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Good advice given - enjoy the car, look after it and save your pennies for a nicer car. Nothing wrong with wanting to make your car individual as we've all been your age and done it and realised years later that's it's a waste of money/effort lol!

Standard bought brought joke. Bloody belts on these cars are a menace. Put the 150 towards a second hand engine. Very bad luck

Was the S4 driver impressed with ST when you spoke to him?

That looks proper old skool - love it

Re the private plate, car is a 54 and they had an 04 or 02 in what I wanted. I figured that if I got an 04 then it would look like an 04 plate, whereas this model hadn't come out on an 02 plate so anyone who knows these cars would know it's not an 02 plate. Daft logic, but that's me! Thanks for...

I haven't done a side by side comparison as apart from the obvious that I can't drive both at the same time, I wouldn't trust someone else with either in a dual! The fiesta is definitely quicker at higher speeds and much easier to drive quicker too (it has the mp215) because of the torque and...

Lol you really wouldn't want to see my breasts aka moobs. Both completely different. Fiesta feels much more precise and firm and torque just flings it down the road. Gearbox is super slick in the fiesta too. That said, I love the Clio, which is still like new as now on 21k miles. Clio...

It's a 54 plate on a private plate - cheers

10 years apart but still love everything about the 182

I have the new st mp215 and it's a belter of a car. Handling is so sharp and my mpg is reading 44 which is great considering the crappy slow commute I do. But I absolutely love getting in my 182, it just feels so special. Maybe because it's fast approaching ten years old, but in those ten years...

Mine has the mountune kit on although I just potter in mine and it comfortably returns 42mpg. The only time I reacted to a car tailing me (on a private road) and decided it to give it some beans was a couple of months ago against a golf gti mk6 and there was literally naff all in it. If I'm...

Enjoyed reading that, brightened up an otherwise dull Monday commute. That carbon dipping is amazing. Shame to sell although I'm sure someone will bite your hand off!

Lol at the oven gloves comment

Love these, great choice

Was out on my road bike and saw it coming a mile off, looked almost fluorescent, even with shades on. Small plate on front from memory. Lovely looking motor. Glad I have one lol

Mine whooshes on every change, sounds so good. Think mountune slightly amplifies it with the airbox. Do you miss the presence of the golf? I was going to get a mk7 gti before I got this and opted for this because of the reviews etc. as much as I love this I keep seeing mk6/7 GTIs and still...

Splitter does definitely make a difference - looks great. Try not using the turbo - the mpg rockets up. Actually don't, it's seriously boring! I do a ten mile round trip commute at the minute and been driving sensibly and the range is heading for 415 miles which is brilliant given that it's on...

10 years this year the 182. I fear too much regret if I were to sell, so it stays.

Definitely leave standard, lovely original looking example you have there. Enjoy it

Much much nicer than the Uno IMO, don't care how rare the Uno is. Seriously nice looking car you have there, love it!

Good read that! Nice little motor you got there. Have a soft spot for Vauxhalls. Passed my test over 20 years ago (yikes!) and used to drive at the time my dads 2.0i cavalier and nothing kept with the that thing, so bet yours shifts when you keep traction!

Can't get on with the looks of the Uno where as always loved 5 turbos. Weirdly saw an uno the other day and it was just as ugly as I remember! 5 all day for me

I have this catback exhaust and it is great, however the pipes are not quite even at the back as one comes out slightly more than the other and it bugs me!

To run along side the Beemer?

I'm doing a fairly short commute in mine but have been driving this tank mega sensibly and changing up before the turbo and the mpg has, as expected, massively improved. Heading for 400 miles on the tank, which considering none of that is on carriageways, is impressive. Usual tank is 330ish...

Yes if it's completely melted the paint then it will need the area polishing and evening out to get rid of it. I've had it where it's marked the paint and it's come off easily with cleaner wax/SRP so it's worth trying something less harsh in the first instance from my experience.

Bird s**t doesn't always etch and often stains so I'd personally go down the least abrasive route first rather than removing paint unnecessarily, however I agree that scratchX is good. My car is used as target practice by the bloody birds as the neighbours put food out all the time and I've yet...

I'd try something like autoglym super resin polish which you can get anywhere and is very mildly/non-abrasive. Give the panel a good going over with that and it should certainly look better. Perhaps even get a clay bar kit and clay it first. Will make a world of difference

Mate had one and gearbox was always a problem and eventually blew up leaving him carless due to the repair costs of the damage. Car never kept up with anything either, really not a fan if these at all. Hope yours is a goodun

Bought a 106 as a stop gap after my ax gt (a long time ago) had to go, and where I got the 106 from had a few brand new phase 1 172s in and I just loved the look of them. Did some research and decided wanted one but couldn't afford one. A year later I bought a new VTS and regretted it so chopped...