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Exactly, but the usual cs trolls have interpreted it in their own little way as per usual.
Each car should be judged on its own merit, not ruled out because its done 5000 miles too few or too many.
I'm sure fred or danny said a 1.2 repair is pretty cheap and easy.
I did one and a new (recon) head, belt kit/waterpump/antifreeze cost me about £200 and I had to pay a mate £100 to do it as i'm handicapped. I can't remember what it cost exactly but it was around £300.
Exactly.
If I wanted my car remapped, I wouldn't even entertain a RS tuner style generic map. I'd rather give it to someone like RS tuning, who knows what they're doing. I can barely operate itunes let alone upload an RS tuner thingy.
a 1988 Orion as a daily, a Long wheelbase Sprinter Recovery truck for work, my wifes got a passat tdi for her and the kids and i've got a 172 engined mk1 from 1992 as a project.
Where abouts in the southwest are you from dude?
Get it repaired, will cost you about £10 on top of the respray cost and you'll never be able to tell the difference.
The seller has wrapped it properly and its not his fault, so I think ''kicking off'' to get a refund is a bit of a c**tish thing to do.
If you bought it secondhand, Renault UK will tell you to do one.
If you bought it used from a Renault main dealer, take it up with them as all of their cars are supposed to go through a multi point check before being collected by the customer and that should have been picked up.
I've done it on my mk1 and once driving, it's fine.
(I've not had the car on track so can't comment on that)
I did it purely for ease of removing/re fitting of the engine and to have less parts to fail overall.
I've had two track days ruined over the years where ps pipes have split and...