MOT time!

And this year's expensive item is... a new clutch (well, clutch plates and release bearing)! To be fair I'd been expecting this for a while now - when visiting Craig last year he noticed that there was the start of a worn clutch sound from under the bonnet. The garage didn't mention it at all at last year's service but it's been steadily getting louder, so this year I asked them to take a look at it and they reckon it's a worn release bearing. And of course that's a £10 part that takes an entire day to get at.

Aside from that (and a leaking driveshaft seal which'll be replaced at the same time) the MiTo sailed through its MOT. And despite the wear and noise the clutch itself seems fine - I've not noticed it slipping or binding, which is good going considering that it's probably original and if so will have done over 90k miles!