Recent content by MIKE3

TCS on Wakefield road. His garage doesn't look much but we've used him for years and he is a decent bloke.

No cup packs I'm afraid. I was shocked that he has put it on so cheap as I thought he would put it on at nearer £4000 and expect to get knocked down. I think I got a bargain too with the car I bought so it's all a bit strange.

I got rid because I never really got on with the car, although it did everything you want a car to do really, it was fast practical and reliable it wasn't really me. And I'm having a mid life crisis so bought a soft top!

Well that's the odd thing, I kept getting offered between £1800 and £2200 part ex but given the price of the car I bought he has given me £2800. Condition is very good, there is one scratch on the door pillar and a bit of a mark on the front bumper but they're both small marks really. The wheels...

Just to let people know as I have now sold my clio that it is here on Autotrader (at a dealers who I have no connection with.) As I won't be on the forum much I thought I'd let people know it's a straight car, cambelt, aux belt dephaser pulley done in February '11 by Renault specialist in...

I've used Hawleys for years but mainly for tyres, they are always very professional.

I did mine a few weeks ago, I'm positive it's T50 torx.

Yes I'm sure the sensors are the same, it's just the lead length that's different.

My engine light seems to come on when the car is idling just about 30 seconds after turning it on. Wouldn't it smell if the cat was knackered?

My engine light came on a couple of weeks ago, but the car drove ok. Now I knew the exhaust was blowing a bit from the join between the cat and the silencer. When my mate put the reader on the fault came back as '266 O2 sensor signal before cat intermittant fault' (as well as 301 &309 both brake...

I had new discs and pads fitted on the back of my 182 (not a cup) and have noticed that after a journey, the surface rust caused by rain or washing hasn't even rubbed off. Is this normal? The car stops OK, the handbrake works OK. I have looked on here for info about a brake distribution thingy...

I agree standard polo gti's are dog slow. My old lupo gti was quicker, and it was quicker than a mk4 golf gti. Aaaah the lupo the last of the proper gti's.

My guess would be an alternator fault. Although it's not the same car, the exact same symptoms happened to my lupo gti. It turned out to be the connector to the alternator not the alternator itself.

I'm positive some-one else on here was looking at the first car a couple of weeks ago?

Any recommendations for one of these as I've had them before on other cars and reception has been a bit crap?