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Costs me £3.50 a month extra to use Optimax over 95 RON. If you cant afford £3.50 a month then to be honest you shouldnt be running a car full stop because you obviously wont able to afford to replace brake pads, tyres and bulbs as often as soon as they need to be replaced.

Get on a clear A road and start coasting along at 40. Then reset ur average consumption and see what it starts reading.

No I havent been in the Horseshoe (if we are thinking of the same one) for about 18 months so it couldnt have been me. I live in East Bristol (Kingswood/Oldland) area so not far from Downend and we usually drink in and around that area. Ive never seen another 182 out on the road around my area...

Parkers guide prices are nonsense for a start. At least in Bristol anyway. I dont think the Mk1 172 is/will be a classic to be honest. No one will ever buy them for classic value. Most buyers will be those looking for a quick car on a really low budget. A bit like the Chavs you see buying the...

So am I the only person here that finds their rear wheels (on a 182) get dirtier than the fronts?

You didnt want to adjust the steering wheel height?

Why is there a sticker inside my fuel filler flap saying 98 ron recommended? Given that no French fuel companies sell a 98 ron fuel in the UK I find it hard to believe that Renault would do this purely for the benefit of Shell!

From what I can tell the mileage left figure is a fair bit out. My car said I had 70 miles left but when I brimmed it to overflowing it was only 38 litres according to the pump. So that leaves 12 litres which is just over two and a half gallons and I was doing 38mpg at the time so really I had...

U got drums on the rear? But that doesnt have anything to do with it because my last car had discs alround but the rears were always ten times cleaner.

Pity you cant get them teflon coated or something.

Ive had a fair few cars and many of them have had discs all round but this Clio is the first car I have ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts?!?!?!?! Why is that? I am really gentle on brakes. Not sure if all the dirt is brake dust and there is always a load of grit and...

As an example, lets say the 182 does 35mpg average. I find mine does better than that and I drive in mostly urban conditions so if anything I am over estimating the amount of fuel used. So taking 35mpg and the price difference between Shell 95 RON and Shell Optimax calculate how much more...

Blimey yet another person being sh*t on by their insurance company. We pay thousands to these people and yet when you ask them to do something they just do sod all. Seems to me the best thing to do in future when someone pulls out is to brake in a straightline and hit them.

Personally given your circumstances I would either go for a new Vectra diesel as these are very quick and frugal for the engine size and what they cost. Or get a year old 3.2 GSI. Can get them for £13k at a year old and with 15k on a clock. As quick as a 182 in a straight line but a lot larger...

So the comprehensive insurance on your car didnt have anything on the certificate saying you could drive someone elses car with their permission? That is unusual? Are you young or something?

Get yourself a 182 and buy some cheap crappy old Cavalier for a few hundred notes for towing.

Getting 36mpg out of mine after a week of commuting in the heavy autumn/winter traffic. Took mine to 6500rpm a few times during the run in period. Got the car with 125 miles on the clock so figured it had already been shafted...

I never had to insure any of the courtesy cars I had?!

Mine was only £8k. I can remember that it seemed really fast when I got it after having been driving things like 1000cc Minis etc. In fact I remember putting my foot down going up a hill and grinning from ear to ear! I almost feel embarrassed about that now! Had one as a courtesy car...

I just sent you something that you will find interesting!

Its alright I just had to install photoshop so that I could downsize them without getting jaggies. I thought we had to upload them or something, didnt know it was a simply email. Ive sent it off now! Pity the pics have to be so small. Have to admit Clios look far better in real life than...

I got pics of mine but couldnt work out how to submit them?

I would write a letter to Texaco for sure. Tell them everything and threaten to go to the press unless they compensate you for the damage.

If an insurance company did that to me I would ring them up and ask them on what grounds has it increased my premium. I would then tell them that they either reduce my premium or I will go elsewhere and I would carry out the threat if need be. Now you could have gone for the old whiplash trick...

They cant by law make a person redundant and then replace them with someone else. They either sack you or they make the post redundent and replace you with no one.

I used to be a trolley boy at Asda and the hottest cars were always parked in the disabled bays! It seemed as though Golf GTIs came with an Orange badge as standard? Most of the people in those cars appeared to be disabled by nothing more than old age. You would often see a bloke in his 80s...

The 182 Cup packs are not purely aesthetic? Ok the spoilers are complete BS I know that, I had them cos it will make the car easier to sell on afterwards. The suspension is genuine tho.

I had current consumption on my Vectra but it was pretty much useless so I left it on average all the time. It would read 999 when going down a hill and 10 when going up hill so never really told me anything useful.

No shame in only being able to afford a scooter. I have more respect for someone who saved up and paid for their scooter than I have for someone who is driving a 182 that mummy and daddy helped them pay for and/or insure.

Look I didnt ask the original question! Whats more the question "are we Chavs?" is being asked on a website dedicated to cars and in particular "Clio Discussion". This conversation is not taking place in Off Topic in case you all hadnt noticed! :) So I assume from the context that the...