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Not sure if silver car and white wheels will look very good. Usually red and black are the only colours that look good with white wheels. Maybe darker wheels would look better with a silver car?

Think I might go for the Eibach springs. Coilovers would be nice, but I already know that lowering a 172 does great things for the handling. Would get Spax springs again as they were good on my MK2, but they sound a bit too much like "Spaz" springs, and people look at me funny if I say Ive just...

LMAO! My thoughts exactly. Still, nice looking car youve got there Tiger ;)

Wellllllll.....okay then, but you make sure it can be put back to standard, okay? ;) Anyway, isnt it for sale in the For Sale forum?!

Noooo....dont modify Williams number 2, PLEASE!!!!!!

Jon - didnt say it is quicker, said it "seems" quicker! Anyway, remember that this is an original MK1 with the light bonnet, so itll be miles faster than your pathetic little Williams. HA, MWAHAH, MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ;) Anyway, the proof of the pudding is in the thrashing it senselessly...

Why not?! Its a modern engine with a 3 year warranty. If you break it, get them to give you another one!

No running in. Thrash it from new. Thats what the warranty is for!

Brun - cheers, will check it out. Simon - W reg, aluminium bonnet and functioning change light. Aparently it was the 42nd MK1 to make it to the country! Only warranty work needed was the boot leak problem. Not many rattles and mint condition. Im in lurrrve!

Will definitely be getting the AP22 out soon. Ill say this quietly as I dont want to upset the Williams, but the 172 seems faster! Still, better wait to test it before commenting much further. I will say though that it did feel stonkingly quick from the passenger seat. Im used to being a...

So, slightly off the point, I could find out the address of the people who vandalised my Williams if I happened to know the registration? How?!

What sort of money are coilovers for a 172?

This decade I will mostly be driving French hatches... Clio 1.4 16v, Clio 172 MK2, Williams, 206GTi and 205GTi and now MK1 172 (although not entirely mine I suppose).

Just agreed to buy a beautiful MK1 172 in lovely titanium silver with a mega light weight aluminium bonnet and in what appears to be totally mint condition (and a much loved by its current owner). Cant wait to pick it up...were going to be a 2 Clio family :D Roll on Sunday. Anyone want to sell...

Paddy, have you actually weighed your luggage net? Mine weighs about 2kg....like i said, fecking heavy for a few bits of string and plastic. Performance killer.

Dash, theyre very fecking heavy. Thats why I dont keep mine in the car.

I loved my luggage net so much that when I sold the 172, the kept that net. Im looking at it right now, in fact......ah, memories......

My parents have a new Laguna with the 1.9 120bhp DCi engine. The car is the same size a an aeroplane and it still shifts quite nicely. I bet that engine in a Clio or a Megane would be great fun. Rhys

Yup, with a bit of luck well have a 172 by then too....PM me

Yup, same car, same details, different company quoted £1100. Rhys

Cool, lucky git! BTW, James, Ive got a little GPS unit now that can check the accuracy of your speedo. Ive used this to calibrate the AP22 and I reckon if it was under reporting before. I think if we try again youll get a rather better 100mph time.....let me know if you want to give it a go...

Oops, that looks bad. Especially in just 14 months.

Difference strengths, different weaknesses. Diplomatic answer but its true. Williams seems to handle better as standard and the 172 seems quicker as standard. Which would I rather drive? Both, which is convenient :D.

Its probably more to do with the cost of young famous people smashing fast cars into people and getting the crap sued out of them. Potentially lots of £££££££££ involved in settling that sort of thing!

Just leave the bodywork totally standard. Renault actually got it right, so why spoil it!

I dont have the MK2 172 any more :-( Dont think anyone would insure us on a V6. Bugger. Couldnt afford one anyway.

Wonder if Ill be the first Cliosport member to a) own a 172 and Williams at the same time and b)to have had a Williams, MK1 172 and MK2 172?! Wow, what a claim!

LOL! No way, the Williams is like the Valver. My left leg is three times the size of my right due to the immense amount of excercise it gets with that sodding clutch. Traffic jams are a b*****d in the Willy.

And the letters E, V and O? If so Ill stop taking the piss and see if I can blag a go ;-)

lol, yeah.... - "IS IT MY GO YET, IS IT MY GO YET?????" - "no.....about another 5 hours yet....." -"Oh right.....IS IT MY GO YET?" Heheheh.....whats he getting?