Some years ago I had a Longlife stainless silencer fiited to the car, which is still perfect. As I live near Oxford I thought I'd take the car into their newly opened local franchise at Weston-on the Green. I was initially going to ask for a quote to de-cat the car, but they said they could do the job there and then and quoted a very reasonable price too
, so I let them get on with it. The job took an hour or so, and I now have a slightly throaty sounding C5....which definitely seems to go slightly better than it did before, in fact it pulls like a train. Guess I must have gained a few more horses-the fact that the engine is remapped probably helps too!The next job was to change the headlamp bulbs in preparation for the imminent MOT. One had failed and it's such a PITA I always replace all four lot at the same time. In the past I've struggled and sworn trying to do the job in situ, but now I did the sensible thing and took the front bumper off. This enables the headlamp units to be unbolted and removed-changing the bulbs then is a doddle. I use the Osram Silverstars which give a useful amount of extra light and have a decent lifespan. these had been in 3 years.
All I have to do now is book the MOT and keep my fingers crossed.
