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Hah, genius :D You're not the first to do that and you won't be the last. Oil could just be from a previous leak I guess, or did it look fresh? @craigyt Nice gul there

I'll put money on it being the turbo return oil seal, they always go on these. Not a lot of money mind, because at this age they tend to piss it out from the cam seals, the bottom of the dipstick, the filler cap if the seal's gone, even the bloody sump gasket likes a good weep :D

The red is such a b**ch of a colour to bring back, good effort :up:

Volans all the way. Pegs just don't work that well on the P1 cars IMO. Personally I was always partial to the Comets, bloody lovely wheels. Happy days :)

If it's noise you want then polybush the engine stabiliser top mount. Basically makes a much more direct connection between the engine and the firewall - downside is a bit of vibration, upside is the most amazing 5-pot growl/yowl. I have a really old sound file somewhere of my old T5, it really...

Very nice, any decent 850 and Phase 1 V70/S70 T5-engined cars seem to be getting very rare and values are on the up. Which is a bugger, as I'd really like to own one again :)

Sounds likely, my money would be on caliper, if the bearing is that far gone that the wheel will hardly move it would usually be howling like an absolute banshee. My missus once complained to me that her old Clio Billabong was making a funny noise, took it out for a test drive and it was fine...

CV joint, driveshaft or wheel bearing would all be candidates, best jack it up and rotate each wheel in turn, see if you can work out which wheel and feel for play etc - or just sling it at a garage ;)

Wow, retreads for rally and drift use? Bit random, wonder what the base carcass is. If it varies then there could be a fair bit of inconsistency between tyres I'd have thought. Would be interesting to see some feedback on them though.

Good news! Clean bill of health on the MoT, two minor advisories (one missing bolt on the cat fixing and slight play in one of the lower swivel ball joints in the front suspension) both of which I'm having fixed. Luckily you can now get the lower swivel joint separately from the hub so I don't...

Sounds like you're describing understeer, the front end washes out wide under cornering? Is there any pattern to when it happens, is it particular corners or is it random? Understeer is usually a lack of front end grip which is odd since you have crap tyres on the back and decent ones on the...

Thanks, it was, and now it isn't any more :D The roads are minging at the moment..... Cheers :) I've decided to use it a bit more actually, I'm going to make sure it gets used at least one day a week even if that means commuting in it, I think that's better for cars than leaving them sat in...

It's free from captivity! Gratuitous picture, because freeeeeeeeeeeee

Time to bring the Clio out of hibernation, MoT, oil service and a pre-trackday season check over by my mechanic is looming. Got some mates lined up to hold the garage door up for me, this could be fun - in a "this will be no fun at all" kinda way......

Great spec, and looks the mutts too :)

Easy, just go into the recent calls list, press the info button for the number you want to block, then scroll down and select Block this caller.

Cheers :) I think I might like it a little bit too much! Bloody garage door fell off it's runners just now, caught it on my back and shoulders before it hit the car. I must be f**king mental! It's heavy. Never seen the point of Siri before, but when you're desperately trying to hold up a...

Yes, it'll be fine. All the changes will be made at the exchange and/or in the kerbside box that serves your property. In the simplest terms when you download information the modem converts the analogue signal on your phone line to digital data that the computer can read, and does the reverse...

Not much been going on really. Used the Clio as a daily last week because the wife's Pug failed it's MoT on a couple of minor bits, but they also found a crack in the oil feed to the turbo which could have been fatal to the engine if it blew so that needed fixing immediately. Common fault on...

Been using it as a daily this week (which was entertaining, Cup tyres in -8C) so it was plastered with road mung. Gave it a damn good wash, used some Dragon's Breath wheel cleaner to get rid of baked-on brake dust that normal wheel cleaners wouldn't shift. Awesome stuff. Other than that...

They're quite rare - combination of plenty of actual racing going on and noise restrictions from the NIMBYs who moved close to a very active race track..........

I had F1 assys on the back of my 182 when I started tracking it, couldn't do more than three or four laps before they started to melt. Made the back end feel very loose and unpredictable, the whole car would squirm around on the brakes. Great road tyres but my experience was that they were too...

Powerline all the way if you don't want to use Wi-Fi. Got four of the things now and they're great. I went with the Solwise ones and never had a problem. Get them from Amazon and if for whatever reason they don't play ball with your wiring you can just send them back within 14 days no questions...

It's staying :) I'm going to run it for another year and then probably look to change at the end of 2017/2018 to something very lightweight and track focused, probably one of the seven clones but maybe even something like a Zenos. I really want to get properly to grips with the Clio first and...

Slightly lowered yeah, just Eibach springs, only a small drop.

Used to have a hell of a retro-computer collection, not consoles so much but had a ton of 8-bit stuff, all the platforms. Got rid of it all when I realised I never actually used it, these days I use emulators for my occasional retro kick but I can't deny there is nothing quite like having the...

I'd just get a dedicated wireless access point, you're paying for stuff you don't need with the Belkin and as welshname says you'll need to configure it to run as an access point - should be possible but depends on the firmware, some Belkin kit is very restricted as to what you can do but that's...

Looks like the AC1000 is a modem and router combined, it's not really designed to share an existing connection and TBH it's complete overkill if all you want to do is extend an existing network from an existing HH5. You might be able to configure it to do the job but you could probably do it...

I've got the 8J ones on mine, very happy with the way they sit in the arches personally, but it's just a personal choice :)

I'll check mine and see what size they are, they do sit really, really nicely.