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Sell the 172, spend on renovating 205 to OEM condition sell 205. buy MX-5

nice, but ferk trying to store the thing when the summer comes around! The OP is one of the coupes though. JDM special, only a few hundred made to test the demand.....of which there was none. $2200 for a fibreglass one though? Fat chance. For that money you could have a new mohair roof, OEM...

The drop in economy doesn't warrant the marginal increase in real-world performance.... IIRC

is that one of those unlimited edition corsa?

got your back there fella. Still good for diagnosing my floaty front-end?

Chav wants a Clio that'll cost all his YTS money just to insure? CS Standard.

there are some websites out there which I hear can provide you with quotes for car insurance for several companies at a time, without you having to ring around or get a load of finger-in-the-air guesstimates from forums. Something to do with Meerkats? Maybe I'm just Confused, Anyway, yeah, I'd...

cheaper tyres. better ride quality. unless you're confusing yourself with Mansell, you'll probably never tell a difference in outright grip.... providing you're using decent tyres

Irrelephant. #notsureiftrolling? But seriously, it doesn't matter, so long as he bought it from a garage (or other "trader") then the SOGA will still be in effect. However the garage wants to remedy the issue is up to them, do it in-house or use a 3rd party, however teh work must be done...

3 strike isn't a rule. In fact, I dont know where that idea comes from, I've heard it before but it's nothing legal. They're not able to "give up" on fixing the fault. Unless you bought it with full knowledge of the fault, which I assume you did not. They must remedy the fault, without undue...

They shouldn't be forcing the cost onto you. If a fault picked up at time of purchase has not been rectified then you may have the right to just hand it back. If it was an all-new fault, different story, but the fault is a legacy of that you had since day 1

Congrats on Slimmer of the Week!

Round ones

C220d as a daily workhorse (gets you from a-b for pittence, pleasant place to be) + Elise (Cheap as a toy car can be)

Sounds like it. WHen my rear bearings let go it sounded like I was just dragging the boot along the floor. jack up each wheel, give it a spin, listen for a grumbly noise grumbly noise = ferked bearing

Saw it the other day. bump! - when you're offloading the next one chap ;)

So long as you dont bin it in the next 14 days with your all-new levels of grip and handling :coffee:

Winter tyres, dangerous in the wet? Odd. Have you had the alignment checked over at all yet?

Joey Knows. It's their old "Eternal Flame" badge, as seen on MX-6, MX-3, 323, 626, Xedos & RX-7 And yes, indicators are on the right, standard. Plate relocators are full of win, to tidy up the nose. I'm trying to find a solution for Listerine, but the only ones I can find come out of USA and...

Found my MK2 MX-5 about 6 months after I chopped it in. Some 'tard had put a sex-toy shifter on it and one of those corsa-toys hanging off the rear bumper. I wasn't impressed, but it wasn't my car anymore

Mk.1 are fairly safe for rust... compared to a Mk2.5 anyway. If it's an import, make sure it's had undersealing done when it landed on our shores, and then you're good to go. Agree with the front fogs, look utterly waff on any 5 other than the 2.5 & 3.5 enjoy it fella, the running costs are...

You could just re-veneer the boxes? It'd be a lot easier

My aunt's got one of those.

FFS Chip. As it happens, F1 teams dont want to go up to 18s, as it will mean a whole new suspension philosophy as 90% of their compliance would be lost. But, back to the point, massive wheels are great for concept cars. concept.

TO be totally un-clio about it I had 16s on Listerine. Then I got a job and bolted on some Enkei 15s and not only is every tyre £30 cheaper, but 1/2 the rattles of the car have gone. there's no need for big wheels unless you're proper sik baller. Even F1 doesn't use 17s FFS, and they know a...

There's the OEM splitter that's worth looking at too if you prefer something a little less excessive

A Clio would be lost or Estoril. There'll be time to have a shave by the time you've made your way down the pit straight! :)

As above. Spend your money on fuel, tyres, MOT's, servicing etc. That'll be enough to keep you spending for a while. THen, when you've got enough no claims and experience under your belt, chop the shopping trolley in for something faster/nicer/better/comfier/whatever. After 5 years in a shitty...

I binned off ol' stripey when it came to its 10-yr belts. It was also begging for a new gearbox. I couldn't justify pouring the thick end of £2k into a hatch barely worth £1k. But, as said, each to their own. If you've been throwing money away on modz, you may as well keep going. Equally, if...