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My only issue with Alpine headunits (and most others!) is that they still don't look great until you start paying a couple of hundred quid. Pioneer made some years ago that had a flush front (IIRC), which looked much less garish.

Yes probably correct, that's an OLD HU and they changed interface probably ~5yrs or so ago IIRC.

Colour?

I use Sennheiser HD 25-SP II - excellent all round, a smidge on the bassy side but very revealing/rewarding sound & closed backed. Quite a few DJs used them & their bigger brothers. For an audiophile sound, i'd go for Grados, but they're semi-open backed.

How thick is the wire & can you trace it back at all? Car manufacturers don't (IME) use bullet-connectors, so probably from something a previous owner had fitted. Definitely best off to cable-tie it up out of the way until you can investigate & remove.

it's like tumbleweed is blowing through...

In my 172 i'm toying with putting an amp under the passenger seat - will have to be a small model though, taking the place of the stock cd-changer that's fitted there. I reckon most people just make up a board to fit to the rear seat(s).

My fiance has bought this phase 2 172 from the South West, think it's lived down here for a while, originally from the North West. Has already got a cliosport.net sticker so wondering if anyone on here knows it or anything about the prev. owners? It seems in reasonable condition anyway, just a...

Cheers for the replies. Currently have a 1.8 Focus - have had a few 'sensible' years, kinda enjoyed having a car I didn't really care about for a while!

I'm looking to buy a 172 soon, but haven't been able to find much about general running costs. Can anyone offer a bit of advice/thoughts on the matter? All I know is that fuel economy is pretty good. Hoping they're cheaper than the other fast hot-hatch cars I've run in the past (Peugeot 205...