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Mc Sweeney has gone.
Starmer has used him as his human shield, but that now leaves him defenseless.
If he survives to the May elections I cant see him going on any further than that.

It gets worse. It's just been reported on ITV news that Starmer is a Klingon 
I think that's what they said.

To be fair to MB, considering they're 4pot Brembos jobbies, they're £360 plus VAT...

If I had known beforehand, I might have looked into the S65 set up, but I already have the discs and pads for mine

Local factors can't get them and all the pattern ones on line look to be for the V6 cars which have smaller discs.

If they can be refurbished then happy days, but it's a wait for the calipers or the rebuild kit and if the bores are done then I won't be any better off. Notwithstanding that I would rather not leave the brake system open for that long.

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I hope the tight bastards are giving her a courtesy car until it's ready 

 

Sadly not, she’s using my wife’s car for now, although in fairness she didn’t ask for one. This thermostat housing issue is well documented but the repair cost is huge when compared to the value of the car.    I’ll be much happier when it’s all done and dusted. He does have email proof of the agreement but I’ll still be happier when it’s over. 

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Needs a new caliper and my thought process is to fit a pair.

When my daughter's Yaris was suffering from a sticker caliper (only happened after new pads) I looked into a new pattern caliper. They weren't expensive but my thoughts were it'd be better to spend money & time fitting a new piston & seals to an OE caliper rather than using an unknown quality pattern replacement. In the end it was only about £20 for the parts to refurb the original caliper.

I'd to go & buy a 7mm allen key and then later buy an 11mm allen key when I did brakes on the R Class. I went to various motor factors for them ... not a chance. Had to order off the interweb 

To continue the cheerful theme - My cousin’s husband died of that. AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurism - not the battery.

I had to get an ultrasound test at 65 for it to detect risk. It measures the diameter of said aorta. 1.2 to 2.4 cm is OK. I measured 1.9. At 3cm it’s considered not good.

By comparison, imagine a 28mm pipe bursting in your house. That would empty your tank pretty quickly as others have suggested…
 

Good result 

Neither the dealer that first saw the car, thank RAC, Nissan nor her local dealer who had just replaced the thermostat would entertain any form of goodwill.

Just to be clear, Daughter in law isn't paying a penny?

The engine alone is about £7k.

My son went in to double check and he was told that Nissan UK were covering the cost 100%.    As you say, it'll be around £10K with labour and any other bits. Engine is on back order so I'll update when it's done. Fingers crossed until it actually happens.

I hope the tight bastards are giving her a courtesy car until it's ready 

Good result 

Neither the dealer that first saw the car, thank RAC, Nissan nor her local dealer who had just replaced the thermostat would entertain any form of goodwill.

Just to be clear, Daughter in law isn't paying a penny?

The engine alone is about £7k.

My son went in to double check and he was told that Nissan UK were covering the cost 100%.    As you say, it'll be around £10K with labour and any other bits. Engine is on back order so I'll update when it's done. Fingers crossed until it actually happens.

...yeah right

You know you're in trouble when you have to cut the pad retaining pins off because they're too bent to push through.

Pad warning light has been on a while. Got the pads and new discs because, well, you know...

Turns out the warning was on because a seized piston was making the opposite ones work harder.

Needs a new caliper and my thought process is to fit a pair.

Good result 

Neither the dealer that first saw the car, thank RAC, Nissan nor her local dealer who had just replaced the thermostat would entertain any form of goodwill.

Just to be clear, Daughter in law isn't paying a penny?

The engine alone is about £7k.