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Firstly, saw a black 172 just off of Exe Bridges, headed towards Marsh Barton, lady driver... Secondly, pulled up beside a silver 182 off the Exeter Services junction of the M5. I didn't even notice him until my mate said "is that the car that your bumper's come off?". Young guy and a lady in...

Mine looks similar to your's as well Carbon. Less of the single flakey area, but potholes ad scratches all over it. But having an alcantara steering wheel more than makes up for it!

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=111854 Some very cool toons there...

Lol, ok I'll let you off just this once. ;)

That's a whole new kettle of fish mate, lots of debates! Do a search on the topic and you'll find a few opinions.

Should be every year or 12,000 miles I think, although don't know whether that's recommended or suggested or whatever. I'd say at around 32k miles it should be looking at at least it's third service, more if it's anything older than an 02 plate. I could be wrong though, I haven't had the...

lol yeah, yeah, whatever... Anyone can say "well, you can't even see my plate...." but where's the proof!?! And the warping plastic is an aerodynamical issue, it increases flow past the radiator, therefore improving heating or cooling or something, so it, um, does stuff... better. ;)

When I come to clean it, I'll hose off all the loose dirt, then wash them with a sponge as usual. Then I've got a wheel cleaning brush thing that gets in all the gaps. I'll use this across the whole wheel, rinse off, and repeat a couple times until shiny again. If there's muck that isn't...

Yeah I've had LOADS of these emails today... am reckoning some new, very easily detectable, virus is out and about.

If I had a mint valver (so would fetch, say, £2k... haven't a clue on valver resale value) I think I'd sell it and put that with the £4700 and get myself something pretty damn nice for about £7k. Alternatively, buy a Williams and then do a bit of engine work to that...

Have only just noticed that myself to be honest! I'll inspect later but I imagine that the plastic's just a little warped for some reason....

Yeah it's not quite straight due to the way it has to cut off to the left to meet up with the standard exhaust and avoid the spare wheel. It's not noticable when just walking around the car though, only really when you start taking photos like the angles above...

Not quite ready for cleaning yet! Reckon a couple of back-lane drives over this week will finish it off nicely! :) I also now have a better idea what my wheels would look like if finished in anthracite... EDIT: It actually doesn't look that dirty in the pics... :(

Yeh, as above. Alcantara but they go all smooth and get chunks taken out of it due to nails and rings... Stupid material to trim a steering wheel in really!

Bless 'em, there's always some... Had a 206 with Lexus lights pull up at some lights beside me tonight and wheelspan away when they went green. I decided to casually pull away and then close the gap in 2nd. He's probably in the pub now bragging to his mates how he 'wasted' a 172.

I quite like it on mine as well for some reason, looks a lot better than some manufacturer stickers.

I was in Taunton today! But was parked in the big car park near the bus station so didn't see either of these or any 911's! Did see a rather loud Prelude though... and lots of chavs!

Oh, but surely the nail and ring indentations from a Mk1 add character!?!

Welcome :) The Mk1 172's are the fastest. ;)

lol, and make it sound like you're giving them a treat! "I'll tell you what, today YOU can change the gears!!!"

yeah my old fiesta had a nice fake leather one, always room temperature! Went for a spin up the m5 this morning at about 8am, had to wrap my hand up in my sleeve to put my hand on the knob!

lol, yeah I know, I'm watching some on Ebay at the moment so hopefully my next minor mod will be soon! Have found a pic of carbon's 5 spokes and I do like, but think I prefer super-t's / turinis...

Could someone please photoshop a set of Phase 2 172 alloys (16" 5 spokes) onto my Phase 1? Just wondering if it'll work. Also in anthracite too if possible... If my picture is rubbish, then can someone use another of a silver phase 1 instead? Cheers. :)

lmao... "1. Turn iron on 2. Iron sock for precisely 22 seconds 3. Run, quickly, to the car 4. Stick sock, rolled up, onto the gear knob, making sure to also cover 2 thirds of the shaft."

Liking picture 2, go faster dent! :P Looks nice though, will be interesting to see the valver vent on a ph3 when it's all finished.

I was thinking about posting this very topic this morning, gets bloody cold! I have actually driven my car less this week just because I don't want my hand to get that cold on the gear knob! Brrrr....

Cool, will try that on the weekend, cheers mate. :)

Hmm, think I'll take it to ClarkieV6 and see if they can diagnose the real reason... Cheers Fred, Adam

God knows mate, I bought the car like it and it happens so rarely that I haven't thought to get it checked out further and find out what's caused it or what's going on. So it wouldn't fit my Mk1 172 then? Any other more plausible reason as to why the revs idle at around 2k sometimes? The guy...

Occasionally, normally when crawling in traffic, I find that my 172 idles at about 2k revs and that when I blip the throttle it will settle back down to about 700. I've been told that this is because the 'butterfly' hinge on the throttle unit is slightly bent so that is sometimes trapped open...