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muddyjames:
Update. Car has gone in today.

They have started the work on the brakes, which we were all hoping would be a strip and clean but, No dont be silly! It needs 1 new calliper and new disks and pads at the rear. this now makes the bill about £550  :shock: :shocked: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Good news though. I dont need a new hand brake cable. thats £25 less.   Woopie do in the grand scheme of things. :rolleyes: :roll:

Off to go and cry now! :cry:

Range Rover Blues:
That, I'm afraid, is cars for you.  You're doing the right thing though given the car's history because £500 doesn't buy you a lot these days.

Just kkep all those bills becase if you are unlucky enough to have it written off you'll be arguing with the insurance company as to how much it's worth.  They'll offer you next to nothing.

L90OOK:

--- Quote from: muddyjames on January 10, 2008, 15:29:44 ---Update. Car has gone in today.

They have started the work on the brakes, which we were all hoping would be a strip and clean but, No dont be silly! It needs 1 new calliper and new disks and pads at the rear. this now makes the bill about £550  :shock: :shocked: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Good news though. I dont need a new hand brake cable. thats £25 less.   Woopie do in the grand scheme of things. :rolleyes: :roll:

Off to go and cry now! :cry:

--- End quote ---

How's it going  :-k

muddyjames:
Well I picked the rover back up again on Friday and drove it the 1mile journey home. the breaks feel better in 1 way in it feels like it stops using the back wheels as well but also in a bad way, as when I sit there with foot on the brake pedal it slowly sinks to the floor. It never used to do that. Brake fluid is ok (clutch fluid needs topping up though). The pedal is lower down on biting point too than before. So appart from that and £600 lighter it is done.

I will pop back to the garage afterwork tomorrow and ask them to give the brakes another bleed. They may just need bedding in so will take it to work tomorrow too. Must remember to do very gentle braking for thenext 200miles as when I have had disks changed before they have a tendancy to warp really badly.  :roll:

Oh and RRB. I have every reciept I have ever had in the nearly 9 years of me owning the car and a huge long print out from the AA of what they did when they had the car. Only missing info is what my Dad did to it before me and after the AA.  :D

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