P38A 2.5 diesel- want one but scared!

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Flossie said:
I'm off this morning to fetch that nanocom for £400 cos no one said "don't do it"!:cool:
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Dont know how much they are brand new, But you may have to pay a fee to reg it to you. did you say it was for the P38 diesel I dont know if they are different for petrol, diesel or just need to be for P38.

I dont know for sure. Worth checking on the BBS site.

J
 
marjon said:
Dont know how much they are brand new, But you may have to pay a fee to reg it to you. did you say it was for the P38 diesel I dont know if they are different for petrol, diesel or just need to be for P38.

I dont know for sure. Worth checking on the BBS site.

J
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Mine was £350 with the diesel codes. Each engine requires a different module (EDC, GEMS or THOR). Of course, that was before the pound had one of its plummets so it probably costs £450 new now.

That lead looks like it might have had a reversing camera at some stage.

I just used contact electrical cleaner on my OBD port, together with a panel pin to jiggle in the holes. Then push the plug in and out a few times.
 
Just got back:).
He said he paid nearly £600 for it from bearmach, it has never been registered, leads still in sealed plastic bags, never been plugged in.
BBS emailed me and said I will have to pay the vat when it reaches the UK plus import duty but he says import duty varies so couldn't give me an idea how much that would be and then carriage (£35 iirc) it came to a shade over £500 plus whatever the import duty would be.
It is the 06 diesel one I've got:cool:
Wouldn't drop the price but did give me the original handbook for his foc:rolleyes::D.
He also gave me a power supply unit, brand new, he says the nanocom doesn't have batteries and (he thinks) you need one to use it on the car? I thought the nanocom powered itself through the obd port? He wasn't sure then either:rolleyes: but said take the PSU anyway:)
 
Grrrrrr said:
Mine was £350 with the diesel codes. Each engine requires a different module (EDC, GEMS or THOR). Of course, that was before the pound had one of its plummets so it probably costs £450 new now.

That lead looks like it might have had a reversing camera at some stage.

I just used contact electrical cleaner on my OBD port, together with a panel pin to jiggle in the holes. Then push the plug in and out a few times.
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It has got a reverse camera, which works but the camera itself, under the rear bumper has a bust clear lens protecter so the image is bad on the rear view monitor that clips over the rear view mirror. The leads for that have been fed under the headliner.
 
Flossie said:
It has got a reverse camera, which works but the camera itself, under the rear bumper has a bust clear lens protecter so the image is bad on the rear view monitor that clips over the rear view mirror. The leads for that have been fed under the headliner.
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I made a new lens for one of my cameras from a bit of plastic in the recycling bin.
 
Flossie said:
Just got back:).
He said he paid nearly £600 for it from bearmach, it has never been registered, leads still in sealed plastic bags, never been plugged in.
BBS emailed me and said I will have to pay the vat when it reaches the UK plus import duty but he says import duty varies so couldn't give me an idea how much that would be and then carriage (£35 iirc) it came to a shade over £500 plus whatever the import duty would be.
It is the 06 diesel one I've got:cool:
Wouldn't drop the price but did give me the original handbook for his foc:rolleyes::D.
He also gave me a power supply unit, brand new, he says the nanocom doesn't have batteries and (he thinks) you need one to use it on the car? I thought the nanocom powered itself through the obd port? He wasn't sure then either:rolleyes: but said take the PSU anyway:)
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Powers through OBD port. It comes with power cable and USB cable to connect to computer for updates. The power cable is because the old USB ports sometimes didn't have enough power.

Import duties: of course! The Brexit Effect.
 
Grrrrrr said:
Powers through OBD port. It comes with power cable and USB cable to connect to computer for updates. The power cable is because the old USB ports sometimes didn't have enough power.

Import duties: of course! The Brexit Effect.
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Roger that, thanks.
Yes, Brexit import duty was an unknown cost, googling it there is no straight answer so overall I've saved circa £200 on the bearmach price and £100 + whatever import duty would be on a new one.
 
Flossie said:
It's depressing I know but I've never taken a vehicle to a garage ever, except for a mot and I'm reluctant to start now. ;)
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Be careful with the Nanocom. Write everything down before you start to change anything. There’s a practice session thing on the BBS website so you can get used to using one before you go locking yourself out of your becm ;)
Have fun with the book symbol :p:D:cool:
 
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