Almost as good as they say it is

[blink172]

Picked up my shiny new 172 on saturday and took it for a nice long drive. Firstly, trying to keep below 4k revs is an absolute ar5e, i find myself looking at the counter and with realising am doing 60 in 40 zone!!! Below 4k, performance is pretty good, and am so looking to maybe giving it a bit of stick to find out what its like above 5k.

Build quality is pretty good, a few little rattles but otherwise ok. But whats with the windscreen wipers and cabin being round the wrong way!

Good work renault on a great car, im loving it!

 

[Gambler]

I loved it................for just under a week, ythen things start to go wrong and you wonder whether yer 15K could have been better spent elsewhere

 

[phill*]

ive had nowt wrong with mine yet 2.5k so early days but most bad probs have happend before 5k.. half way there. Also it was pretty nippy when i first got it.. but wow! the engne, is not just a little bit better but almost porsche like sound at times @2.5k its all but run in. its much faster n smoother.

A quick tip (although some may say im contradicting myself)

turn off ESP in dry, i found its more progressive without it & if done properly is quite a lot quicker than with it on. Also going over train lines..etc dont jar as much (maybe traction gets a bit confused).

When i floor it in the wet the Traction hammers my brakes, its like a loud juddering noise (about 4-5 times) it slows me down i dont floor it round corners so why do i need it? with it off i get predictable and controlable wheel spin, its actually less dawnting.. i also get much more feed back from the steering wheel in normal driving.

 

[phill*]

also like to add.. you cant really hear what everone else hears as you pass. its a proper meaty roar and you can achieve that by normal driving.

great sound no its opened up.. actually given me more faith in the engineering because of this.

phill*