What have you done to your car today?

[TW]Fox;30390501 said:
I know everyone goes on about dealers being stealers but I've always found dealers to be reasonable for servicing... until we get onto the subject of brakes. The money dealers charge to supply and fit discs and pads is astronomical!
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Same here. I use Ford to service mine and Toyota to service my girlfriend's Auris. Pretty cheap, maintains full dealer history. But Toyota quoted over £500 to replace the discs and pads. I lol'd, bought genuine discs and pads online for about £240, and did them myself. I don't understand why they seem to charge so much for labour - it's not a long-winded or difficult job on a driveway let alone with the car up in the air on a ramp!
 
Fixed price servicing for 4 year old+ cars has helped I think - knowing in advance that I should be getting charged £180 / £250 in advance just removes an element of hassle and haggling.

In Skoda now and they aren't too bad for brakes with a fixed price of circa £250 per axle for discs/pads for the VRS which has a reasonable brake setup. But the likes of a citigo is only around £30 less which seems bonkers
 
After the EGR mount breaking on the way up a mountain on Monday, had the Jeep in to have the whole exhaust system looked at and repaired.

Ended up with a straight pipe replacing the (only) silencer, as a stop gap until a larger silencer arrives. Needless to say a V8 with straight pipes is quite loud :eek:
 
On 23rd December at 2300 I decided to go to the supermarket for the final time before Xmas and as I reversed my 10 year old Fiesta I heard, and felt, a clunk clunk clunk from my front nearside. Phone torch in hand I could see the nearside wheel arch looked considerably closer to the tyre than I remembered so assumed it would be shock/spring related.

Bad time of year to try and get it sorted so I decided to use my bike for work my xmas break and get the car sorted in the new year. I'm too old to ride the bike the 10 miles to work in the cold but manned up.

Finally today a mobile mechanic came to my home and fixed it as I have Thursdays off work. Both springs replaced as well as a knackered top mount for the broken spring side.

The springs were probably the originals, I've had the car for 18 months, and the difference in how it feels is noticeable.

Also I ended up with 2 bloody rear wheel punctures from nails on my bike in the last week from, I presume, filtering. Ive had bad fehicle luck the kast few weeks. At least I'll be nice and warm going to work tomorrow.
 
I'll be honest, your story disappointed me. When I saw a long post and read:

I could see the nearside wheel arch looked considerably closer to the tyre than I remembered so assumed it would be shock/spring related.
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I assumed I was in for a rollercoaster of amusement, but it was shock/spring related... :(
 
Been to the dealers to look at a couple of issues:

They want to fit a new steering rack because its knocking!
Topped up gearbox oil as it was low and making noise under acceleration..
Diagnosed broken cable preventing manual mode on the auto box.

Should all be covered under warranty :)
 
In terms of just power, not really.

I'm having it done primarily to iron out a large flatspot and making sure it's running healthy with the changes I've made to the exhaust and induction as I don't want to damage it by running too lean or rich.
 
The 330i went in for the MOT. Passed with no advisories.

It still feels rather sloppy over bumps and in the corners. Eyeing up the Bilstein B12 suspension kit.
 
shauncr91 said:
In terms of just power, not really.

I'm having it done primarily to iron out a large flatspot and making sure it's running healthy with the changes I've made to the exhaust and induction as I don't want to damage it by running too lean or rich.
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My mate has just had his mapped at RsTuning. He was somewhat pessimistic and a bit reluctant to do it (he had the flatspot too).

In the end he couldn't believe the difference, although only a minor power increase, the curve & delivery was so much better.
 
Amos91 said:
My mate has just had his mapped at RsTuning. He was somewhat pessimistic and a bit reluctant to do it (he had the flatspot too).

In the end he couldn't believe the difference, although only a minor power increase, the curve & delivery was so much better.
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Yep, that's where I will be going for mine! The flat spot on mine is horrendous one minute, and non existent the next.
 
Went out in the MX5 after it had finished snowing, drove sensibly with all four wheels maintaining equal grip at all times..... Along with my friends in an E30 and an E39... :p
 
Strictly last night rather than today, but drove the M5 home through the snow. Very slowly. Still, I appeared to have more finesse (or better tyres) than a lot of people who seemed incapable of setting off without a load of wheel spin. It took an hour and a half to cover 10 or so miles home from the station.

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When I got back to the station - it was snowing rather hard at this point.

Working from home today though :D.
 
Did some drifts/skids and J turns in a new manual M3 today at Goodwood, and did a few more skids on the way home in the MX5. The instructor in the M3 was as cool as a cucumber and wasn't phased at all by me doing a cheeky acceleration pull on the way back to the carpark.

Maaaaaad! :D

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M4 track day at Brands booked for the summer also. :)
 
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