Recent content by Liftnub

She says: "Thanks for grassing me up"

Blonde at the wheel? First letter in the reg Y? That would almost certainly have been my wife and yes, that's how she normally drives. She's pregnant now so hopefully she's a bit more sedated.

Cheers, that has put my mind at rest. I couldn't tell how much it cost as they changed it for free in the end, which is a good thing as it still ended up costing a fortune for the standard Clio service, despite them missing off the belt change.

I'm having a spot of bother getting my dealer to service my 172 as it says in the service schedule. During my 36000 mile service they did a standard Clio service and not a 172 one and so missed off changing the accessories belt and pulleys. I took it back and asked them to replace the...

I'm not too fussed as I know the bonnet is shut when I shut it as I drop it closed, although some tart has obviously shut it and 'pushed' it shut at some point as it has a small dent (why do people do that). But if they're offering to change them for free then I reckon it's worth a punt, at...

What is actually the problem with them? I have a slight problem with my 172 bonnet in that when you pull the lever in the car the bonnet dosen't 'pop' up, it appears to be sticking. Even when you try to lift it after pulling the level it dosen't budge. The only way to open the bonnet is for...

According to two other garages the discs do need replacing. Minimum thickness is 7mm and mine are 7.2mm. Kwikfit wanted £400 to change them, those crazy jokers.

Right Ive had a look at these discs and as far as I can tell theres nothing wrong with them. They arent perfectly flat but they are smoth with only minor undulations in them, in fact theyre in the same condition as the front discs. So I think Ill get a second opinion. However I am tempted to...

Ok, they are not budging on the discount, except to include the pads as well. They claim that as Ive had 24K miles of motoring out of them I should pay for some of it, which is fair enough. I wont book it in just yet though Ill have a look at them myself and perhaps get a second opinion. I have...

Ive just been offered 66% of the cost for new discs and labour to change the discs, which works out at £150 for new discs and pads + labour, which is pretty good for a Renault main dealer. Im going to phone Renault UK again though as this has to be a faultly batch of discs, therefore its a...

I found Renualt UKs number and they said to get the garage to phone them and they will try to sort it out, so hopefully it will get sorted. I really dont understand how its possible. The front discs are fine, and theyve just had a new set of pads, so how have the rear discs worn so quickly in...

Alright there peeps, My 172 is in for its 24K service and Ive just had a call from the garage to say that the rear discs are worn and badly lapped. The problem is that the car is 18 months old and according to the mechanic the pads are only 50% worn. Considering these are the pads that the...

I would of thought it was part of the paint and corrosion warranty

I should probably point out that this plate is actually inside the boot, not underneath the car. Basically, open the boot lift the carpet and there it is on the left.

Cheers for that. Rather unsurprisingly the "engineers" at Renault have no idea what its for.