It will have a bit of give but if it looks and feels degraded and a new 1 is reasonable money then there's no reason not to replace it

My mate was complaining about his Renault 11 being noisy when moving off in first (years ago) so i opened the bonnet and told him to get the bite, the ermine was hitting the chassis leg

56 350 2.2 130ps mk7 with 2 side doors
65 290 2.2 125ps custom with 2 side doors
07 350 170ps
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