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at night, he sleeps in the offside rear wheel - to catch him, crawl down by the wheel and make a noise like your car starting. As he leaps up with the hammer (its only a small one) to tap the exhaust, then thats when you grab the little bastardo and say call that a hammer?. Then youve got him...
no, nothing to do with getting rid of the heat; it actually is a little man hitting the exhaust with a hammer. I caught mine and Ive now forced him to live in the boot as a punishment. But I still get the same noise after a long run even if hes safely locked away in the boot. Which is odd. ;)
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love the way that youve bucked the current trend for clear indicators, and kept dem original in orange! way out kooool man, you are a car style guru!
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ive never owned a car that pops and ticks and tongs and tonks as loudly as my Clio after a hard run - when i park up, it shouts out Listen up yall - hes just thrashed the knackers off me! PING TONK TONG PONK PINK TOCK TINK it goes for ages! I love it!
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im delighted that the Alfa driver was a gentleman. Theres a lot of respect for C172s on the Alfa site.
was it a 156 or a 166? The 2.5 doesnt have a huge amount of torque, from memory.
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Oh well, it was gonna happen at somepoint. Ten months into ownership and I now have a scuffed loy. A combination of a high kerb, lazy parking and viewing some eye candy has resulted in an inch-long scuff. Its not too deep but is noticeable.
Thing is, while Im not precious about my car (its a...
the white racer is just the billie bollox!! how cool would that look parked outside a cafe, or going for a bit of a posey cruise? Father Christmas, youd better be listening - no more cack presents please, i want that white Clio Racer or the cow gets it.
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so lemme get this right:
the CS was stripped of everything, BUT, you could pay Porsche to put back in the things youd paid for it to strip out? Nice little earner for Porsche, methinks ;)
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172man, no disrespect but, reno made similar exclusive claims with the first williams and we all know what happned then. Why would we believe their exclusive claims about the mk1 172? I think we can take what reno says with a pinch of salt.
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