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Yep. On it's way to Rentech Towers and for some Mikey Big Hands lovin'.

...this is NOT a good look for a Clio.

I want to know this too. 5th's always been too long for me on track, could do with a bit more pull, make the best of what the engine has to give.

Nothing wrong with my hands sweetness, I grip and stroke it gently. Serious question for you for a change Ali... Is there anything in your detailing arsenal that would have stopped that? Or is it just s*** leather?

...their weight in gold? I intend to...with exactly what you've got, but with thumb contour swelled bits or whatever they're called :approve:

How's yours Day?

Have you slowed down putting miles on Chris...I thought you were way ahead of me? Mine's retired now, at the grand old age of 93,000.

Didn't see what your average speed was did you?

I'm going to once I get it going again...planning a few changes elsewhere as well now I don't commute in it anymore. 93,000 - but that's irrelevant in my opinion. Name another make of car with leather wheels that look like that after 3.5 years?

Our 42" is on the wall no probs, with a £20 eBay special bracket. I could hang off it as well and it would still not budge. A 19"? You could mount that with Blu-Tac ;)

If so, do I win a prize? Mmmmm, nice... Definitely not fit for the purpose...no way is that 'normal' wear and tear. Anyone have one that's worse?

I know what people have said, but when it was turning and not catching, I did it like that with headlights/foglights/rear window demister all turned on and cranked it for 30 seconds. The headlights didn't dim even slightly, so surely it's not that?

Oops! And there's me thinking cars with ABS never crash.

Well I can say for certain that when my decat was fitted I noticed the difference in how it felt and revved. I was just about to post up my before and after dyno pics to show how the torque and power curve had changed... But no matter how I interpret these graphs, there's no noticeable...

Yep. Tried the relay, still getting the 5 clicks and gear-change-light flashing thing. Recovery this weekend to Rentech Towers I think.

Awful pic (I was concentrating, Haynes is narrow!) but this is me...

Not enjoying it at the moment though - off to pick up another relay from Rentech-Mike this afternoon...see if I can get it to work and drive it for the first time in 4 weeks this weekend. Either that or I'll get the AA to dump it outside Mike's workshop.

I think it's not too bad.

Same for me as well - although I did also tell them the reason it was on there was because the standard Renault one cost 3x as much and didn't have a lifetime warranty. I also fitted an ITG panel filter and that made no difference either - told them it was to save money at service time.

Registered 28/11/2003, delivered 06/12/2003, mileage now over 93,000 miles. Every single one of them has been fun.

Agree - Fred's is good. As above don't touch the backs - they do so little my rear pads lasted 93,000 miles. And unless you are a track junkie Brembo High Carbon discs are good enough.

Don't think it was the sun that caused it - it didn't happen in a short period of time - has always been not right and has got progressively worse over time. I drive always with my hands at 'quarter-to-three' and the wheel has worn on both sides exactly the same, exactly where my hands go...

Blimey, that was ages ago...there's loads of rubber in that pic! Leather's worse now too...I'll get some updated pics.

4 years in November for my Cup.

Stick 'em up Chris! It's worse now at 93k, doesn't look like leather anymore, and there's hardly any rubber left at all. Proper crap quality.

Would only really be a problem in the wet though wouldn't it? And who drives on the limit of grip in the wet? I know it seems the norm is to have the best tyres on the back, but the front tyres do the steering, braking, and carry 65%+ of the weight of the car - which is why I always have best...

How can I have been so naive? That's why your hands are so soft.

Lovely

It's something like that. I'm not technical, Mike at Rentech does all that for me. What I do know is that the grumbling noise I get from my brakes after 40-45k miles is cured by fitting a new or low mileage replacement set of calipers.

It's not a problem as such...more of an irritant that costs £100 to put right! The brakes still work, and stop, they just sound like they're about to self destruct when while they do it.