After I got home form work yesterday afternoon, I reversed onto my drive way as normal. About an hour later I came to take my puppy to dog training lessons, so dog went in the boot, and I drove down the length of the drive way (about 3-4 car lengths). Just as I front wheels dropped from the dropped curb onto the road there was a rather loud metalic twang sound from what I thought was the front of the car. I got out of the car and had a quick look (it was just dark - around 6.50pm), so I could not see too well, but I could see nothing obvious.

When I got back, I had a quick look around the car with a torch, but again, still spotted nothing.

Any ideas? The only thing that crossed my mind was the front springs....

Is it the new Octy? When I hit the speed bumps in the morning near my house (slowly) I get a creaking noise the car has only done 13,000km it goes away but it always starts like that. Be interested to hear what the technical bods say.

Nope... an old one (2001). The creaking on yours might be ARB bushes, or the raditator mounts.

Nope... an old one (2001). The creaking on yours might be ARB bushes, or the raditator mounts.

I hope this is normal, will mention it when it goes for 1st Service, thanks for the advice

Are you sure the counterbalance spring hasn't gotten away from under one of the front seats... seems to be a common problem here.

You then mysteriously find a spring loose under the seat and then you have to really yank hard to ratchet up the seat height adjustment.

I don't think so... plus the sound seemed to come more from the front - but i'll check when I go home tonight!

Did you get the shocks changed recently matt, or it that a to be done?

Wondering if maybe it's somethign to do with them, either that or maybe your aircon compressor clutch has just dropped off :S

Shocks still need replacing, and I noticed that my front tyres are looking quite well worn on the outside edge, but still a mm (or so left) before the thread indicator....

guess it won't be many weeks (at 500miles/week) before they need replacing as well :-(

Aircon was still working on saturday after I got soaked and cleared the windscreen in seconds :-)

Something that works on yours then

I'd do the tyres at the same time as the suspension and get them to do a 4 wheel alignment on the whole lot while you are in the tyre place.

2 x tyres + 4 x shocks + 2 x ARB bushes

lol.. I am not that rich :-(

Last time I had a 4 wheel allignment done, I saw the thing was p*****g clutch fluid everywhere.

I have a complete set of Octavia vRS mk1 suspension at home you could have. Springs, Shocks, struts everything. Not sure if they would go on a TDi though. I wonder what the weight difference is of the front axle.

That would be tempting, but the vRS is lower is it not? I already have problems with the car catching underneath when I park off road to visit the horses*...

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* these are horses I own, rather than me visiting horses for any other 'dodgy' reason ;-)