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what a random theft! that sucks. Stolen on the Shabbath too, of all days!

dan, it's only under braking and at slow speeds. My original post wasn't so clear, reading it now. I think it is the pads, and i'll have to get the copper slip on them. Or just ignore it! Thanks. John

I've got 2 litres unopened. Renault used to give me a litre at service. If someone wants to swap them for a few beer tokens let me know.

Checked the CV boots yesterday, they're in good condition. Haven't really got the time to go the garage again this week

^Where from,.. I've just paid £120

Like I said it went in for a service and they gave it the once over, they found my rear springs had snapped (like they do) but that was it... I'll have a look at the CV joint, but I think they'd have noticed that. It's a good little indie garage who serviced it.

i've got new discs and pads on front. Have been on a few months i guess. The front and back have been checked at service last week. I get a repeated ticking noise from o/s when window is open and under braking. Mainly at slow speeds. Not loud enough to really concern, but is bugging. Sounds like...

saloons have been about for years in europe. But that looks like it's on stilts! Cayenne wannabe.

yeah they're budget pocket rockets. Indicated 35/36 mpg all day every day. Fastest, best handling AND cheapest car i've run!

no nasty suprises really. Get ready to buy new front tyres ever 10k i reckon, and obviously replace stuff that falls off.

cheers for the comments chaps. I thought you weren't really supposed to grease wheel bolts. Maybe a dab of copper slip, just so they won't seize.

Just out of interest, what's the ratio of cups to ff's being written off. Just makes me wonder,.. Seem to see a lot of cups in trouble. Can people not cadence brake?

Your car's only designed to run on 98 RON max (correct me if I'm wrong), so a higher than 98 ron fuel wouldn't add any power, and like I said you would need to use a higher ron for a few tanks before seeing any change (again correct me if I'm wrong). Furthermore I think you lose more bhp via...

^Yeah,.. If it's at the wheels, it's prob about right. 112.45KW = 150.8 bhp, so there's no problem there mate. Try it on V-Power after a few tankfulls, would be interesting to see the difference, if any.

thanks everyone. For the links and the pics. I pm'd a few people and i think dave aka mini-valver will be sorting me out for some beer tokens. Luke how's the body roll, improved? Gotta love the black!

See your point. It's crap anyway, I uninstalled it after about an hour.

£1k fackin' 'ell!

Is he up my way? I'll PM him now. I'm just ordering the springs, £129 delivered is alright. Thanks for the speedy replies.

Can anyone help me, I need a set of new springs. My mechanic told me today that my rear springs have snapped, as we all know that's a common occurence. I've fitted new springs and shocks to my last BMW, but no longer have the patience or many of the tools to do it again. So I'm going to...

Def. sounds like a cv just starting it's to go. I've got an itermittent clicking when breaking, esp. in stop start traffic jams. Told the mechanic at service and he had a look, found nothing wrong and couldn't hear it himself. Anyone got any ideas?

I just paid £93 for my 172, minor service at 85k. Indie Reno Garages ROCK!

no it's push email. It 'pushes' the mail from the server instantly to your phone. Nokia's version, doesn't work for me tho. I used to have mail2web workin quite well on my old windows mobile phone.

didn't seem to work at all on my n95. Sync runs, but doesn't push any email! If anyone gets it working let me know.

Anyone tried this? I just installed it. Not sure how well it works yet... http://email.nokia.com/account/home.action

Sky gave me 4 months of basic sky tv and internet for free. to evaluate freesat. So I sold my sky box for £30 on eBay and bought the humax hd box. Plugged the new box into my old dish and bob's your uncle! Even comes with a free HDMI. Still use the sky internet and will cancel my...

Mine's got a little light. THAT'S IT!

Probably is you know... Could be a nice mod

I've cancelled my Sky subscription and jumped over to FREESAT. I bought a HUMAX FOXSAT for £149 from Argos. BBC HD is immense, 1080i and DD 5.1. All the SD stations are received/upscaled to 576i, which is massively better than I've had from Sky. ITV HD isn't as good as the Beebs, they seem to...

Wish mine had it too. Bloody love cruise when you're on the M'way with 200 boring miles ahead. Can it be retro fitted with a new steering wheel and stuff? Probably more hassle than it's worth.

Wish my recently painted 172 wheels looked as good as your efforts, nice little guide!