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 on: Today at 12:12:44 
Started by Migalot - Last post by Migalot
Great pics, Jimbob!  :y

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 on: Today at 12:01:05 
Started by Mr Skrunts - Last post by Field Marshal Dr. Opti
I've often thought that Jay Leno would be a good bloke to have a pint with.

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 on: Today at 11:09:48 
Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by Doctor Gollum
Phew, it's a '55 plate :D

MoT history suggests that CVs done, suspension feels fine, car tracks true.

Showed no sign of overheating on the way home although I bought it knowing the fans weren't working. It's had a thermostat, but I will start with the fans and give the cooling system a decent going through in due course.

WOut of curiosity, what coolant should it have in it?

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 on: Today at 09:36:46 
Started by Migalot - Last post by Jimbob
Couple of phone pics...









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 on: Today at 09:10:55 
Started by Migalot - Last post by Jimbob
Fantastic show here in Flintshire, we were out till 1am watching, and looking at the graphs it may have got better still.

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 on: Today at 08:44:48 
Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by JasonH
OK, I have two of these. The first I bought for £500 and fixed up.

The R50 is the one to buy. Cheap, easy to work on. The engine is sound. The Midland gearboxes before 2005 are pretty fragile. The Getrag 5 speed gearboxes from 2005 onwards are much better but can suffer problems.

You can buy them cheap because people think the head gasket has gone, it may have done if the car was seriously overheated. Generally it's a cooling system problem, most likely the electric fan which gives no warning that it has failed until the car overheats.

The car is easy work on and well engineered - with the Tritec engine. Parts are really cheap and easy to get.

You will need to fix lots of minor issues like CV boots, front top mounts. PAS pump. If you can do that yourself these are brilliant cars, 45mpg on a run, allowed in ULEZ zones, amazing handling. They are noisy on the motorway though.

DO NOT BUY the 2007 onwards, Gen 2, R55/R56 mini, it had huge engine problems. The engines almost always need a full rebuilt after 50k miles. They suffer from cracked valves and failed piston rings.


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 on: Today at 01:13:39 
Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by Doctor Gollum
You didn't really expect any positive reviews from this lot did you Al?  ;D
;D

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 on: Today at 00:15:50 
Started by Migalot - Last post by Migalot
Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London.  :(

Update: Some feint reds and greens seen, despite the light pollution.  :)



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 on: Yesterday at 23:51:24 
Started by Migalot - Last post by Migalot
Friends have posted great photos from Oxford and Hatfield. Haven't seen anything myself due to light pollution here in North London.  :(

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 on: Yesterday at 23:30:11 
Started by Doctor Gollum - Last post by Sir Tigger KC
You didn't really expect any positive reviews from this lot did you Al?  ;D

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