"Ted Tofield" <ted.tofield@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 25 Jan, 13:13, "GT" <ContactGT_remo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Zathras" <webnewsgr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:16:33 -0800 (PST), Ted Tofield
>> > <ted.tofi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> >>Occasionally when in manual gearchange mode it get's stuck in 2nd
>> >>gear. up or down doesn't work, the only way to unstick is to
>>
>> > Run away *RIGHT NOW*!
>>
>> >>enter
>> >>city mode (which is never affected by the problem) It doesn't happen
>> >>very often and otherwise the car is perfect. Should I buy or should I
>> >>run away?
>>
>> > Well that depends. If you've got, say, about 3500UKP you'd happily
>> > burn then keep it. Otherwise leave well alone.
>>
>> >>ps: it's a Veloce, pearlescent paint, leather, climate control
>> >>etc.......and dear god it's fast! ;) .....and I love the throttle
blip
>> >>on downchange as well....
>>
>> > Do you like big (as in vast) repair bills too?
>>
>> >>The real question I guess is, it it a known tiny problem?,
>>
>> > It's a well known 'big' problem. The Selespeeds had infamously poor
>> > gearbox reliability. Much later models seem to be slightly better but
>> > some here (including me) would advise avoiding Selespeeds even if the
>> > gearboxes were working properly.
>>
>> But if it works in 'city' mode (whatever that is), then it sounds like
a
>> software problem, rather than something physical in the gearbox??
>
> True but then that's hardly user configureable though ..... :(
No, but a software reset, or even a firmware upgrade of the chip, or even
a
new chip is significantly cheaper and easier than a new gearbox!
What is city mode? Why not drive in that all the time?
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