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Old 13th February 2017, 10:22 AM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Originally Posted by RICKY D View Post
I phoned TPS for a laugh and they quoted £935 + VAT. There was also a surcharge of £175 + VAT until my old cat is returned
Been there, done that. And needed a lambda sensor as well as one was jammed in tight.
Though to be fair I knew it was going when I bought the car, so it was factored into the purchase price.

Bit the bullet and did it properly when the noise got unbearable a year or so later. Though for the £175 (or whatever it was at the time) all they got back was an empty shell with a small lump of ceramic rattling around inside.
No MOT emissions problems though or errors logged, even though I was effectively only running on one cat of two.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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