Last issue I introduced my 2006 Vauxhall Meriva 1.6 which only had two notable faults – how it went and how it stopped. Last things first, the quite vicious steering shimmy under braking was due to nothing more sinister than out of true front brake discs, even though they didn’t look that worn.
The ‘go’ bit was nothing to do with the engine’s performance but rather an out-of-sight ticking time bomb