Hi there, am new to forum and new owner of V reg Marea 16v 1.6 auto ELX.
car is lovely and bought it in Leeds last week hubby collected yesterday and brought it back to London.
When we test drove it we noticed the suspension was knocking. Have managed to buy 2 new suspensions from road and rally in chesterfield on way down from Leeds. was fairly cheap £45 each. apparently it is £50 for fitting in Chesterfield. nayone know of a good garage within 25 miles of East London 9i.e essex, kent, london, hertfordshire or surrey who may quote a similar price to fit?
Also on the way the doug noticed the following, when it got dark the milegage gauge bulb did not light up, a warning light that should only work on a diesel (according to thte manual, but we have a petrol car) intermittently flashed, the lights that tell you which automatic gear does not come on and then the airbag light came on and stayed on.
I am hoping it is not the airbags failing and would think it was this if the other dashboard lights were behaving themselves. Methinks there is an electrical fault afoot and hope it is something fairly asy and cheap to fix, as I am disabled, on benefits and have just spent every penny buying and insuring this car.
i love the rive of this car though. It is really lovely. Does about £35 for petrol from Leeds, through chesterfield and onto London sound reasonable. was approximately 217 miles.
The car other than this is in decent cndition. The dealer had a new exhasust out on but it is still blowing and needs readjusting. however, I cannot take it back to the garage in Leeds where it was fitted. Perhaps could be done when i get the suspension done.
I would be grateful for any help with this matter. My hubby can just about drive a car, but has NO mechanical know how at all. It will be down to me to get it sorted.
The name's Kizzy by the way so feel free to call me that 
