Recent content by MistaT

It says in most manuals to drive off straight away, even old 80s BMW ones say drive straight away and never leave to idle. Few issues(main first): Oil pressure: This will be very low at idle when cold, especially when you haven't revved the car up at all. Oil creates a film on moving parts...

Hi :D I bought a tunepoint the other day to fit to my 200 cup when it arrives but someone on RS forum mentioned that it doesn't work with the standard 200 stereo? Sounds a bit weird to me as it's the same as the 197 one isn't it? And it works on that? If someone could confirm if it works or...

RMS is the DC equivalent output of an AC source. That is the heating value as such so it's ability to actually melt voice coils ;) 45w RMS is actually perfectly fine for some normal door speakers in a clio. Plus even if the output was the same as the head unit, it having a seperate power supply...

Well the official extra urban cycle is 44.1mpg, it will be possible. Extra urban is 56mph iirc and it would be on flat ground, at a cruise! Edit: if you hadn't guessed, i've joined the 200 fold, will reveal my MPG figures when it arrives...

Usual cliosport bullshit as always. Some people say they get 25-28mpg from a 172/182 taking it easy, some say they get 45+. I averaged approx 38mpg over 15k+ miles in the trophy with lowest tanks including driving through central london in rush hour(32mpg on that tank) to driving to work and...

b****cks ;)

Nobody has mentioned that he only paid £1295 for a "rebuild". Quite what that rebuild consists of i don't know?! As a decent garage would charge that sort of price just to remove the engine, disassemble and inspect it. Receipt for rebuild on one of my cars is over £4k, incidentally the car is...

Alright mate long time no speak :D I've given up on the 172 idea, in fact i've given up all together, can't find a car that i like really. Need to spend 10 times my budget for it to become remotely interesting lol

You won't find much at that postcode, it's just a load of fields! And there are no nice cars there because i don't have any lol I was led to believe by others that £1k bought you a heap that worked, £2k bought you a good one and £3k would buy an immaculate one, in theory. But i just can't be...

I didn't notice the fogs and the front bumper looks OK to me in the pics, definitely not in reality though. I already have a 172 cup wheel that i was going to fit to it but alas that's not going to happen. All of the ph1s i've seen have buggered steering wheels. French shite lol

I was drawn to it being a flamer, looks like silver is the only option really though if i want one cheap! Dealers are theiving b***ards in my experience, i was hoping this one was ok but definitely not! Definitely a lesson learnt, get someone local to check it out first and never take someone...

I wouldn't say it's very cheap, for £120 more there's a silver one for sale in derby with 55k on the clock which i really can't possibly see being any worse. I usually buy privately but the price looked right and the description they gave sounded ideal. Wouldn't be so bothered if they'd been...

Very Oh yes, note the smashed fog light in pics, didn't notice until i saw the car for real. That also should be an MOT failure.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/200947346276576/sort/priceasc/usedcars/make/renault/model/clio/price-to/3000/keywords/172/radius/200/page/1/postcode/tn39pn?previous=%2Fsearch%2Fresults%2Fusedcars%2Fpostcode%2Ftn39pn%2Fradius%2F200%2Fmake%2Frenault%2Fmodel%2Fclio%2Fkeywords%2F172%2Fp...

Not me, mine's not been driven for ages! Possibly the new local owner? 55 reg always really clean. He's not on cliotrophy or here as far as i can see. Followed him from the common to near rusthall recently.