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You guys crack me up. Changing your oil after a few months to look after the engine life of your cars yet very few of you keep them more than a couple of years. I suppose I am guilty too. I could stick to the service intervals, would only need it done once before trading it in at 3 years. But...

Bit of a shame only keeping the car for a year, just as it starts to get run in and deliver some decent power you give it back and get another slow one.

Anyone thought of having the standard 182 alloys done black? What would that look like?

How on earth did you beat an S2000 and a 350Z anyway? Did they stall!

Id rather see the videos of those legit victories against the 350Z and the S2000 if you go them.

LOL talk about poor reaction times!

Ive seen worse efforts from CS members.

Both w*nk.

I used to get this a lot in my Vectra and my old man had it with his. Never had a problem with my Clio although I have been wearing different clothes lately and I am sure this has something to do with it. The way I got around it was to sit in the car, open the door and grip the top of the door...

What else is it any good for? It aint classy, it dont pull birds, the image doesnt give you status. Its my main transport to and from work, thats its main purpose. Of course a 1.0 Yaris could do a far better job of providing cheap, reliable all year round transport. So the secondary use and...

That exact same reason is why it aint worth (for me at least) getting an M3, V6, VX or any other car which looks fast or has a fast reputation. You are expected to be quicker than other cars so when you are quicker than others cars its a hollow victory.

I never do fast standing starts. Just knackers the tyres, clutch and the rest of the transmission. More importantly it plays on your cars greatest weakness - the FWD system which is not good when you are up against the odd MR2 or WRX. Let everyone else steam away from the lights. 30 to 70 is...

I will make sure I have the money available to buy the CTR so the new Clio will have to do more than compete on price and truly be a better car when performance and reliability are concerned. At £17k it wont be allowed any flaws.

Lookin at that pic of the black one, with some more aggressive bumpers, skirts, 3 doors and larger alloys wheels you could picture quite a nice RS version. Ultimately it will be EVO/Fifth Gear/Top Gear reviews that swing it for me between that and the new CTR.

Yeah plus the oil companies only get a small cut so it aint their fault. As for the taxes on petrol, that money goes to the NHS not to the chancellors personal bank account. You either pay it on petrol or income tax, choice is yours. Id rather it was on petrol because I can avoid that by not...

My mates cousin works for an insurance company and deals with claims. I was speaking to him and mentioned that I was maybe gonna fit a performance panel filter as opposed to an IK because it wouldnt cause trouble with the insurance. He claimed this was not the case and if I had any sense I...

My experiences in previous jobs show that when people try to make conversation like that they are usually up to no good. Once some kids were sat a few metres from my car and asked me where a certain road was when I walked up to my car. I knew that they werent interested in that info and were...

Two 172’s spotted on the Bristol Ring Road. I saw a Silver Mk2 172 this morning with black 16v badges on the side strips but I believe it was a genuine 172 driving around the MOD roundabout in Filton heading across in the Filton direction. A guy at work owns a supercharged Swift and claims...

Not sure it matters what it will be worth in 6 months. Those of you that are selling your <1 year old cars are plonkers. Just buy the car you will want in 12 months time NOW. Dont buy a 182 now and sell it for an Elise in 6 months time. Buy the Elise now or is that too obvious? If you...

6.3 to 60? Eh?

I like the stealth of the thing. Most people in flash cars have no idea what it is and I just love it when I pull their pants down.

They must have been pretty stupid to buy a Clio then suddenly decide six months later that they want a completely different car. You can get a cheap locking cap anywhere. What you really want though is one that matches your car key as opposed to having another key.

Sounds like the previous owner was a dumb ass that left the cap at a garage, bought the wrong type of replacement cap and then couldnt keep up the finance payments or something. Very odd, I wonder how they paid that off as they would have owed loads after 6 months.

It should lock with a key, sounds like they havent given you the right cap. The caps that dont lock are for use with cars that have lockable flap.

Ive had my car for 7 months and the mirror has only whistled on one night at 80mph +. Has never done it since. Weird.

Weird, my mates pre facelift does somehow look more radical. Still Id love an 04 Type R. My mate hates the red seats in the new one.

£17k... so that will be £14.5k from a car supermarket or online retailer. Not too bad, wonder how much the new CTR will cost...at the moment this is likely to be my choice but I will have to read all the road and track tests. This is why certain TV programmes (cough 5th gear cough) should give...

I thought auto lights would be a right useless gimmick but now I reckon they are the best thing since sliced bread. The wipers are completely pointless but I couldnt live without those lights now.

The Cooper S was in Autocars <20k hot hatch track test. For those that didnt read it the Clio won and the Cooper S was no where. If I remember correctly Autocar even commented that the Cooper S seemed a quicker than others they had driven and I got the impression they were hinting that...

By the way, I had an old shape Mini and they aint cheap to run. Fuel consumption on mine was worse than my 182 and the Cooper aint no quicker than a 1.2 16v!! It is basically a 1950s design that has been slightly tweaked so whilst you can get parts cheap you dont half have to buy a lot of...