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Going to have a nosey round fords of winsford car supermarket tomorrow.
This car has caught my eye, however they've just posted up pics and I'm wondering why the air intake pipe has a date scrawled on it. Reminds me of when I used to pick parts up years ago from the scrapyard. Possible accident...
After majorly pissing about this week I've made the sensible grown up (and seriously boring) decision to swap my year old mountuned Fiesta ST2 for a new focus 1.0ecoboost. Little bit gutted but needs must. Wife has a 1.2 09 plate Clio dynamique and I also opted to trade that in as thought don't...
Was out on my road bike and saw it coming a mile off, looked almost fluorescent, even with shades on. Small plate on front from memory. Lovely looking motor. Glad I have one lol
Bout 15 mins ago. Was in the ST and suddenly I'm behind 3 volvos slowing the traffic. Next min a 182 joins at speed being tailed by a Vectra. Didn't see the outcome but can't see how he'd have got through the 3 volvos who'd gone ahead. Unmarked x5 then let us through and an audi rs4 driver just...
Decided to take the Clio out to the Cat and Fiddle. Nice little drive and stopped to take some snaps of the views and the car of course. Feels loads smoother on its new wheels and tyres.
Whilst driving back I thought I'd love to take the Fiesta out, so got home and swapped cars and went...
Had this car nearly ten years now (seems like 5 minutes) and it doesn't come out
very often hence the low mileage. Thought I'd give it a quick clean and a run
out today as the sun was shining, and decided to take a couple of pics as the
mileage when I returned home was on 21k exactly.
Car...
Fitted my new trophy turini wheels to my 182 cup today and they really suit the car.
Car is completely standard and I've no plans to change anything suspension wise. Just wondering what size spacers I need please to bring the wheels out more and the best place to get them from or is it not...
Decided to Sorn my 182 for the foreseeable as not using it at the moment. Tax and MOT both due this month. I've owned the car since new and have all the MOTs. Is it worth MOTing now to preserve the history, or sack it and MOT it when I next decide to start using it again? I take it you need a...
New RS 192 fitted a few weeks ago by Birchdown. Love it! Was going to bring my old exhaust home as was the original and wasn't blowing, but both silencers were rusted at the joins and full of water. Love the look and the nice subtle improvement in tone.
Went for a service at Birchdown yesterday. Highly recommend these guys. Treated the car to an RS192 despite my intentions to keep it standard which they fitted for me! The standard system was rusting away although not blowing so fancied a change. Couldn't believe how much water was in it as...
Keep reading more and more threads where belts have snapped on the 172/182 models which kind of concerns me.
What are the main causes of this? Neglecting servicing, thrashing the crap outa the cars, or shoddy mechanics not knowing what they're doing?
Just interested to know really. My car...
Can't believe I've had this car nearly 8 years. Crazy!
Here are some snaps I took this morning. I cleaned it last weekend so thought would take some shots whilst it's clean.
Lunar miles....
Chavvy Sticker :-)
one here from when I'd had it a week!
one here from...
My car failed its first MOT last week due to the brake discs being pitted and corroded - the car has only covered 12k miles so i was a little miffed to say the least.
Anyway, received a call from a nice lady at renault UK today saying this shouldnt have happened and that they'll replace the...
Just after some advice!
took my 182 cup for its first MOT this morning at renault. I've owned it from new, really look after it, its done 12k miles and its in immac condition. Anyway you guessed it failed :-(
they failed it on front discs being pitted which they said was due to the low...
my 182 is approaching 3 yrs old in december and has covered a massive 11k miles! it had its first service last october and has since done 3k miles. renault called me to say its due its next service. I was always of the understanding that its 12k miles/2years whichever comes first. I told the...
Thought i'd post up some pics of my clio after a sealant, and after sealant plus wax.
The paint was prep'd with carlack 68 and on the pics below there are 3 layers of sealant, each layer applied 48 hours apart (2x Klasse SG and 1 x Jeff's Acrylic Jet Trigger)
The...