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How long before someone posts about their discovery of an internal handle for pulling the boot closed without getting filthy hands/marking the paintwork?

It was indeed. Any chance Major Jim will arrange another or is he too busy writing and/or racing these days?

I remember you taking me around the Bovingdon tank facility in this Bavarian beast. Memorable.

Exactly. Was expecting much worse from them that day but they did all that could reasonably be asked of them.

In the wet? Fine unless you accelerate hard while cornering fairly hard through an inch of standing water... They coped really well with those conditions on that day. I'd not hesitate to go back there again on another set knowing the rain would likely be exactly the same. How well do R888s...

Finally got out with an accurate digital tread depth gauge today and my AD08s have 3.0mm front and 2.5mm rear. This is after 11,000 miles. I only expected 6-8k miles out of a set when I originally bought them, but it looks like I'll see at least 13k. Incredible considering how they feel, grip...

OMFG

Here's how my 200 has got on over the last month or so. Taking it easy in the bad weather saw a good 2-3 mpg extra until I got bored and started driving it properly again. Average of 34.1 mpg over its entire life with me so far, 22,741 miles. I'm happy with that.

Ooh, sorry to hear this Nick, hope there's leniency when the case is finally heard.

I'd agree. I got only £2k for my 53 reg 172 Cup in March last year, condition similar to yours (only without a crease in the floor), a few more miles but with full specialist service history showing fluid services every 6k miles from new. if I still had it and was selling it now I'd consider...

Ouch. Doesn't look like you did put it in reverse as the snow patterns left suggest the wheels were rotating as it moved toward the wall...

Variety and diversity, of both cars and members (and their careers/expertise/characters) is why I'd hang around regardless of what car I own. I'm sure I could get info. on M3 ownership from a BMW forum, but I'd have to register first, introduce myself blah blah blah. On here, Sir_Dave is pretty...

Right-o, my mistake.

Really? 1.6 Zetec Focus...dull? Loved mine, would happily pound around the Southdowns in it all day long.

Nope. 172 Cups are the models the don't have them...yours should have one as far as I'm aware. Lack of valve will explain the issue your having. Find a 172 Cup owner that's been convinced they need one by a clueless MOT tester and buy it from them!?

If anything they gain more power with age. I had mine on the same RR annually, and year on year (with each 20k miles added), it never once failed to improve it's power curve.

Is it not that the majority of owners on here are more likely older/more mature than would be on those other forums. Clios are falling into the hands of yoofs lately, but the mass of members on here have owned from way back when cost of ownership and/or insurance meant that teens couldn't get...

I'd far sooner have a 120k mile 172 that's been enthusiast owned and serviced by a specialist, than a 60k mile one, that's been owned by 50 yr old Doris and serviced lovingly within the Renault dealership network. Mileage is nothing to be concerned about...the life it's had, and the owners that...

Now I've never bled my brakes myself, but, why do you need to take the brake line off the caliper? don't you bleed it through a bleed nipple?

I bought a simple bluetooth OBD plug from eBay (£15 delivered) and downloaded the £2.99 Android app 'Torque' (http://torque-bhp.com/). Seems to let me do everything you're after.

EBC Redstuff were the last pads I fitted to my 172 Cup before I sold it (having run DS2500, Pagid Blue, PF97, and Carbone Lorraine in the past). I apologised to the buyer that he'd need to get them changed ASAP as on track, they were monumentally useless. Felt really compressible, made a...

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As above, 15" rubber of almost any variety is dirt cheap compared to 16". Handling? A bit more movement on the 15s due to deeper sidewalls (which I and many others prefer), but beyond that, there's not much between them.

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Agree with the butchered comment. Looks great if you're not remotely into driving.

No idea at all, to me, they've never been about outright acceleration.

That's because the ABS unit has taken control and is rhythmically pulsing the brakes on and off...what you feel through the pedal is exactly that.

Welcome to your ABS working as it should.

No way...... Actually, I'm not surprised LOL

Trackdays. As said, a remap is next to worthless for what it will give you.