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Or just Mexican parts :rasp: :rasp: Then again, they can't be any worse than the French parts!

Timing belt? That another name for the cam belt? Renault quoted me about £400 to change mine, much cheaper than you've been quoted. Didn't go to Renault in the end.

Will be selling mine soon!!!

All phase 1 and phase 2 172s had an alloy spare.

All phase 1 and phase 2 172s had an alloy spare.

As has been said the clio Williams. There is also the clio 197 and a dymaniminger (whatever it's called) S. The 140ps one!

Would look a little fishy if a 19 year old just happened to crash his 'mum's' (probably modified) clio 172 and needed to claim. Especially if his mum has a car of her own as well.

You're not going to do to the ph1 172 you're planning to buy, what you did to that 1.2 are you? Oh and don't go under your mum's name, it's called insurance 'fronting', you're as good as uninsured if you need to make a claim.

Hehe, I got that figure (3,500) from this month's EVO mag. I imagine Renault would know the exact number better than them!

Apparently Renault have sold 3,500 of them! But to this day, the only one I've ever seen in the metal was the one I took for a test drive.

Would be nice if they did!

V6, was a ph2 and blue. Spotted you in Sheldon (think it's Sheldon) Birmingham. Today at about 4pm. The Willy, on the A449 Penn Road, was following you for a bit in my ph1 (was at about 5pm today). Your car looked low. Think it had an aftermarket exhaust too, can't be sure though. Was a M...

Does that mean you undid the four bolts and moved the black plate forward (towards front of car) in the direction shown with by my dodgy red arrow? Because my ph1 was making the exact same noise your car did in your 0-60 video. This cured it. In your picture, that mount deffo needs...

Could be the crank sensor.

Agreed. Could hear them banging away. Mine used to do just that :dapprove: Can be fixed in 2 mins though :D And for free!

I've got a similar problem too. It's a definate knocking as opposed to a squeek though. I've described the noise in this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=179279. I'm clueless as to what's causing it :S

It won't be a belt bearing if it's from the rear of the car, and if it stops whilst turning.

It's been fine. My problem is that open areas of snow encourage me to be daft :dapprove: Brake pedal goes bonkers when trying to brake. Don't have ESP but it didn't understeer unless I did it on purpose. Also had fun trying to reverse up my uphill driveway, took a couple of (ok, 4 or 5)...

I think it's just the belt that's changed. Got a quote from Renault for about a grand to get the belt and tensioners changed. :S

SilverVision bulbs - Only mod I've done! Although some Silverstars arrived in the post today, so the SilverVisions' position as best mod is under threat. :clown: :clown: I'm too poor to afford proper mods. :dapprove:

You paid £6.5k for a ph1 172 last June?? You got robbed! Paid £6k for mine, but that was nearly 2 and a half years ago. I'm selling it soon, God knows how much/little I'll get for it :S

;) Mine's standard so not very low at all. On the plus side, speed bumps only ruin my suspension and not the underside of my car as well.

Runs a little lumpy when very cold, but quickly stops.

Thought it was normal? The clutches are really heavy. You just get used to it. When I drive other cars I feel like i'm stamping the clutch through the car floor as it's so light :S

Spending £££ on engine mods for a 1.4l fiesta :dead:

Can you use Silverstar bulbs (HB3 9005) in a ph1 172? They'll work won't they? :o THESE Thank you.

I'm with Admiral. Add your mother as a named driver on your policy and the premium drops by hundreds.

It's not the exhaust, I've tried shaking it and the noise isn't as 'tinny' as the noise the exhaust makes when I banged it about. So it isn't the exhaust. I've tried jacking the car up and using pieces of wood to lever the front and back wheels up and down - not a sound, so I don't think it's...

*bump* Noise is getting worse it seems. Any more ideas? :(