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Hi Thought I'd post here a saga for those who come after. I drove over a pothole around 20 months ago north of London. On the way back home on the M1 I noticed a judder around 50mph whilst accelerating. Really bad. Got home. Took it to the garage (not Fraud dealer. Someone who knows about cars and a personal friend). He found a slightly worn offside drive shaft (but "not too bad") nothing more. Check the mounts OK. Checked the anti roll OK. He then suspects the tyres. Back ones were rather worn so these were changed. No improvement. Swapping the back to the front and re balancing everything more than once and still nothing. Now changed the offside drive shaft. It turned out to be bad inside, ready to fail, but still the judder. Tried a Fraud fix for this by loosening the holding nuts and re tightening after starting the car a few times. No joy there either. Next try was the Dual mass flywheel. This was around 1 to 2 two teeth loose. In desperation (no promise for the mechanic) this was changed along with the clutch. Still no joy. At this point my friend was going somewhat mental. So was my bank balance! We then went down to T4 on the beach in Weston. On the way back I noticed "no judder". It just disappeared. So we were all happy. Even drove down to Italy and back 2,500 miles. Still no problem. One month later it was back just as bad. Now the nearside half shaft was slightly loose. Changed and now its totally totally gone!!! Only took one year to fix. I am so glad I didnt go to the dealer. All this would have cost a fortune. Hope this helps someone