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Spotted a Black 1*2 leaving Tesco (Northampton South) filling station (inner roundabout) at about 19:30 last night. Driver spotted me I think. I was in the (dirty) Monaco blue 172 coming into Tesco past the bus stops. Anyone on here?

Hello all, Bought my Monaco 172 at the end of October from a former member on here. Have spent the last month or so getting her tidied up and fixing various issues with it. I thought the last owner sounded like things had been done properly and the car has had loads of bits replaced for the...

Hello all, 5 years ago I sadly px'd my old Cup: But I'm finally back again in a Monaco 172. Picked her up on Tuesday, needed 2 rear tyres to make her road legal. Needs a good clean, headlights sorting as they are in a really bad way (see pic below), alloys smartening up and the brakes...

Young lady driving a lovely and mucky Cup, anthra wheels, spotted you heading up towards Tesco and along Mereway dual carriageway. Reg M66 G**. I was in an Audi A4 black estate along past the fire station (sporting an Audi-Sport.net sticker on the rear). You make me want my Cup back!!!

Been a while since I parted with my 172 Cup, but though I'd share some pics of my current daily bus..... Its a 53 plate Mk 4 VW Golf 1.9 GT TDI 130 PD, got some GT badges for it and a debadged grill to paint and fit when the weather is warmer....all in good time though. Pics taken with my new...

Guys,Looking at buying myself a Digital SLR on a budget as got a 'little one' on the way in the summer and want to be able to take nice pics but not spend too much.Used to be an art/photography student before I got into electronics/IT/access control so I know my way round a camera. Currently...

Hi guys, After nearly 4 years of ownership my 172 Cup, HT53 HRM, I had decided to move onto something with lower running costs as the Wife and I are considering starting a family soon. On Sunday the Cup was part-exchanged against a Mk4 VW Golf GT TDI 130 PD in Silver, 53 plate. Word of...

Guys, Have been having stuttering and lumpy at low revs (below 3k) for a couple of weeks, hence I bought a new pre-cat lambda last weekend but as yet not fitted. Driving home yesterday when hesitance/stuttering got much much worse. Still idles well but car vibrates. At driving speeds she...

Help! Having a strange symptom following an engine swap/new wishbones. Problem may be completely seperate though!! When I fitted the new engine I also fitted a new pair of wishbones with new bushes and ball-joints. Had it all alligned properly, all was good. Now finding the steering wheel...

One of my mates is selling his very funky 'steampunk' iPhone 3Gs case made by exovault. Thought some of you guys might be interested. (he now has a 4 with a http://www.elementcase.com/iphone4.html case....nice!!) Take a look...

Well after my Cup dying from cambelt failure 3 and a half weeks ago I have her back on the road plus some upgrades. After collecting a low mileage engine from tomtom172 a couple of weeks ago I have been stripping out the dead one over the last weekend and fitting the new one. After panicking...

Probable cambelt snap as I was driving this morning (decelerating up to a roundabout)........b*llocks. Thought I'd stalled it so stupidly tried to start it, and it aint happy. Got recovered and now sat in the garage at home ready for a 'new' engine....well a 2nd hand one anyhow. Will strip...

Guys, I have a Recaro Apex fixed bucket, recaro side fixings, sliding rails, an OMP clio specific subframe and a 3 point harness. I want to fit the above but want to keep the standard seatbelt and pre-tensioner too for commuting and normal road driving so am not restricted by having to...

Ricky-RPM's cup........loved the splitter and want one for mine!?

Gave her a final shine and fitted my new RS badge on the rear......ready for tomorrow! Much better without all the smaller bumper stickers I used to have!

Guys, Getting metal on metal squeal when reversing at low speed mainly with full left hand down lock but does randomly squeal when slowly reversing straight. Cant see any obvious signs of damage......bearing fail possibly? Might it be pads reverberating or CV joint on its way out (no signs of...

Have been looking for quotes as my renewal has been coming up, adrian flux saved me in the region of £300 compared to any other 'highstreet' or 'performance' insurance. Very impressed indeed! Especially like the sound of the cover to my modified parts, which they will do like for like...

Was digging around on LaunchUK's website and found a little guide on reseting the service icon on a Mk 3.....I own a Mk 2 so is no use to me but if someone wants to give it a go.......!?!

FYI: Stickers on the rear bumper (bar the yellow/silver checkers) will all be coming off including the interior glass ones, the ones on the door pillar/glass will be off soon too, however I like all the front ones.....well for now anyway. 'Renault' and 'Sport' badges will be removed and...

Guys, I fitted a new set of front pads on Fri afternoon, very happy with them except for a little binding which I sorted by a good caliper clean/service this afternoon. After having sorted the issue, pulled the car off the drive ready to take her for a test drive to make sure everything was...

Bought a new mount for my exhaust as it the last one had finally given up the ghost after 10 months of holding my K-Tec Stealth system up. I have had the car just over 2 years and this is the 3rd I have fitted. After getting fed up with the frequent replacement schedule I decided to do the...

After the helpful criticism from my last thread I have seen the light and have started to return my car to a 'normal' look. Thinking about keeping the bonnet sticker but all the others that are left will be coming off in the near future...... A pic of the previous horror: Now she looks like...

Who's is this with the MASSIVE sticker: Advert here: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1400662.htm

Added some more stickers to the 'sticker mobile'.....starting to build up the look/colour scheme I am going for! Still have to add rear stripe to tailgate, and the pistonhead logos I want to add, amongst others. I think the rear bumper needs some more stickers farther out to 'widen' the look of...

Finally got about 3 months worth of overtime through from work as they had 'lost my paperwork', have about £600 set aside to put towards a set of coilovers maybe a little more if I think its really worth it. Have my cambelt to pay for too and pay the Mrs for the holiday to NY she kindly put on...

I may just be really slow (or sad) but here goes.... Plugged my Classic iPod and Touch into my xbox 360 to charge them......never tried it before with my xbox on before......I was greeted by a box on screen asking if I wanted to search for music......fully working playlists etc. Not what I...

Fitted the stripe a few weeks ago but splitter went on this afternoon...... A lot of you may not like what my Cup is turning in to but I'm quite happy with it so far (still not sure on those side stickers though......thinking of removing them and going for some Yellow/Grey R26.R style sides as...

Few pics I took yesterday morning, good turnout, no normal RS 1*2/7 but a couple of nice fellas with Trophys were there! Couple of shots Enjoy..... :D

Guys.....been a while since I uploaded some pics of my Cup, I have made a few noticeable visual additions.....with a few more to come. After seeing a lot of Clio Cup and R3 cars with their track stickers on show I decided I wanted to add some to my car. I still have to add the Clio Cup...

Silver Phase 1 172 on the GMTV news this morning in a report about a factory fire in Northampton.... Reg X4** FAN..... Anyone on here?