Hi paddockman,
I have debated selling my car on numerous occasions over the past 2 years, but somehow, I have managed to hang on in there.
My gauges mist up badly, to the point where on occasion I have had to use a gps speedometer on the windscreen. The frogeye sprite didn’t have this issue, but my 60-year younger modern car did!
My dealer recommended pointing the heater vents at the rear of the gauges, made little difference, When I contacted the factory, they said they had never heard of the issue. I almost returned the car to the dealer there and then! It doesn’t sit well with me that we should accept such basic faults on a car costing north of £40k new! I wonder if the new Plus 6 gauges fog up?
The flat spot is odd, there is one at 3000rpm where the fuel flow is backed off so that the car can pass an emissions test. I did have a flat spot when pulling away which lead to a lot of kangarooing on a hair throttle. Since changing the poorly made, poorly built and poorly gas flowed standard exhaust manifold to a free flowing Librand one the car is a lot smoother to drive. I did find my car “livened up” when it clicked past 18k miles (I bought it on 14k).
I would certainly be kicking up a fuss on the warranty. Is there anyway you can compare your car to another to see if the issue is there?
