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I haven't looked closely at the results as yet but seems I had a good lead over the MX5. The closest was the orange MKII Escort with a big engine, he was driving it very well. So many looked really quick, I felt really slow. Still, first time competing in the car, I'll get quicker.

Probably better here than with my introductory message. First Autosolo in the Clio today and took the overall win. A great start to the year in nice wet, slippery conditions. Getting some more practice in the car giving passenger rides in the Autosolo Experience at the Autosport Show next week...

Great thanks for dropping the wheels off today @McGherkin/Callum. I may be able to drive for the full two days without changing wheels now. Sorry you got soaked, hope you don't catch anything. I didn't know I was leading at lunch. Ended up taking FTD and the blue Clio 172 Cup was first in...

First Autosolo in the Clio today and took the overall win. A great start to the year in nice wet, slippery conditions. Getting some more practice in the car giving passenger rides in the Autosolo Experience at the Autosport Show next week, then the first round of the National Championship in...

By all means, but you won't see a lot, it looks very standard, as it is! Eibach springs, uprated engine and gearbox mounts, ITG air filter, front and rear strut braces, deep dish steering wheel, that's about it. Just as it should be as Autosolo is an entry level sport, you don't need a heavily...

I'm driving Thursday and Friday but others will be driving over the weekend - the Autosolo Experience is running every day from Thursday to Sunday inclusive.

I'm giving "Autosolo Experience" passenger rides Thursday and Friday in the National Championship winning black 172. The aim is to introduce more people to low cost motorsport. We're outside the main hall in the (empty) lorry car park, most people will walk past us from the car parks. Passenger...

@Filters the basic safety equipment in your shell should be applicable to many disciplines. But as you say, there's a major difference in spec between racing and rallying, and different categories within each. There's the new Motorsport News rally series, all run at race tracks. The Clio should...

Tell me more about the solenoid - the door open warnng light on my 172 is doing strange things, something is failing. The warning light is now on all the time but the interior lights work fine. I've checked all the obvious stuff but can't find anything wrong. Any leads on what the problem could...

Wow, that would be absolutely fantastic, thank you very much indeed. I've started the tyre planning and will make sure I have room.

@McGherkin just looked up how far Smeatharpe is away from you - stilll 68 miles so not just down the road. The alloys look great, should be the right offset as well. If there's any way I could oolect them before the Autosport Show that would be great. And I'll give you something for them as well.

Sorry @McGherkin , I took that the wrong way - I thought you meant close to the NEC, but you meant close to Ply-Muff :-) I'm at Smeatharpe on 9th Jan doing the first Autosolo of the year, and the first time driving the Clio on an event, a steep learning curve. If it's not far for you and you're...

Pauleds, I guess that was a demo Autosolo, I've never seen an Autosolo course so tight. It was more like an Autotest. Even the "Autosolo Ladder" I drove during Supercar Day at Castle Combe,using half the normal Autosolo area, was far more open. Impressive crowd, they seemed to enjoy your...

Now starts the tale of my newly acquired Clio 172. It will be used primarily for Autosolos, Sprints, Hillclimbs and smooth Targa Rallies. This isn't new to the Clio - the car won the National BTRDA Autosolo Championship in 2015,plus the Cotswold and Welsh Autosolo Autosolo Championships...

Good idea, I haven't checked that. I've only just obtained the car so haven't gone through it all yet,

Yes uninformed. You don't know my background. You didn't see the blades I had, maybe the design is different to those you've fitted many times before. Possibly you break them every time you fit them. Likewise I don't know you so I'm not criticising you. Before questioning somebody's abilities...

Well everybody's entitled to their (uninformed) opinion, but I've been working on competition cars for over 40 years and have never encountered such a poor, over engineered design as on the Bosch wipers. As was proven, having to apply force to the flip up part risks breaking the thin plastic...

I'm even more confused now. With the ignition turned on, all the sensors work fine - I open a door/boot and the light goes on. Shut them and the light goes off, just as they should work. The behaviour I saw earlier - light is on unless I turn on main beam has now gone. I'm now testing in the...

I've just purchased the BTRDA Autosolo Championship winning 172. I was looking at how to improve the 1275 Micra my kids and myself have been sharing for the last two years for Autosolos and this was the most economic route! Inevitably the 172 is way quicker than the 75bhp Micra (134k miles ago)...

I've gone through all the similar threads and will check out the boot lock/hook further, but all seems fine there so far. The interior light goes out when both front doors are closed, so thos sensors must be fine. With the ignition turned on but engine not started, the light is on. When I turn...

We tried various different angles and the Eurocarparts guy ended up breaking the flip up part applying "a little bit of force"! I've NEVER had problems with wiper blades before, seems that Bosch have screwed up the design. No more Bosch wipers for me, the cheapies are working fine.

I bought some AR21U Bosch wipers from Eurocarparts yesterday, but they wouldn't fit. There's a flip up part to expose the plastic part which the hook goes round. However the flip up part interferes with the "S" bend in the wiper arm. The guy from Eurocarparts couldn't work out how t6he blade...