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^^^^ totally agree ^^^^
No need to mouth off ! Seems to be some peoples answer to everything . Tell them your problem and you'll get more help than going in with all guns blazing .
When you say recently , how recent ?
Like you say , buying from a dealer you " should " have some comeback if anything is wrong . But if quite a bit of time has passed they " might " try and put the blame on you or you could be lucky and get the repair for free .
Take it back mate , tell...
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This might help . I touched up a small stone chip on my wing mirror , 100% better than it was , but if you look closely you can still see it slightly . Make sure the area is clean , no wax , polish etc . I washed the area with washing...
And why would the pads cause brake imbalance ? Brake imbalance is when one caliper is working better or harder than the other side i.e not braking at the same rate . It wouldn't matter if one set of pads had 4 mm left on and the other had 7 mm they both would brake evenly if the calipers were...
^^^^ that means f*ck all ^^^^
Renault are not exactly sh*t hot at repairs if reading some of the stories on here is anything to go by . And they weren't exactly helpful when he took the car into the garage were they .
My 172 failed on 26% brake imbalance , anything over 25% is a fail .I just took off the caliper , pushed out the piston , greased it with a little copper grease and it past :)
Are from near Blackburn mate ? If so get it up to SAS at guide . He's a bosch main agent but can also check out faults on siemens . He sorted out the problem on my old 172 , turned out the spark plugs were f*cked .
He's just on the right hand side , about 100 yards as you go up the old...
^^^^ nice bit of ingenuity ^^^^
Either that or your a tight git ,lol ;) a couple of quid from halfrauds for the 8mm square sump plug removal tool if you don't have a spare door handle knocking about !
11K tops minus your trade in of at least 2K try for 2.5k for yours .
Read the small print on the servicing , ask plenty of questions , find out what the free servicing actually covers , does it cover parts and labour ??
^^^^ Not true ^^^^
I bought my new 182 5 weeks ago . I had the option of registering then or taking it home on trade plates , puttin it in the garage , waiting a few weeks and having an 06 plate . I couldn't do without a car for that long so its on a 55 plate with me being the only name on...
Rain x is good stuff driving in rain at night , over 30mph ish you don't need your wipers , halfrauds stuff is the same price but a bigger bottle .
Also tried this , when i AG super resin polished my car i did the windows , as well as lookin very clean the water just blew off similar to rain...
Any Dot 4 brake fluid mate some people like to go for more expensive stuff like castrol response or silkolene , but bog standard halfrauds stuff will be ok . If you say your pads are ok the level will most likely be low . Check the cap on the brake fluid bottle , see if its come loose . Just top...