KateinHalifax

Thanks for this help guys. Now. anyone know where I can get a fast track degree in automachanics ;)

Thanks so much for that, I feel a little better now. I should have given the age of my car, sorry, it's a '96 (P). I've just been out in the car and it's not done the same thing, it started fine and drove fine (still with the little metalic clunks of course) but it didn't start to wobble the gearbox until I'd done about 7 miles. Is this wierd? Kate

Hello I've had my mk1 GS300 Sport for 2 years now and I wouldn't consider swapping it for the world, I absolutely love it :o) BUT, a couple of months ago it started to clunk very slightly when I went over pot holes or grates in the road, then over a further couple of weeks it got louder and louder until one day it got really bad so I pulled over to the side of the road and called the AA. When they came the nice man jacked the car up at the front end and had a good look around everything, he said he couldn't see anything wrong but the ball joints COULD be slightly warn on the passenger side. On the stregnth of his exam, I put my car into a very well reccomended garage, he came back and said that the front caliper was slightly sticking but that was all, he freed the caliper and fitted new pads (the disks were fine), he charged me for the pads (£18) and £15 for labour - nice man :o) The prblem went away for a couple of days but then started to come back slowly until I was back to square one. I went out in the car yesterday and after about 20 mins driving the gearstick began to shudder and the whole car seemed to behave as if it was going over a cobbled road. I turned round, came home and now I am wondering what to do. Anyone got any ideas please, the garages don't seem to know whet to look for, all they can suggest is that they start to change out various parts until the problem is cured starting with a caliper, ball joints, control arms etc etc, the list is long and VERY expensive. Thanks Kate