Today after lunch with the sun shining I decided to work on the car. I've been slowly building up parts needed to fit a towbar to the D3. So, outside, on probably the coldest day of the year. That's how clever I am. And how full of stuff our garage is...
After approximately 2000000 turns of the worm gears either side of the boot:
I realised my torx set didn't include an M10...
After a wild Goose chase I ended up at Machine Mart in Warrington. The manager was very helpful and £12 later I had:
Before it got even wetter and colder:
And how I've left it till tomorrow:
Must say after 7 or nearly 8 years and 120,000 miles the car is like new in the places you don't tend to see. Good job, cos after all this effort I think I'm going to keep it for a long time, as long as I don't reverse it into my house and write it off while the reverse sensors are off.