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  XC90, 330d, Trophy’s
Hi all.

Long story short, ever since a friend of ours had a Clio 172 cup the misses has been repeatedly saying she wants one.
Now, a friends garage has recently taken in a black '05 plate 182 cup in P/X which we can have for a very nice price.

It's only a one owner car, just clipped 70k, FSH with all of the belt changes having been changed around the right mileages.

It does have a couple of tiny/petty little pin dents that should be easy for the local dentmaster, but overal there's only a couple of things that has got my mind ticking.

Firstly: to me the clutch felt quite heavy, especially in comparism to other cars we drive.
Bite point was at a decent level and it certainly wasn't slipping so I'd say the clutch itself was ok, but do they suffer anything else within this department?
Are they cable operated, do these suffer fatigue?
Or are they hydraulic, if so then surely it shouldn't be heavy!?

The other thing, and kind of hard to clarify with this weather, is the drivers footwell seemed a little damp.
Now I know my mate has used it for a few days in the bad weather and he seems to think it's just from his wet snowy feet everytime he gets in, but he is going to leave it a few days untouched to see if we can eliminate that and prove the point.
Do they suffer anything that could cause a little water leak in the drivers footwell?


Cheers for your help and time.

Kelvin.
 
  182 Turbo Project
Hi and welcome!

Yeah the clutch is quite stiff, most people will just say mtfu......

I'm not too sure on the footwell dilema???:S

Pics of teh Coseh?

B
 
  XC90, 330d, Trophy’s
Baines, cheers buddy.

Mtfu? Man the fcuk up!?!?
It's not me that's so worried, I'm just thinking for the misses ;)

I'll get some pics up in due course.
 
  182 Turbo Project
Baines, cheers buddy.

Mtfu? Man the fcuk up!?!?
It's not me that's so worried, I'm just thinking for the misses ;)

I'll get some pics up in due course.


Yeah, my missus hates driving the Clio, but she has a brand new Polo, and the clutch on that is a piece of piss! Just tell het to wtfu? If that can work lol!

Mk1 or 2 FRS?
 
  XC90, 330d, Trophy’s
LOL @ wtfu!

The FRS is a MK1.

The Escort.....

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  XC90, 330d, Trophy’s
Is there simple reasons as to why they could be wet in the footwell?
Do they suffer with a seal somewhere?

It's a nice price, ie: we can have it at what it's been traded in for.
Obviously we are under no obligation to buy it, but if it's a simple fix then surely there is no reason why we should loose out on the car if it's otherwise very good.
 


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