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The cups the true drivers car. By far nothing wrong with a normal 197 though, cant go wrong either way IMO

GDI stickers on the carbon fibre bonnet and rear side windows, very distinctive. Going up whitmore way

With any hot hatch there'll always be an appeal to chavvy boy racers. Now they're getting cheaper i guess they are a little more in reach of people after cheap performance but thats always gonna be the case, look at the 5 turbo?

Why is it i pointed my misses onto the site saying that its a socialble site to talk about her car, and all she gets is a bunch of people saying she must post pictures? Well done for making her feel completely unwelcome lads, another spitting example of the invitingly friendly society that is...

Currently got a Passat 2.0 tdi sport (170bhp) as a courtesy car and in some ways i prefere its performance to my 197. The engine is so flexible and its just pulls off the line like nothing else, when the boost kicks in just lights up the front tyres haha :P Theres nothing faster than a hire...

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Lmao how many times have i spilt oil on my engine when toppin it up, it pools in my spark plug recesses by now :P

On the right car...

insurance-2100 tax-220 service-120* mot-0 tyres-350* fuel-3600 average 300 per month estimated loss in value- 5000* car wash-250* *Estimates, only had the car a month :P

U can tighten it with a bolt and undoing the tensioner, its easy. My previous mk2 squeaked too, turned out to be the alt. bearing. possible consideration

How did u come to stripping down the front? Nice start, the 1.6 is a great comprimise between power and cost

A question of taste, or lack of

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Only problem i have with these cars (if a little stereotypical of me) is that everyone who drives them thinks they're the stig. The zetec syndrome lol...

Nice to see more people on here with non RS's

Thats a cracking motor, will be watching for progress on that, gd luck

Go over that again lol :S I thought you just washed the car then stuck the high def wax on lol, have i been doing something wrong?

whats so wrong with the 172 box? 197's 6 speed is hard work around town...

Open the resevoir cap and put a latex glove over hole then screw the cap back on. Vacuum stop it leaking out the lines :P

Let me know how this works out for u mate, im looking at goin down the same route myself...

Sounds dangerous, get it looked at mate

I'd say yes they'll fit...

I'd just stick with K&N you cant go wrong that way

350z +1

needs lowering lol, nice colour though

You'll be fine with that mate.

'you will find that you will get a metallic ringing which sounds like a baffle gone on your exhaust - this is not the case - it is simply the harmonics of the engine, you will hear the same noise on the car if you run it without the exhaust system on at all.' Apparently from that site its...

NGK Iridiums are good, quite cheap too... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-CLIO-2-Phase-2-1-2-NGK-Iridium-Spark-Plugs-x4_W0QQitemZ220310616434QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item220310616434&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Usually bends a few valves, and maybe damages a piston.

Wiggling the wires under the seat is a trick to make the SERV and Airbag light go out. You tried sticking and OBD reader on it?