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top work, looking forward to the 'block exploded at 724bhp' post ;)

I think its that that does it, its the feel of a VW when its new, its sucks you in, but I've driven loads over the years and its literally after 6 years bits come loose, fall off, electrics go wrong, turbos blow, all sorts of general disintegration. the 56 plate works Passat is shocking, its...

Map sensor tested and working Lainer, back in the post to sunny cornywall this afternoon ;)

ai wasn't what I would of done to any clio tbh, looked too fussy, but it was a clean example, as in well looked after from the little I saw of it.

:) sorry folks, I was too busy enjoying the car and the road to faf about with a camera! I was just excited to be enjoying the car again, so had to share my succinct feelings about it! ;)

I don't know, sometimes its good to have a bit of a harmless windup, if they choose to follow for no reason other than 'not liking the look of you/your car' then more fool them if they get pissed about on a wild goose chase.

me too, and imo its not iroically, VW's fall apart, no idea why they have a rep for good build quality, they are not built well from my experience when they age past like 6 years, they feel solid upto then, after that they flall apart

Boost + Sunshine + Country road full of quick straight blats and epic corners + spot on tarmac + Black Stone Cherry through the portable Minidisc (proper audio quality) = clio love that is all :evil:

anything above T25/T28 hybrid i think you'll start to struggle for clearance on the bulkhead with log manifold, so your probably talking 5 GTT style, turbo where battery is job to fit a T3 series turbo

think it was G something chap, as mentioned private plate. it was half hidden behind another car and i sort of may of been boosting a bit at the time so kind of 'did 30 officer' past it

agreed, the drivetrains are these cars are the weakest link, but that's sort of bye the bye for this conversation, the point I'm making is the chassis' are far more capable than the powerplants bely. that's kind of the crux of your entire mark 1 project el chippio, find a good drivetrain to bolt...

Renault are sort of missing a trick with it tbh, as the renaultsport chassis across the range are very very good and capable of handling a bit more power than they come with :)

ai keep it standard, when clean and fresh cups do look lovely

if its under rear seat mainly it can be rear quarter glass seals as well, mine does this and I know its coming in there, they fold in on themselves under the base of the windows

mine drives me nuts all the time, but when I just plant the right foot and shoot off to the horizon, god do I love it (mk 1)

its not opinion, if people don't like it they are wrong, simples ;)

evil looking motor chap, not like the normal wishy washy exclusives, I like ;)

stunning car, stunning snaps :)

love it, i loved mine on the bines as well :) ignore the haters, they got no class ;)

Parked up outside chilly jacks i think, carbon bonnet and private reg. looked clean

i had same issue, cable frayed and jammed, i was lazy though and simply ripped out the old cable from inside the sheath and fed some cheap ass cable through and chocolate blocked the end back on at the throttle body, worked a treat and cost peanuts. high idle gone :)

i thought carbon canister was on the other side? or is that just phase 1 cars?

on the mark one i undo the 2 subframe bolts and brace bar to the inner arch, drops the subframe down enough to lever it out (with the engine jacked up as you describe as well)

kittens piss me off, click....ha....click click...haha.....click click click click click...mwuhahahahhahaha

what...what is this concept? is it some kind of wizardry? do you have to go to Nepal to learn how it is done? ;)

welcome

welcome :) not far from me

Welcome, your not far from my parents in Appleton :)

My 172 was lowered on awful apex springs and had an 'exhaust' on it, i returned it to standard and for use as my daily car its much much better in this trim than 'modded' although i still have the 'look at me' air filter on it but i'm just too tight to fork out for an o/e airbox ;)

whats the reasoning behind a 1.2 then? if your after a cheap runabout to get you back and forth to uni on a budget etc, why not just buy an old 106 diesel or something for few hundred, keep the rest of the cash in the bank ready for when you want something nicer and faster in the future? just my...