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3 years and 5 months - 84,000 miles. I'm never selling it.

Right, I'll try the old soapy water then...hope that works as it feels quite waxy. Don't normally clean the wheels, but these will also be getting a fresh coat of vile coloured smoothrite before Brands :approve:

Yep. Perform from stone-cold with no issues at all. Really surprised me when I first got them, I thought for something used in touring cars they'd need a little heat first...but no, windscreen headbutting right from the beginning.

First thread from me ever in here LOL Getting ready for Brands next week and I just remembered that the tyres I'll be running I leant to a member on here for a week not long ago. In that time they saw fit to "dress" them meaning they've now got a lovely slippery outside inch of the tread and...

I've come to love my Pagid Blues. At £120-£140 a pop they're not cheap...but around Bedford with 3 100mph+ stops in just over 2 minutes lap after lap they perform without fault. They last forever too - mine have covered about 30,000 miles now and there's still a good 5-6mm left. Not hard on...

I thought the whole purpose of the Scandinavian flick was to exaggerate weight transfer/load onto the outside wheels so as to maximise grip through a corner? Isn't all this drifty slidey stuff just a by-product of that?

That's a great feeling :approve: Looks good too, wish mine looked that nice.

I know where you're coming from. I've got a 360, and Rainbow Six, absolutely love that game. Had it since it was released months ago, and I'm still on the first level. I try to hook up with my mate as often as I can on Live, and I've managed that once since February. Most of my time these...

Mine went through on it's first MOT no problems (decat excepted) at 74k miles.

Cup LMAO - dreamer ;) You are taking it on track at FCS aren't you? I always wanted a run against this bad boy.

How can anyone do that to their car and think they improved it, even slightly? w**k.

It was his first time out and as said, his car was sick. Got to stay calm on track...if you let the red mist descend, you see gaps that don't exist, and believe you're Senna/Schumacher/Hamilton etc. on the brakes...not good. I just bide my time and wait for them to realise. Failing that, a...

LOL

The Dynamique interior was on the 182 Cups. The all original 89kgs lighter 172 Cup had a unique Mossa Grey cloth interior...front seats the same as all the rest but cloth not leather covers, and no side airbags (toooooooo heavy ;) )

The + & - points are relative to what you want from it. If you want a totally focussed driving experience with not much in the way of so called luxuries for little initial outlay and cheap running costs thereafter, get a 172 Cup - I've done 84k in mine from new and still grin from ear to ear...

Re: Nurburgring efforts. Nice pics Steve. Maybe stick NWS in the title? Gloves are gay BTW ;)

Ooh, nice. Can't think of a reason why I'd need it, but I want it.

If you want cheap wheels, you want to buy these from me... They're straight, true, have no cracks, and could be yours for a bargain price after this weekend once I get the tyres taken off. They're up in the "For Sale" section now... http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=223938

A539's rock on track. They're progressive at their limits, and when they do start to move about, it's all very calm as it happens. I ran 3 or 4 sets of these on road and track in my fisrt 18 months with the car - not once did I ever lose a treadblock or did they do anything other than wear...

Good to have a goal, something to aspire and work towards, but if you can't afford the running costs...you can't really afford the car, can you?

LOL I suppose I've coped so far with no problems...just me being paranoid as it nears retirement I guess.

Yes edde. I'm running new discs (500 miles old and fully bedded in though) and recently bled fresh fluid. Would slight balance issues really affect it this badly? It's like I've got ABS on the offside as it's almost impossible to lock it. Pads move freely in the calipers too so that's...

I've long thought (since new) that it was down to weight, with me being in the car on my own and no passenger, but today I proved otherwise. I was out two up practising threshold braking; time after time after time (about 6 in all) I braked from *** miles per hour down to a complete stop...

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Hands off. He's letting me have it.

You are absolutely correct. I don't mean to be disrespectful (it really is not in my nature), but from the outset this thread and your responses, have genuinely had me laughing out loud on several occassions. It's getting tiresome now so don't worry, I'll leave be.

...and given the continual bragging about how supreme his new motor is, how we all don't respect it, how we need to all grow up, how he is personally surrounded by money and supercars we should all worship, how he is an "IT Professional for Vodafone at 31!", I thought it far from harsh...

So at 31 years old you couldn't afford it outright? You need to work harder mate.

Yep

LOL at the 20s on the long term Focus ST...urgh!