Had a pretty serious issue on my M3W recently - the throttle linkage snapped during an overtaking manoeuvre. There is a plastic link with 2 ball ends that connects from the accelerator pedal to the linkage - this broke in 2 places. I've now replaced it but as well as sitting at a 30-40deg angle I also had to bend the new linkage to fit. I have no confidence that given the stress the link is under that it won't break again.
I also have a couple of other very annoying faults that have developed - its got a loud backlash/clunk issue on light throttle which means I also end up driving around in too low a gear to avoid it. The engine also sound very tappety when warm...anybody else suffering from these problems?
I intend to get it back to my dealer in the next couple of weeks to get it diagnosed/fixed and to carry out a 1k service.
At this moment I'm doing more miles and getting more fun out of my 1932 MG J2 than I am out of my M3W which is really disappointing - hopefully it'll get properly fixed when I get it back to my dealer.
