Not at all.
Year y section of the exhaust was blowing which I knew about but it had turned quite serve but if just got that used to it is not really noticed.
Lower passenger control arm was shot and I mean shot, the bush that holds the damper in place had fully deteriorted.
Got to admit after having the work done the cars like a new car. Handles so much better, again I just got used to the handling clearly detiorating over time I didn' realise how bad it had become or how much the arm was effecting it.
Also since have the exhaust welded I can actually hear the sporty tone of the exhaust and the nice rumble you get from the tfsi unit.