"has anyone had this sort of work done if so how much did it cost and what was changed?"

Cambelt and water-pump on 306 HDi 90 (1999) last January - £200 all-in inc.VAT at local indie.

Had this problem last year on my Zafira, also during a very hot spell. Hasn't bothered me since.

Door bottom seal is about £15 from Peugeot. Don't know about fitting, but the garage did that (and a couple of other small jobs) with half an hour's labour on my 1996 car.

That site you refer to says they can remove vehicle from the register after an inspection. I'd like to know how? The car I'm running now (and had five years) is on the register as a class D - uneconomical to repair (at factory spare prices). The fact the a new front and rear bumper costs around £1500 to replace and paint was enough to write it off. Replacements form a scrap yard costs next to nothing so an inspection would show no damage (there wasn't any underlying damage behind the bumpers). If it only cost £200 to get an inspection and off the register then both the insurance companies and small traders would be doing this all the time.

Something odd somewhere. The register, AFAIK, records total losses to insurance companies - so no matter what is done to repair a vehicle, it will always have been a total loss.

I understand some of the insurers have been "cheating" and registering cars and bikes as cat "X" - this is not recorded and thus gets them a better price at salvage auctions as they can go back on the road without anyone knowing.

Damn, Phil Hill looks so old - (champion 1961 after von Trips death?), still picture him as a young man.
Sign of old age??
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