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Cheers hippo, I will have a look at the arms- the garage put the anti roll bar linkage on for £40 fitted as I was short for time and didn't fancy having all my fingers removed from frostbite!

so what does it actually do- does it heat the internals of the engine or the fuel system? Or does it give the cabin ventilation a head start on warming the inside?

She is still behaving herself- noticeably smoother changes and the change points now seem more intuitive. Here's to another 90k miles of gearbox trouble free miles! :eek:

Put a fivers worth of petrol in with £50 of diesel- couple of runs later she seems a lot better- still a bit lumpy on start up but much better. Will see whether it improves further. Out of interest- Can anyone explain to me what the pre-heater does? Is this some kind of Webasto type diesel...

Put it through the MOT- failed on near side front anti roll bar linkage and a dribble of fuel from a fuel line going into the fuel filter. Both cheapo fixes- then she sailed through- had the four new Nexens put on aswell. Oh and another £270 for 12 months tax! She has cost me about £2,800 in the...

I would agree with what saint V8 and Hippo have said! In my relatively short ownership experience I have had to have the gearbox and torque converter reconditioned- which I had budgeted for (mine went at 94k at it's a 02' td6). Other than that i have had a sticky injector issue and the turbo to...

I am a bit of a grandad driver. Plus living in Cornwall never really allows me to go above about 40! Oh and I leave PLENTY of space behind other drivers- my beetle had non servo assisted drum breaks, and carp discs at the front :eek: Oh and Hippo- I would really love to upgrade- but work is...

:lol: I was only kidding about the mark up! Yer I might try and push for a few more quid, but they are still the cheapest in the area- and seem like a nice bunch of lads. I am having the tracking checked as the passenger front wear was out quite a bit.

They are cheap aren't they! But considering they are £84 plus delivery + fitting- don't really think that £350 fitted is too bad really. Just to be nosey-what would your company mark up on a £84 tyre? ;)

That is great isn't it. I just hope the mechanism and motors are built to last 20 years :)

255/60/R18 if I remember correctly

Going to be away for work next week so needed to get it MOT'd asap. Went round to three independent tyres places in my lunch break- but Kwik fir were the cheapest for NEXENs- 4 for £350 incl fitting balancing valves etc. Thanks for the offer Will- really appreciate it. All the chaps I spoke to...

But we are young and stupid, what else am I meant to do?!

bloody hell- there is some choice on ebay- a bit bewildering!

I deal drugs though Prescription ones :D Does that count?

heard good things about these nexens- budgets aren't what they used to be- a lot better now- and some say the nexens are now an intermediate tyre.

Well done Tak- shows you're on top of the maintenance then! Blue- I have asked him to change my name- I hope! Hippo, what make are the budget's? Never really gone for the cheap ones

I am actually blue beasty's secret west country love child :puke:

You are probably right Bix- although g-box is sorted now, and rough idle does seem to be injector related- not an issue I am worried about- will treat it to some high strength injector cleaner and a dash of petrol- ta for the advice :) Just thought I may be able to save a few bob on tyres all...

Yer standard HSE hurricanes I think. Out of interest how much did the stormers cost and how much you make back on the old ones? Just doing the sums now. Is the ride still nice with the 20's on?