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i never drove one before it, i was sposed to be having a test drive of a red 172 on saturday and the idiots didnt bother telling me the finance manager had taken it for the weekend for a wedding.
Felt liek going for it and had read alot of reviews/ comments on here about 3 years ago before...
look for creaking suspension, a common fault mines been in twice for it. Pain in the @@@@.
Best was to test is find a potholed road (surely easy to find) and do a few 3 point turns full lock to lock and also drive round on full lock in both directions.
Id take it for a 40min test drive...
not bad mileage wise for 02, 10k approx a year. no tax isnt too bad £190 for that (12 months) id say haggle for the alloy repair, so £60 per alloy and if its got an MOT how'd the exhaust get through?
surprised no ones mentioned the washer jet extra wipe you get?
if you want to clear the windscreen its sprays and after letting go you get 3 or so wipes then about 5 - 10 secs later it wipes again WHY? its so f cuking annoying as it invariably streaks the windscreen again - stick that up your...
fronts 17k 2nd set of contis, 1sts lasted 16k
backs 33k still fine
thats on the 172
on the cup (for sale 03 reg, CC pack £6900, 51k) only owned it from 26k, but it had half worn conti's
they were replaced at 36k service
then back got replaced at 44k
now on 51k and the fronts are...
Saw what i presume was you with 182 anthracites goign opposite way with some company tailing you............having fun i trust?..........
was around 4pm
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dci - oh aye what one................ pics?........colour/ age/ mileage
smart work. Like the look of that. Always been a fan of the cup spoiler. Splitter is tasty, but a speed humps best pal!
Whats your mileage, inside looks fairly untarnished