hey guys, thanks for all the advice, car went on the brink again today, so i pulled up outside my house and got to it, unscrewed the bolts to fold back the carpet and checked the driver side earthig point to the car body, was ok so then checked the passenger side an AHA!!! the screw was loose that attatches to the body, tightened it up, pressed the brake and wopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! nothing quite like a satisfactory bit of DIY. cheers