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I'm torn between the ratty sierra pickup bacon rise or the lovely red cavalier SRi by the toilets as a daily.
The BMW 7 series was my show stealer though. Awesome.
These (or similar) are what I've always used.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=260957781654
Shut all the air vents, put it on the transmission tunnel in the rear footwell, let it off, shut the doors and leave it for 24 hours.
Do a search mark, Ste Burns started a thread on it.
Before you go buying anything though, get some hot water and 3 or 4 microfibres, some strong interior cleaner in a trigger spray and clean the headlining. It holds all the stink so you need to get the worst of it out before you do anything else.
According to the trip I get 57.9 out of mine. Heavy traffic for 20 miles a day.
Tonight there was no traffic and it went up to 63.4!
Tuesday night I went to stoke, did 286 miles at 85mph and used less than £30 of fuel.
They really are stupidly good on fuel.
If the weather is as bad it's supposed to be, I'll be giving it a miss. Dragging a soaking wet 7 year old round will not be enjoyable!
Sam will be there though, 100%.
But your car lives in a heated garage....
If a solid piece of metal can deteriorate, so can a rubber belt, or a pulley, or a tensioner.
It's not worth the risk mate. £600 on belts or over £1200 to have the head rebuilt.
I'd advise you visit another garage. One that knows what they're talking about.
You're relying on a crusty 5 year old piece of rubber keeping the top and bottom of your gnome together....
We've had to machine polish 30+ cars at work after we switched to Autosmarts own mf's.
They certainly don't work great with brand new paintwork that's for sure!