On 05-Jan-18 9:57 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 01/01/2018 23:09, Graham J wrote:

What was the scrappage value?

I was allowed £3,500 for a 10-year old car worth about £1,500 - for a
new purchase at list price about £24,000.Â* Admittedly I had the money
to spend.

Not a lot.

We got a reduction on the S/H car she's got to replace it.

Doubtless we've been ripped off... used car salesmen are legendary.

Andy

That would be a trade in, worth whatever you can get, maybe a few quid
more than webuyanycar price. Though some dealers are now offering to pay
up to £1000 over as it gives them S/H stock without auction commission
and VAT.

Scrappage either gov scheme or makers exists for purchase of new cars
and not S/H. The gov scheme was to get people to keep the economy going
by buying nice new clean diesels. The makers schemes are simply to shift
new stock and they hope that once someone has moved from scrappage
banger to a new car they are unlikely to go back to older vehicles. I
suspect is used by a lot of people that have cashed the pension pot and
are buying their "last car", 6580ish should last out.

On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:24:36 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

The shield only arrived on later Minis. Early ones had nothing - then
that rubber glove round the dizzy.

I don't think any of mine were old enough not to have the plastic
shield - I think they were all 1970s vintage.

Seems the prototype(s) had the dizzy at the back. Which then caused
carb icing with the carb at the front. Which is why they turned the
engine round and had to add an intermediate gear.

Indeed - an interesting approach to the problem, which could otherwise
perhaps have been solved with a water-heated manifold (but the Mini
so-called-heaters always put out a pitiful amount of heat, even when
kept clean, so they'd have been even worse).

In article 20180107005156.763fb379@Mars,
Rob Morley wrote:
Indeed - an interesting approach to the problem, which could otherwise
perhaps have been solved with a water-heated manifold (but the Mini
so-called-heaters always put out a pitiful amount of heat, even when
kept clean, so they'd have been even worse).

A Mini heater in good nick worked very well.

It's a common thing to blame a poorly maintained unit on bad design.

--
*I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast *

Dave Plowman London SW
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On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:27:33 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

A Mini heater in good nick worked very well.

They worked, but "very well" is an exaggeration.

It's a common thing to blame a poorly maintained unit on bad design.

That's not what I did - an ineffectual Mini heater could be cleaned out
and restored to functionality, but it would struggle to keep the
windscreen clear in unfavourable conditions.

In article 20180107170703.64ada2bf@Mars,
Rob Morley wrote:
On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:27:33 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

A Mini heater in good nick worked very well.

They worked, but "very well" is an exaggeration.

My very first Mini heater got the vehicle hot enough.

It's a common thing to blame a poorly maintained unit on bad design.

That's not what I did - an ineffectual Mini heater could be cleaned out
and restored to functionality, but it would struggle to keep the
windscreen clear in unfavourable conditions.

Early Minis had fug stirrers. You generally need a fresh air heater for
best demisting.

But I assumed you were talking about heating the vehicle.

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*Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

Dave Plowman London SW
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