:exclamation :)I'M NOT HERE TO MOAN I LOVE MY NEW USED CAR I'M JUST LOOKING ADVICE AND/OR HELP!

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HI I'VE JUST BOUGHT MY NEW USED 2.5 CD OMEGA. ITS A BEAUTIFUL CAR AND THE COMFORT AND DRIVE A UNMATCHABLE.
I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND HAVE NOTICED A THUMPING AT SLOW SPEED ON THE PASSENGERS FRONT? SORT OF LIKE IM DRIVING ON A FLAT? AND NOTICABLE WHEN TURNING, I DON'T THINK ITS A BARING AS I'VE INCOUNTERED NO GRINDING? I WANT MY NEW USED CAR TO LAST ME AS I.VE ALWAYS WANTED A BIG FAMILY CAR, SO

TODAY I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AS I'VE BEEN HAVING A FEW PROBLEMS STARTING IT!

I WAIT FOR THE HEATING COIL LIGHTS TO GO OUT AND TURN THE KEY IT FIRES UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF WINDING BUT DIES AGAIN? I REPEAT THE PROCESS AND AGAIN IT DIES. FINALLY ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT IT WILL START!

THE MECHANIC SAID ITS MORE THAN LIKELY THE HEATING PLUGS THAT JUST NEED CHANGING.

ALTHOUGH I NEARLY DIED WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT IT COULD BE THE TIMMING CHAIN AND THAT ITS MORE THAN LIKELY STRECHED AND THATS THE REASON WHY ITS HARD TO START EVEN WHEN WARM?



HE THEN PROCEEDED TO INFORM ME THAT ITS A SPECIALIST'S JOB AND COULD COST UPWARDS OF 400.00

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ON A LIGHTER NOTE THE ONLY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IVE UNCOVERED ARE THE REVERSING LIGHTS WONT WORK EVEN AFTER I CHANGED THE BULBS AND THE BLOWER FAN DOES'NT WORK EITHER THESE ARE ON MY TO DO LIST AND ALTHOUGH IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL CAR, CAN WAIT IN LINE.
TONIGHT 18TH NOVEMBER MY FAN BELT BROKE IT SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF ME AND I'M SO GLAD MY WIFE AND FOUR SONS WER'NT IN THE CAR. THE STEERING WENT LIKE A BOMB HAD BLOWN OUT MY FRONT TYRES AND THE TEMP. GAUGE SHOT UP TO 100 LUCKLY I WAS ABOUT 12 METRES FROM MY MOTHER IN LAWS HOUSE AND LUCKLY ITS ONLY FIVE MILES FROM MINE. ANYWAY I'M PURCHASING A NEW BELT TOMORROW. UNFORTUNITLY THE MECHANIC CAN'T FIT IT TILL THURSDAY MORNING AS HES DOING THE WORK AT MY IN LAWS HOUSE.
IN CONCLUSSION I'VE PURCHASED A ELECTRIC BATTERY CHARGER AND WILL FULLY CHARGE BATTERY BEFORE PAYING THE 65.00 TO REPLACE. AS STARTING THE CAR HAS FLATTENED IT MORE THAN ONCE. MY CAR ONLY HAS 180.000MILES AND FOR A BMW DIESEL ENGINE THATS NOTHING. THEY PUT THESE ENGINES IN RANGE ROVERS JEEPS FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
PLEASE SOMEONE ADVISE ME AS WHAT COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE :exclamation AND I DON'T NEED ANY JOKES ABOUT CRUSHING MY C.D PLEASE