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I always take my own oil. 4 litres of Mobil1 is about £25 @ costco. I have been quoted 170 inc vat for the 12 K service with me supplying my own oil.

The plastic bit under the car (left or right part rather than the central cover which is also part of the wheel arch liner) - it costs about 25 quid for a part and 10 minutes to fit. Do it as at about 80 mph the difference in air pressure forces it on to the road! It then gets eaten by the...

25 inc vat for an oil & filter change, with me to supply my own oil @ Gordon Lambs in Chesterfield. Cant argue with that really.

This is so true. I have passengered with drivers who are much more capable than me and their ability to control a car can make up massive differences in power to weight. Yes they may get left on a straight, but as soon as the track curves, theyre there again. How you can "pass with ease" in a...

Try Sutton Park in Burton. also: http://www.carselect.lloydstsb.comhttp://www.carselect.lloydstsb.com

Im certainly not in to cleaning cars - but the Meguiars Wax (no 16?) in the blue tin is excellent.

I keep thinking that at about 60 % of travel the brakes start to feel very wooden - theres no progression in the braking effect beyond this, and they dont seem great at stopping.

Crystal and correct ^ Mr Demon, thought youd have picked that up off BCBBS or Seloc! This board should twin with them as there are loads of elise owners on here now.

Its not renault specific (try Lotus!), and as a franchise can do what it wants you have little choice but to vote with your feet & take your servicing elsewhere. Would be good to have a section where people post the dealer, service type & costs.

11995 for a cup is hardly a bargain when you can get a 182 with both cup packs for the same from Lloyds.

Does it leak at the gaskets?

I had the 16V XSI (basically the S16 as was) and a GTI-6. The GTi 6 was quicker but i preferred the XSI. It did everything very well without being too stiffly sprung. It did roll a bit too much tho. Loads of problems with it though. Id put the GTI in about late 6s early 7s to 60, and the...

For the 182 16s Costco are about 90 something per corner. To join you heave to be self employed / Business (Trade) or be (quasi) public sector or profession (lawyer, teacher etc).

Anyone know what they weigh inc runners compared to the std 182 & 182 Cup seats (noting the 182 will prob be heavier due to the bags)?

Jeremy - what was the position on the 182 Cup. Were you obliged to leave the ABS due to regs? I do agree it is better to have a non ABS car, but I got caught a couple of times in my elise - at which point you kinda hanker after ABS. It seems to me that in the 172 Cup there was a car with its...

I thought Id better smudge out the plate ! :p

Pah Pah! amateurs! I am the GJOB nemesis! http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1103837803__200412230001crop.jpghttp://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1103837803__200412230001crop.jpg http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1103837803__200412230001crop.jpg...

mmmmmm 6r4! Is your mate insane though? Had a drive in a mates busa westfield - awesome car for the money - and plenty fast enough for me. If we were playng the "my mate has a " game, I was going to throw my Brother in Laws Diablo SV in to the pot..... Another mate has just ordered a...

I have a brand new in box / sealed s4 neo - if youre interested PM me. £260

Be very careful - Direct line & esure both wanted to charge me more for the cup packs. It was only after an exchange of letters with Direct line that they backed down - but by then I was with esure whod backed down sooner (thanks to customer services sanity!)! Lesson - assume nothing-...

Nice one - Ill be off to Lambs to have mine checked.

Dont Complain! Peter Smith Sports Cars gave me a FCUkd Metro! I kid you not. Now having said that Peter saw me in it and tore a strip off the service manager & gave me one of their demos for the day Gordon lamb Motorsport gave me a shagged 600cc daihatsu

PMSL

My elise had driving lights. They only operate when the Main Beam of the headlights is activated. Thats the only distinction I beleive, though they have higher rated bulbs as well

The worst aspect of the cruise is the location ot the buttons - Ive switched it on again when cornering a couple of times now - not a good idea. Keeping your finger on the speed increase button has you at 120 mph when you only wanted to add a few Mph (thats the way it works in the BMW& its...

^^^^ they do

....you didnt read it again did you ;) "most" of the times are from needles & co - but there are others on there. If you saw the 5th Gear episode where he & VBH went to Donny on a bike track day youd know it definately wasnt his time on the Duke. I do agree some of them are suprising results...

? - Did you read it? Theyre all dry times. Accept the different drivers bit - but youre primarily talking about Martin Brundle, Needell & Mark Hayles for the majority of the times who are all "competent". Its not like I recorded the Clio time & Brundle did the Civic (i.e. not the usual huge...

Bugger - dunno what happened there. See the real thread....... http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=2&TopicID=124369&PagePosition=1http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=2&TopicID=124369&PagePosition=1

Thought some of you might find this interesting. One of the folks on my regular lotus board put this together. http://www.jackals-forge.com/TMP/laptimes.htmhttp://www.jackals-forge.com/TMP/laptimes.htm Also worth having a look round Jackals site - some excellent vids on there for those with...