KenONeill

Well, that's a needle roller stuck to a magnet. Seriously, do not drive the car, because one of the bearings seem to be collapsing, and you could be looking at destroying the shaft the bearing is on, and possibly having a conrod escape through the block.

I think it's more likely do be stuck director flaps; 10 minutes of flapperobics might help.

Alternatively, inconsistent mu across the brake pads that the worn disc surfaces press on.

The main stealer should be able to look it up on the interweb and then tell you at no charge.

So, yet again, we catch a garage using the parts cannon at the owner's expense.

Well yes, but it's much easier and cheaper to test the exterior sensor and the duct for the interior

And yet, you're the only person who asserted which stock control system they use.

If they actually used JIT, they'd more or less always be out of stock of more or less everything. If they use a re-order level, they can still run out if they get a peak in demand for $part.

Any signs of squealing, and/or of one front wheel being hot enough to steam if you wash the car immediately after a run? Those are what make me think of a stone trapped under a splash guard.

He doesn't seem to have read the fault codes, so is reduced to guesses and/or using the parts cannon.

I've had them offer me a courtesy car, which I declined on the basis that I was going shopping in Glasgow whilst mine was being serviced.

You're unlikely to find a buckle by itself anywhere except a breakers. In which case, can you 100% definitely assert that the breaker's part hasn't been stress tested in a collision? I'll point out that it's your neck (quite possibly literally) if a used buckle fails, so do you have a £10 neck?

Is there dust over one of the small, maybe 10mm each way, grilles near the heater controls? If so, start by cleaning that with a small brush and/or a keyboard vacuum. The other possibility that springs to mind is the exterior temperature sensor; easily checked if you have a trip computer and/or Climatronic.

I had in mind a list of chemicals, not a makeup to percentile points.

Throw it back as "not as described".

Does anyone have a reputable source for a typical modern tyre chemical composition. There's a question about this on another site, and I think I can answer it, if I can find out fairly accurately what a typical tyre composition is.

Thought so.

@RobClubley - Did that engine start product make its way across the Tasmin Sea by itself? 😉

Also @ianch99 Settlement of a loan is always possible; the issue is in whether or not the loan arrangement imposes penalties on an early settlement, and to answer that you have to read the original document in full.

Correction in-line; it's an issue with "smart" phones.

Male bovine faeces by a main stealer!

Actually it was a manufacturer option on the Elegance, but headlight washers that work were standard.

The ballasts are separate components to the bulbs. So you've only tested one component pair.

That would work; the usual way of testing a fuse for blow under load is to fit a known good one and see if the fault goes away.

None of which proves you don't have a blow under load on the steering strip fuse on the battery top.