Hi guys
I drove the 120 the other day for the first time and loved it. But, on driving it from a cold start it had a winey rubbing sound on acceleration. The sound went within a few miles though. I said to the garage that it needed sorting along with a couple of other bits before I took ownership of it.
Just wondered if this is a chareturistic (dorry cant spell either) of the car or if you had an idea of possible fault, just so I can be armed when I find out if they have sorted or not.
Cheers
Gary
Oh it's a 2005 lc5 with 30000 miles on clock
I drove the 120 the other day for the first time and loved it. But, on driving it from a cold start it had a winey rubbing sound on acceleration. The sound went within a few miles though. I said to the garage that it needed sorting along with a couple of other bits before I took ownership of it.
Just wondered if this is a chareturistic (dorry cant spell either) of the car or if you had an idea of possible fault, just so I can be armed when I find out if they have sorted or not.
Cheers
Gary
Oh it's a 2005 lc5 with 30000 miles on clock
. Where did you find that one? There are only one or two issues with LCs, 1 in the engine is the most important and if you do a quick search on engine woes you'll soon find it. A very easy remedy now with a change of sealing washer on the injectors and you'll be OK. With that low mileage, your car may just be creaking and moaning a bit from lack of use. I bought one a while back that was more or less idle for a year and it had a few silly things: the door switches were sticking 'off' as they were pressed in for so long and the wipers were a bit knackered from sitting unused and so on. Check all your disks and brakes as at about 6k miles/yr that LC hasn't exactly done much! Check the height control system in all settings and the centre diff lock. Check the height control in it's highest and lowest settings and drive it in each of these settings and above a certain speed it will revert to normal 'mid' setting automatically. There are a few reported gremlins withthe height control system in teh rear but these seems to be few and far bteween. Mine was a used and abused LC when I got it and I had no issues at all really, which is a testament to the general simple but sound build quality and design. I've a few bits for sale if you search the For Sale section that will suit your LC5, in particular the current sat nav DVDs. 
(if your system is the MkI version that is. It changed about '05-'06 somewhere to a MkII. If on startup your text is beige type colour it MkI and green is MkII). Good luck with it and enjoy. 
