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For me, the Clio 172 / 182 is the essence of what a hot hatch is. It's practical, but crucially small - perfect for B Roads. Nowadays, everything has got bigger, heavier and - of course - turbocharged. Right now, the closest thing seems to be the Fiesta ST (conveniently, with 182bhp), a low...

Hi Folks - Englebert here. For all who remember, an absolute Cliosport legend. For those who don't, an utter nobody. It must have been around 12 years since I was last in a Clio (an Iceberg Silver PH2 172, in case you were wondering) and a similar time since I finally clicked away from Off...

Recently the volume on my iPhone stopped working. I managed to get it working again by simply plugging in my earphones halfway into the socket! Fluke... Again, completely randomly, my lock/on/off button has stopped working. Googling the problem shows its not necessarily the button, but the...

Saw a 197 in white adorned with various stickers at Bluewater House of Fraser car park last night. Had a private plate and was parked with a load of other hot hatches. Also saw it as it left...a rorty exhaust!

Bit of a teaser before i get the race report up; an interesting angle from the GoPro... GbcZhVsvDBE

Snetterton was to be the finale of the Lotus Cup UK season. Whilst a decent finish would assure a overall Class win, I really needed a few people to have a disastrous weekend to have a shot at the Overall title, thanks to my two previous DNFs. I would be racing alone, and with the weather...

A 365 GTB4 Daytona 'Competition' being sold by Talacrest. IMO, the perfect paintjob. Makes it looks subtle/beautiful/purposeful all at once.

After a successful outing at Zolder, last weekend it was back to the UK and to the penultimate round of Lotus Cup. This time up it was Donington, on the GP circuit which would be a first for me. The race weekend layout was an odd one, half a test day on Thursday, track day on Friday (on the...

...against a crappy Porsche. rXAJwjEEn-g That is a bit of old footage before we through money at it!

Hi Guys, Found an old video on DVD. On the disc, there are separate video and audio files. It is one of those auto-loading things that has chapters and shizzle. I can't open the individual video files in movie maker (they are .VOB files), they just load as blanks... Would love to get them...

This year's European round was to be at the much forgotten Zolder circuit. Once an F1 circuit until Gilles Villeneuve's death, it has had little investment since. The pit garages are unchanged, so certain elements have a real feel of history about them. And when the older cars are around as a...

My next race is at Zolder and, as i've never been before there, i booked myself on an 'International Trackday' there yesterday to a get a feel for it. What i didn't know was this was simply a test day, for a genuine track day you have to go through the usual UK and foreign track day companies...

Last week we were back at my home circuit in the Lotus Cup UK series, but this time on the more exciting GP circuit. Following the last race's woes, the team had to quickly get together the parts required to build another Duratec engine. It now has more off the shelf parts from Cosworth to help...

You'd be forgiven for thinking the 997 hasn't had a look in lately, and you'd be right. Moving out from Fenn towers into my own humble abode means just getting to it is a problem, as it's left in my mum's garage. But i've paid more attention to it in the last week as i need to make sure it is...

This thread should really read 'Oulton Park Race Report', but then it would have been overselling things somewhat! Unfortunately i didn't get to race at the weekend, or even qualify. Unfortunately (you must be used to that word with me!), the engine blew three laps into the morning practice...

Was impressed, and filled with want, when i saw this Golf. qT08g_mvDZ8 Then, it thought hmm. Mr PSI. And found this... iPLSkzgPs80

Pretty sure this was a blue 182 rather than a 172 Cup as it looked darker than mondial... also looked lowered on Turinis and had simply the Cliosport web address under the brake light.

Hi Guys, Thought i would create this thread in advance for anyone local to Castle Combe. The race is this Saturday and it has always been a good circuit for spectators. Pop along and say hi if you have nothing better to do! I am also there tomorrow for testing...

Yeah, yeah, i know i'm behind the times but there are still a few people playing this! On multiplayer online i get dicked in the S Class as everyone has tuned cars. So i thought i would tune up a GT3 that is currently set at 613. I go into multiplayer, select the Porsche, and then click to...

So i've been waiting a mammoth 8 months for it, but my new Golf R has finally arrived! When i first started looking for a new car, it was based around my decision to move into London which involves street parking. Therefore, i wanted something reasonably subtle that wouldn't get unwanted...

So, the DTM were back in town again this year to kindly support my race. Its always nice to have a crowd at an event, makes a difference from the handful that normally show up! It does mean the weekend is a long one, despite limited running. The big news was that we were running our new engine...

Last year i completed just a few laps at the new Silverstone 'Arena' (new GP) circuit, so i was hoping to make amends in the first race of the Lotus Cup this year. We approached the weekend with mixed confidence; i had gone fast in previous testing, but i'd also blown the engine so we were stuck...

Was amazed seeing this photo of Underground Racing's (of course, a US based tuner) workshop. All the cars due twin-turbo conversion. Despite the supposed recession, why it does it see like the Yanks have ridiculous disposable income? Or is it simply because there are loads of 'em?

Saw this on the way to work this morning, with a car bra!

Big thanks to Dunganick and Supercar Detailing for their respective advice and access to cars. Learnt some interesting things from Nick and look forward to messing around more once i get a few bits of equipment! Most of my shots were horrific as i was attempting to put Nick's advice into...

Hi Guys, My email just stopped working on the iPhone last week. After trying 02's suggestions, i then deleted my email account and added it from fresh, which brought it back to life. However, now it is not keeping a copy of my emails on the server, so now when at work in Outlook i'm not getting...

So, my first track outing for a number of months was at Silverstone this weekend. Friday was a proper test on the Silverstone 'Arena' (new GP) circuit. I wasn't feeling incredibly confident as last time round was in the race there last year, where the car lasted only a few laps with me in the...

So soon i'm back in the cars, can't wait! In preparation, i popped to the workshop for a seat fitting - the guys had reclined the seat a little in response to my complaints about back ache. I also got to check out my road legal Elise, something i see so little of i actually forgot i owned it...

I've just got my 550D and put it altogether, attaching the 18-55 Canon Lens. Just started to play with it and i'm getting no autofocus. As with any camera, on half shutter it should focus, and the manual says there should be a red light. I get nothing! I've switched the dial from auto to Av to...

Current exchange rate makes it around £180k :dapprove: And yet, so much want... http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU0743805211/index.html?TRCD=200002