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It belongs too a friend of mine called liz, she has literally just got it and put it on the road last week.

did anyone else bother too google them? http://www.enigmasecurities.com/about.html

Bought mine for £900 quid the other day, (silver 2002 172 on 131k) MOT untill next october and taxed till april. My steering is shagged! having to replace both track rods and inner rods and that should clear it! but having paid so little for the car i have some spare cash to do a small amount...

Hi i am having what feels like the same problem on my 172, had the wheels off and when moving the hubs i noticed the play seemed to come not from the track rod ends but from further on in. car feels horrific to drive and wanders like hell. just cruising everywhere at 45-50mph at the moment as i...

Paid £900 for my 2002 (51 plate) 172 on saturday :) Standard apart from a longlife exhaust system, 130k but epic amounts of service history and 2 receipts for cambelt changes, drives like new!

I was in the bright yellow MGZR you first tried to overtake in the 30 and then tried to undertake on a busy roadabout! and then you finally (after sitting on my rear bumper for a few miles) managed to overtake me on a blind bend with oncoming traffic! Before you finally topped the dickhead...

Thank you mate :) He said on the diagnostics the only thing flagged up on the car is that the ecu thinks the engine is running @ 136% so the car would probably die out at 5k thinking it was at the limiter perhaps? Matt

Ah i see now thank you :D He said on the diagnostics it was reading the engine speed as 186% if that means anything to anyone? Cheers Matt

Thank you very much :D i will try this in a minute concerning the SERV light. As the the 5k problem he didnt mention any lights on the dash when i asked about it, What is limp mode? Thanks you Matt

First of all a friends 172 doesnt want to rev over 5k.. what could cause this? And second of all, out with the gf yesterday in the 172, pull up for petrol, put £30 in the tank, restart the car and suddenly the SERV light and airbag symbol are lit up on the dash, what does this mean please as...

Cheers for clearing that up foxy :) it is indeed an X reg Ph1 172. Found out it went in with the original wheels but in black and had a BMC enclosed air filter so may well be someone from heres old one?

There is a PH1 172 (in silver) in my local breakers. All there apart from wheels and air filter. Address: Address: P & T Moores The Leasowes Steensbridge Nr. Leominster Tel: 01568 760684.

Mate im driving a mk1 ph3 16v conversion and a saxo VTR at the moment :( the 172 is the gf's! Hopefully be back in a valver soon though :)

OEM FTW! ;) better pics once its had a full pc'ing and detail. Oh and by the way, 432 Monaco blue mk1 valver will ALWAYS look better ;) :P

Where are you from? seen a damaged blue 172 cup local to me and my missus drives a monaco 172 private plate N11 BAT live in knighton / presteigne powys :)