1. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Its a pain, tempted to take it to another garage to get them to test it out
  2. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Haha nah. Car has been a nightmare from them, won't be going there again!
  3. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    A trader in Taunton
  4. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    But steering wheel generally a quarter turn
  5. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Clicking when turning to the right under acceleration
  6. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Checked the tyres all sorted. Only thing i feel is up now is the passenger side front cv joint sounds like it's on it's way out :-/ can't cut a break!
  7. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    It's back, it's working!!!!
  8. geoffpalmer85

    What have you done to your Freelander today

    Yeah. Next up are a few tweaks. Just need to get a new clock bulb and heater vent dial bulb
  9. geoffpalmer85

    It's a good evening in our house!

    Thanks for the welcome, i'm just glad it's all over now and we have our landy back!
  10. geoffpalmer85

    What have you done to your Freelander today

    Today i fitted our new hifi, finally have bluetooth so can take handsfree calls and listen to music without a damn aux cable flapping about!
  11. geoffpalmer85

    It's a good evening in our house!

    So some of you may have heard of my woes but here is a brief sumary; Sold impreza hatchback Bought Hyundai Terracan from auction Totally buggered, rear damper sheared off and head gasket went after 24 hrs. Bought 2002 Freelander, drove Exeter to Oxford, transfer box blew up on the way home nr...
  12. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Still no joy with the car repair, it's no further along and my wife is starting to lose patience. Looks like we may be ending up with a refund as the garage don't seem to care how long it takes to repair (2weeks and counting)
  13. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Thanks, in the short time we had it, it was an awesome ride! So comfortable on the drive up to oxford. I do a lot of photography and am surprisingly looking forward to getting in the boot with the rear window down to get some interesting shots!
  14. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Fair enough, will give them a ring today.
  15. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Thanks for the replies everyone, i presume just asking them to check the VCU they will know what they're looking for.
  16. geoffpalmer85

    New owner and his woes.

    Good evening all, my wife and i have just had the week from hell, after buying a Hyundai Terracan 2.9CDTi from a local car auctions woth a full service and MOT being done just over 4 months ago, we got it home to find out the car was overheating... I was about to drive it to a garage for them to...