My brother has just purchased an r27. Now I didn't get to test drive this one and my brother didn't really get chance to test it thoroughly and with him being new to hot hatches at the ripe old age of 18, he didn't know much difference.
In a nutshell they are **** (not just in comparison to what they should be like). My lard arse 3 series has far greater stopping power. There's very long pedal travel, poor initial bite and they wont even bite enough to get the abs to kick in.
I have already bled the brakes fully but there is/was no air in the system (made very little difference) and the pads are OEM with about 50% life in them.
The brake servo is working correctly (brakes hold pressure without power and pumped up, then release power as the engine is fired up).
The car has been stood since Nov and had very little use (less than 50 miles) and did pass it MOT in Jan.
Now i will try cleaning up the brakes/pistons etc when im back in case its a pad/piston sticking but I'm clueless with these cars so any suggestions would be great.
Cheers.
In a nutshell they are **** (not just in comparison to what they should be like). My lard arse 3 series has far greater stopping power. There's very long pedal travel, poor initial bite and they wont even bite enough to get the abs to kick in.
I have already bled the brakes fully but there is/was no air in the system (made very little difference) and the pads are OEM with about 50% life in them.
The brake servo is working correctly (brakes hold pressure without power and pumped up, then release power as the engine is fired up).
The car has been stood since Nov and had very little use (less than 50 miles) and did pass it MOT in Jan.
Now i will try cleaning up the brakes/pistons etc when im back in case its a pad/piston sticking but I'm clueless with these cars so any suggestions would be great.
Cheers.