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I ran my 172 Cup on whatever 15s I could find, from memory I had some from a Clio 16v, a 1.6 Dynamique, and a set of random TSW 6-spokes that I bought for a paltry sum on here. Unless you're worried about looks just do that...from the driving seat you'll be highly unlikely to be able to...

They do/did, it is standard fitment. I bought my 172 Cup new in November 2003 and it came from the factory with exactly what's pictured above.

I always understood it to be needing 1.6mm across 75% of the width of the tyre and visible pattern only on the remaining 25%. Are you really saying that the outer edges (12.5% on each side) can be warn completely smooth and they'd still be legal.

Not just a pretty face, can wield a spanner too it seems ;)

How often are these dust seals meant to be replaced?

Well, plenty of others ran comparisons with last year, same car, same rollers, and saw the same figures. Reality with mine is it was owned by OAPs for its first 2.5 years and 18k miles so it never really got run in until I got hold of it. And it genuinely does feel much keener...Charlie...

Two curves; 12 months ago and this weekend. Good fuel, a few trackdays, and an extra 22k miles seem to have run it in nicely compared to when I bought it on 18k miles.

I'd not consider that one because of 'breaks', because of '212 bhp', and because of two owners in 23k miles - how much would either of those have cared about the long term health of things like the clutch etc? Of course, if you only intend on keeping it for a short time yourself it doesn't...

Argh. Knew there was something else that was life and death important to being accepted on here. It's so important, I couldn't remember it LOL

If you want to fit in on here you need Recaros, cup suspension and projector lights as a minimum, probably best seek out some silver visions too. if however you don't care what anyone else thinks, buy whatever comes along at the right price and just drive the f***ing thing. They're sublime...

Tyres are the limiting factor in your performance; what use is upgraded suspension if your tyres don't allow you to exploit it? Best tyres on standard suspension will out perform crap tyres on upgraded suspension.

Well, I'll be back there every year for a RR run while I own it and that's likely to be for at least another 3 or 4 years, so I should end up with a nice chart showing year on year gains as the miles pile on. One day it might even make the claimed 200 LOL

Great, thanks.

Yup, from the exhaust right down to the paper air filter. The figure today wasn't a surprise...i thought it would be around 190 or so. Compared to how it felt when I first got it in Dec 2011 yes...it's noticeably keener.

A whole 12 weeks? Consider yourself lucky...when I ordered mine new in early June, it was delivered to me on 28th November...

Lower curve was from a year ago, 19k miles having been driven mostly by the original OAP owners (so likely never seen over 3k rpm) and no doubt on standard 95 fuel. Upper curve is from today...I've spent the last year putting 22k more miles on it (a daily 50 mile beasting on deserted country A...

What did/didn't you do?

Today I found out you can gain 11bhp just by driving your car. True story.

Had my 200 on the rollers today, no issues at all and parked it up fine afterwards. An hour or so later when I come to leave, the ABS warning light along with the ESP light are illuminated and I get two dashboard messages telling me I have errors with both systems. ESP button was non-responsive...

Thanks Jon, nicely run day as always. Good to see faces old and new. Very happy with how my 200 has come on since last year!

Tea/coffee is laid on FOC by Charlie. Last time there was hot food as well...although that's not always been the case. Probably best to plan to get something to eat yourself, but drinks will be covered.

They can, just not for the flawed PS3.

They don't rotate...so long as you can get the required pressure on them (and have undone the filler cap on your brake fluid reservoir) they'll push straight back into the caliper body. Of more concern is getting the pins out...have you ever changed front pads on your 197 before?

OMFG, how did I miss this! FLOL

Gearbox tips? Don't rush it. I try to be as smooth as possible with mine, 'feeling' my way gently into each gear. Has been fine so far (42k miles) And works daily without complaint or concern. Having said that I don't doubt for one second that if I attacked it and went for 1/4 mile type rapid...

The issue I see with multiple owners is none of them generally giving a f*** about the long term health prospects of the car. Taking the 50k mile example with 1 versus 10 owners...would people not see more value in the one owner model? The owner who's likely driven it with a degree of sympathy...

Isn't the average fuel in the USA something like 92 RON? Sod putting that in my 200.

I've used one on both road and track for the last 5 years or so. Can't fault it. Easily transferable from car to car. Gives good hip restraint on track, and excellent posture on road. I got mine originally when I had a back problem but since then have used it every single day as it's so...

I had something similar to this when the wind ripped my driver's door out of my hand...was catching on the wing just like you describe... http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?636399-Argh!-My-200-f*****-by-the-wind! I ended up at a bodyshop a friend has used for years - the owner has...

LOL, finally created the perfect in every way car...to sell it. House > car.