What brought you.....

Thank you

He didn't mean you!!

I was thanking for the nice comment's in general......muppet

Found the forum via BT search engine, I was looking for it as I have recently bought a Barchetta as a replacement for my Frogeye Sprite. Chose the Barchetta for several reasons, mainly that I can get in and out of it easily (lhd scores bonus points due to bad right knee which stopped me getting in and out of the Sprite).

Must have been difficult to let the sprite go, but hope you enjoy your time on here a very warm welcome...

The Frogeye Sprite was always the car I wanted to have when I was a kid, just because of its cute little smiley face!
Welcome to the forum! Let us see some pictures of your car...
xS

Lots of research on Google and stumbled across the page

I wanted something more comfortable than the Caterham, but still a bit different!

Collected it from DTR on Friday and drove it back here to France yesteday - rain all the way

As soon as the sun comes out, I will take some piccies and post them

Glynn

Did you enjoy the drive rain or not? looking forward to the pics.

It was great - the Barchetta is a really nice car and to be honest, I was very impressed with the ride and cruise abilities.

It's not going to win any traffic light grand prix's, but as a good sports tourer, it is fantastic.

Only problem now, is trying to get some decent weather to take the photo's!!

Get yourself an induction kit, it helps a little bit (130bhp up to 140-ish) but it also makes the car sound great!!

Recently inherited a 1998 B that hasn't done 45,000 but was a bit tired and a few minor problems plus one big dent

After careful scrutiny decided that, mechanically, I could tell front of car from back- just .

Decided to "get help" as they say. Google did the rest.

I was googling trying to find out why my barchetta has these periodic failures to start, and this site popped up.

It's great to finally find an active forum fro barchetta owners! I've been reading it for a couple of weeks now, and decided to sign up.

Cheers!

Welcome! to the forum,

We are all a great bunch and always willing to help the fellow B owner

Hey SilverArrow welcome to the forum - so where exactly is 'far up North'?

Customary to give a quick few lines on your b and post up a picture!!

Nice bunch on here but I will apologise up front for ROBOT, he's from Norway you know..............

Hey, Thanks for the warm welcomes!

Far up north is about 69 degrees north. Tromsø, Norway, to be exact!

Ok, I have a silver B from 1997, or was it 1996, that has been in my possession for almost 4 years. Originally imported from Germany. Equiped with hardtop, leather seats, airbags, foglights and ashtray

It's very tempting to post the pictures under the "Post pics of Barchetta cars that need a bit of love" thread!

The car has been lowered, resulting in leakage from the gearbox due to tear after running on our lovely norwegian roads (<-- sarcasm )

Exhaust needs replacement, well, the parts that are still there... The back box is replaced with just a pipe.... Pretty horrific sound though!

Some small rust spots here and there are starting to show, so I guess a repaint is required soon as well.

I guess cam-belt is due for replacement, because that hasn't been done over the 4 years I've had it, and only god knows if the previous owners ever did it. It has only run 67.000 km tho. I havent bothered to change it because I was told it was done, but couldn't find any documentation on the service...

I changed the soft-top about a year ago, bought a new one from e-bay, and it worked out all right. Never try to replace the softtop with the hardtop when its only a couple of degrees outside (window broke).

Oh, and the funniest thing is this periodic failure to start... So far it seem to happen when I park uphill, and its low on gas (not empty, just a bit less than half full). When this happens, the ECU lamp indicates failure. I suspect it might be something wrong with the fuelpump. If i turn the car around it seem to fix the problem...

Using this car in the wintertime is a pain. I always has to park on a flat spot, because the handbrake freezes. And so does the door handles! I have to put a straw under the handle so it sticks out a bit. If I do get the doors open, I have to tie the doors shut, because the lock is then frozen and wont keep the doors shut until I have driven it for a couple of miles.

All in all, a fun car, and I love it! Just have to show it some more, I guess.

Cheers!