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My MkII 172 went in March, I was 33 with full no claims bonus and full comp with legal cover with Direct Line used to cost me £420 a year in a bad area. I just cannot imagine paying £4000 insurance for anything less than a Bugatti Veyron or a Ferrari Enzo...it is madness !!!!! When I was...

All My Clio 172 failed to start this morning, plenty of fuel all fuses are okay and the alarm and immobiliser doesn't seem to be malfunctioning....I want to check the fuel cut of inertia switch.............Anyone have any idea where this is, The AA are coming out tomorrow to try and fix it or...

By law you have entitlement to a full refund on monies paid for the cooling off period. The cooling off period is 14 days now. We cancelled a policy one day into it last week and we got the £50 deposit back. It was my gf's car the insurance company did try to insist they were going to keep...

I had the same problem in my 172 from 35000 miles, although i used the aircon daily, the damp smell was noticable... So I bought one of those Comma air con spray cans from Halfords and followed the instructions and the smell went away :-)

I think it is something to do with the damp being held in the air con matrix inside of the airvents.. When you dont have the aircon on or it is raining the windows mist up...I found a way around this to stop it and that is every so often, just drive with the windows open and the heater on hot...

UKASKEW I am not knocking 172/182s but the day of the Chav will be the downfall of this fine motor...they can always insure with £500 excesses and third party, fire and theft only..etc

Does nobody have the worry about the 172 (Mk1/2), 172cup, 182, 182cup, Trophy all falling in the hands of chavs and destroying the brand similar to what happened to the Saxo....I mean this in terms of when the cars are 2 - 3 years old and cheap as chips only to be bastardised with tints, big...

i should say really, the bit about the calibra...any car can be tuned to be faster.....cars should be bought to be enjoyed...i am very happy with my 172...and no it isnt tuned and that doesnt bother me either.

Would a cup (standard 172/182) beat a Astra VXR with Lotus suspension....the answer would be no.....would a cup (tuned) beat an Astra VXR no it may keep up but not overtake...the Astra would have lower down torque and just too much more brake horsepower...but then there is a road legal Calibra...

I have tried Contis on my 172 and Pirelli Pzeros they were all fine. But I now have Vresdestein Sportrac 2s on the front only and they are phenominal...I know they dont have the hardened tyre walls of the PE2s but they are amazing tyres in the wet and dry and heavy rain i would of been lifting...

Actually later on in the year i intend to put an order in with the Dealer for a Vauxhall Astra VXR !!! :D

I had my aircon on today, on the coldest setting, fans on near full and recirculating button on....it was fr fr freezing but fantastic for ordering two McFlurries from Mcdonalds... Got home with then 10 mins later and they had hardly melted :) Hot days with aircon is delightful !!!

Yeah the guy in the clio 1.4 was a complete t**ser, I am happy he got banned for being such a tool. He deserved to be pulled over and punched !!! [Edited by tumbleweed on 14 June 2005 at 12:39am]

I have a flash gun for my 172 and use it on my girlfriends car.. It is indeed very good, washing it with the water jet...lash on plenty of foam on setting two and sponge in with a wet wash mitt....blast off with the cold water, make sure you get the shampoo on everywhere else it does bead off...

My 172 was twitchy in the wet....it is sure footed now with Vrdestein Sportrac 2s as best in group test rated by Autoexpress for dry and wet driving with 3 stars for snow driving too...they are made of silica rubber... They are £46 fitted, ive tried lots of other tyres and these have limpet...

Hello did you get your car oh Hire Purchase? If so at exactly half payments you are entitled to give it back to the Hire Purchase company who will ask you to take it to a car auction place....the car must be in an ok resale condition.. We did this with the old Model Micra...£2300 was...

Ok let me bring a hidden contender into the arena.. I think people should seriously look at Vredestein Sportrac 2s Five star rating in dry, four stars in wet and i think they got a three star rating in snow.... These tyres are more of an all weather tyre and exceptional in the rain..I have...

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Yes the Williams is an icon of performance standards in its day....but reality must hit home now and people should realise that its not abit of a "Barry" car isnt it?

You would know if this camera had caught you as you would momentarily be blinded by the flash gun going off attached...sounds like you have had a lucky escape.. One of this minigatsos got me once.

Renault will have a record of the key number !!

Hello I had someone steal my car key and they got nicked for it... For a 172 key it is £73.59 including plip and blade and they will reprogram alarm and immobiliser for keys you have and lost key will be wiped...but they could still get in with old key because of the metal blade but not...

Hi last night I had my keys stolen for my Clio 172... This morning I am going to have the immobiliser memory and alarm memory wiped for the missing key.. Next week I am going to have two new doorlocks and ignition barrel and alarm/immobiliser reprogrammed... Its okay, they caught the scum...

im stuck with them as i am running a fleet car...and there isnt time to order different ones in...I am openminded about if they are any good or not.

Hi today I had a quick glance at the tyres on the front of my 172, they are so bad they are being changed tomorrow double time. Rather than waiting for Exaltos I am going to give Dunlop SP Sport 9000s a try on the front, they are directional. The Pirelli PZeros Ive had on the front have been...

I already have a card for Costco !!!!

Hi Costco are doing the tyres for the £68.02 So basically you get four tyres for the price of three....well worth it.

Yes they want £68 there abouts for tyres before fitting.

Hello I am having two Exalto 2s fitted on my 172 (195/45/16s) on Saturday at a price of £68.02 including valves. balancing and VAT/ Is anywhere cheaper? , Kwik Fit, wanted £91 per tyre, so much for there Sale.

The glowing blue display on the RA2 at night is great !!!!!!! :D