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Understood that there are other factors here...question to Chip...when switching fuel, how long before the engine properly works its best with it? I'm going to carry on adding to this data, so will alternate between 95 and 99...but want to make sure I get a good reading from each change of fuel.

...I've done some science, and come up with the following... Firstly, the accountant in me is obsessed with working out the true cost to me of this car, so from day one I have religiously recorded every penny spent using Fuel Log (Android app). After 4 months and almost 6,000 miles I think...

Yes yes yes, shiny wheels, how many f**king close ups of them are needed?! Apart from that, nice production, but hideous car.

1. Looks like the insulation they put inside the undertray. 2. No idea! 3. Does it have a standard exhaust? If so will likely be the infamous 4k rattle...they pretty much ALL do that. 4. Not sure, never had that on mine. Specialist? Make the trip to Portsmouth and visit Rentech. My Cup is still...

If Shell gave me Tesco Clubcard points I would LOL Plus, I go past two Tescos each way to work...nearest Shell is well out of my way. Ran my 172 Cup religiously on V power almost all it's life so know it is that little bit better than Momentum.

Agreed 150%. Ran mine on 95 from purchase until a few weeks ago. Since I moved to 99 it is like a different car...especially below 3k rpm. I'm obsessed with recording everything I spend on it too, and thus far, the figures I'm seeing show that the extra cost is more than outweighed by the extra...

LOL at being in denial. Perhaps he was thinking VFM when making the purchase decision? I played with a new one recently - granted the screen is mightily impressive...but spend £x to change from my iPad 2? No thanks. The comparison with HD TVs I don't think holds too much water tbh either...on...

Deactivate it? Why? I've found that I have to be within 0.5-1.0 metres of either door or the boot for it to work...are you sleeping on its roof?!

For me the only corner at Brands that feels like a real challenge is Paddock, massive gradient change, unsighted upon entry...all the rest are a bit meh. At Goodwood they pretty much all take balls to commit to. Monotony perhaps wasn't the right word...but I find it a bit repetitive...here's...

That'll be good...an extra corner will help relieve the monotony.

Buy a low miler at £10k, keep it until it dies. Depreciation ceases to be a factor. That's what I did/plan to do. As for chocolate gearboxes, I'm happy to take my chances. Simple rev matching (not necessarily heel and toeing) will prolong the life of just about any gearbox, as they're designed...

Bedford, Saturday 18th August, Easytrack. Done.

I bought my 172 Cup originally as my V6 Mondeo would have been useless on the trackday my wife bought for me. Was browsing a copy of Evo magazine and they were running one as a long termer and couldn't praise its abilities highly enough. 48hrs later had one on order...don't know what came over...

Good day then Jon? Know what to do next with the car? Any major issues from hurried perparation?

EFA ;)

I think you could do with slowing down your inputs...you were quite abrupt when you started the turn on the clip above...asking for a lot of turn before the tyre's properly loaded up will give the inevitable under steer. Think of it like when you brake hard...jump straight on the pedal and the...

Nice, love the 200s in RB. Was going to warn you that everyone will call you a cnut for sticking with the very adequate standard chairs...but seems plenty have made that point already.

And it's a 4-pot :(

Looks nice :D Stupid question here...the tints...is it just the rear side windows or do they do the back window also? Never thought i'd say it's but I'm considering getting mine done.

Pay attention to your tyre pressures, get them working right. Apart from that, as above, a little tweak to the brakes is all they really need out of the box...my recommendation would be lines first as I think standard lines are a weak link.

So much standard chair hate in here! From a purely functional perspective it's completely unwarranted.

Aye, that it is. Just over 5k in with it now, and I'm more attached to it as a driving device that I ever have been to my Cup.

My 2.0 Dynamique...

You're a brave man Jon!!! Good working getting it this far though, looks good with the contrasting colours, LOL at everyone wanting a piece of you.

I'd agree with this ^^^. A blowout on the unloaded inner tyre while going around a bend...isn't likely to spear you suddenly inwards and up a verge to summersault over a wall. Is the "NSF tyre blew" an excuse just to save face? Realised the tyre blew in the process so you could blame that for...

As above, leave the rears well alone, my original rear discs/pads from the factory lasted 90k miles they do so little! As for the front, as has been said, Brembo HC discs are enough, with whatever pad takes your fancy. DS2500 can wilt, but CL, Pagid or PF pads tend to soak up the abuse. Lines...

I've recently put my cat back on and left it, having been decatted for the last 100k miles. The engine feels blunt and muted now, not right.

You sit in lane 2 regardless of speed/lane 1 traffic? The randomness of other drives beggars belief sometimes though, I tend to always find someone who resents being overtaken, so comes past, then slows down, so gets overtaken again, then comes past, then slows down, so gets overtaken again...

As above, Rentech. They're the only ones to have had their hands on my 172 Cup throughout its 9 year 130k mile life so far...and they'll be the only ones I'll trust with my 200 too.

Pics anyway?