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when i bought my 172 at 18 i was paying £170 a month to my loan, £260 a month insurance then £250 a month fuel £680 a month just to run it, i was making £800 a month at the time leaving me with £120 a month lol. cant beleive i done it now looking back but still would do it if i had to go back...

id guess about 70-80% im probably £400 on food and going out, £40 on phone bill and the rest on my cars

if a car such as ben's above is mapped to run it then yes their may be a slight performance loss going back to normal fuel but no damage will be caused. lol @ the people who "INSTANTLY" feel a difference even although the injectors, fuel lines and pump still have the old fuel in them!!

check tyre pressures, 32front 30rear ive always ran on my quick cars but i run 40 all round on the dci for max economy haha upstream lambda worth a check due a service? check airfilter.

it wont make 1 single bit of difference, i always used optimax/vpower though but you wont notice a difference. its RECOMENDED you use 98ron, its not mapped for it! take it to india and run it on there cooking oil and you might notice a difference but it wont damage it, its not a 500bhp turbo...

id avoid the autentique crappy spec thats before you get to that terrible 8v engine and thats nothing to do with performance!! the 16v although bassed on the same engine is a big improvement not just in power as like you say its only for a 17yr old but ive found it more refined (if you can call...

must be an import then

there is very little days in the winter up here where it is dry and not greezy surfaces where you can get the full potential out of a 172, although granted there is some. all my mates have winter cars so ive got no one to go out a blast with so it doesnt get any proper use so i dont see the...

lol love them matey! im feeling the need to do something mental with the dci100

Re: Calling All Silver Clio's booooom.....

well you know how i feel dont you like that feeling of having a complete minter of a car plus makes it a hell of a lot easier when it comes to working underneath as everything comes off easy peasy!!! like you say about garaging a williams, same goes for all the other mint classic hatches...

it helps enough to give it a half car head start as the clio scrambles off the line

yep thats why you should knock at least £500 off the price of one thats not had belts

sounds nice mate pics up when you get it :D

no not in the UK, they can only be used when its foggy or visability is less than (ive forgot how far lol)

if there is no specialists around your area get a renault garage to do it, they arnt easy and if the garage doesnt have the correct tools you will end up with problems. cambelt change from renault on them is around £600 ish for both aux and cam belt

opposite from all the saxo and 106 boys who buy lowering springs fit the front then give up when they realise theres no springs at the back lol

thats just figures though, figures dont tell the full story, the diesel doesnt rev high so its going to take 3rd gear before it hits 60 so 0-60 its going to look slower, but put them both side by side at 60mph in 3rd gear and watch the 1.4 be covered in a big dirty cloud of black smoke. id say...

deep breath..... IT WAS STANDARD I WAS IN 5TH NOT 4TH I HAD AN EXTRA PERSON U HAD A HEAD START MY EXHAUST WAS BLOWING emmmm.... emmmm....... stevens astras fast lol you wouldnt win now, well if it wasnt up for sale :( lol

mildly breathed on, 190bhp 160lb/ft. mates ek9 ctr used to pull on me in first as his LSD gave him a better start, 2nd gear upwords tho the 172 used to pull on it. never had a standing start blast with an ep3 but had a blast up a motorway sliproad then down the motorway, he got a couple...

more details? millage etc? cup packs?

i dont care what its worth, i paid £7200 for it and have just sold it for £4500, if i had used it all though the winter it wouldnt have affected the price, apart from the extra millage its always going to depreciate the way renaultsport bring out models. im into my cars i like to have a car to...

lol that was nothing!! its got cheap tyres on it! you should see me in the 172 haha

thats how i drive mine, it makes u look cool

ive always used millers in my cars, doing the dci today with some

compaired to a B series or K20 it is lol, ive yet to come up against a honda thats quicker than my 172 and ive had a blast with everything other than an s2k and a dc5

its JCC's mate from stirling dont think hes on the forum, hes just got it, couldnt keep up with the dci100 through the bends! said hes still not used to the handling so i told him id take him out in it but he kindly declined! lol he was quite a sound guy! im sure JCC will get him registered up!!

its it coming on cam, just at the point where the cams are working at their best and you get a little kick at 5k. vvt just allows them to fit more wild cams and still have the car idle more normally, thats how you can have such a high reving power band but still fine to drive around town

dont worry mate, if vvt isnt engaging it wont feel strong through the revs, once its up to temperature it should pull to 7000rpm without dropping off the power. it wont make any difference at 5k. although ive never heard of a dephaser "not working" they usually just make mental loud noises!

thats not VVT kicking in at 5k its just it coming on cam, dephaser wont make a difference at 5k, you will just notice a lack of power throughout the rev range if anything, usually its just noise