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s3 would leave a r26 let alone a 197 or r27. a tuned 180 a3 quattro has left my old 172 and my 197, and you just cant ever pull enough back on the bends
white smoke is usually a sign of a headgasket in my experience. Could you have got water in the air intake? I think personally i'd change air filter and plugs and see what happens
I have no idea how ive done it, but my black 197 is covered in swirl and haze marks, i rinse the car well before washing, use 2 bucket method and microfibres, but my paintwork is gash. Its been super guarded and polished with meguiars 3 step polish. ive not really given it more than a wash in...
they all do it mate, its been discussed on another clio forum. its like a binding noise when the vehicle is coasting in each gear. mines up to 6.5 k and hasnt got any worse or better
its when you only push the button on the door handle once, and then when you come back to the car pull the handle quite quickly, always does it. try it. it wont do it if you push the button twice and deadlock it
i think a few people are missing the point here. handbook for 197 says it requires 5w 40. closest garage to me is the dealer. they dont stock any. the guy at the counter agrees it needs that oil but coughs that they use 10w 40. in my opinion thats wrong. i dont give a toss what the physical...
you should have waited outside....im a fast eater. i dont shop in there so if the 197 is there im pigging out!!!! the cars dead dirty, it wouldnt have made a good pic anyway. I want a holiday:(
went to Gordon Lamb Chesterfield today.
"can i have some oil and oil filter for clio 197 please"
5 minutes pass
"here you go"
"that 15W 40 oil I need 5W 40"
5 mins pass
"here you go"
"thats 10W 40, it runs on 5W 40"
"you'll be lucky"
2 mins pass
"no we dont stock it, do you still want the...
we can all choose to read the magazine that loves our cars, and skip past the ones that slate them. its the buyers that make the decision and im sure at some point all rs models have been some mags favourite