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Why is it daft? You like the car and getting another that you like will not be straight forward.
Are you sure it has failed. I know that Mondeo dual mass rattle loudly even though, especially after round town driving and if started with out the clutch depressed.
Oils are service even with a sealed for life claim for boxes and diffs.
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Why is it daft?
Just in an economic sense, although if the second hand market stays the way it is, it might actually hold a bit of value (only comparable one on autotrader at the moment has 40k more miles on the clock and is £2600 which is what I paid last year).
It’s just the pang of “I should get something sensible, boring and cheap”, rather than gambling on the longevity of an older but nicer car.
DMF is deffo failing - making noise with half depressed clutch, juddery when pulling away and in stop start traffic. It’s a bit of a PITA but nothing too awful. Mate has confirmed it’s deffo DMF when I showed him.
Nef
Been quoted £710 all in for the DMF on the e46. Seems about right. Probably daft to be committing to chucking cash at the car, but I really like it and I 100% CBA looking for something else/am thoroughly depressed by any of the reasonable alternatives.
Will get diff and gearbox oil done at the same time. Doing an oil and filter change tomorrow myself, and ordering air and cabin filters.
Also asked the guy to have a bit of an inspection to see if there’s anything needing doing. Mate reckons rear control arm bushes is the cause of the minor knocking coming from the rear suspension, so hoping it’s not too spendy to fix. Changing rear shocks and springs wouldn’t be the end of the world.
I’m asking for a raise on Monday, hopefully that’ll help me convince myself that keeping it going isn’t a stupid idea.