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yeah, if you floor it at the moment the front of the car sounds like the wheels are jumping up and the engine is about to jump out of its bay, very loud juddering motion when the traction control kicks in to try and stop the wheels from spinning.

glad you are OK fellow cliosporter!

LOL, thanks mate!

no it was different, more blended in covert rather than some bright blue thing sticking out of the roof! I would find the original thread with the pics in but the search function doesnt really allow me that pleasure these days!

Leeroy, unprovoked person attack, just because yours is common it doesnt make it better;)

really, must just be the very first ones that didnt then, mine was a March delivery and didnt have it. It must have only become apparent on here around june then maybe

well june was around the time these new fangled blue nipples came in AFAIK. R U sure you havent got a blue thing up by the rear view mirror in the roof? If not you will have two mesh/holed plastic vents in the interior light assembly which is the old way? there were some photos knocking...

id say you shot yourself in the foot when you mentioned the words "race meet" and "last time we raced"

how old is your car?

the 36k on my brothers 1.2 was around £360 so not very cheap!

thats a totally new subject!;)

i can recall this too, and i also remember it being a brand new car which they had to run in, then autocar had the car afterwards and it was just run in and they got a 6.3. I bet with a fully run in model now you will find they will touch the 6 second mark. Plus, for my two pence worth on the...

no mate but I do work my brakes pretty hard most of the time so they get warm pretty quickly.

new Golf GTi 200

nice family car

sure it wasnt autocar? (bmw was the 1 series diesel)

early 182s (like mine for instance) have a much superior camourflaged (sp) high tech system that they dropped for a cheaper tackier blue nipple our cars still have the same function its just that its not so noticable!

or try hitting the limiter a few times, youll soon know whether its up to temperature or not!

oh and apart from the standard knocking at low speeds which was solved in the first couple of weeks of ownership mine has been a good little runaround!

Quote: Originally posted by ken182 on 12 December 2004 but as dull as dishwater (unless u get a hot one which costs 30k minimum and crap in the wet/snow/ice..... what he said, BMWs are ok for reps and old people but not fun enough for me, 1 series is ugly and too expensive for what it is, 3...

Quote: Originally posted by Lee on 12 December 2004 Mine were amazing at Spa, but I have a feeling its taken its toll on them. The car is in for a few bits on Wednesday so Ive asked them to check them out and replace them if need be. Ive covered 9k so far. Mine too were amazing at Spa...

mine takes about 15 minutes to warm up and then my limiter is definitely over 7k revs, it is colder at the mo so does take up to 20 minutes some times.

Quote: Originally posted by davidh on 12 December 2004 Quote: Originally posted by bluerickshaw on 12 December 2004Im buying a Mk2 Mars Red V6.... 1 year old, 7,000 on the clock absolutely A1 condition. 6 months tax and direct from Renault.I think im getting a bargain, what would you expect...

if we are talking the standard WRX (20k one) then the test in autocar this week showed the 182 to beat the wrx around the track so for my money, i would still pick the 182. Golf GTi is nice and for a family car and long distance driving it is probably nice but would never handle like a 182...

cool, sounds good to me, as i said before I had a few things done to my car including adjustments to my exhaust and heat shield at the same time so couldnt pinpoint what the cause was but the engineer did grease that engine mount and it was after that that the knocking stopped. Had I known it...

i have no idea what you are talking about? is it the cover that goes under the engine so you cant see the floor through it? if so then yes it does but thats just guessing at what you are on about.

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my test in the 172 wa a drive litterally around the dealership in a square (renault wolverhampton) and lasted no more than 5 minutes and didnt go above 30 mph, i was very disappointed.

Quote: Originally posted by Louise on 10 December 2004 thanks :)yeah thats on the road price... Aargh... 182 or Fiesta ST...Cant I have both? lol thats easy, just read evo or this weeks autocar for the answer to that!

yes as long as its not pre registered