RANT alert!!
As I've mentioned elsewhere already over the past 24 hours, I just cannot abide or understand the numpties that
throw the towel in on a car like this and chuck it away; it's not as if that nasty little jap box with batteries up it's
backside isn't killing the world being chugged all the way round the globe burning zillions of gallons of fuel so
the prat next door can feel all superior and parsimonious when his car has a CO2 reading of 3 or 90 or whatever
so he can feel he's doing his bit saving the world...
funny, my car passed a government emissions test a month ago and the readings were miiiiiiles under the permitted
tolerance range.
This whole environmental gig is purely a means to wield a big tax stick against us all and then insult to injury
kicks us in the teeth with the heinous scrappage attempt to keep car manufacturers in business scheme. Now
cars are being deliberately shredded without any recycling back into the spares market when in truth the best
purest means of lessening environmental impact is to extend/prolong the working lifespan of an efficient machine
and NOT throw it away on a whim of fashion and oneupmanship. It's sad to think cars like the one pictured are
being put into the scheme. The classic mags are filled with articles where perfectly good "but old" cars are being
taken in and the garages where real car fans work are almost suicidal.
I need to lie down again.
Andrew
The rattle at the front is most likely to be droplinks and the intermittent rattle in the engine almost certainly worn hydraulic tappets - but it will go on like that for a long time.
) of your XM collection, or perhaps searching for those elusive headlight washer covers? This is the place to do it.