Could indeed be the spare wheel or even the jack loose in the boot. If not, take it to Kwikfit or somewhere similar and ask them to put it up on the ramp and check the exhaust mountings.

I think at some point the Mark 3 cabriolet was given the Mark 4 dashboard and facelifted a bit without changing the bodyshell.

Edited by Avant on 18/08/2011 at 01:07

Heat shield cracked on my old Mondeo which gave it a tinny screeching noise. I parked with the front wheels on the pavement to make sort of a gap to slide under, got some big scissors and a stanley knife and cut the whole thing off.

Job done.