[KenL]

Quote: Originally Posted by ScottyG

Spoke to me dealer today and he too suggested it might be Min's balls knocking around! Gave me a simple test to find out if it is: take out the parcel shelf and perform usual routine, if you can still hear thudding then it aint the shelf. Simple ey!

I did this and could still hear thudding, so Min's going in next week for a check. That and the whistling noise coming from the windscreen area, oh and the other general rattles and knocks!

I'm not convinced those balls do anything, certainly not enough to make the knocks you guys are hearing.

BTW I took a test drive today in a Cooper (standard sports suspension) and I'm sure I heard it knock when I slowed down

My wife doesn't hear these noises and I'm trying to train myself not to hear them also. I tell myself that the car is absolutely brilliant so forget it.

Scotty - try lowering your rear seats as well. If the noise is different then the rear seat catches may need adjusted also.

Good luck but most of all enjoy your car