Its a shame I couldn't take out the motor then. I managed to get the Elite 507 in the end, for a rather respectful £300 on eBay. Although getting it into my apartment was challenging. Thankfully GB Movers in Windsor were able to help.
I did want to ask though - does anyone know how to turn the beeping down on the machine, its louder than the motor!
Minority - Apologies for hijacking the thread. In my opinion the Elite 507 is really good machine, you would be hard pressed to find another with such good build quality. I did try the Nordictrack treadmill's and found them to be very loud, especially with each foot fall.
Might be worth contacting horizon if it bugs you too much, when I removed the
the motors they mentioned a service menu I may have to go thru but upon reconnecting it all everything worked fine for me so I never contacted them again.