Hello chaps
As some of you may know I recently picked up a lovely 2009 plate white Granturismo S which I have enjoyed for the past week other than the fact snow, ice and rain have severely inhibited the use of it to the extent I'd like!
Today I have picked up my first problem and would be keen to see if anyone has any ideas as to the issue, solution etc.
I dropped my car off for a valet in a multi storey car park as I did a bit of shopping today and jumped into a sparkly clean vehicle straight after. As I exited the car park down the ramp I heard a bit of a grinding sound when I applied the brake and said to the other half I need to check I haven't kerbed it (driver side front) - I was pretty sure I hadn't as I was miles from the kerb but it was that kind of sound. As I drove off I heard a slight flapping sound on the way home, almost as if a twig or branch was stuck in the alloy or something and was making noise in the wind - I thought nothing of it other than to check the wheel when I got home, I did so and sure enough no kerbing, nothing caught in the alloy and nothing dragging underneath the vehicle.
I then got back in the car after getting changed to head to the gym and heard the same slight catching noise, which escalated when I opened up on a dual carriage way - I hit about 70 and heard a bang which I thought was a blown tyre or something at the time! I immediately jumped into the slow lane and slowed to 50ish with the windows open and sport mode off so I could hear what was happening and it sounded as if I was dragging some metal under the car or as if there was something fairly severely grinding on the driver side front tyre.
Truly baffling, there is nothing caught under the car, nothing visibly caught in any of the alloys and no bumper hanging off and dragging (which at one point sounded like it might be).
Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem could be? Anything else I should be checking for? Desperately worried my new car is broken already haha.
As some of you may know I recently picked up a lovely 2009 plate white Granturismo S which I have enjoyed for the past week other than the fact snow, ice and rain have severely inhibited the use of it to the extent I'd like!
Today I have picked up my first problem and would be keen to see if anyone has any ideas as to the issue, solution etc.
I dropped my car off for a valet in a multi storey car park as I did a bit of shopping today and jumped into a sparkly clean vehicle straight after. As I exited the car park down the ramp I heard a bit of a grinding sound when I applied the brake and said to the other half I need to check I haven't kerbed it (driver side front) - I was pretty sure I hadn't as I was miles from the kerb but it was that kind of sound. As I drove off I heard a slight flapping sound on the way home, almost as if a twig or branch was stuck in the alloy or something and was making noise in the wind - I thought nothing of it other than to check the wheel when I got home, I did so and sure enough no kerbing, nothing caught in the alloy and nothing dragging underneath the vehicle.
I then got back in the car after getting changed to head to the gym and heard the same slight catching noise, which escalated when I opened up on a dual carriage way - I hit about 70 and heard a bang which I thought was a blown tyre or something at the time! I immediately jumped into the slow lane and slowed to 50ish with the windows open and sport mode off so I could hear what was happening and it sounded as if I was dragging some metal under the car or as if there was something fairly severely grinding on the driver side front tyre.
Truly baffling, there is nothing caught under the car, nothing visibly caught in any of the alloys and no bumper hanging off and dragging (which at one point sounded like it might be).
Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem could be? Anything else I should be checking for? Desperately worried my new car is broken already haha.