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I may get one for my Girlfiend later next year, I miss the handling of the 172 on B roads, hopefully it will be screwed together better, but I doubt it.

Why Jas, are you thinking of getting a shiney new 182 for Christmas?

No Cups are black, they are either blue or silver. Black 172s are still around, Look at places like Motorpoint and Trade Sales for cheap prices.

Not sure they are quite that quick but I have loads of figures that show they are around that. This is down to the 236lb of torque and also why not many cars manage to pull away from me if I feel like being a little heavy with the right foot:D

My Golf 150PD is still faster with 30-70 as being 4.6s in 3rd and 5.4 in 4th gear. ;) The 1.8T Golf is faster on that site than the VR6 which seems a little off especially when they have the 1.8Ts 0-60 being 6.6s which is at least 1 second faster than it is in reality. That site seems to be...

Got to agree with you the Golf does not handle anywhere near as good as my 172 used too, however straight line speed there is hardly anything in it. GTi is faster than all the petrol Gtis and very close to the 4motion on pace, book figures of 8.5s are well off. For £13k there isnt much...

Golf GTi is good 135mph Top speed, 0-60 7.3s. 52mpg Seat Ibiza 130 Diesel, 127mph, 0-60 sub 9s 54mpg

Druddle I know how you feel you end up realising that quality and friendliness is an important aspect of a car/dealer. I would vote for the Leon Cupra R

Yeh, Chavyboy was looking at it but dont know what became of the proposal.

Mine was perfect for 9 months no rattles and no problems, it was increadibly fun and with all the toys an excellent bargin. Then the bloody thing turned and tried to kill me by deploying an airbag whilst I was over taking a truck causng the engine to switch off and me to swerve in front of the...

They are georgous and definately my next car, my neighbour had one for a few weeks on test and got to try it against my 172, mid range pull was much better than the Clio and I am sure it would have have easily pulled away after 50 (we wernt looking to race), they even handle very well. They are...

Wasnt there a thread were it was discussed that Belgium 172s were underpowered compared to other 172s from other countries? (though what is underpowered in Renaults world) Warranty should apply but you may only get 1-2 years depending on when it was first registered.

fully synth 5w 40 should be fine

Yep one of mine blew off made for a great water pistol for a while, I pulled the fuse for them both and got a new ball fitted under warranty, problem solved.

Just ring renualt UK and ask for Barry, he is quite helpfull if you can get hold of him, but he is busy as there are lots of problems with Clios. I had the passenger airbag go off on me for no reason while doing 70 on a dual carrageway overtaking a truck, it almost killed me as I lost power...

Golf 150PD.

bambam - i agree the book figure for mine is 8.6s 0-60 however, every review and my own timings have it around 7.5s or less to 60 and circa 18.5s to 100 but i feel a 1.6 clio should easily out accelerate a zetec s.

i am not laughing , but then i have never done 130mph. It must be terrible to have your license taken away. Good luck in the future, at least there was no prison sentence.

Hope the 106 lives up to the 172, if it does you may never be lured back to the 172 Dark Side.:D

8.5s to 60 is not likely book figures are circa 10s and 130mph would likley blow his engine if he somehow managed it as the book figures for that are circa 113mph. They are OK cars but not that fast - 102bhp and 107lb of torque.

my Golf does 47mpg but this should improve as the engine runs in more.

Congratulations now you may have to change your profile to fastest car in your street.

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I had this on my old 172, I changed the oil using a better quality one and it was smooth running from cold and started first time everytime.

CTR are ugly and not very good, (other than their engin) and seem slow compared to similear cars. Get the Leon Cupra R, excellent build quality and very nice looking. I had airbags go off in my old 172 while doing 70mph( it was 9months old), could have killed me so got a better car.

6K was a small free check-up that Renualt did for a while, it still needed its full service at 12k, some dealers are still confused and think it is a 18k mile service interval for a 172, which it isnt. If it is stamped as a full service you should be fine. Unsure of your rights but wouldnt...

Is that a bad thing?

Thinking about it, the 172 has too many toys, and gadgets to be a girls car.

Nope Simon I sold it but wish I could have kept it, but I am but one person. Yeh the 150 does move very rapidly.