I don't think they would get struck off, unless they have previous offences in which case, they bloody should be struck off, too many bad garages giving good garages a bad name bro!

Thanks Stanley, if I had any doubt as to it being a misdiagnosis I would have given them the benefit of the doubt but it's clear to me, my neighbour, the other guys that did the 2nd MOT that they lied through their teeth so I think you are right, they are taking the **** and would be doing it to...

Well its the fact that they put a major fail on the MOT down as both suspension arm ball joints excessively worn, then told me the lower arms need replacing, then quoted me over 1K and then when I said that I couldn't afford that work with their labour rates being £90 an hour, they changed their...

Okay guys, sorry for the delay in updating here, as you know I was taking the car in for an MOT at another garage, but before I did that I went to the local jetwash place and put the suspension up as high as it goes, I then jet washed the undercarriage, in particular the suspension...

Yep, thank you mate, will update once I've given them all a good shake with the wheels raised as well. Appreciate all the help guys, you all rock! 😎

Well god damn boys, so I took the car into Halfords this morning to put 4 duratec's on it and I asked the guy who fitted the tyres was there any play in the rear wheels and he said there was none at all (I know it's Halfords but they did a good discount on the duractecs), so now I am thinking...

I would have thought it wouldn't add much to the labour cost so might as well do it? Are these both the same thing?

Thanks for you input buddy, when you say unit, you mean weight right? And do you know how often these things needs to be changed, if I go for the Lemforder's vs the Delphi's what are your thoughts on the lifespan difference between the two? (that's probably a really hard question to answer, so...

Seems some folks think that Delphi are pretty good bro, am I missing something? https://www.stdrivers.co.uk/threads/delphi-parts-any-good.26237/

Okay, thanks hero, is this the place you mean and is this the complete part list all I need? There are some red bushes there too, so I chose the more expensive ones, I assumed both are the same thing? https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/rear-anti-roll-bar-mountings--link-rods-1631-c.asp

Thanks for this @gstuart, really helpful, a bit out of my league but I found a relatively near garage in evesham that charges a reasonable £50 per hour labour rate and I've booked the car in to do the work, as for the parts could you kindly check the link below for me and tell me this is the...

Ah thanks Stanley, hope to hear from the good fella soon 👍

Hi guys, Well I took my car in for an MOT, the guys there failed it on what they wrote was rear track control arms, they told me it would be about £150 per arm and they charged £90 labour per hour, then quoted me circa £800 for the repair. I then said I couldn't afford that and would have to...

thanks buddy, will probably get both fixes done.

would the problem still occur once the engine warms up, as once it does, I never see smoke?

scratch that lynall, this video explains it well, I get it now. thanks so much.

sorry I am a bit of a noob. is this mod safe, what is the purpose of doing this please? why would my problem only exist on cold/first start then go away?

thanks mate, it's a diesel 3.0 TDV6, same mod?

Thanks, I forgot to mention that the colour of the smoke is white/gray but persists in the air for a while until dispersed by the wind, regardless of outside temps. I didn't know what overfueling was so I just googled it and on first review it looks like that would lead to black smoke coming...

Hi guys, I have a discovery 4 TDV6 2010, as the title says, when driving the car first time in the morning or if left for circa 6 hours or more, if I don't floor it and let the engine warm up for a while, say a 5 minute drive and I then floor it, I get no smoke whatsoever, the car drives...