(19-04-2014, 09:07 PM)DeeTurbo Wrote: What niggles have you got with the 3 door HDI?
The main one I've got with mine is the dam brakes.
I'd be here all day listing them tbh. As said though, really anal things irritate me, down to the door handle trims falling off and the parcel shelf rattle. There are bigger issues, brakes have developed a terrible squeal and 'snatch', drivers seat wont lock into place properly so keeps moving under acceleration/braking, strange engine noises that I cant pinpoint, clicking/tapping on right hand bends that isn't driveshaft, clutch is stiff/jerky despite being new as I couldn't change the fork bushes and didn't change the cable as it wasn't that old, and the failing door loom so I have no mirrors and now have an intermittent drivers speaker, the original windscreen which allows no visibility in the sun. Then theres a lot of cosmetic niggles, the crease in the door, the bonnet dents, the peeling black vinyl, the scratch on the rear quarter. Then the noises inside, the sqeaky blower motor, rattly glovebox, rattly parcel shelf, rattles bloody everywhere lol.
Don't get me wrong, mechanically it's a good A to B workhorse, which is what its been used for daily for years and suited Simons needs perfectly. Unfortunately I have to admit it's just not the car for me though. What I'd really like is something silent, light, numb and boring again....would happily swap for another PD130....
Also, not sure if anyone else noticed on the vid, but the oil pressure light, and oil level gauge both fail to illuminate on ignition...any ideas why that might be? I'm sure I plugged both in lol!