Put my old girl in for MOT last week, in truth the AA put her in as the suspension had given up the ghost on the rear this time.... anyway, long story short I can pick her up tomorrow with a spanking new MOT, plus a couple of other issues sorted... that will be £5000 sir, ' you must have an emotional attachment to this car', well I do now

ps, not a main dealer and a well recommended indy so I am sure all is Kosher but bloody hell

I hope 'a couple of other issues' is an understatement

I didnt think so, passenger door wouldnt open and they have said it was 2 cables and a latch, the main issue seems to have been the brakes, which apparently were 'bodged' in the past. Now I have had the bloody thing for 9 years so know exactly where it has been. Will be interesting to see tomorrow what has been done and where the issues are/were, I am not saying it is over the top but it must have been in a bad way, parts alone were £3200 allegedly

That's absolutely crazy - surely the car isn't worth much more than that - presume he talked you though everything before he started spending your money for you ?

I cant help feeling I would have been breaking it for spares if it had been mine

Blimey.... that's a lot of brakes.... Pete

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Wow, sorry to hear that Ross

Thanks chaps, I agree it is a large number and more than the bloody thing is worth probably but hey ho, it may be all good and I get back some trouble free motoring for a bit. I look at it in this way, 1. It obviously needed it, 2. I couldnt have sold it in that condition morally, 3. It will now be good for a while, bad points: 1. I really will have a man math problem now, and 2. WTF

PS, I will of course report back on what has been done, and may actually check it this time

Ouch, did you go to the same garage as Joker used that made him bend over and touch his toes?

Good Lord That's a lorra wedge for sure. I thought mine was bad at £3600 for a replacement touch screen (warranty thankfully) but how it comes to over 3 clap for some brakes (even with 4 new callipers, discs, Pads, servo and even all the handbrake gubbins)) and some odd door bits is nuts. These things sure do have a way of turning a drama into a crisis.

That must be a record for getting an MOT.

I can only sympathise. My old 2002 had way more than its' value spunked on her over my tenure, honestly would be cheaper with a fooking mistress, at least you'd get a happy ending!

Well picked the old girl up today and I must say what an unusual experience, they took me into the workshop (clean as a whistle and full of LRs) to show me a bench full of scrap! The bits that had come off mine, boxes of the things, even a non mechanical person like me could appreciate, than a complete guided tour of the car to show what had been done in minutiae.

And the car drives like a dream, bloody steering wheel is even straight (7 years ),

So well chuffed with my'new' FF

Glad it was worth it, would love to see the bill though...  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-