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Thats the main reason I got rid of my V6 Mundaneo and picked up a Cup...with a car that weighs 1,400+ kgs Id have been looking at around £600 in tyres for each and every trackday :( Good luck lookin...

230bhp? He was being a bit conservative then PMSL!!!

Gotta be at least 200bhp surely...

Was a good day then? I saw this one advertised in Evo mag, but couldnt get away from work...:@ In the mag they also said passenger rides were available in the Vauxhall touring cars...did you get a go in them?

I changed mine at about 11k too...they could have gone another 1,000 or so, but I wanted a fresh set for a track-day. Swapping front to rear? Many people will tell you not to do it, but if youre comfortable with controlling the car should you get a little lift-off-oversteer due to reduced...

Exact same here :(

The dipstick isnt showing nearly empty, its showing that youre down at the lower end of whats acceptable, oil level wise. It sounds as though the dash display is showing exactly what it should. My Cup was exactly the same during the first 1,500 miles...I never pressed the button to check then...

Amen to that...

140PS I think, and s*** loads of torque...get caught in the wrong gear and theyd have the edge.

PMSL!!! Got to be the wrong side of £200 I reckon...

OK, I can see where you are coming from now. For me though, when driving on the road, either fast or otherwise, I can honestly say theres a benefit to be had...my revs dont drop that slowly, and Im not always braking that hard.

During the gear change how much speed will you have lost? Maybe 1 or 2 mph? Go out into your car and see what your engine revs are in 2nd gear at, say, 20 miles an hour? Then try 19 mph in 1st? Ive no idea what they are, but if 2nd is 4500 rpm isnt 1st going to be around 6500-7000 rpm? So...

I do it all the time onthe road or track too. As said above, once you get the hang of it, changing gear any other way doesnt seem natural. For me its all about smoothness though, protecting the clutch by matching revs to road speed/gear etc. I think I found it fairly easy to get to grips...

Get used to it...I ordered my Cup last July...and it was delivered on 28th November!!!

Always used it from day one...renault recommend 98 RON, so thats what it gets. I saw on Inside Grand Prix recently that the Ferrari F1 team claim using Shell fuel gives them an advantage over everyone else...as the fuel they use weighs less...so they can get the same mileage as other teams...

For what its worth, Top Gear magazine tested a FRP, Mk1 Clio 172, and a Mk1 Integra Type-R back in April 2000. They covered some challenging back roads, and finished with timed laps of Pembrey circuit. Lap times were... FRP - 1:13:75 Teg - 1:15:48 172 - 1:15:40 So, ultimately, the FRP...

None over here either, after 17k miles...:D

It evens out the tyre wear...as Mike said above...circuits tend to go primarily in one direction, meaning normally, wear is higher on one particular side of the car. Also, when out on the road, if you like to push your car a bit, and your daily route involves a few roundabouts, then youll...

The rear de-mist warning light is so bright, that when driving in the dark, I cant ignore it get it out of my peripheral vision, and I find myself continually glancing down at the instruments to see "whats wrong?".

I guess so, providing of course that theyre turning in the direction they should be, or, the outside of the tyre is where it should be.

I heard that too (but was never fussed about it on my previous non-performance cars). At the Festival of Speed recently I spoke with the technical bods on both the Toyo and Avon stands regarding track tyres and so on. When asked about turning tyres on the rim, or swapping sides so as to reverse...

I think hes referring to tyres that either have to have a particular side facing outwards, or, that have to rotate in a particular direction. If you had directional tyres, and were swapping them diagonally (which is the best way to even out tyre wear), then youd need to have all the tyres...

Exactly!!! Ive been swapping fronts to rears and vice versa on front wheel drive cars to even out tyre wear all my life...never had a problem. Loads of grip at the rear normally translates to no bite when you turn in, and I like my cars to go where I point them, not push wide and slap my...

Shouldve been serviced already...intervals on 172/182s is 12k not 18k. Price wise...theres a 2yr old 24k mile example at a dealer local to me, and theyve got it up at £10,500!!! So that one doesnt look too bad...

No TDO as such...just a direct booking with the Castle Combe circuit.

With regards to insurance, "silence amounts to misrepresentation", with misrepresentation meaning lying. By not declaring anything...you have in effect said "No my car is completely standard as it left the factory" in answer to their question, which is on every application form, "has the...

Aah, I see. There was someone there, on the "pit wall" who was calling out times for his friend that was going round during one session, then chatting with the instructors about how hes "the first person to break into the 20s today"...they didnt seem to have a problem with it.

Nothing more scientific than a Nokia 7210 which has a lap timing facility within the stopwatch function, operated by my passenger. So theres going to be an element of "finger" error in the timings, but I wouldnt think it would be more than 1/10 second either way. Whats a TDO :confused:

Good point...:oops:

Underinflated?