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[foundationsedge]

  hello all
   well the moment i had been dreading had finally arrived, having not long just bought the car i wasnt sure how she would do.
   knew the brakes needed attention, and maybe the exhaust, but it was all pretty much an unknown.
  asked my sister to take it for me and borrowed her corsa in the mean time (aaargh) as i was busy at work, and left instructions to get a quote for any repairs that might need doing (and if it would help , she could offer to sleep with the tester to get a pass)
   well, miggy failed, as i thought it would, BUT, it wasnt too bad. new front pads and discs, new track rod end, broken rear coil spring, hand brake adjusters siezed, stop light bulb (i checked the buggers before i went!)
  £285 quid later , i was the proud owner of a crisp new mot certificte, and the miggy stops better too
  couple of advisory items, front bushes and brake pipes, but nothing too bad and i,m over the moon.
  saving my pennys for a service now, and gonna try and fix the sunroof, and go on DND s site and get the cd multichanger de coded.
   for a car that only cost £325 quid , i am a very happy bunny
  thanks for reading, please excuse the poor spelling grammer, lol.

[Ghost]

Another mig on the road for a year

[Andy B]

   .....
 it wasnt too bad. new front pads and discs, .... 

Keep your fingers crossed that the aftermarket discs fitted live up to the job. They tend to easily run out of true .... been there with a Senator, they lasted 3/4000 miles.   

Pay for  service??      Have a read through the various how-to-do's in the maintenance section. Nothing is beyond the scope of DIY, you'll know it's been done properly & it'll be a LOT cheaper, especially if you go along the route of aquiring a TRADE CLUB CARD ie Autobahnstormers! 

[foundationsedge]

  would have liked to tackle the pads and discs myself but, gave all my kit away after the divorce (lack of space) so if i want to try a service i would first need to buy some new kit, got quoted £120 for the service, wich i thought sounded pretty resonable.
   got a slight leak on the rocker cover gasket, witch i think seems to be a common fault on the v6, s , and it looks like a knightmare job, so i think i might trust the proffesionals rather than make a mess of it myself

[Squealey]

Whats wrong with the sunroof? If its just that it isn't working it may simply need resetting. Whenever the battery dies or is diconnected the roof needs to be told where it is. It tells you in the owners manual how to do it. 1 minute job.

Hope this is of relevance and well done with the MOT.

Wayne

[Marks DTM Calib]

  hand brake adjusters siezed

Alarm bells ringing here for me!

a) The adjusters never move unless you need to service the brake and they dont seize

b) They will have set it up wrong as mechanics these days seem to have a basic lack of understanding on how a braking system should work.