The dealer has diagnosed the irritating rattle in my drive train as coming from the catalytic converters; apparently the monolith has begun to collapse. He has strongly advised that I fit new ones, they have some experience of bits of the monolith being drawn back up the exhaust and ingested by the engine with catastrophic failure results. The cost is GBP512.53 + tax (17.5% here in the UK) for each of the two cats plus one hour labour. He's giving me 10% on the parts and 20% on the labour. Total bill should be about GBP1,100 + tax, equivalent of US$1,800 at the moment. The work is scheduled for Tuesday next, along with new rear discs and pads (a further GBP200). I have no idea how I am going to pay for all of this...

Mileage is 106k.

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JJ Rodger
2013 G350 Bluetec
1999 SL 500
1993 E300 diesel T
1990 190