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Let me correct myself, it's not luck. I literally prayed last night for the first time in a very long time, so I'm putting it down to divine intervention 😂

@@txl420 congratulations and welcome to the brilliant and at times stressful world of the R53 lol

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Enjoy the car as well

@DamoDrives I will definitely enjoy the car..and take it to car shows and might even enter it into the show..car is like new condition

Such a wonderful car

Which 1 was it

@@DamoDrives it was the pepper white with black bonnet r56 2014. You walk past it and was across from it at one point. If I remember I think the bonnet was up

What’s the plan Damo, are you going to go down the route of modding your own vehicle? I get the feeling from your previous videos you wish you had taken that route? Another R53 or moving on to something else?

Very difficult at the minute to make up my mind. To get a R53 with this amount of modifications would costs thousands and thousands so I would either continue to modify the existing car or possibly a Honda Civic EP3 (it all gets very expensive lol) nothing wrong with the Mini other than the dent

I bet , from diabolical to bad 😂

@DamoDrives Here with the highways I drive I've been getting around 28, and Mines got similar engine mods to this one, I just have to keep the right foot under control

@@smitch_yt should have 1 this week

an HEV FHEV battery is usually around 5-6000 a PHEV ford kuga batters is 28'000 and will for sure fail earlier just like on EV because they put a massive drain effort on the large batteries while an HEV has a balanced approach if that's not enough know that the depreciation of PHEV like EV is massive because those 28'000 ? they are considered a consumable and non-resellable by the manufacturer so you're burning 28k as soon as you sign the contract, sure you can "fool" someone into paying more but I can guarantee you a dealership won't

I had a couple of Suzuki's, never had to change timing chains. They are good up to 150k kms (at which point I ditch them).

@@spyder5571 sounds like you are going to be having a lot of fun very soon. What is the mini scene like in the US ?

@DamoDrives sorry for the late response. It's not that great on the east coast. I mean I see a lot, but mostly r50's. I tell you that every chance I get to take it out in the spring and fall, it puts a smile on my face. Especially after RMW's parts.

The only thing I would say about this is most people will have these cars on finance for 36-48 months and then exchange it for a new model. For me it’s not the technology with the issue it’s the public infrastructure and ability to charge at home

Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with the project, if it’s a daily I would make sure you have a suspension setup is not too extreme. Mine was really low when I purchased it and it was not very nice to drive but looked good.

@@DamoDrives Cool. Do you have any recommendations for suspension components like shocks, sway bars and arms?

@the3xplorer ST suspension ST XA coilovers are supposed to be good value for money

@@luisvalencia9817 which wheels ? The white wheels on my Mini ?

@@DamoDrives yes

@@luisvalencia9817 They don’t make that exact size anymore so would need to be used but they are FIFTEEN52 TURBOMAC 8j offset - about £300(ish) per wheel

@@DamoDrivesthank you so much

Completly agree with you

lol, Linksfahren mit Rechtslenkung ist nicht sehr schön

@@roycarlisle3421 I would be surprised if Ford had designed a light to allow water in. It might happen with quite a few cars but does not make it right

@@DamoDrives hi been on to customs service just waiting for a reply .from Ford's

It was!

Lots of hard work

I have an airtec intercooler on mine which seems to work fine, afraid I cannot comment really as it’s the only 1 I have experience with. Have a few other r53 videos which might help

Takes a bit of getting used to … although that’s CVT gearboxes in general. If I remember correctly they use CVT boxes as they are the most efficient. I found in the short drive I had it was pretty good , driving it normally and did not try hard acceleration.

It is actually eCVT. There is no mechanical variator belt.

@@KLZ60 interesting I need to compare to toyota because i heard CVT was really bad but apparently toyota ecvt not...this might play in favor of the kuga if true, I need a higher ground clearance SUV than what i drive now

​@@DamoDrives I'm not an engine mechanic but I did some ECU tuning (dyno laptop and all) and I can easily understand why engines work with pretty much a 3d excel table with cells you land on depending on acceleration and rpm but between this theory and reality where you constantly modulate the accelerator (outside of cruise control) you are often off the "ideal" air fuel ratio which pollutes more than needed, CVT allow the engine to reach that ideal mix and then change everything else rather than raise rpms this is why CVT have a kind of "plateau" that's when you are at the optimal fuel efficiency and emission regime

@@fredEVOIX been driving my Active X fhev awd some weeks now. Fuel economy around 5.2 l/100km. Quite good for AWD SUV. Transmission (eCVT) is ok. Breaking and decerating feels a bit weird at first because of energy recovery. This is my first hybrid.

They are great little cars (although the build quality vs the latter models is a bit questionable lol) mine is 201whp and certainly progresses. Best on twisty roads

No just 1, have to film other angles /b-role separately but you can get a few different angles with 1 take.

300 kg more weight, kuga phev is 1700kg. I've got one 2021charge mainly at home with mostly sun power.

Help me to understand one thing: so the FHEV has the same engine and a small battery, the PHEV has a bigger battery and some extra weight (about 70-80 kg as I look into that), so how PHEV consumes more? the principle is the same, right? when you're moving you're charging the battery but you have the advantage to store more into the battery in the PHEV because is bigger, so if you're traveling alot outside the city you have the battery prepared for the entrance in the city, also when you're taking a break at a supermarket you're also charging. Isn't the PHEV better this way? from what I've seen the difference in price is not that big.

It is all relative. If you drive mainly on highways, the battery and electric motor are basically useless, and the extra 100 kg will result in somewhat higher fuel consumption. However, if you drive in the city or on hilly roads, the bigger battery will store extra energy from regeneration, leading to lower consumption. I can't speak about the FHEV, but my PHEV regenerates a lot. Additionally, having the advantage that I can plug it in, it's hard to say in reality if, and by how much, one is better than the other.

Absolutely agree, driving pure electric in town is a bliss. I do have my own charger so we literally fill the tank every 2-3 months. PHEV makes lots of sense when you have somewhere to charge it and if there are some government incentives

6.2k incentive but you lost 28k buying it I'm afraid you don't know it yet but you will soon either if you try to resale it or if I really hope not it fails, don't scratch the underside that would be a "you" problem as far as warranties go, people every time you think about buying an EV or PHEV search it's "battery pack replacement cost" it will cure you guaranteed

@@fredEVOIX Maybe that's how it is; it depends on the perspective. That would mean if I lost 28K, I should have been looking for the perfect car at 1K. I'm not interested, and I wish good luck to anyone who believes they can find a car for 1K. Any car you buy will have problems at some point, more or less, until it dies. There’s no exception. What’s the difference between looking for a battery replacement in a PHEV versus a high-pressure pump in a premium Audi diesel? You could faint at that price too. If we think like that, we might as well say we shouldn’t breathe, as the air could become toxic. Anyway, back to reality-this is the only comfortable car with ground clearance over 160cm and a 2.5L NA engine for 29K. It came with the PHEV package, so that’s that. And an update after 4 months and 10k km: The car runs perfectly, zero problems. I found out a friend of mine has the same car, 2 years and 62k km, minor issues but okay. Anyway, time will tell.