We ended up thankfully with three passes 🙂

However on the way to the testing station, little Mia began exhibiting a rather unfortunate scraping sound. The assumption being that the rear wheel bearing had given up…

So, we arranged for Mia to make a visit to a local garage to have both wheel bearings replaced (we had already bought them some months ago as they were in need of replacing) and while it there the new stick suspension installing – that way the car is better placed for taking Olly into school (currently too low and won’t go over the speed humps in the car park) as well as being in a strong place to take us to Goodwood Festival of Speed in about a mo the time.

The suspension is now sorted but they were unable to get the wheel bearings out as they could not get the wheel hub off without causing damage that would not be repairable 🙁

However, what they did establish was that the rear nearside wheel was not fastened on fully and hence IT was the source of the noise. How it didn’t fall off is a miracle in honesty and a lesson for Dad to check all maintenance items following their “completion”

We have also taken out and AA policy to protect us against any issues should we decide to take Mia to Goodwood…