Looks like the thread was in vain
I opted for the one that Entwisi posted purely because it is 2 minutes walk from where I live. Went down this morning and booked it in for a transmission fluid change on Wednesday morning.
On the M65 near Nelson this afternoon, the car decided it didn't want to wait until Wednesday and hitched a ride on a RAC Recovery truck with what looks like a dead gearbox and ultimateley if thats the case, the end of the cars life
Thanks for the suggestions anyway, and a big thanks to mthead and accymel for baling me out by getting my daughter back from school in Brierfield.
I may now start a new thread on the availablity of tandem bikes
