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Ive just been to my local Honda dealer to see what hell offer for my car. Its an 03 172 EU import with 15500 on the clock. He offered me £10k which seemed very good to me. I think I may be paying him a visit again in the coming months to discuss things further. :D

I got my renewal through this morning from the AA. Last year I paid £1,024.00. Nothing has changed this year but they now asking for £1,422.59 WHAT THE F**K are they thinking. http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/angryfire.gif Thats for me only, 27, male, full NCB, one SP30, a total...

I was just wondering who has taken insurance out with them? Has anyone had to make a claim while covered by Greenlight? Ive just had a very favourable quote from them. :D Half what most places have quoted me. :o Thanks Lee

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Rarely does a month go by where the little Clio has no reason to go the dealers and this month is no exception. :@ On my drive to work this morning I noticed my left headlamp washer was in fact doing a very good job of cleaning the car in front of me. Obviously Ive lost my ball. I know...

Around 5 - 6 months ago I purchased a PiperX panel filter for my 172. Today I figured Id get it out and give it a clean, so I popped to Halfords and spent £10 on the cleaning kit. I removed the filter only to find all the rubber around the edge had perished and fallen away not giving a good...

Fantastic. I had 4 put on the car on Friday. A massive improvement over the Contis in all the areas that count. High levels of grip were always to be expected from them, but I wasnt expecting the improvement in ride quality and noise levels. Theres now a lot less road noise on the...

This could just be me, but has anyone else noticed just how quickly the inside of a 172 windscreen gets dirty. This is without using the aircon to clear it when its steamed up. I seem to be cleaning it every other week sometimes more often. I never had the same problem on my previous car, I...

Ive just had my 12k mile service done at Sutton Park Renault on the Chester Road Sutton. Once again I cant fault them. They had no issue with the exhaust or the fact that I didnt want the air filter doing as its a PiperX one. The grand total for the service was only £130.66 and they even...

I was just having a look at the BP website when I came across this. Who are they trying to kid: http://www.bp.com/ultimate/uk/testing/testing_procedure.asphttp://www.bp.com/ultimate/uk/testing/testing_procedure.asp I see its only 97ron over here, instead of the 100ron they get elsewhere.

Im going to fit my Cup splitter on Friday so I need to get the car jacked up pretty high to get the drill underneath the bumper. Where is the best place to position the trolley jack to allow me to get the front of the car up in the air so that I can slide a couple of axle stands underneath...

Im fast approaching my first servce, so I thought Id call round a few dealers to get a price for the service and a new set of front tyres. Prices vary a little. Tyres were Contisport Contacts again. Renault Birmingham: Service £240.00 Tyres: £132.59 per pair Sutton Park Renault...

Over the weekend I acquired a Cup splitter for my 172. I know a few people have already fitted them to theirs so has anyone got any handy hints? Also, there is nothing running behind the bumper at the edges, but the guard at the front would take some moving, and I dont really want to go...

Mine has always behaved like an over excited Kangaroo when cold, holding back, then lunging forwards. But today it ran absolutely sweet as a nut. :D It must be liking the combination of the pipercross filter and new exhaust as its never run this well since the day I got it. :D

Okay, I may be totally wrong here, but heres how its felt to me. A few months ago I swapped my standard filter for a Pipercross panel filter. The result seemed to be that it pulled a little better from low revs and caused the engine note to be a little more boomy. It also made it idle a...

Yesterday I left my car with my local dealer at 8am in the morning, giving them more than enough time to deal with the 5 things I wanted looking into. These being, in order of importance: Knocking from the suspension when cornering Passenger seat runners loose (again) Vibration from the...

Ive just called my insurance company to ask about covering me on the 1.2 courtesy car which Im getting on Thursday when mine goes in for some work to be carried out on it. Get this, £20 plus a £15 admin fee. £35.00 to cover me for 5 miles from the garage to work and then 5 miles back. Sod...

I thought Id start a new thread to reply Ben rather than continue to take over the new member thread. According to the Northampton Motorsport Rolling Road yes. All 172s that ran had between 158 and 162 bhp @FW not just my car, all 172s. Looking at the Rolling Road results in the members...

For those of you who have been following the tales of my car and all its knocks and rattles heres an update on the knocking when cornering or when the car looses traction when pulling away. Ive just been to my local dealership who took the car out for a good thrash to get to the bottom of the...

.....but this appears to be because whatever it was that was knocking fell off the car at Santa Pod at the weekend.:o There was an almighty bang and something bounced along the underside of the car. The car was already booked in for the 16th October, but they are going to take a quick look...

Finally found it. No wonder this beast was running low 11s again at the weekend. http://www.a1rallysport.co.uk/html/focus_demo.htmlhttp://www.a1rallysport.co.uk/html/focus_demo.html

Ive just been chatting to a mate of mine who races a Caterham. I mentioned that Im taking my car to the Midlands Rolling road day tomorrow to which he replied "rather you than me". So I asked him why. As his Caterham is put on the rollers on a regular basis he knows what to expect, and...

Right I figured I may as well go ahead and ask the question, seeing as my local dealer cant get to look at the car for another 4 and a half weeks. :@ If I pull away and loose traction or corner hard or even just turn on an uneven surface Im getting a knocking noise from the front of the car...

Ive just booked my car in to get the loose engine mounts sorted, passanger seat rattle (again) and numerous dashboard rattles fixed. They cant fit the car in until the 16th of October. What an absolute POS. Ford can get a car in within a few days, and just think how many people have a Ford.:@

After Id parked the car in the garage this evening after my usual drive home from work, it made all its usual cooling down noises, with the addition of a new one. There was a popping noise. I got down on my hands and knees to see where it was coming from, but it had pretty much stopped. I...

Feel like venting this so here I go. Thursday evening I stopped off at Halfords on my way home from work to pick up some car shampoo. I decided to get the Zymol shampoo and wax. Both come in the same shaped bottle!!! Ive just looked at the reciept as someone wanted to know what I paid for...

When are these to be used? I assume they would clog up if you use them to take the wax off, so do you use them when you put the fine spray of clean water on to achieve a better shine? Thanks Lee

Another great Cliosport day out. As usual Im totally exhausted now, and glowing red with sun burn. Thanks to everyone who came. And well done all of you who bettered your times from last week, or who ran for the first time :D Ive moved this thread to General Chat so more people see it...

It looks like Renault might be taking some notice of what we want. Earlier this evening I received a call from Renault wanting to ask me some question about my experiences with a Renault dealership earlier this month. She asked some decent questions, but some of the answers were a little...

Ive just got back from having a few things done to my car at Sutton Park Renault near Birmingham. Tihs is the second time Ive used them and the service was fine. I even got offered a coffee while I waited. The oil and filter change wasnt cheap, but I think it was worth getting it done, shes...