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I like the yellow in to blue colour scheme on that front badge Da. Car looks good too. Not a fan of the black and Blue on your 172 though Carl, have you managed to iron out the problems you've had with your car yet?

Whilst pulling off? :rasp:

I've managed to break mine twice since owning the car, they're really flimsy and it doesn't take much to break them. I snapped mine on a pair of those D.I.Y metal ramps but managed to repair it. Not surprising there's alot of them without splitters really.

Lol. From what I can remember Clarkson blew it up didn't he after hammering around that field due to fitting a turbo to it?

Lol, I've seen that before somewhere, looks like it's had new panels that haven't been sprayed yet.

Not keen on the wing mirror covers and the stickers on the windscreen but apart from that it looks like a nice tidy motor.

Only 25k miles? You'll not come across many Cups with that kind of low mileage on them.

LOL! Can just imagine the scene, feet off the ground, doing your best to try not to fall inside the engine bay :rasp:. When mine decides to stick it always seems to do it at the worst possible time, i.e when it's pissing down with rain.

Still can't believe people do this, how hard is it just to get a few quotes? I start getting quotes about 2 months before my renewal.

Pictures would be useful to help diagnose where the oil has come from ;) It could be engine or gearbox oil.

There's quite a big jump down when you turn 21 though, once you've left the "highest risk" group. I take it your postcode is in a low risk area then?

My starter motor is exactly the same, it'll go for weeks/months without any problem then randomly decide to play up and start sticking, it'll do it for a few days or so then start working fine. Giving the solenoid a whack normally solves the problem so under Powey's advise I carry a long metal...

Always the way I'm afraid. If you do travel and find a good one, give it a week or two and aload of them will appear for sale that are local.

Euro Car Parts are suppose to be reasonable for prices for new batteries.

That's an oil pump :eek: Only kidding :rasp: Haven't a clue what that is :S

Mine's the same until it's warmed up, think nearly every 1*2 does it. It feels awful to drive as well and my exhaust pops until it's been running for a few minutes lol.

Wouldn't an engine conversion cost just as much on insurance if declared? That's not a dig by the way just a general question.

Not sure how much you'll get charged for modding your cat pipe as it was already done on mine when I bought the car but I paid £75 for a custom decat at ProSpeed.

You could always get your original cat pipe modified. Mine has been modified (by the previous owner) so it has a joint under the car, basically in the same place where a 182 would have a joint. Makes it a hell of alot easier swapping from decat to cat for M.O.T times. Edit: You'd also need a...

But perform shite, did on mine anyway. As for the noise, removing the acoustic valve created a similar sound to the Viper for me.

Ahh! reading fail. I thought you meant it was on permanently.

If you reach under the passenger and driver's seat and wiggle the wires underneath it should knock the lights off, mine does it now and then.

It isn't something to do with low brake fluid is it?

What width are the tyres that are currently fitted? I had similar issues as you've described and it turned out the 215/40's sized tyres were the problem. Once I went back to the 195/45 size it felt alot more stable when accelerating hard.

I live about 2 minutes away from Trafford Park but never spotted a RB 182 around there, seen every other colour around there though I think. lol

His prices are very reasonable, like already said if you give him a bell he'll give you a quote over the phone.

Good job really considering the hassle of replacing one lol. As said above they all have high biting points.

I can imagine it gets annoying after a while, I know it would be for me personally and it would become tiresome having to replace the back box after it melted the baffles in it.

Only seen Throttle Bodied RS's doing it, I've had mine decatted and all I got was the odd pop and bang now and then.

Lol. Oh well, at least I know I was correct then. By the way have you changed your wheel colour? Noticed your avatar or is it just a photoshop?