Recent content by Scudetto

jeez, four pages of detailed explanation, and you type 'wot dus blip mean'. g

Face it. ALL cars make it down the food chain. You can't stop that. But you can offset that boy-racer stereotype, by ensuring that you don't drive your Clio like a twonk. g

ditto. Love it, as it adds and extra bit of flair and theatre to the driving. I'm driving a Polo auto at the moment, and I soooo miss blipping, and heal and toe, although i'm knocking the gearbox down a few gears (D 3 2 1) when necessary, and I've sussed at which revs to do this for a seamless...

mate, what was the driving position like please? If you don't mind me asking, how tall are you? I'm 6ft. The reason I got rid of my C172 was because the wonky driving position killed my back. If this has not been fixed on the C197, then there's no way I'd buy one. g

i wouldn't lose too much sleep over it, Mikey. You could argue that the shorter geared cars might be better for track days (if that's your thing). g

i believe that the 5th and 6th gears have been made taller, so in 6th at 75mph you're not bouncing off the rev limiter anymore ;-) i don't have the tech data though. g

cool beans! Ballsie - i was all for the R27, until i heard reno were tweaking the ratios on 5th and 6th gear. Plus, i won't get my butt into gear to get an R27 before they're all snapped up, so i have to defer to the recently formed Plan E. :-) g

still a four-star, I reckon. g

fantastic! and the colour is excellent, too. Really works on the car. g

guys, if not now, but over the course of the next few months, will it be possible to order: - a stock 197 with the revised gear ratios, with... - with the cup handling package as an option, with... - the Recaros as an option if so, I'm liking this combo :-) cheers, g

guys, what is the list price of R27, and what's a reasonable price to pay discount-wise? FYI - my nearest dealer is on the Bath Road in Slough/Cippenham, or Reading. I'm not sure if there's one near Staines or in Maidenhead anymore. cheers, g

you must have hit some diesel/grease/oil in the road. i had my 172 for five 'robust' driving years; the only time it snapped on me was when i hit some diesel on the road. Cars do not just 'snap' on normal roads at speeds relative to the bend. g

197? like i said, i've not been keeping up on my reading, but the extra 5bhp is a pleasant surprise :-) What is the R27? g

Hey, alright? Hope you guys are well. Ok, so I sold my Flamer C172 earlier this year to a lad on here. Since then I've been chilling in a 100k, Polo 1.4 Auto. Yep, it's every bit as dull as it sounds, but after years of fast cars, it's also a curiously liberating experience (costs peanuts to...

No, the test simulates hitting a car of equivalent weight in an offset collision, the most common of all accidents that lead to injury. An offset collision is even more demanding that a 100% head-on, as it concentrates the load on a smaller area. The barrier is deformable not to make test...