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Nope. In theory any problems on the car which a service at proper intervals would have picked up they could refuse to pay or only pay a % of the value requiring you to pay the rest. However its unlikly this will happen as parts failure cannot often be put down to blame on wrong srvicing plus...

Be warry it should have two keys, if you want do to Renault and get them to check how many keys the system has enabled on it and get any other keys removed. Insurance so long as you have locking nuts an alarm and the etched glass should be the same price although a few places will try get some...

You always lust after something else if you own a V6 Mk1 youll lust after a Mk2 V6 or an elise etc. Lust in an expensive thing isurance might be the same price but other bills might put you off and it might be too unusable ever day compaired with the Cup. If it were me Id personally get a...

Doesntsound to bad if you can get it for £8.5k even better if you can get close to £8k. 172s dont seem to be selling very well IMO maybe as its close to Christmas so you can try and offer less. Have a serch on autotrader or equivilent cars. Make sure if it is an import that it has an alrm...

I think most people want more power when they sell there 172 and since most other cars are heavier you need more power just be be just as quick so 200+hp. Most N/A engined cars dont have this much power so you have to go down the turbo route. An M3 isnt realy an option as a carry on car if you...

Nope unless you chnage the dash the milage stays the same. A new engine is the cheapest way to go unfortunatly.

36k service is between £200 and £250.

Swopping the suspension is quite a big job they have to swop the hubs round as well since the 182 cup shas different ones. Make sure they dont just swop the wheels round. As for bedding in the engine will Id bed it in hard the 172 and 182 engines are almost the same. People how have bedded the...

Well a carbon bonnet is say 10kg lighter so will ligthen the front and lower the center of gravity (only slightly thoug) however the battery must weight twice that -plus by stickign soem more weight in the back of the ccar will help get closer to a better balenced car. Plus its cheaper syou...

You cannot buy the suspension pack realy as there quite a few bits they change, it could be done buy its cheaper selling you car and buying a 182 with it. You can buy the rear and sfront spoliers and splitter there quite expensive (~£300 I think) and youd need them painting. Only the rear one...

Ive always had either 1.2 (none dynamics) or 1.4s

77 51 469 458 BONNET ALUMNM £132.02 ex vat Thats for an offical Mk1 172 alloy front bonnet

Hum ye I must be carrying about an extra 30 liters on adverage in the car extra and thats 47lb or 21kg thats about an extra 2% extra weight. Assuming thats an extra 1.5% MPG Im loosing Im loosing about 0.8mpg or after 36k thats about an extra £36 Ive spent on fule carrying the fuel over 36k. Not...

Sound like there messing you around, they can get the parts almost next day. Give Renault UK a call Im sure they can find out whos messing round.

By bedding the engine in hard ie high RPM (when its warm) it means the piston rings make a good seal with the bores so you get less blowly so more power less oil burn and better MPG. To bed the brakes in you need to do hard braking for about 60 to walking pace a few times this will burn of the...

Just to make sure yoll win a spot of N20 will help garentee the £200.

The parts new will cost a fair bit without looking them up it will be auout £1k+ Id guess before painting etc. But the damage might be more than what you can see best do a proper chekc of the whole car.. What happened to it did it reverse into a lamppost? If your going to do it up...

Aluminion Id say for as its cheaper. Its unlikly either one will be properly designed for minimum weight and best use of the materials anyway. How about moving the battery to the boot as that will be much cheaper and give the car better balence.

Im just back from Renault and they agreed it must be leeking (sort of obvious when you see the stuff is everywhere over the front of the bumper). Mine has a decient sized dent on the radiator but Im sure it was leaking before them. However they confirmend that theyll only replace it if Renault...

Thats an excellent quote Im suprise it wasnt 50% more infact. How on earth do you afford a 182 though? There is/was a Cup owner on here at 18 paying £3 or £3.5k I forget but he had a few yrs NCB low milage and it might have been in his dads name and had other things.

You went to Renault Chester didnt you? Renault Chester is one of the worst Renault garages ever although officialy for number of complaints Renault Liverpool does even worse. Try Speed Six in Wrexham though they always seem good for me but there still a Renault dealership. If you want a...

From my tests the computer is accurate to ~0.5mpg. Thats recording the amount of fuel gone in the tank over 36k and the amount of fuel the trip says it burned over 36k. However it does take some time before you get an accurate reading say 300miles so by resetting it ever 30 miles etc your...

The sensor isnt going to win awards for reliablilty only good way it to check it properly is to check the dipstick.

Mine is leaking as well going to go se them this afternoon. Its been on test twice and they cannot find whats wrong. Im thinking its just a loose connector on the botom of the radiator as this is where the liquid seems to appear from have a look under the front bumper and see if the coolent...

The new shape Corsas have a 3 cylinder 1.0 Ive had one before as a courtesy car. There not that bad my only problem was it didnt have ABS.

Ye in the cold the engine is in its cold run program for longer ie injects more fule for a longer time as the engine takes longer to heat up to temp. Also in the cold weather air is more dense so you can make more power = lower fuel economy if you use the extra power.

No idea for certain, I guess its maybe to do with the fact that I do a lot of miles and without fuel I cannot get to work so never risk letting it go low just incase there is a strike.

You might want to ask a mod to edit your post to remove the mention of where you put your keys at night. Best take the key to pieces and replace the battery they can go after 2 yrs and are often changed at the service. Also when your changing tha battery you can see why its not normal. It...

Renault chrage £85 often for work. Also the enignes bays arnt very spacious so you often have to remove mounts to get to the belt.

The electrics your on about is the UCH its mounted under the glove box (have a lookup in the passenger footwell) it holds all the electrical bits and bobs there. You migth have had a short circuit or somehting take it to Renault and get them to look at it the UCH hold so much electrics than...