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I've tried the 225 without the cup packs also before and didnt like it at all. It felt less responsive than my car due to the turbo engine, not any quicker and it didnt handle very IMO. The 225 cup and f1 may handle better but the car is too big for my liking...

Nah it was the bishopbriggs branch. Rannoch drive were arsing me about saying that they had to ask renaults permission to let me out for a test drive and never called me back.... Good way to lose a potential purchase, especially when I bought a car off them not long ago. Bishopbriggs seemed much...

The dealership I went into had a red one and sold it within 5 days of it being in the showroom. However they didnt tell the guy who bought it they were getting this one in, he came back in and wanted to trade it in for the blue one! He was gutted by all accounts! ;)

After all the good things Ive been hearing about the 197 in the press I decided to go to my local dealership and see if I could get a test drive in one.To my suprise the guy said that wouldnt be a problem, asked what car I had at the moment (172 cup) and asked if I wanted him to give me figures...

Buy another car but with lhd? There are plenty of different choices....

I've had two new wheels already but thats because the rubber grip was splitting on it....

Nah I was worried about the starvation when the sump plug fell out around a month ago. Its just using a bit of oil at the mo which is a pain in the balls. But my car came out with a dented up bonnet which the guy denied he did also so Im slightly aprehensive this time around.... On top of them...

Yeah i sat there watching it with the engine off, draining around 1-2 litres of oil from its innards... Quite emotional really... Not sure whether I should keep it though.... Caterham in rush hour traffic? Thats crazy.... How we suffer for our love of cars.... Thanks for your help though...

Until you had to fork out £5k to rebuild the gearbox... ;)

Yeah i just dont want to constantly worry about the james bond smoke screen out the back though. And if the engine did go from oil starvation, do you think renault would have payed out? I doubt it....

Well 16-18k should get me an early uk car with not too many miles....

Well it was in when the sump plug fell out just over a month ago, was topped up fully with new oil and its down by about 1/4-1/3. I'll have a more accurate check 2moro though. Im now totally paranoid when driving my car now, looking out the back window for more dreaded blue smoke! Kinda ruined...

Oh and they asked me why I had gone underneath my own car to undo the sump plug and therefore starve it of oil when driving it..... :@ Wouldnt admit responsibility for it even though they were the last ppl to replace the sump plug. Dealers make me mad sometimes...

I just went out there to take a couple ben hope your impressed! Anyway this incident has really soured my experience with my once beloved car. Im now thinking about selling.. :( Here are two pics of the engine and two of my car with the best and worst bits! :(

I need your advice guys on my 172 cup. I dont know if you saw my post a while back when my sump plug just "fell out" of my engine on its own accord but my car is now developing some more engine related problems. Ive noticed it is still using a fair bit of oil and its covered just over 31k...

Like it appart from the wheels.

Stunning job as always rich.

I could have painted that better with a paint brush and a can of dulux. Truely shocking work from a specialised car paintshop.

Not as bad as I was expecting though but it may just be the pics.

renault sport badge? Tut tut

I would be very careful with this. I had exactly the same problem with my 172 cup and it was because the mechanics at my dealership hadnt done the sump plug up properly at the bottom of the engine at the last service. You wouldnt see any oil leaking out until the plug falls out completely as...

Ooh that sounds good. Ive been using autoglym wheel wax and havent been impressed to be honest. Brake dust doesnt get etched as easily but it doesnt seem to repell it. Might use this stuff. Its more of an issue with silver wheels imo too.

My bro uses pledge on his new bike. Says it works well on the blue wheels. I wouldnt use furniture polish on my car personally. Thats why they spend millions developing car polish ;)

£130 quid for my turini from renault. And that was discounted!! Lovely when brand spanking new though

Eh what have u gone for?

Colour match on my silver wasnt perfect but it is very hard to get it 100%.

;) You pays your money.... j/k ;)

I just wanted to make sure that they didnt muck them up too bad ;)

Got both fronts replaced yesterday as they were both on the wear indicators in the middle. Got them from Kwik fit in Bishopbriggs. Had them fighting in price against national tyres as they both had price matching policies. This resulted in the price for two conti 195/45's being reduced from £180...

I used recoat in whiteinch and they seemed to be decent. Got one wheel done for about £20 which is good! Might have to check what their colour match is like. Cheers Fraser