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Thanks for that John. Actually it was naking a fair amount of noise but I only heard it over the engine noise when travelling beside concrete barriers along the road, which I assume bounced the noise back.

I've only done maybe 2000km in this car since buying it so maybe the problem was there before hand and the previous owner knowing it was developing into a problem tried to off load it (sucker me...and so much for the PPI if this turns out to be the problem!!) This is noty a good start to P-car ownership. Feeling pretty low and ripped off at the moment.

The mechanic is giving me a call in a few hours to confirm his opinion on the matter.

Thanks for your reply, at least one person bothered.

Cheers
Mark