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one thousand pounds?
i assume head is stripped since you know all valves are bent so surely your paying for that anyway so its just parts and re fitting? also id be getting a specialist to do the work so they dont make a c**t of the cambelt when re fitting
its a hot hatch, and one of the best of its time, of course it doesnt need anything done other than be mechanically sound!!
of course if you want to do something then feel free!!
personally id be sticking a decent set of discs and pads on it and getting the brake fluid changed along with...
any of the guys who work for renault might have some sort of experiance on this, not to fussed about it as its only 6 months old so will be a warranty job when it goes in for a service next month but just trying to get to the bottom of it.
car never done this until it was 3 months/5k miles...
it will need the mirrors done to pull it off i think will be a clash of colours with black wheels and grey mirrors, got a set of twingo RS wheels for sale that would look mint on it ;)
shocking from anyone never mind someone who is supposed to be representing the club, personally if it was my forum id be stripping you of your area rep possition and banning you from the sale of goods!
my 2 172s first one was a 2003 03 plate and my current a 11yr old 2000 W plate have both been solid, not a single major problem, few niggles to be expected but nothing costly