lol.. you lot are funny (in a good way) :grin: sorry Zara, i think i was just already feeling a bit strung out with all the crap that seems to be wrong with the car when i wrote the first post, so i was just already kinda feeling bad about it anyway. I love your car by the way, the FRP is the car i would have if i could afford it :grin: Yippeekiay i think its more dented pride than optimism thats makin me wanna carry on getting it sorted to be honest, since i bought the car in good faith, probably paid well over the odds and then still having to fork out for it, i just don't wanna hear the "i told you so's" from the people around me who told me not to buy a car on a whim, and to think with my head and not my heart. It mightn't be too bad, i think its just frustrating when you're at the mercy of someone else to tell you whats wrong and sort it and you've just gotta go with whatever they tell you because you've absolutely no idea, and then if its still not fixed to move onto the next thing that might cure the problem, hence costing even more. But that's the nature of the wonderful world of motoring i guess.