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You car is soclean it makes me feel sick. lol. Try messing about with some movement and longer exposures,,,, always produces some good effects. Very nice pics fella.

With all this cold air tonight my car feels like it's had a warp drive fitted. lol.

Iceburg Silver, registered Nov 2003 on a 53 plate. Has Cruise Control and 6 CD changer. Clio Cup Speedline Turini alloys ( inc spare), Cup Spoiler, Cup Splitter, ITG Maxogen induction kit and Prospeed Stainless Exhaust. Warranty until November.

Re: And Now To Work... Lovely!! Sounds meaty - don't get too close... you'll get sucked in!!

I might be selling to put a towards a deposit on a house. I have 12k set aside, but I bought my 172 outright, so essentially have 8k (ish) tied up in it. I can run a banger for a few months and when I'm back on my feet buy another new one.

I was just thinking about values and supply and demand etc after reading about 172 prices. And I'm bored waiting for the pub to open again.lol. The Clio's are quite a sought after car (hence why the Mk1 172 prices have steadied a little) thanks in no small part to excellent magazine reviews...

Private definitely. You'd proabably struggle to find a 182 for less than 9 at a garage I reckon. The prices appear to have steadied a little....

When I ordered my 172 (Aug 2003), the spec was 6 CD changer. When the car arrived (Nov 2003) it had cruise control but no CD changer. Cruise was added in lieu of the CD changer on all cars built after September 2003.

You have PM fella.

LOL close enough!

lol... dreamer... If red is such a nice colour, why are there so few of them? Iceburg suits the Clio far better. Flame Red comes from the old Celtic saying meaning "Camper than a row of tents"

I did mine first..:rasp: :rasp: Great minds think alike...:approve:

So your into furry bums then... :)

Furry muff. I'm considering H&R's....

I should say so. I payed less than for front discs, pads and four wheel alignmemt!

Why no coilovers?

Oooo nice.... where from and how much?

Can't say I've noticed a difference in acceleration. The OE suspension will be tailored to a wheel weight - it's the mass the suspension has to overcome - you hit a bump, the wheel go's up and the suspension must over come this moving mass - if the mass is less, this will be overcome with...

The clue is in your age. And the car.... there are roughly 3 a week that end up in a ditch the winter, hence why they are more to insure than a 172.

Aint that the truth!

Turn in was improved - much sharper... Just seemed to lose a little composure over rough surfaces. Which describes most of the roads where I live. lol.

no... it's on stilts. lol. Still on the standard suspension.

Average depreciation is %50 for most cars.. the RS clios are no better or worse than most cars out there.. I paid 12k for mine, brand new. 53 plate 172 (nov 03) with cruise. It's coming up for 2 1/2 years old and I reckon I could get 8k for it if I waited long enough. So that's under 2k a year.

I did actually. I found that the car seems very harsh on the rebound compared to the standard rims and a little skittish. Lowering the weight of the wheels is bound ro affect spring/damper relationships. Hence why I'm considering coilovers.

I don't want to fry my clutch. Although I have recorded a 6.6 on a G-tech thingy. Besides, midrange is where it's at... How often do you do racing starts to 60 on the road?

lol fair point. Just wanted to have a go at uploading a vid really. I have some on my camcorder of my Zorst, but can get them to transfer. lol.

Brilliant info, thanks John. So there's no real reason why the car should lose any fucnctions? I take it ( in laymans terms) that only the fuelling/timing etc code is altered? Cool website by the way.... You branching out into Renaults then? If you need a 172 to test on..... ;)

LOL @ Dutch.. git. hehe :o :o

Cool, thanks nik... I'll drop them an email and find out. Just weighing up the options. I'm tempted to try a Hillpower remap as it's not far from me.

Quick speedo vid, film on location @ Fradley Airfield. Car has ITG Maxogen and Prospeed Cat back and was still cold (:o :o :o ) Hope it works. Interestingly a k750i wedges perfectly in the Clio steering wheel. lol.