Cheers Phil, its nice to know im not the only one with this problem, like the creaking is fine now i know its nothing serious, but this is really annoying me because i really think its something serious as the car is just so sluggish and i just dont enjoy driving it right now. I think im worrying abit more becasue of the high mileage that it has done. To be honest im only toying with getting a Civic im not 100% i want one because i know i wont be able to get one in anywhere near as good condition as my EP, its just Starlets are getting a little bit too common for my liking. My bro used to have a EG Civic like what i want and that recently failed a MOT quite miserabley where as my EP flies through every year with not one adviosry. I think im gonna fit the next stage of mods that i have sitting in my bedroom and see if that makes me keep the faith, which to be honest i think its going to. And i might book it in somewhere to get a free Autofitness check just to see if there is any major issues. And then get some sort of engine checks done on it. Liam