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i'll have to join in on a future meet perhaps! ;)

sounds like u dont do many miles in it so i reckon corroded discs is pretty normal. mind u without abs u dont really want to be slamming the brakes on to try and clean them! :o

smeg. ah well, perhaps i can fashion something myself :o lol

apologies for my extreeeeeeeeme lack of knowledge :quiet: i have noticed some clios seem to have body-coloured caps over their fog-lamps? or is that merely a substitute for those cars which do not have fog lamps? just wondering cos they are usually the first thing to break, so if i could...

leak seems likely. i didnt realise my fuel tank was falling to bits until i got under and looked at it... have u noticed a slight odor of petrol around the tank? i'm guessing by the pic that ur car is pretty old, my M reg rover fuel tank disintegrated a couple of years ago and had to be replaced...

just shelled out 700 for mine :eek: have to cancel my diamond policy cos they dont DO cliosports! :dapprove:

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=150633 the cheaper ones wont give as much info, finance etc. but there's a few to choose from

agree, i tried confused, elephant but direct line has managed to bring it below 700! game on! :D always best to shop around a bit!

:approve: sounds mad, but when u hear about them being nicked off ppl's driveways lock stock then u just cant take the chance can u!

cheapest online hpi i've found is a tenner. unless someone here is "in the business" and decides to take u under their wing ;)

most likely mk2 ph2. i've made this mistake myself recently ;) hopefully i've got it figured out now tho and my comment is valid!

some may have multiple contacts which promise better performance, in my experience tho its best to keep it simple. i tried a set which had 4 contacts on each and they ended up being changed out by an AA bloke for some single-contact ngk ones! i tend to stick to champion ;)

i was thinking about this last nite, it sounds like my current bike rack will be no use when i get the clio... back to the drawing board! :banghead:

cos they're a bad driver and their mummy worries! ;)

shame that i prefer the cup styling but i neeeeeeed abs really lol. never mind its still a cute car :D just need to check its history!

i've used mytyres a couple of times but they're not always cheapest, it pays to shop around. by the looks of it if ur getting 4 tyres for the price of 3 then i doubt ur going to get a better deal anywhere else!?

it does slightly worry me still. another reg i put in wasnt even recognised. but maybe they'd had private plates on before? all this would come out in an hpi check wouldnt it? i mean the dealers say they're hpi clear but can i really trust them or should i have it done independently?

it has headlamp washers, not sure about zeons tho. hmm! can u tell from this pic?! lol http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_web/servlet/media?id=331694136

thats what i thought. also its a darker (navy) blue colour which makes me slightly more convinced that its not a cup and the database is wrong. lol. am i right in thinking that CB1 means cup and CB0 means ff172 ? also will the insurance people believe me if i have to tell them its not a cup?!

cups with a/c.... what about cups with abs? i was looking at a 172 on fri which the guy insists has abs, but when i put the reg plate in for an insurance quote it came back saying the car is a cup version. is it possible the dvla have got it wrong? i guess i can check the codes inside the...

thats bloody dangerous! how long have u been driving it in that state?

erm, well i would have said that one with the pointy lights is a mk3 but perhaps i'm wrong and its actually a mk2 ph2, even tho it looks completely different :confused: ? http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_web/servlet/media?id=331694136 i'm never very sure what ppl are on about with all the...

not entirely relevant but i've just been out in a mk2 and then a mk3 172 and i gotta say i much prefer the mk3 it just feels a lot more refined and cohesive, and the steering wheel is not so flimsy!! i like the rubber grippy bits :D

i'm pretty sure they dont, cos i vaguely remember my dads car going thru its mot with it not working!

i think prices generally have slumped at the mo, i'm looking at two ff 172's in the bristol area that are under £7k with <20k on the clock! shame they both have the horrible std "alloys" on :( but they are blue! :cool:

nice one! man i was looking for that article ages ago and couldnt find it... :D however, they only tested a basic clio, not the beefed up ones, which may benefit from an extra few bhp, if one really needed it!?

well u could get bogged down in the specs of it all, but to me its pretty simple. if u dont care about abs & air-con then get a cup. saying that the cup wheels are a million times nicer than the standard ones :barf: its the first thing i will change if i end up with one like that!

great thread :D got a few more useful replies than mine ;) hehe

well i've managed to get 172k out of my rover, still with its original clutch, gbox & engine bits. make of that what u will! ;) i dont really wanna go down the diesel/jap route as i will have a company car foisted on me in a couple of years that will tick all those boxes... in the meantime i...

thanks ppl. i'm kinda hoping that if i buy something thats already done around 40k, the biggest problems will have already been dealt with and then i will only have minor stuff bothering me. i dont generally drive THAT hard so hopefully i would have that in my favour!? i sat in one this...