Hi, I am in Shirley. Haven't seen any XR2's round here for ages. I reckon the problem may be as simple as some new shocks and springs. I had the top mounts off the other day and put loads of grease in there but it still creaks like mad. The probem only occured when steering but now it creaks when i hit a bump, especially those down good old Bills Lane and Tamworth Lane . The car is totally original and still had the original P6000 tyres on when i bought it from a chap in Essex, it even still had the plastic on the seats! So i suppose 18 years aint bad its first set of shocks and springs and it was just sat in storage for 15 years so that might have played a part in the problem.