It failed its first MOT in 2012 because the tester did not know which emissions test to run, so he did not test it but failed it anyway. It finally got sorted out and passed, but marginally.
- It started running a bit rough at about MOT time and I fixed that by re-building the carb with a new repair kit.
- I‘ve had to rust treat the underside as the powder coating was peeling off.
- Initially it used a small amount of water, this was caused by having a standard filler in the top hose and an expansion bottle mounted on the bulkhead. When it voided any pressure it did it from the standard filler and lost a small quantity of water. I blanked off the overflow pipe and fitted a cap that sealed the top of the filler.
I am a bit of a functionalist so since the car seems to be working I haven’t been tempted to add any bling to it, though it has been interesting watching others polish and fettle their cars.
I’ve done just over 16000 miles since my Cabrio got through IVA in September 2009. It has been basically trouble free motoring and it has let me down just once, when the crankshaft sensor failed.
Other problems have been
- I have worn out 2 sets of rear tyres
- I’ve warped the front disks.
- The engine, which had done 130k miles became a bit smoky if left to idle then driven off. It turned out to be worn valve guides so I had the head re-furbished.
- It failed its first MOT in 2012 because the tester did not know which emissions test to run, so he did not test it but failed it anyway. It finally got sorted out and passed, but marginally.
- It started running a bit rough at about MOT time and I fixed that by re-building the carb with a new repair kit.
- I‘ve had to rust treat the underside as the powder coating was peeling off.
- Initially it used a small amount of water, this was caused by having a standard filler in the top hose and an expansion bottle mounted on the bulkhead. When it voided any pressure it did it from the standard filler and lost a small quantity of water. I blanked off the overflow pipe and fitted a cap that sealed the top of the filler.
I am a bit of a functionalist so since the car seems to be working I haven’t been tempted to add any bling to it, though it has been interesting watching others polish and fettle their cars.
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