Well 54k and the old girl has some wear and tear cropping up.

Loud clunk when turning right I suspect from rear offside maybe a ball joint

Cars booked in on Monday at my local indi.

Certainly can’t complain new disks and pads last September and a couple of suspension arms on the front.

Here’s to the next 10 years 😆

39 minutes ago, Nick_H said:

Well 54k and the old girl has some wear and tear cropping up.

Loud clunk when turning right I suspect from rear offside maybe a ball joint

Cars booked in on Monday at my local indi.

Certainly can’t complain new disks and pads last September and a couple of suspension arms on the front.

Here’s to the next 10 years 😆

So is your car 10 years old now?

Mine has just crossed the 55k miles mark but doesn't hit 3 years old until the end of next month. It's still on original brake pads which my local indi told me still have 6mm on both front and rears when it was serviced last week.

It's had no work on it at all apart from routine servicing and tyres so far (apart from an exhaust sensor fault that was sorted under warranty) which I'm certainly very glad of.

Yeah it was one of the first 280's in the country in 2015 I'm happy with the pads lifespan especially considering my occasional use of the full 300 horses on the twisty bits !

Ours is 10 next March and is currently on 52k and will probably be around 58 by its birthday. There’s a possible wheel bearing at the rear in the way out, and the usual suspension creaks, but apart from that, touch wood, it’s all OK. Still absolutely love the car and have no intention of selling it. In the 6 1/2 years we’ve owned it I’ve still never had the balls to floor it, as the way it heads to the outside lane, making other drivers have a double-take as you pass them and hit illegal speeds at even 70% of full throttle, it still gives me goosebumps. This year, I’d like to get the leather on the drivers seat and steering wheel refurbished, primarily to remove the glossing if that’s possible and to clean the stitching too. I’m planning to fully clean the underside, arches and wheels during the summer break. The only upgrade I’d like is to get the DCC slide control. I did consider getting a VC a couple of years back but having recently driven a VW ID3 and a Kia Sportage with VC’s I still prefer the original analogue dials. I think the 272/280’s will become sought after in another 10 years, given their true Q Car status. Whoops - seem’t’ve massively gone off topic…🙄

Edited 1 June, 20251 yr by numskull

100% Agree great post ! My next task is a machine polish.

Well here’s certainty part of the problem haha !

Interesting mod there, Nick… 🙂

Yeah I call it the road cancelling Sway Bar End mod..

Now when I hit a pot hole the resulting body roll cancels it out !

Or something …

All done for info 200 quid for both sides