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6 speed box it would have to be and never mind a petrol get a good diesel in there instead.

Trade in prices are unbelivable when I though about what there were offering for my car made me think what you could buy for the money and it wasnt much. Im suprised they didnt know what a cup was though and how they could get mixed up. It needs to be serviced every 12k by the way. No idea...

Ooops soory forgot about it being a sport model. It would have to be derated looks wise and not be a Renault sport model and placed somwhere between the Petrol and dynamique model IMO if there not going to get exciting with engines. But with a new engine or least a redesigned engine with some...

What sort of spec dci are they looking at the 1.9 would be an easy 140hp drop in engine. The present 1.5 might be good for 130hp. The new 1.2 (unreleased) is a little to small but would be excelent for weight and balance. Now the 3.0 dci thats what I want to see with a manual box (Saab use the...

Whilst yes I agree with you forced induction helps in the tunning stakes but many tunners dont need to increase the boost to get more power. Diesels can get ~15% more power just from increasing the injection beginning and end timming. This is why simple tunning boxes get suck gains on diesels...

Ive always wanted a Clio with a fast DCI engine in it. 100hp is just a warm hot hatch nothing amazing there. They need one to keep up with other cars comming out sure the new diesel 206 isnt going to be that quick but Seat and Skoda and the Polo are/will do well. I know a fair bit about...

Cheaper. When you sell your not the first owner so they may offer you less. Big Iain had trouble with his dealer pre registered 172 as it was deemed as a second hand car so the missing mats were deemed as being ok. Its not a new car as such.

Diesel today and £150 for tracking and new tyres at the weekend.

Get yourself some ear defenders serious they will turn any car into limo like noise levels. Or if you dont want to look wierd get some of those in ear noise protectors when you stick them in your ears everything goes quiet. I use them at work Ive been meaning to see what effects it has to...

Depends where you live as to the price. Some people have paid £120 some over £200. Not much they do for the money and you can legally take it to another garage but personally Id let them do it as they will update any ECU software. Dont let them do any other work though ie brakes as you can...

The French has a sort of long bank holiday. We have problems at work with them doing this as we have to store the bits up somwhere. They have it so they call all have a long holiday and prduction rates can be better estimated as you know 90% of the hliday time is booked etc. Plus you can shut...

Could it be the brakes are so good that you forget it takes a while for them to kick in? Pads wouldnt help in the wet its down to the tyres. Id see about getting the fluid check for air pockets. Have a try on an empty back road see if it was just a one one and the ABS did kick in and you...

To void your warently Renault have to prove the mod is responsible for the claim. They cna be difficult with it but they have to legally prove it to blame. Some insurance companies dont charge for mods or very little ring them up you may be suprised (you may need to ring twice to get someone...

Yep from a quick google search it sounds like it. It messes up the signals (its remapped) to ensure the engine get enough fuel etc. It infact increases reliability as it will remove the problem of lean running which you have induced by mods etc.

Exhuast an a Viper would get you the best gains, of say 12hp but the engine will start to run lean about 4k when the ECU runs a closed loop (from about 4k onwards). With a custom remap from an SMT6 etc you could get many maybe 20hp so youd be up to about 186hp (166.5 stock) Id think. I did a big...

Me to. Wonder what brought this up.;) Williams are probably the only other car people on this site have kept standard.

Focus it has its weeknesses but its to good to ignore it has to be the best Then the Mini The R32 is a bit to big and expenisve for what it is IMO.

Clio dont have one touch on both side must be a miss wiring. Im going to try and put some effort into working out how to get one touch tomorrow at work.

All EU import (cyprus excepted as they get 1yr I think) have a 3yr warently you have to send of some letter to Renault though to tell them.

You dont need to remap Id just personally do it along with other mods. With an induction kit there more air for the engine and assuming you dont have extra fuel then the engine burns lean. Running lean with just an airfilter+exhaust isnt bad enough to warent a remap though Im just over the top...

Running an induction kit will make the 172 run leaner. No massive problem but personally Id do more mods and get a SMT6 or similar remap to increase fueling to ensure your engine not runnng lean (big problems if you do). Should be no problem running one though realy below 4k the engine checks...

Viper gives the best gains of upto 14hp with remap. No idea about insurance depends on the company and Ive never delt with elephant. I dont understand about it being hard to sell to revers? If you mean will people try and offer you less later on then just keep the old one and swop back.

They wont admit its existance. No idea when it would be released mid 2005 Im sure. It will depend though on other factors ie how well the normal sport version sells. If it does well then they wont release it for longer.

There a modified version comming out uprated power brakes suspension Im sure but I dont think there going to lighten it. I dont think its out till the end of the yr though and might not be availiable till the new registrations next yr.

I think the rsi and 16V are different the RSi is a 1.8 8V wheras the 16V is a 1.8 16V. Just ring them up theres a good reason why they cannot quote you online. I wont try tellig them that the cars are the same as you might be wrong. Insurance prices arnt just based on insurance groups...

Most of them live at home and so have all there pay and spend it all on a car. Or thier car is paid for by rich parents.

Nope. Soory they dont have any. The normal heavyweight 172s dont have it either

16V heads are better deigned for getting more fuel and air into and out of the piston so more power although there usually high up power engine rather than 8V ones. 16V engine dont have to be twin Cam although it does help produce more power but youd not notice much unless. Twin cams just mean...

Personally Id go with the Clio I dont like having to rev engine all the time plus if would affect the fuel economy, plus the Clios lighter so even better economy. I cannot think of any serious problem with the 172 which stop people driving them all the time. Biggest problems are rattles from...

Nope there no system out. You can get adapters to listen in to engine problem and delete error files etc but its expensive (£1k+). The passengers window is hard wired for none one touch there no way of making it one touch without chnaging parts. When I get the time Ill hvae a look what youd...