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+1 for a yearly service. It may sound like overkill, but I renew the engine oil in my Cup every 6 months (4000 miles ish)!

Is that 2 years no claims with no claims or accidents since passing your test? £1200 sounds ludicrous.

Absolutely! Plus it's only two nuts to remove the fuel rail guard. As long as you have a deep socket (10mm I think....) or an extension bar, it'll be easy. And remember to remove the guard carefully if the nuts have been left loose inside.

A bargain at £700! And it wouldn't take a lot to return it to standard either.

I think 205 was the original width of tyre fitted to all corners on 182 models. Whether the difference is tyre diameter is causing the warning lights to appear, I'm not sure. Hopefully one of the experts will be able to clear this up!

Today I gave the interior a good clean :) On Christmas Eve I changed the oil & filter and gave the exterior a thorough wash

Your mate should count himself lucky that it wasn't an oak tree!

What's the reading on the dipstick? It should take more than 150ml of oil to go from Min to Max on the dipstick, never mind 'bone dry' to Max!

Agreed. Gives the car a good presence!

Re: Road/Track 172 Tremendous project - will be keeping an eye on this! :)

Dunno if ECP are doing 30% off service parts still, but I saved about £17 on an oil change kit (5L of Valvoline, Bosch filter, sump washer). You'll also need an 8mm square sump plug tool if you haven't got one already

Worse still is when people slowly change down a gear whilst going around a tight corner. The car is unsettled and there's a hand off the steering wheel too!

Whoever left that bolt out and stripped the threads shouldn't be allowed near a garage. Unbelievable...

I'll get some pictures tomorrow :)

I got my Turinis refurbed recently, and the guy who quoted me said that the colour was called 'glitter silver'. I'm not sure whether that's the OEM name for paint or not, but it perfectly matches the original colour on the centre caps :)

I vote silver for the wheels!

Agreed on the steering wheel, and the pedals are in the wrong place if you're tall. But in the end the faults are all part of the character!

+ 1 for the Skoda splitter. It needs a bit of trimming in order to fit precisely, but it's well worth it when you consider the cost saving!

Seconded. Try to source a more suitable exhaust if possible!

Looks tremendous :) Just out of curiosity, where's the Cup spoiler?

All the Fords of the last decade or so have been superb at de-misting their windows it seems

I know! It was a b**ch to fit the inner anti roll bar bushes too - I hope they won't need replacing in a hurry :(

I've a Powerflexed dogbone mount, inner and outer anti roll bar bushes. Looks like I've wasted my money too!

Did a search on this forum, and it's mentioned in this thread: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?184927-Another-one-to-polish-!&highlight=ML53+OWW

Welcome! :)

Hi guys! I've recently moved to Leamington Spa and will definitely come along to future meets :) In the meantime I'll look out for you all on the roads!

First spot was a Trophy in the car park of Jaguar Land Rover's Whitley Engineering Centre in Coventry this morning, and the second was a 172 Cup heading away from JLR Gaydon at around 14:00.

Mondial Blue or Iceberg Silver? I'm pretty sure it wasn't me, judging by the description ;)

For £2300 you could get better IMHO

Beautiful example!