Hi all,
well after the jaunt round Ireland the poor car was feeling a little loose, and well overdue for a service (who knew you could use so many miles pottering down back rounds)
Did an oil change myself before I left 'cos I knew I'd go over, at about 85.5K, by the time I got back the mileage was up to nearly 88K.
So with the missed intermediate service, and a dose of the flu, I thought I'd put the car into the garage for a service, and bring the 90K forward with some other jobs.
Of course the bill was well into mega-pounds territory but for this I got;
New lower arms (left and right) - still arguing with mitsi about this as a recall
New track rod ends (left and right)
New discs and pads (front and rear)
Cambelt service (90K) and all that entails
And a great big smile..... the car feels so much more solid now, whoever did the geometry after the suspension/steering parts sure knows there stuff, it feels like it's on rails and a slight vagueness at 'speed' is gone.
Just drove back to Germany today, and had a good long clear stretch of the A3/A2 got up to 145mph (indicated) and still felt rock solid. (That's the autobahn in Germany ossifer )
So all in all, well pleased with the lads work
A