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When I had my old Clio smashed into I heard the two lads smash the window, and called the police. I shouted down for them to feck off and they told me to keep my hair on and pretended to walk off. Stupidly, they hid behind an outhouse waiting for me to to outside, but the police showed up very...

I raced (well, chased actually) a VR6 who was more interested in racing the V6 4MOTION in front of him and probably didnt even notice me. This was a couple of weeks ago up the Chesterfield/Sheffield bypass, which has a lovely mile long straight bit. The 4MOTION looked standard and the VR6 had a...

Really sorry to hear that. Suppose it makes Willys that bit more exclusive now :(. Are you going to get another one when you get the insurance money? Rhys

Yup, if theyre giving you this sort of hassle now, imagine what itll be like if anything goes wrong with the 172. Like Mike says, walk away. Rhys

Thought FTOs have 190 odd bhp. Was thinking about getting one, but apart from the engine, most write ups said it was nothing special. 0-60 in about 7.2 and loads of them have tiptronic type automatic gear boxes. Your result sounds about right. My Williams has gone back to the garage tonight...

Yup, mines a heavy bugger too, but Im getting used to it now. Rhys

http://www.dimmasales.co.uk/kitpics/renault_clio.jpg Wow, thats expensive! http://www.dimmasales.co.uk/index.html?dimmaKits.php?kit=cliohttp://www.dimmasales.co.uk/index.html?dimmaKits.php?kit=clio £4750 fitted and sprayed. Or is that the sort of price it would cost to do it right? Rhys

Does your de-cat make buzzy noises like mine? If it doesnt, what make is it?! Rhys

Craggy - what modifications did you have on the Willy when you did the 14.8 1/4 mile? Did you have the rear seats out then? Really want to buy an AP22 but cant bloody afford one right now :-( Rhys

Ive not driven mine much, but in my honest opinion, the Willy is a better car. I cant really put my finger on it, but the Willy just feels better balanced through hard cornering. And the engine feels stronger. Just my opinion though. Rhys

Ive been up to 120mph in the Willy, but Im not really keen on that sort of speed. Is the Willys top speed 130mph? Working it out from the rev counter it seems that way. Does it have a shorter final gear than the Valver or is it just because it only revs to 6500rpm? Rhys

Craggy did a 0-100 using an AP22 last summer in his Williams and that was about 17.4 seconds if I remember rightly. Rhys

Tim - Ill break open the jar of pennys when I get home and see if I can come up with an offer. How about a tenner for the Nobles gear knob? ;) Rhys

Tim-M12 - can I just take this opportunity to say "you jammy git!". ;) Rhys

From what Ive heard, a ZS180......! Rhys

Danny boy - as far as Im aware, I told you a few posts back....I thought it was common knowledge now

Hmmmm.......its not an MG ZS is it? :o;)

Its probably number 17 with the 7 scribbled out ;)

matt - hey! Thats what my excuse was going to be! Rhys

Or a cat, of course ;) Sorry, not very helpful. When my cat went kaput it made noised like a piece of cork pinging around in a metal can, but it didnt smoke at all. Rhys

Yeah, REAL sports cars have aircon, right? :p;)

It roughly translates as: Ethethethe pethethethe 245 bhp 308 Nm torque. Rhys

Over 180bhp/tonne in a brand new car for 16k? I reckon that isnt too bad. It isnt what Id spend my money on but bearing in mind that the 172 lists at around £15k and has 156bhp/tonne, Id say its not bad value. Besides, I bet the running costs on a 2nd hand Esprit are going to be a touch more...

Griff - well said, and welcome back after a seemingly long absence?! Rhys

I thought that the basic MINI Cooper-S (us all being into our "raw" hatches, right?!) with the Hartge package comes to about £16500, which seems like quite good value for a car than handles AND goes?! Rhys

Some people obviously want to modify it.... <A target=_blank href= "http://www.wftuning.ch/produits_compresseur.htmhttp://www.wftuning.ch/produits_compresseur.htm Imagine having a bus thing behind you at some lights. Imagine flooring it in your 172 Imagine the bus still being there 80mph...

Oi! That Galaxy yesterday was definitely not 0-60 in 9.9 seconds. I know that my Williams will do 60 in low 7s with a passenger, so it stands to reason that the Galaxy that was racing me was similar. Bet the driver was pissing himself at my expense :-( Rhys

Tom / 172Man - what, you think that the 1.2 Clio is a better sports car than a Cooper S?!?!?!?!?! I didnt say I "hate" your car, just said that the Cooper-S is better and its a bit rich of you to say the Cooper - S is sh*t when you are driving around in a car that simply is nowhere near the...

Rob - to be fair to CSB, you started on him with a rather pointless comment about homosexuals (which is kind off off topic, right?!). If youd said that to me, Id have felt obliged to insult you back myself!!! Rhys

Tom - I assure you Cooper-S Boys Cooper S is a far better sports car than your 1.2 will ever be. In fact, what is this pointless bashing of his car all about? The Cooper S might not be to your tastes, but "sh*t" it is not. Rhys