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Hi all, Wonder if you can help me. I have a 2000 Clio 172, originally a UK car which I imported to Ireland in October 2008. I presented it this week at our equivalent of the MOT, the NCT and some regulation was changed since I was last there where they check the chassis number but no longer...

That's a fairly sweaty nutsack yer man had.

Lesson? You buy the seller as well as the car. I've bought quite a few cars from England which have required both a leap of faith from myself as well as the seller and to be honest if I thought they were the sort of person who would sell something out from under me I wouldn't travel, simple as...

To be honest, I've only ever got the arse of my 172 out when provoked, and I've had a 106GTi and a 205 1.9, both of which were twitchier, not to mention tired. On the road, even under heavy trailbraking or abrupt lifting off the 172 won't go and even on track, unless you hack at the wheel...

I spent three months trying to track down a good one both in the UK and Ireland and eventually struck gold on Pistonheads. Mine was originally W673 TBK. It was sold by now defunct Liningtons in Portsmouth and I'm pretty sure it had a lady owner who had the car from late 2000 to early 2006 and...

If I took my own cross-section here in Ireland I know of seven Ph1 172s. Three are UK imports, one came from the north and was written off, three are Irish cars. Whether or not those were part of the 1359 RHD UK ones initially I don't know but I suspect so. Even with the amount that were...

We know that around 1359 were sold before the facelift. Obviously a fair few have met the crusher by now. Anyone care to guess how many are still running around the UK - or has anybody got access to the DVLA database and knows for sure?

I've had a little bracket break on my alternator and this caused the belt to shear off the pullet. Before I go and torment my local breakers, is the 172 (Ph1) alternator the same as any other mainstream Renaults? Output is 14V, Valeo Nos A13VI259 2542354A, Renault no 7700 436671.

Hi all, Ph1 172. I have a power-steering issue at low turning speeds. It sounds as if the alternator belt is slipping at anything approaching dry-steering. The fluid level is good and there's no problems at normal speed. I had the belts done at KTEC recently but I suspect that it could be a...

Howdy. Have posted a few bits on here before but never really introduced myself. I'm Klaus, live in the west of Ireland and own a Ph1 172. Bit of a long-term petrolhead really, have owned everything from a Cinq Sporting to a Lancia Thema Turbo via an E30 318iS and still have a Mk2 16v Golf, but...

I'd get them to buy the car. At the end of the day it'll be crash repaired, something I definitely wouldn't like, no matter what freebies they threw my way. I always, always, always take a photo of the odometer and trip clock when dropping off a car, even with a mechanic I've used for years and...

I had the wheelside jubilee clip come off and all the grease shat out. I've got a boot and grease kit from Renault and I'm wondering what's the best way to go about fixing this. Do I remove the entire driveshaft and give the CV joint a good clean before repacking it with grease and applying the...