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They have the right cars, weather and jobs... Now I just need to persuade the Mrs, and i'm off

I use to do alot in my 172, cheap car to run really. High 30's mpg on a run, £60 a corner for good tyres, apart from things falling off, it's far from a expensive car to commute in.

I saw this when I was down K-TEC last week. The bumper looks a very good quality and I do like the look of it, just not sure that i'd want to mess around with the exhaust though. I liked the Renault Sport Clio side skirts on the Megane also.

I had the F1's all round on my 172FF. I went for the XL ones, just becasue they were slightly cheaper and it's not exactly a bad thing for the tyres to be able to take more load. I really liked them once they had worn in and they lasted well. I currently have them on the Megane as well.

Get pics. The yellow Mini was flying, he had massive corner speeds. I've seen that Golf on track quite a few times now, it is always very quick.

As said, looks awesome Scott. What time did you finish them yesterday? Have you got the photo of the cars parked down K-TEC?

He has, but he went through City Motors as they gave him a better deal.

I think they are only around £50 each from Renault anyway.

Was a good day, even in the rain. I did pop home to warm up though :o

There are alot of Clio 1*2's for sell at the moment, so if you want to sell you need to price the car right. I sold my FF172, 53Plate, 43k for under £5.3k

Renault Clio Renaultsport 172 Cup 2.0 Petrol 3-door Hatchback 5 Speed Manual Front Wheel Drive Year: 2004 53 Mileage: 32,000 Part-exchange Price: Excellent condition: £5320 Average condition: £4820 Below average condition: £4280

Where is the best place to get some protective film, to go on the rear arches to stop stone chips. My rear arches have quite a few stone chips already and with black paint is really stands out, so I don't want it getting worse.

Brake fluid is low, also check your pads.

I've always had a good service from them. Best just to get it touch if your not happy.

Spotted a mk1 silver V6 this morning on the way to work. V6** YES plate on it.

Result, no kerbed wheels :)

Thats a good point, you won't be able to get to IOSFIXings in the front of the F1 either because of the Recaro's. Thats why my brother-in-law got rid if their 182 when my sister had her baby, as it had the Recaro's. It isn't no good when your mrs is driving on her own with a new born in the...

Servicing is same really, like I said your need your spark plugs at the 3rd service, but no Aux belt I believe. Camskill have good 235/40R18's for around £100, so not that much different really. Tax will probably be £300 next year as it seems to be the later Megs that are 199Co2 and in the...

Nope just traffic. Getting 27ish out of it this week as the kids are off school and traffic is clear. Best I have seen is 33mpg sat at 70mph on the motorway. Drivng hard your in the teens. I love the blue Recaro's in them also. It's next service (3rd) will need the spark plugs doing...

Well I use to get 27mpg out of the 172 being stuck in traffic everyday, now I get 21-22mpg out of the Megane.

Great choice. I do love the look of the original F1's Be prepared for the fuel bills though. (Whats the Cup like on mpg though?!?!)

Oh..... the wiper clicking use to drive me nuts on my 172. Thankfully the Megane doesn't do that.

£14 something at GSF for rear pads on the 1*2's. Pretty easy to fit too.

I bought 1 Litre from Halfords last week for £10.99, should last ages. But 3.75 for a 325ml ain't bad.

Does it also do it in reverse or when changing gear?

Definatey worth trying the a new bulb. On my mrs's old 106 both bulbs went at the same time and they liked fine... I didn't have a clue. So I just replaced them and they were fine from then onwards.

Seems a good weight saving to me, especially if didn't work anyway. As it's for the track every little counts and it all adds up. But I've known a few people to fit A/C back into their cars for racing, just to kept the windows clear in a wet race.

I've normally bought from Mytyres and gone to Protyre in Bristol for fitting, untill the last time they charged me £15 a wheel. Think i'm going to try some VREDESTEIN tyres next, £99 from Camskill.

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They adjusted the toe, but the Caster angle is still off. I think that is the problem. I know it's quite small, but it'll be a good place to start instead of blaiming the pattern of my tyres.