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Loving it so far! Really need to sort out the rust on mine (been saying that for 3 years lol)

f**k!! Be interested to see the after pics to see how it stood up to that sort of crash.

Coming from a cable throttled mk1 to a ph2 172 the responsiveness was one thing that really let the car down, from the few hundred miles I've done so far is say the bmw is pretty similar to the ph2.

Have only driven it 'hard' in a few shorts blasts. At motorway speeds and above it is night and day to the 172, it just pulls effortlessly. Lower down it's hard to tell as I haven't got the gears as a reference point, off the line they're probably not world's apart.

Finally joined cliosport properly by buying a Bmw. After owning the 172 for just over a year and using it to drive 2700 miles around Europe (http://www.cliosport.net/threads/european-roadtrip-2015.780747/), I decided it was time for something new. Partly because the problems on the trip made me...

Great trip and write up!

One on London road this morning giving it beans out of Hermitage lane. Sounded very nice. Another has just driven up and down outside mine in between road. Could of been the same one. Anyone on here?

I'll try and get to this in the track car! If not it'll be in a non clio.

Just going through my online banking now to total up the holiday. £384.15 on petrol, not too bad considering it wasn't running very well on 2 of them days.

I was the same but the driving wasn't bad at all. most of our longest journeys were around 6 hours and when you stop every few hours for a piss or food it's not real tiring.

Nope lol it drove fine all the way back and I've only been back and a week but it's been fine so far. Before the trip I would have to double prime it in the mornings or after long periods of sitting, so I think the fuel pump relay might be acting up and possibly got worse with the heat/prolonged...

Day 6 It was going so well...again! We left Munich and headed down towards Italy via the alps. The plan was to drive up the Umbrail pass to the top of the Stelvio, hang about there for a bit and head down into italy for our stay at lake como. The day started off well, making decent time down...

After reading a few threads on here from people who had done drives around Europe I decided that this summer I would give it a go in the clio with my younger brother. Booked 2 weeks off in august and started planning at the start of the year, we would mostly camp to keep costs down and stay on...

Searched on here and cant seem to find a definitive answer or picture as to which one it is. Car is a ph2 172 with aircon, does anyone know for sure which of the below is the pump relay? Thanks IMAG0687 by terry clarke, on Flickr

Help... Aircon was working fine Friday, I'm now in central Europe roasting to death. When I turn the air-con on it doesn't do the usual clonk and the fan isn't coming on etc. Is there a fuse that could of blown? What could be the issue?

Tidied out the shed this week and discovered 11 part worn 15s lol! managed to sell them to one of the local drift guys to destroy. IMAG1581 by terry clarke, on Flickr Picked myself up a set of Turbines and some toyo RsRs to use over the summer on the road, save wearing the 888s out and they...

Not as quick as I thought they'd be either! Still sound immense though. Haven't seen many V8s on the road.

I have a similar problem where most times I have to 'double prime' it so to speak and I was under the impression it was relay related.

Looks a great trip. Your thread about your one a few years ago is what made me plan a trip for this August!

Sounding good! Nice to see it getting some use out on track where they belong.

That instructor lol!

Yeah if it persists this week I'll pop back to the garage and ask them to have a quick look. I'll try and have a drink of the water next time lol see what it tastes like.

Stayed down.

Cheers for the replies. I knew the aircon system didn't use coolant as such but wasn't sure if there were water pipes running into that area for the matrix etc. The coolant dropped about 2cm over a few days. Waterpump etc was not long done by a specialist so I hope it's nothing to do with that.

That's what I hoped or condensation. But the level in the header tank is dropping too.

Morning! Bit puzzled as to where this leak can be coming from as my 172 knowledge isn't the greatest. Had the car about a year now and in that time the aircon has never worked as a pipe to the condenser had a hole in. Changes that last weekend, got it gassed up and it was working to its full...

Great idea, cant wait to see how this pans out! Im doing two weeks driving through europe in august and will do a write up no doubt.

They're definitely still sort after wheels, freshly refurbed sets have gone for £400. I'd agree with above 2/250 if all straight and in useable condition.

Nothing, you'd be best just getting them sent to me and I'll save you the hassle of taking them to the tip.