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Thanks for the comments
It is nice when when it passes after the effort .....no i haven't had the bill for the parts yet but i will post up when i get it (around the £200 mark i think) and yes i did celebrate with a few beverages last night which made it hard to get early to watch the rugby

[quote=""x555""] which made it hard to get early to watch the rugby [/quote]

Bet you wish you had stayed in bed mush !!

Roger that. Got up at 03:30 Canada time to witness a shocking first half display by England. Second half was better but ltytered with mistakes and the better side won.
And to cap it all my wife is Welsh!
At least it's a bank holiday weekend here in Canada and the weather looks great for the next today, Sunday and Monday.
Peter T

Make that 'littered with mistakes'. Oh, the irony! Perhaps tittered was more appropriate!
Peter T

[quote=""petert""]Make that 'littered with mistakes'. Oh, the irony! Perhaps tittered was more appropriate!
Peter T[/quote]
LMAO Sounds about right to me. Looks like England need some catching practice soooooo many unforced errors
Ps know how you feel Peter My wife and both kids are Welsh along with most of my mates so today is unbearable..............and now she's playing her Catatonia cd full blast with 'i thank the lord i'm Welsh'.....thats it i'm off up the pub

[quote=""Pewters""][quote=""x555""] which made it hard to get early to watch the rugby [/quote]

Bet you wish you had stayed in bed mush !![/quote]
At least i got to see my second team win mate ...... i'm gonna have to go native now for the rest of the world cup

Just had mine MOT'd too...damn thing failed...

They picked up:-
- Parking brake inefficiency
- front balljoint worn
- cracked NSF wheel

Suspension arm being done under warranty and have just changed shoes and adjusted handbrake myself. New wheel will be in the region of £1100ish but local wheel repair folks reckon the crack is minor and £50 will do to sort it.

Going back to a point made previously about pattern parts...do remember, not all pattern parts are made equal. Like everything else there is good and there is not so good!! Used Lemforder (OEM supplier) whishbone when i had to replace one on my E46 M3. You could see where the M// logo had been ground off so they could legitimately sell them. It was indeed the same part as the original at around half the price of BM dealer. Other folks like Quinton Hazel, Delphi, Unipart etc are all OEM suppliers to one manufacturer or another so THEIR quality is good. You can fall foul though as cheap chinese aftermarket parts are plentiful now. Bottom line is, always ask motor factor what brand they use and make a judgement yourself.

Going for retest next week so SHOULD be good..

TT

Could have been far worse.........better to have crack found/sorted now rather than find out more dramatically later.