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Hi all, Been having problems(again) over the last few weeks. The handling has gone to pot. The car seems to lean into left hand turns, giving an oversteer kind of feel. I though that one of the drivers side shocks could be shot, but I've bounced the car on all four corners and it...

Hi Folks, To cut a long story short the cambelt has let go on the 172. Looks pretty terminal. Renault Notts have the car at the mo and are assessing the damage. The cars only done 47K and as far as Im aware the cambelt doesnt need changing until the 72K service. The car has a full service...

Just brought a new house with a garage and driveway. Good for insurance purposes as the car is no longer parked on a street and hence the premium has dropped slightly. However a few folk have warned my about keeping the car garaged up as this can make the car sweat and after a few years may...

Had the bumper off on Saturday to check out my Xenon lamp thats not working. What a fecking job that was in the howling wind. Not Nice. :confused: Anyhow, I discovered that the bulb had blown to smithers. Nothing left of it, and the headlamp was full of glass. Looks like it went with a bit...

Anyone know whats involved with fitting? Is it simply a matter of unbolting the old one behind the Cat and bolting the new in place? I understand that you need to cut the old one off near the rear axle as in the factory its fitted as a one piece system before the axle is offered up to the car...

Does anyone know how to do this? Had a quick go today without the car jacked up and cant see how the bumper is attached. Cheers Rich

Hi Folks not been around for a while so hope your all well.... Got the 4K rattle back again and Renault wont fix as its outside of 1st year contractual warranty. If they did, it would probably resurface again a year down the line so Ive decided to get a cat back system fitted to cure the...

One of my Xenons blew shortly after getting the Car back from the repair shop a few weeks ago. This is the opposite one to the one I had replaced after the accident. Anyone know if these are covered under warranty?? My cars in for its 24K service on the 25th so Im gonna get them to look...

Well after 3 1/2 weeks in the body shop, Ive just taken delivery of my newly repaired 172, and boy is she lookin fine. As good as new. Looks like theyve gone the whole hog, and replaced everything that was damaged with new. New bonnet - which surprised me - thought theyd straighten out the...

My Baby was picked up yesterday and is now in the workshop having the damage assessed ready for the insurance company. I had a real close look again yesterday and it appears that the oil on the undertray seems to have got worse since coming home, this wasnt there before the accident – not good...

Anyone get a letter from ReanultSport in the post this morning with this written on the envelope? Renault are organising 3 track days this year for owners of ClioSports. All at Bedford with a similar format to the one last year - 3 hours of track driving plus BBQ and a drive in the ClioCup...

Not exactly exciting I know but I wondered if anyone has fitted a roof rack to their Mk2? If so were did you get it, how much did it cost and how do you find fitting it? Does it clip in nice and easily with no possible paint work damage etc..... Im finding that I need to cart more and more...

OK guys need some advice on a road rage incident I was involved in this morning. After leaving my house travelling along a main single carriageway this guy pulls out in front of me. He makes no attempt to speed up to the flow of traffic so I overtook him. He then flashed me to acknowledge his...

OK guys need some advice on a road rage incident I was involved in this morning. After leaving my house travelling along a main single carriageway this guy pulls out in front of me. He makes no attempt to speed up to the flow of traffic so I overtook him. He then flashed me to acknowledge his...

I now have a last a service manual for my car. Its taken all of 8 months of several telephone calls and various letters to Motorpoint get me one. The problem is I still dont think its correct. I have a very generic looking book with a page of service vouchers that the dealer stamps at each...

I now have a last a service manual for my car. Its taken all of 8 months of several telephone calls and various letters to Motorpoint get me one. The problem is I still dont think its correct. I have a very generic looking book with a page of service vouchers that the dealer stamps at each...

Just took my car in for its 12,000 mile service today down at the yocal Renault Dealer Chimps. They still insist that my car isnt due for its first service until 18,000. Doh! But they kindly said that they will do a 1st service for me anyway if I insisted on it!! WTF.

Just took my car in for its 12,000 mile service today down at the yocal Renault Dealer Chimps. They still insist that my car isnt due for its first service until 18,000. Doh! But they kindly said that they will do a 1st service for me anyway if I insisted on it!! WTF.

OK folks. My car is in for its 12,000 mile service next week. I did my own oil change @ 6,000 miles and me being the donkey that I am put a Champion oil filter on the car as opposed to a genuine Renault one. Now my main worry is that next week at the service the mechanics will spot this (as...

OK folks. My car is in for its 12,000 mile service next week. I did my own oil change @ 6,000 miles and me being the donkey that I am put a Champion oil filter on the car as opposed to a genuine Renault one. Now my main worry is that next week at the service the mechanics will spot this (as...

The past couple of days Ive been thinking about getting a second set of wheels + tyres for track/airfield use to save some precious rubber off my road tyres. Yesterday I was offered a set of four 172 Mk 1 alloys and tyres for £400. However, at the mo this is a bit out of my price range...

The past couple of days Ive been thinking about getting a second set of wheels + tyres for track/airfield use to save some precious rubber off my road tyres. Yesterday I was offered a set of four 172 Mk 1 alloys and tyres for £400. However, at the mo this is a bit out of my price range...

Well, after the day at Heyford airfield at the weekend my front tyres are completely shot. Below legal limit I reckon. I do have a new set of Toyo T1 proxies on order courtesy of mytyres.co.uk but their gonna take up to a week to get here. In the mean time I’m faced with a dilemma for...

Well, after the day at Heyford airfield at the weekend my front tyres are completely shot. Below legal limit I reckon. I do have a new set of Toyo T1 proxies on order courtesy of mytyres.co.uk but their gonna take up to a week to get here. In the mean time I’m faced with a dilemma for...

I know quite a few of you chaps on here have had your 172s lowered. I want to fit some lowering springs to drop the car with a view to reducing body roll and flatten cornering. However I often need to load the car up for work and camping stuff for weekends away. While this is not an...

At the Palmersport event yesterday I had a nasty experience with what I can only assume is the clutch. Coming off a long straight braking hard down into third, into the bend - coming out of the bend I try and put the power down I hit the redline with no power to the wheels. I then change up...

At the Palmersport event yesterday I had a nasty experience with what I can only assume is the clutch. Coming off a long straight braking hard down into third, into the bend - coming out of the bend I try and put the power down I hit the redline with no power to the wheels. I then change up...

Friend of mine emailed this link to me. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving_heeltoe.lasso Now Ive been trying my own interpretation of heel & toe for some time now. And have failed miserably. After reading this I thought Id give their method a go...

Friend of mine emailed this link to me. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving_heeltoe.lasso Now Ive been trying my own interpretation of heel & toe for some time now. And have failed miserably. After reading this I thought Id give their method a go...