Very lucky! Well with my ongoing saga a Honda engineer came down to Adelaide and we went for a drive and he noted the grinding noise from the left front. Suggested the dealer replace all the bearings in the gearbox but a month later and a week in the workshop the entire gearbox was replaced.

Guess what, the grinding noise is still there, exactley the same as before and to make matters worse when reversing the whine from the gearbox is horrifically loud and the noise stops and starts as you reverse (like a flat spot on a tyre). I have had several people already ask what the noise is when reversing, it's that fu**ing loud!

So after around 17 visits and nearly 6 weeks total the car has been at the dealership we still have problems, all in well under 2yrs.

Yes before you say, i am looking for a new car now as i have had it but it won't be another fu**ing piece of shit Honda!