28-12-2016, 07:29 PM
Right, bit more than 6 months, but it's been pretty quiet, as per instruction i have infact had a set of golf clubs in the boot for a while, and actually been to a golf course - at which i sucked badly, i doubt i'm going back 
I have come across a few issues over the summer, but all pretty minor,
1 - boot lining is shit and lets water in - like a lot, it smells like rotten arse in there, i give it a febreeze once a month to keep the flies to a minimum, but i seriously think something died in there too
2 - i have lost the back end a few times on roundabouts, i think mainly due to the shitty winter tyres and lift off oversteer
3 - this thing EATS front balljoints, they circlip in to the pressed front arms, and the hole ovals out, being a tight bastard i havn't changed the current ones, as they're 30 quid a pair, i think i'm going to weld the next ones in
4 - replacing the brake pipes on this was a right faff, 5 hours under a car swearing at the guys in sweden who chose to put the pipes up over the (very full) fuel tank - so theres lot of cable ties under there now
5 - stilll taps like a derv now and then, sounds like one at startup, mainly due to the poor type of coil-on-plug ignition broken spring misfiring shit they made them with - they're £70 a coil for genuine ones, and non-genuine don't seem to exist atm, so cheap bastard once again rules - out with the sandpaper and voila! for 3 days or so
6- apocalyptically bad MPG, like 8mpg round town, still getting 45ish on a run though, maybe due to exhaust leaks from the badly made pattern parts from guinjong willfuckye china
7 - i hit a bump, the front grill fell off and i drove over it - not kidding - so it's got one made from old mesh i had in the cupboard and some body filler holding the old bits together
8- spark plugs are the kind of expensive that isn't funny
other than those minor bits, it's been comfortable, warm, it's not broken down much, it passed it's mot, it drove me and the kids to legoland and back, and has been just tooling around being sort of swedish, still waiting on a new paintjob in the spring, a spoiler, lowering and some exhausty stuff to make it more me
and it'll be getting sold shortly after i make it look and smell less like a turd on wheels
I have come across a few issues over the summer, but all pretty minor,
1 - boot lining is shit and lets water in - like a lot, it smells like rotten arse in there, i give it a febreeze once a month to keep the flies to a minimum, but i seriously think something died in there too
2 - i have lost the back end a few times on roundabouts, i think mainly due to the shitty winter tyres and lift off oversteer
3 - this thing EATS front balljoints, they circlip in to the pressed front arms, and the hole ovals out, being a tight bastard i havn't changed the current ones, as they're 30 quid a pair, i think i'm going to weld the next ones in
4 - replacing the brake pipes on this was a right faff, 5 hours under a car swearing at the guys in sweden who chose to put the pipes up over the (very full) fuel tank - so theres lot of cable ties under there now
5 - stilll taps like a derv now and then, sounds like one at startup, mainly due to the poor type of coil-on-plug ignition broken spring misfiring shit they made them with - they're £70 a coil for genuine ones, and non-genuine don't seem to exist atm, so cheap bastard once again rules - out with the sandpaper and voila! for 3 days or so
6- apocalyptically bad MPG, like 8mpg round town, still getting 45ish on a run though, maybe due to exhaust leaks from the badly made pattern parts from guinjong willfuckye china
7 - i hit a bump, the front grill fell off and i drove over it - not kidding - so it's got one made from old mesh i had in the cupboard and some body filler holding the old bits together
8- spark plugs are the kind of expensive that isn't funny
other than those minor bits, it's been comfortable, warm, it's not broken down much, it passed it's mot, it drove me and the kids to legoland and back, and has been just tooling around being sort of swedish, still waiting on a new paintjob in the spring, a spoiler, lowering and some exhausty stuff to make it more me
and it'll be getting sold shortly after i make it look and smell less like a turd on wheels
Project: Formula Peugeot