yeah, you have to pay the scene tax on wheels these days
The polo might be put on hold for other mods even more now as we have decided to get married before buying a house as we wont be able to afford to once we have.
That said, I have had to do some work to it this week as I was driving around on the weekend (going to different wedding fayres) and out of the blue a grinding noise appeared. We had a look and couldn't really see anything other than the front brake pads looking really low.
Got it booked in to have the pads replaced (because it was raining and i didnt want to get wet
) and it turned out that the person who fitted the CV boot last year hadn't tightened the drive-shaft up properly and it was that, that was grinding as it was going in and out of the gearbox. Good job I took it on to a garage rather than do it myself otherwise I wouldn't have known about the drive-shaft and would have likely ended up damaging the gearbox and drive-shaft. Also the front passenger drive calliper was sticking so it has now been taken apart and freed up and a whole load of copper grease packed in to try and prevent it from sticking again.
Breakdown of repairs:
Brake pads - £30
Fitting - £30
Correct drive-shaft issue and correct sticky calliper- £10
Total Bill - £70
One things for sure though, I wont be using the person who used to work on my car again, very sloppy work and isnt the first time I have had to correct mistakes he made.
Shame i can't seem to find scirocco wheels on ebay anymore for the old price:(
