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The RCZ is a super car and my comments were not meant to give a negative impression of the car, far from it. As I wrote in my first post, "I am still grinning from ear to ear". I don't think the comments about the RCZ on this Forum are meant to be negative, it's just members giving others the benefit of their experiences and in my case they are helping me to get my problem sorted. I did quite a bit of research on the RCZ before buying and most of my search results were very positive. For example, when you have Auto Express Car Magazine giving it their "best used coupé" award for 2015 speaks volumes (see link: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars/ ... sed-coupes).
In an earlier post RCZ1 wrote that "The early diesels had the 18inch alloys"; may be if you have not actually bought your car yet you could look for an HDi with 18inch alloys. I certainly was looking for an RCZ with 18inch alloys specifically because of the relatively softer ride they give when compared to the 19inch alloys. I wasn't aware that the 235/40/19's are a very specialist tyre size as renegade79 has pointed out.
The latest word from my Dealer is that the new shocks did not arrive so it will be next week before I get my new baby back.
 

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renegade79 said:
because the HDI is a heavy beast of an engine you won't get much more than 12k miles out of the front tyres.

I'm on 25k at the moment still on original tyres, just had a health check on mine and peugeot quoted that my rear tyres are amber as they have 4.0mm left, the fronts are green as they have 4.5mm left.
Not bad for 2.5 years of ownership from new.
No serious issues with diesel engine or car except for collapsed jacking point, now jacking on the front structural boxes inboard of the front jacking points, which also lifts the rear wheel off the ground.


Here is a picture of someone using that same technique



Just be sure to place axle stands on the inner structural box and rear jacking point for safety.
 
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Finally, got my RCZ back yesterday from the dealer and the speed wobble appears to be sorted.

The dealer wrote "We replaced both front shocks, carried out wheel alignment, that’s all we did, car drives perfect so I’m at the conclusion that the RH front shock absorber must have been causing the issue."

So far so good and now I'm now looking forward to enjoying my new motor
 

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Glad you got it sorted.

Now to enjoy your car.

Don't forget to keep us updated, with how your enjoying it.
 
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Out for an early morning spin in the winter sunshine and dropped in at the local Driving Range :D

 

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Don't get your tyres too close to those flags or you might get a hole in one :eusa-whistle:
 

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Don't get your tyres too close to those flags or you might get a hole in one :eusa-whistle:
*Groan*
 
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