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Here's how my 200 has got on over the last month or so. Taking it easy in the bad weather saw a good 2-3 mpg extra until I got bored and started driving it properly again. Average of 34.1 mpg over its entire life with me so far, 22,741 miles. I'm happy with that.

Ooh, sorry to hear this Nick, hope there's leniency when the case is finally heard.

I'd agree. I got only £2k for my 53 reg 172 Cup in March last year, condition similar to yours (only without a crease in the floor), a few more miles but with full specialist service history showing fluid services every 6k miles from new. if I still had it and was selling it now I'd consider...

Ouch. Doesn't look like you did put it in reverse as the snow patterns left suggest the wheels were rotating as it moved toward the wall...

Variety and diversity, of both cars and members (and their careers/expertise/characters) is why I'd hang around regardless of what car I own. I'm sure I could get info. on M3 ownership from a BMW forum, but I'd have to register first, introduce myself blah blah blah. On here, Sir_Dave is pretty...

Right-o, my mistake.

Really? 1.6 Zetec Focus...dull? Loved mine, would happily pound around the Southdowns in it all day long.

Nope. 172 Cups are the models the don't have them...yours should have one as far as I'm aware. Lack of valve will explain the issue your having. Find a 172 Cup owner that's been convinced they need one by a clueless MOT tester and buy it from them!?

If anything they gain more power with age. I had mine on the same RR annually, and year on year (with each 20k miles added), it never once failed to improve it's power curve.

Is it not that the majority of owners on here are more likely older/more mature than would be on those other forums. Clios are falling into the hands of yoofs lately, but the mass of members on here have owned from way back when cost of ownership and/or insurance meant that teens couldn't get...

I'd far sooner have a 120k mile 172 that's been enthusiast owned and serviced by a specialist, than a 60k mile one, that's been owned by 50 yr old Doris and serviced lovingly within the Renault dealership network. Mileage is nothing to be concerned about...the life it's had, and the owners that...

Now I've never bled my brakes myself, but, why do you need to take the brake line off the caliper? don't you bleed it through a bleed nipple?

I bought a simple bluetooth OBD plug from eBay (£15 delivered) and downloaded the £2.99 Android app 'Torque' (http://torque-bhp.com/). Seems to let me do everything you're after.

EBC Redstuff were the last pads I fitted to my 172 Cup before I sold it (having run DS2500, Pagid Blue, PF97, and Carbone Lorraine in the past). I apologised to the buyer that he'd need to get them changed ASAP as on track, they were monumentally useless. Felt really compressible, made a...

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As above, 15" rubber of almost any variety is dirt cheap compared to 16". Handling? A bit more movement on the 15s due to deeper sidewalls (which I and many others prefer), but beyond that, there's not much between them.

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Agree with the butchered comment. Looks great if you're not remotely into driving.

No idea at all, to me, they've never been about outright acceleration.

That's because the ABS unit has taken control and is rhythmically pulsing the brakes on and off...what you feel through the pedal is exactly that.

Welcome to your ABS working as it should.

No way...... Actually, I'm not surprised LOL

Trackdays. As said, a remap is next to worthless for what it will give you.

On my AD08s I've done two trackdays (one blisteringly hot, one in monsoon conditions) and total mileage thus far is approx. 10k...with a couple thousand left in them. At Llandow in the monsoon they dispersed all but the most severe lakes that ran across the track, delivered a surprising amount...

I agree, but I'm not talking about today, I'm talking about the future...ever more stringent emission requirements need technologies to deliver. When taxation moves to really penalise the driver of a fuel inefficient car, the difference between offering a manual v auto could mean a huge...

The main points I see are that they are more efficient...both for ultimate performance and fuel economy. It's only a matter of time before legislation means manual 'boxes will be no more. Having spent years working on heel/toe/double de-clutch that makes me sad. Having spent years also...

Only managed half of that Singer video so far, but, wow. From what I've seen so far I just love everything single thing about that operation.

Brilliant comment on that... How many proclaiming the drop of the manual box being a heinous crime feel the same about shifting on their bike?

My mileage versus cost data over several thousand miles for both Tesco 99 and 95 shows that the extra cost is more than offset by the extra mpg. Engine unquestionably feels keener too, will tell for sure on the rolling road in a few weeks as the last run was on 95.

Not in my experience they don't. Good bite from cold, low dust, stand up to track abuse, reasonable price (if you're buying from G172). Will probably go for another set once my current ones are dead...and my mileage per annum is almost exactly 99% road and 1% track.