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Re your creaking, someone about a month or so ago mentioned they had problems with their exhaust mounts. Apparently they flexed too much and the exhaust had to be replaced. Could that be it, the car would lurch somewhat back and forward under acceleration\decceleration which could cause the exhaust to creak?
Do a search in this forum on exhaust, oh and welcome to the forum btw. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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That was me. At just over 2000rpm in any gear, whether accelerating or decelerating, the downpipe would vibrate, although not really a creak as such. Traced to faulty mountings which were too flexible. This was cured by a replacement (took 5 weeks to get hold of it though!). For your info, my car was one of the first 2005MY 3.2s delivered in July 2004, so is about 18 months old now.