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First off...huge thanks to James for sending me the DVD of this - this is filmed from his seriously rapid nicely driven VTS following me pushing an Ultima along. I know they're ultimately quicker than a 172 Cup, and I don't profess to have a faster car than an Ultima. But, it doesn't...

Had pretty serious fade at Bedford, and it seems I'm now asking for more than DS2500's have to give. Can anyone say which are "better"? Dust isn't an issue as my wheels are black anyway and I hardly ever clean my car...I just need to know that when I step on the middle pedal they're gonna...

Bedford GT circuit on Monday, me against a flame spitting Focus RS... I was very, very surprised... Clicky

I'm fed up of all the arguments about who's year/spec/engine is fastest? I'm bored...and I've made assumptions, so if anyone that was there can correct me where I've gone wrong, please do... At the rolling road day at Janspeed recently, there were 30 odd cars that turned up, roughly 5 of...

Had my K-tec Stealth fitted for a week now, and I still can't stop smiling :D . I've never had anything approaching a sports/aftermarket exhaust before, so my Cup's spent most of the last week between 5-8k rpm with windows down so I can enjoy it. Can't see how I'll ever tire of it...what...

Finally got round to doing this, only the, ahem, pit lane was damp, so traction through to 3rd was tricky. I reckon I hit 60 (63ish on the clock) in 7.1 on both runs, but got to 100 in 17.5 then 17.0. Run1 Run2

...are there on Cliosport? 100? 200? 300? Anyone else?

Got a bad back, knocked a bottom rib, never had back pain before, this really ******* hurts! I'd give anything for lumbar support - haven't driven my car for 3 days :(

He was hard work but I got him back on the brakes in the end - he had fairly good lines, but held me back through the section I spun out on earlier in the day - timed at about 1:40:5 - 111S - 14mb No other cars in this one, but it was my best flying lap timed at 1:37:6 - best lap - 13mb - no...

Umm...great day at Goodwood today, dry, sunny, freeeeeeezing...and I just forgot that I don't weigh 500kgs and sit 50mm from the tarmac like Caterham's do... 9mb - 30sec clip - right click, "Save As..."

The day started out really nice, with a good chance of the sun drying the track out, then mid-morning the rain came :( After lunch most of the standing water had gone but it was still greasy since the whole track was resurfaced about 4 weeks ago. Had a couple of good runs this afternoon, but...

Ahhh, the joys of trackdays...with a little frustration thrown in at the end for good measure. It's nice to see a Trophy in its natural habitat... 4 min clip here - 20mb Who said Trophy's were the fastest Clios... ;)

Had a frustrating day today...the driving standard wasn't much cop, and I kept ending up being no. 11 in the queue, when 10 is the circuit maximum so a lot of time was wasted sat watching everyone go by :( Finally managed to hook up and run with/against Nik in his Trophy in the last...

I drive pretty smoothly most of the time, the traffic doesn't allow anything else. But on each journey, I make sure it goes through the gears properly at least once. I've always run my Cup on Optimax since new, and normally by now would have 37-38 showing on my mpg avg. After 2/3 of its...

Never had this before...I've always changed insurer every year as they always seem to take the piss when it comes renewal time and normally there's a £50 increase or something like that. I'm with NU Direct...last year, fully comp was £389...this year...£339. Can't work out why...

2x Continental SportContacts from Gareth - £40 total (as good as new) 1x Continental SportContact from lawrence - £35 (brand new) 1x Continental SportContact from Fred - £25 (almost new, certainly not been fried by Yozza) = 4x Continental Sportcontact tyres, 195/45/16 - for a total of £100...

Probably been written up before (?)... I've just got the latest issue of Autocar, and thay time, in both wet and dry conditions, the Trophy against a Golf GTi, Astra VXR, and Fiesta ST. In the dry, the difference was only a second or so (in favour of the Clio) over the other three, but in...

Not sure if these should be in here? If a mod thinks otherwise please move it. Anyway here goes, was a fantastic day, and we had 14 competitors running up to 6 times each through the sprint, with some informal drag-racing to round the day off. The weather was kind to us, and the competition...

A frustrating p***k in a Cossie ruined TomS's session, he just would not move or lift :mad: , but then I finally managed a clear full lap mid afternoon...I've timed it at around 1:30 :) Had a better session later on, but my battery was dead as I left the thing running while changing wheels...

Finally managed to catch a shot of me with one wheel up...but it was the AO32's that made me do it LOL. Had a really good day at Castle Combe on Friday, met a couple of forum users for the first time, and big thanks to TomS who helped me in my time of need (see the last picture :( ).

F***ing pissed right off :@ Stupid question I think, but, are locking wheel nut keys the same for all 172/182s? Ive been running around like a madman all week getting ready for Castle Combe tomorrow, and I thought Id chuck the new front pads in before my Wife got home. No problem there...

Ive come around to them now...I think they look great! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/MarkCup/100_3463.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/MarkCup/100_3464.jpg

...didnt there used to be a sticky in here with a load of details written by Jon_r? Wheres it gone? Or was I imagining it?

Anyone...? Theyre destined for track use only, cause Im fed up with not being able to spot myself amongst 10 other blue MK2s in pics from RS trackdays. I thought these would make it a little easier. Now Im not so sure... http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/MarkCup/100_3442.jpg

Anyone have any experience of these? Can one be fitted to a 172 Cup? Id be looking for adjustment NS to OS on the fronts only...

If youve got an RS Clio with traction control...when the weather goes all s*** like it is now...do you just bury the throttle in the carpet and let the TCS sort everything out for you? Does TC make you a worse driver beacause you become used to the safety net always being there, as opposed to...

...f****** useless piece of Renault sh*te. Theres a light, centre of the top row of the central group of warning lights between speedo/rev counter, its small, round and red. I normally only see this blinking away when the cars locked...but today it flashes very fast when Im turning the key...

Had a great run this morning. Warm, dry, bright, but oddly there was quite a bit of traffic about. Well have to start the next run at 0600 :devilish: My roadkill :( http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/MarkCup/Breakie%20Run%202005-06-05/100_3032.jpg...

Tonight I had the dream drive home, there seemed to be a lull in the traffic everywhere I went, and almost every roundabout was mine. It reminded me of why I love this car so much and will never sell it :D After 36k miles and 18 months theres not one thing Id change about it. I seem to have...

Well, not really versus as in racing, we were just having a play about, trying to get a little out of shape and catch it all on camera. Two clips, each approx. 20mb and about 5 mins long, with the camera facing... http://crowspeed.net/videos/rensportbrands/MarkCup_clip01.wmvForwards...