Morris Minor Owners Club

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 11:15 pm If .......and that's an important 'if'.....if the car is in good order and regularly serviced, then it should not be a problem. For years I used a 1956 1000 saloon as a daily driver and clocked up up to 12K miles a year without issue. My current Minor is my only car.
As to how well you would cope with using such a car as a daily driver depends on how 'hard-core' you are and how much you can accept the characteristics of what is now a decidedly old-fashioned car. Personally, I accept and enjoy the car for what it is, but others fret over the limitations of things like brakes, seats, engines, gearboxes, heating etc.
I would search very carefully to get a really solid, well-maintained, leak-free* and reliable car and, even then, you may have to fix a few things once you have it so that it is constantly reliable, and regularly check and service it so that it remains so. And you probably won't want one of the earlier models with less power and weaker gearboxes. A good 1098cc model should do the trick. I would not advise an 803cc model for daily motorway driving.You might even want to work out an alternative route to avoid the motorways, I always think the Minor is happier on A, B and unclassified roads!
* By leak-free, I mean you do not want water entering the car anywhere, making the carpets soggy and smelly and rotting the body out quickly.

mowogg wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:21 pm If you have drum brakes you are likely to be adjusting monthly all year round, and greasing at similar intervals. It sounds appealing when it's warm, but servicing at home in the cold can quickly become unappealing

philthehill wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 4:22 pm Called today at the garage at Tisbury and the pump was labelled E5 not ethanol free.

philthehill wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 4:52 pm You can sigh as much as you want but your inside information/description is not matched by the details on the pump which just says E5. I did not see any obvious reference to the pump supplying ethanol free fuel or it being 99 Octane.

The garage was closed when I visited at lunch time today so could not ask anyone for any more information or purchase petrol of any description.

The visit to Tisbury was not all wasted as I had a very nice pint of Red Beard in the Boot Inn near opposite the garage.
Phil

Guildbass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 8:47 pm

philthehill wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 4:52 pm You can sigh as much as you want but your inside information/description is not matched by the details on the pump which just says E5. I did not see any obvious reference to the pump supplying ethanol free fuel or it being 99 Octane.

The garage was closed when I visited at lunch time today so could not ask anyone for any more information or purchase petrol of any description.

The visit to Tisbury was not all wasted as I had a very nice pint of Red Beard in the Boot Inn near opposite the garage.
Phil

No, you won't see any reference to ANY pump being ethanol free.
No one labels a pump E0. Every fuel station that has a 'Super' pump will have E5 on it. That does not mean it IS 5%, only that it could be as high as 5% and still be within limits according to its classification.,
There are only two common designations in the UK, E5 or E10.

E5 is UP TO 5% ethanol, and it is up to the supplier and/or garage as to what percentage UP TO 5% they are pumping.
I repeat, E5 does NOT mean it is 5% ethanol, it is a designation that allows for anything up to 5%.
Tisbury has 0% ethanol, which sits under the classification E5

There is no reference to it being 99 octane on it. That is a bit of 'inside info' from me because I used to work there, was part of the decision to go 'super' rather than E10 and dealt with the tanker drivers.
Twice a week the tanker driver filled up the petrol tank and the invoices said 99 octane, zero ethylene.
https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/fu ... 0biodiesel

Sleeper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 7:37 am Guildbass

YES, I think we have got it now......

John ;-)