AU Shopping

[TwistedEL]

Hi Folks

I went and test drove an AU Fairmont today and was wondering a few things - could someone please point me in the right direction?

I popped the hood - and it didn't have a timing belt cover. Should there be one? This guy reckons he always gets it serviced by Ford so strange that they would forget to put it back on...

Also under the hood the spark leads don't all route the same way - the front 3 route over the inlet manifold while the back 3 route the way it does on the EL's - under the manifold from the back... looks ugly, but is this the norm?

It has dust covers underneath the alloy wheels - does this effect the heat of the breaks at all?

Finally it has a very noticable wobble in the rear under low acceleration or braking. I noticed a couple of shudders at the front through the steering wheel also... Brake pads / rotors or possibly something more sinister?

I've told him I'll get back to him because if I need to spend a bit of money on it I'll take it into consideration when it comes to negotiating a price.

All in all though I"m impressed it's my first time driving an AU and it drives very nicely. I'm intent on buying one now. Your thoughts would be appreciated.