Took the car into the garage yesterday as I was getting a horrible 'thwup-thwup-thwup' noise from the rear under cornering, which I'd have sworn was a flat tire if it wasn't fully inflated. Next thought, therefore, was suspension.

So, dropped the car off ...

Steeled myself for a hefty bill to put it right ...

...

It's my new exhaust tapping against the rear bumper under cornering, because I haven't swapped out the original Ford rubber hanger bits.

Well, that was a cheaper fix than expected. New stronger ones on the way from Pumaspeed to be fitted in the New Year.

Did find out, however, that my front subframe is not in good nick though, so going to have to have that replaced before the car is MOT'd next. Going to pop it back to the garage for subframe swap & all-new brakes at the same time, might as well. Looks like it'll be a refurb/breakers job though as my local Ford garage want £747 for a new front subframe!

When that's done, time to go and get the IMRC looked at (or maybe sticky flaps? Who knows?), then I can start getting all the little scratches on the body fixed up.

I'll make this car shine one way or another!