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hey guys sold my car ages ago and its its already changed hands 2 times
just wondering if the cars owner is on here
only reason im posting is to see what the new owners thinks of it??
right guys maybe selling the 172
wanna idea of whats its worth, and with the influx of imports are these cars not holding their value like they should
rights
flame red
uk car
16k
FRSH
still under warranty
no dents
i light scratch
and 8 months tax
interior pretty mint
what car...
right my tailgate on our 172 has began to rust
took it to reno and at first they were willing to replace the complete tailgate under warranty but now they wanna just repair it
however im not happy with this and want ir replced as rust almost always comes back and the car is only 1 and half...
right guys
its the dreaded rust. whilse changing a tyre as had a flatty i discovered there is rust bubling through on the tailgate next to the hole where the waters comes out of. its about 3" long in length and 1 cm in width
as the car is a 02 year its still under warranty but i wanna know...
managed to blag a lift in my old valver yesterday
i was well impressed that it was my old car and had been moddd so well to do wat it does
it was quick, yes fells quicker then my 172
handles better, corners flatter and at higher speeds
and makes a awesome noise and looks bloody good too...
right dont know if anyone has experienced this before but i think the 172 is broken again
this is wat happened,,,
launch off line fast, great launch 40 mph and bang into 2nd gear
power is there but there are three loud clonks!!!
i back off but power is still there and now on half load...
oh well its gone
those who know me, will know how much i love me beloved valver, ive had it two and half years now, to be be honest compared to most on here its been damn reliable and served me very very well as a everyday car.
its will be collected on friday but the good thing is ive sold...
some may remember my post about our lethargic 172
its good news
its getting slightly faster themore i drive it, i ran it empty the other day and filled up with some super, dont know about know about optimax but it did slightly improve the car no loads but enough to make adifference
olling...
Just been reading the latest issue of PGTI but i cant help but feel that if clios turnt up the the 106 V saxo day they would be seriously out gunned...
here are some figures:
Fastest time was a VTS with head and cams and 50bhp nitrous: 0-60 (5.99), 0-100 (13.89)
Supercharged VTR also with...
grey oily liquid leaking from the 172, what could it be
first my car now the damn 172 too
is it normal for the aircon to leak as the liuquid is cold
whats up
or shall i just run it back to reno
hey guys sorry to post another moaning post but i cant take this no more
:@:sick:
as some may know my car booked in for a £200 job on wednesday just to get the speedo to work but now something much worse has happended
driving the car tonight, all of a sudden on decelerating without the...
just wanna stress my anger with my valver
just when i want to get it ready to sell it pays me back with all my years pampering her by gradually going wrong.sods law i guess
so annoyed at moment
not only was what i thought a simple speedo cable to fix the speedo not working it turned out...
hey guys
spend all day in mums 172 and made it my mission to hit the limiter in first sencond and third on every chance
anyway after about 2 hours ragging it, i was caining it in first all the way to limiter waiting for shift light for perfect change when mot only shift light flickers for a...
hey lads and lasses
just got back from a run im my mums 172. aint drove it for 2k miles when it had 5k on it it felt very tight then and still does. now 7 k it still feeles very slow and unwilling to pull,
it will do 0-60 in about 7 sec no problem but from 60 -100 its quite frankly sh*t
i...
hey guys how u been
dont know which of u to talk to so here u go all of u can read it
anyway just got back from german, swedish and french
bought some disk and pads ect ect for my valver but used my brother pug gti club discount car, it alloys 10% and any disount is better than nothing...
what happens when u say sell ur car before the year is up on insurance
do u still get the 1 yrs NCB or do u lose it!!!!!
i ask this cos i wont be in a position to replace the car to put another car on insurance policy staright away
wongy
here you go
i think im going pod on the 18th
my brother issueing the challenge down the strip
come on valvers, race him. hes itching to race ya
in fact willys and 172 and cups hell take u all on
wongy
just got back from a friendly race with one of my mates golf which he just finished for gti international
the results!!!!!! i lost but here the details for those who wanna know
it was not heroic cornering going on just real world situation races to see whos was quicker
the golf spec is 86...