Take 2!

So, the car went into the garage on Thursday the 7th to have the radiator replaced.

Finally, on Friday the 22nd, just over two weeks later, after many phone calls, getting stressed, getting angry and probably annoying quite a few people, I could go and pick her up again.

There was some kind of electrical fault somewhere that was causing the door locks to go a bit crazy and the windows not work right. There was also a fault with the brake switch (that I wouldnt find out about until Tuesday the 26th) and there was something that kept setting the tyre pressure sensor off.
The garage that I bought her from that I hold my warrnty with doesn't have an auto electrician, which when all your faults are electrical, doesnt really help.

Long story short, got her back and have had the following new parts;
Window regs
Central locking
Wiring look in the a pillar
Radiator
Window switches
Door locking switch

And it all works wonderfully now which is great.

Over that weekend, the front grills were changed and they look spot on, I'm really pleased with them.
We also changed the side light bulbs so they now match the colour/shade of the headlights.

We also found out that a previous owner appears to have fitted some kind o HID kit as the ballasts are attached to the insides of the wings, one not too well so we tightened it up and made sure it was secure. the o/s headlight had a couple of occasions on which it wouldnt come on first time so there may be some kind of funny connection there but appears to be working fine now.
its on the list of things to look at when given the chance, maybe resecuring the ballasts somewhere where they are hidden or replacing them completely.

She had a good ride out on the motorway too and we were getting a reasonable 36mpg travelling around 70 on the motorway so, looking good for our trip to Belgium in two weeks!

Tuesday comes round and I'm drving to work and the EPC light comes on again and I notice that the relay for the brake lights isn't clicking, looks like they stopped working, so that was fun.
Got to work and called the garage as well as doing a bit of research online before hand and it sounds like a brake light switch, they order one in, I nipped down on my lunch, 20 mins and about £40 of their money/my warranty later and we have brake lights again.

So all good so far.

Also forked out for 12 months road tax too this week.

Its been a week of many presents for Lilu!