Stick or twist?

My pal’s brand new Forester still has its misfire, even though it’s now done over 2000 miles. The dealership are offering a full refund; it’ll take months to source another new Forester from the factory and get it shipped to NZ... Only alternative would be to swap it for a different car in the dealership stock. An MG HS PHEV was mentioned... 😬

...further to above. That's sort of how I got into running Mondeo estates back along. I'd had the dreadful Espace experience and eventually got rid of it. I'd previously been in the habit of buying new cars (including it) but couldn't find anything I wanted/could afford at the time to replace it on the hurry up.

I bought a three year old 50 odd thousand mile stopgap Mondeo estate. That stopgap ended up doing nearly 200,000 trouble free, and very useful miles in the end.

Speaking of misfires, I took my Sister's Mini out over the weekend as she was to pick it up this week for her summer UK visit. It started on the button, which I expected as it had been on a battery conditioner for a few months. I ran around the neighbourhood a bit, but got the feeling there was a slight lumpiness or misfire, which I put down to it having been stood a while, even in the garage there might be some condensation in something somewhere. Sis collected it on Tuesday, and drove to my Mum's for her 10 days quarantine in a static caravan on Mum's farm. Lifestyles of the rich and famous. Anyway, she set off with a picnic and flask of coffee I'd made for her, and she stopped at a service station down the road to eat/drink. Then, when she got back in the car, it wouldn't start at the first attempt. Cranked, nothing. 3 or 4 goes, and it finally fired and trundled off. No warning lights or engine managment or anything, and it subsequently cut out a couple of times on the way and was again difficult to restart.

It's in a garage now for diagnosis. She's thinking of trading it in now whilst here and buying a proper car, seeing as a convertible Mini isn't really the kind of family car you need when arriving in the country with a couple of people and suitcases and all that, and driving a teenager to/from boarding school etc...I may be lending her the Civic for a few weeks in the interim.

My thoughts as well.

Is the Mini a manual...?

Just thinking...could it be a share with sis sort of arrangement where she gets to use the Civic when she's here and you use the Mini to teach your son to drive?

Dagnabbit!

Yeah, as we discussed the other day, I've only this year had to refill the Jerry can of fuel for garden implements. Must be three years since I did that last.