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Anyhow its the colour that counts - the engines just a minor technical detail :cool:

At the rate theyre crashing therell be no Cups left before long. Seriously though, I doubt the 255 will be manufactured in sufficient numbers to catch the Cup.

Hi and welcome. It really depends on how much value you place on your relationship with your dealer. I was in pretty much the same position, and I ended up getting the car from the dealer. It cost me more, but in return Ive had tons of jobs done on the car that shouldnt really have been done...

Once youve lowered it no-one will want to sit in the back anyway, its too uncomfortable.

Yes mine was.

This is the first 172/182/Cup debate Ive ever posted to - couldnt agree more.

There is a list of things (my dealer has this list on the service counter) which are deemed as consumables. This includes things like clutch, exhaust etc - stuff that wears out and is generally not expected to last the life of the car. Theyll ask for a contribution for replacing these in the 2nd...

Normal premium unleaded is 95.

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Get a Magnex or K-tec system. About £330 fitted, and a lifetime warranty. If you let Renault replace the existing section, youll be queuing-up to pay another £400 in a couple of years time.

Looking good Dai, youre all ready for those 17"s now mate ;)

Good luck Dai!

£170 at Telford - schedule is the same as the 12k service.

Middle box falling to bits inside. It sounds much nearer to the engine, but its the middle box between the cat and the backbox.

I think they were BBS wheels.

Mk1 came with normal air-con (not climate), didnt have auto Xenon lights, didnt have auto-wipers. Did have nice coloured Renaultsport stitching on the seats though - better than the boring grey on the Mk2s.

^^^ what she said :(

Then again you could just buy a Skyline instead

40mm is a big drop on a 172. Unless the ET is just right (37), theyll rub. You can find the Offset (ET) of the wheels by looking on the inside of a wheel - its usually stamped on the wheel somewhere.

Carbon fibre headlamp washer balls?

LMAO!

Nice one - sounds like a good deal :D

Could be - mines still down at the bottom of its travel after 26K miles.

The 1.2 16v-ers had a great shootout at York last summer! Bambam vs Fred as I remember, and they were running around 18 seconds.

Do you think theyd notice if it was a mangled heap of metal? Probably not unless you get some brightly coloured springs or coilovers.

V6 pic looks really weird - I think the car still has 15"s on!

:oops: its a cat-back, £330-ish fitted at Demon Tweeks.

Now youre talking :D

Have a look in the members section - rolling road figures. Highly modded Willys seem to make between 140 and 150 at the wheels.

Did you get an at the wheels figure? Flywheel figures are theoretical.