Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 413 wrote:Gearbox failure shortly after the German Sunday start-stuck in reverse gear!!!!-wasn't prepared to drive rest of jouney backwards!!! ;)Could you let me know which car you were in so that I can update the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 The Herald estate also failed to finish I think - some kind of rear-end transmission issue I think.....The was also talk of major issues with one of the TR7/8s (the TVR engined one?) on the first night but I'm not sure whether it recovered?Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 We found the estate on the hard shoulder just out the far end of the 12km tunnel in Austria. They were gloomily contemplating recovery due to diff failure. We left them a pot of EP90 just in case but carried on as not much else we could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 tiggrr1 wrote:Hey Roy2 out of 2 for me too ;D ;D ;D ;D ;DOne out of the two for me!However the second attempt and finshing was a sweet moment....Well the car did it. Just needs about 2 weeks work to bring it back to full life now ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Yep our Herald estate didn't make it :(Started banging away like mad from the back end halfway through the 12km tunnel!We weren't really in the best position to be helped either, we pulled over as soon as we got out, which meant that if people wanted to stop and help they basically couldn't due to the speed they would be doing and an immediate turn off!Malcolm and I disassembled it partly on friday, found the spring to be pretty shagged. Yesterday Malc found the driveshaftswere knackered as well. Wheelbearing gone in one, uj in the other. Not very impressive considering they were brand new driveshafts put on the weekend before we went!Getting home was a nightmare through the insurance as well :(Anyway, at least we did the passes! :)Still had a great time, but gonna have to do it again now ;)CheersTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 2133 wrote:Yep our Herald estate didn't make it :(Started banging away like mad from the back end halfway through the 12km tunnel!CheersTimYou should have been concentrating on the driving.Coat please. :B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Martin: If you are also listing problems that did not cause a DNF, since the RBRR in 06 I beleive my car was only the second to loose a windscreen. Outher car did not finish the 06 run. Would like to see a list of all brakedowns and why. On the last 10CR my car lost it's engine fan, (it fell off) but we finished. Two 10CR's with problem but never anything on the 3 RBRR's I have run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I don't record problems that don't cause a DNF as it would be too complex.Regarding GT6s - basically yes they have been entered and to my knowledge none have ever failed to finish(clap)With the infomration regarding the Herald estate I will be revisiting the stats and hoepfully I'll find out who and what car it was that had the gearbox failure too (hope it wasn't a GT ;D).This has all set me off building another set of stats - anorak fully zipped up :B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane 1600 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 [quote=thescrapman]Morning TobyThere should be a lot more of the :B I think, Hang your head in shame at your foolishness.Whatever possessed you to let Vinnie have a go....... Is it repairable??It's worse than that - I talked him in to it :B :B:B:B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sienna PI Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Raider:my car that failed is a pre face lift mkII PI saloon (1973) and like timraven had a terrible time trying to ask the insurers recovery service to organise getting myself and two co drivers home. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 those of you that had trouble getting back home - did you have classic policies with peter james/footman james or the like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Two out of two for me....but those Spitfire statistics make me shudder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Raider wrote:I don't record problems that don't cause a DNF as it would be too complex.shame, a common theme with that sort of info would help identfy preventitive maintenance jobs or spares to take.For example, this year's common theme of overheating fuel pumps or the dicky alternators that plagued more than a few in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I know MIke but I think it would be a mamoth task. :-/If individuals sent me details I could start to record them.It's also the same though with other stuff - like alternators have been a problem on RBRRs in the past bust most crews tend to carry spares now so they don't show up in the "DNFs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 2133 wrote:Yep our Herald estate didn't make it :(Started banging away like mad from the back end halfway through the 12km tunnel!We weren't really in the best position to be helped either, we pulled over as soon as we got out, which meant that if people wanted to stop and help they basically couldn't due to the speed they would be doing and an immediate turn off!Malcolm and I disassembled it partly on friday, found the spring to be pretty shagged. Yesterday Malc found the driveshaftswere knackered as well. Wheelbearing gone in one, uj in the other. Not very impressive considering they were brand new driveshafts put on the weekend before we went!Getting home was a nightmare through the insurance as well :(Anyway, at least we did the passes! :)Still had a great time, but gonna have to do it again now ;)CheersTimI only see one Herald estate on the entry list Tim and your name isn't against it.Some change that didn't make it to the entry list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Raider wrote: like alternators have been a problem on RBRRs in the past bust most crews tend to carry spares now so they don't show up in the "DNFs"Thats's exactly the reason I suggested it :-)Shall I start a new thread? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 MikeyB wrote:Thats's exactly the reason I suggested it :-)Shall I start a new thread? :-)Why not Mike but it's not easy to get results that are statistically significant :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 You may be right, I'm not so thinking about specific model failures rather than common mode failures - ie. alternators, toughened screens, fuel pumps etc. Maybe it should be limited to failures that would or could have have caused a DNF if they had not been addressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 MikeyB wrote:Thats's exactly the reason I suggested it :-)Shall I start a new thread? :-)...like `lost wallets` that prevent fuel purchase .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 OK, after much work here's some more data answering one or two questions posed.Please note the info is only as good as that provided to me!2000/2500 starts 46 - DNF 4 = 89% success rateTR2-6 starts 34 - DNF = 1 = 97% success rateHerald/Vitesse starts 33 - DNF 3 = 91% success rateSpitfire 28 starts - DNF 5 = 82% success rate :-/GT6 20 starts - no DNFs - 100% success rate :)TR7-TR7V8 16 starts - DNF 2 = 88% success rateDolomite/Toledo 13 starts DNF 1 = 92% success rateStag 12 starts no DNFs 100% success rate :)Acclaim 7 starts - no DNFs 100% success rate :)Vincent Hurricane s starts - no DNFs - 100% success rate :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Oops spotted the first error - the hurricane didn't finish, sorry :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 MikeyB wrote:Oops spotted the first error - the hurricane didn't finish, sorry :-/OK - reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Driver error....... The steering rack died of blunt-trauma - not natural causes! :PNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 MikeyB wrote:those of you that had trouble getting back home - did you have classic policies with peter james/footman james or the like?We were covered by Peter James' European breakdown cover, although we thought most of the problems came from the European end of things, although the insurers could have had much better communication to be fair. We broke down at about 1800 on the saturday, got home at 2230 on the monday, driving through the night on sunday.If I went further inland than Northern France in my Spit I'd seriously consider taking out proper breakdown cover, has anyone had to use that? Just wondering if it's just luck of the draw, saturday night and all that? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Raider wrote:I only see one Herald estate on the entry list Tim and your name isn't against it.Some change that didn't make it to the entry list?I replaced Gavin (I think!) because he couldn't make it ;)It should have made the entry list though, Malc sent off revised paperwork or something...CheersTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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