Hopefully picking up my 172 this weekend

[chrisr45]

Been looking for a nice example of a 172 for a few weeks when i came across this one, its a 2001 on a X-plate 80k miles with full history,

The fun part is that its been to a place called Hill Power (any one heard of it?) and is now 192 bhp at fly wheel,

Agreed to pick it up on saturday so ill be posting pics on here when i get it

 

[Beef-Mc]

Should be good, pics up when you get it.

 

[Brett]

hopefully i'll be getting a ph1 sometime next summer

 

[CrippsCorner]

The fun part is that its been to a place called Hill Power (any one heard of it?) and is now 192 bhp at fly wheel

Wicked, whats it had done to it?

 

[Ads_172]

Hill Power's pretty well known on here. Must have had some work for 192 at the fly.

EDIT - just read your other thread... I'd be fairly surprised if that returns 192 at the fly, but full credit if it does. Regardless, it'll still be nice.

 

[172Ben]

hello and welcome

As above, imo dont think it will be 192bhp with those mods, but im praying for you

 

[chrisr45]

not too bothered about what power it is as long as its been well looked after

 

[Ads_172]

Definitely, hopefully it's a good'un. Good luck

 

[Tucker]

it has a loose gear linkage, and be careful. It has downpipe problems and there was a bad batch, they just keep munching downpipes

 

[Ads_172]

^ Not quite sure whether this is a generic '172' comment or in reference to this car in particular?

 

[chrisr45]

it has a loose gear linkage, and be careful. It has downpipe problems and there was a bad batch, they just keep munching downpipes

is that in general or just the one im going looking at???????

 

[chrisr45]

need help now as im unsure on going looking at it. what symptoms would Downpipe problems be?

 

[chrisr45]

i was meant to be going to pick up a 172 yesterday off a guy in lemmington spa (about 130 miles from here) rang him on friday night to make sure it was still ok to set off after i finished work on saturday at 12 he said it was fine,

Saturday dinner i rang him & got no answer, tried a couple of times but still couldnt get hold of him so i sent him a text asking for his postcode so i could set off, got no imediate reply so went to fill girlfriends yaris up ready,

Tried to ring him again from the petrol station and still no answer so i sent another texy asking if he still had it or not & got a reply back saying sorry but some one came round and bought it about an hour ago!!

I was a bit is the polite way of putting it!!

Anyway i dont think ill be getting a 172 now as ive just been offered a mint 206 grand tourisme with 35000 on the clock & 1 owner from new for £1800 by the peugeot dealership that our company that i work for owns

 

[whatisjustis]

That's a real shame mate

This 206 sounds rather tempting but have you driven it? I learned to drive in one all those years ago and even then I knew it was poor! I ended up finishing my lessons and doing my test in my Punto!

 

[Russ.]

Sounds like the 206 is a bargain, but having owned one for 3months...the list of problems they suffer with is endless.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Ive not driven my Ph1 for about a month, took it a quick spin today to get the engine get a bit of a run out, cant beleive how stiff the clutch is compared to my bro's ST.