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Thats cos the 172 is not Tax'd.... The DVLA sent me a log book about 4 months ago... fine....
Went to the post office about a week ago to tax it as it was MOT's etc....
WEll the barcode and number they use to tax it was smeared.... I didn't notice...
I have to pay the DVLA £25.... as they...
The 1 your on about, does it have a GDI sticker on and back?
If so it live up the road from me, very nice car, he let me borrow it whilst mine was getting fixed...
You can always use double sided spongy sticky tape...
I dont know the technical term for it... but it comes with most new speakers... to ensure an exact fit...
Jaffa, is a top bloke,
Loves his car shows, attends every major event and is normal on a stand.
His 5 is utter mint, even tho modded is not my thing.
Fair play to the bloke for having a go and for keeping a 5 on the road... If you actually take the time to look around the car you will notice...
TBH i would rather buy a Cat C than a Cat D....
Cat C has to be checked by VOSA to go back on the road... Cat D dont!
TBH it also comes to down to the garage doing the repairs, and the insurance bloke who class's it a cat C or D.
If the shell is Bent, or had a servere knock it should be Cat...
Yeh the huys did a good paint match, all the panels line up lovely.
The main bloke at the garage offered me £3,500 grand for it today, said he drove it and loved it....
I turned him down tho, I aint going to sell it anytime soon...
Kinda wish i painted all the black crap whilst it was at the...
Its getting Done it Sittingbourne, dont really trust any of the Ashford Garages, plus most of them didnt have a jig, didnt want to touch it unless it was an insurance company paying for it.
Remember though they already do 3 stages of the 1.5 engine...
68hp
86hp
106hp
That Nissan engine cant really take much more power over 130hp.... Renault want to keep warrenty's etc...
Would you get into a car with a newbie driver? Remember the first time you got behind the wheel..... Course i have Dual controls.
So tempted to fit some into the 172!
Yeh piper are pretty poor quality exhaust's.... well some of the early types are, i know the guy from there when i popped out to lunch with him same the box's had a been known to split alot.... but he mentioned that they were looking at new supplier and Welding equipment and it will be alot...
Right here is a quick pic of My car in the oven, its nearly finished guys, I really cant wait!!
Here is an example of what the garage are doing next...
Although this is going to be a Reshell job!