AlanM

Thats as good a date to settle on as any other, my social calander is a bit blank for June - and July - and Aug etc ,,, lol

Good one Chris, hope he takes your advice. I will stick with the cat

And I might come a wee run down to Aberdeen

None here either - 20 miles north of Inverness

Either way you have a claim mate. If the machine was faulty its obvious, and if you didn't know what you were doing then they should not have let you in the room

If I were you I would try and arrange a meet with the guy to look at "his" car

Mine was like this last winter when I was waiting to get my eyes done. Turned out to be Optimax which had gone completely off over the 4 month period. I took a lot of convincing that was the prob but it was. Put in a can of octane booster and away she went, bit rough to begion with but a couple of miles and she was fine

Real shame mate, feel for you, hope there were some cameras about

1998 Vectra 1.8 LX

I did it, think that says most people could

As you have to travel anyway Eve, consider CJ or Jurgen

Feel for ya, but you will get sorted out

Good one, delighted for you, you should have popped up for a cuppa when you were so close

Do you have to have a car to be a member of this forum?

Very nice, hope mine are not tooooo long

Thanks Guys Have arranged to get disks checked at Precision Engineering next Thursday so will be able rule them out (or not) then. One small extra bit of info since I was on last, if you brake very firmly, from any speed (well never tried over 80) there is no vibration at all. Could this make it more likely to be suspension/bushes/top mounts?

Thanks mate, think dial guage be the way to go, not a problem in my last job but I will try and source one. Pretty sure it is not dirt, took the disks off and cleaned the mating faces with emery and washed them down, so it is looking more like the disk(s) has warped for some reason.

Only on braking from above 40 ish, feel it through pedal, general through car and to some extent through steering wheel

It all looks good mate, you must be chuffed

Story so far - Upgraded to UK Spec brakes from Mr T ~5000miles ago. Spot on. Brakes have never been used in ernest during that time. About 2 months ago started getting a vibration at front very like warped disks - took wheels and disks off, rudimentary tests showed no sign of warping in either disk. Bit of play in offside bearing and weeping seal at balljoint but no play in ball joint, cleaned mating faces, put them back together. No improvent. Bit the bullet and purchased upper arm and offside wheel bearing and flange, fitted them - no improvement. Bit bullet again and bought nearside bearing and replaced it just now - no improvement So I am back to the warped brake disk theory although as I said, nearly new, look new (ie no sign of being heated), and radimentary tests with a straight edge show no sign of warping. Should I buy one disk (knowing the way my freakin luck is at the mo, it will be the wrong one) and try it on each side to establish if I do indeed have a warped disk? Has anyone warped a brand new meaty disk without knowing about it, I don't drive vigourously the whole time and find it hard to believe that I would not have been aware of it had I braked to that extent? Would I have any come back on Mr T after this time if a disk has warped through manufacturing defect if that is the cause? Any advice welcome on how to establish the cause before spending more money on disks would be welcome?

Nice one. Take it easy to start with mate, get to know her. Had mine nearly 5 years and she still catches me out now and again

I got a few things from Tokyo, never paid duty, always came in baby paper (nice paper it is too with tiny teddies and stuff on it). Usually 4 to 7 days

creamola foam

Ditto

Sorry, Peter Richards organised that, he may be able to give you supplier or he had spares. Look for the simplest things first mate