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CL10 FAP = £399

I can confirm that the 172 Cup actually does have the plastic hook. It says in the manual that you shouldn't hang your fuel cap and keys from it, though, as the flap hinges are too lightweight to take the extra load - it's a weight saving exercise. Heh, I said 'flap hinges'.

I don't like the general design. The perspective of the drawing is wrong. The headlights look like they end 4 inches from the windscreen and the fogs could definitely be placed better.

Where I live, parking an Impreza or an Evo anywhere is like you've just landed a spaceship. A Clio is (can be) much more subtle.

I went 172 Cup>Impreza WRX>Evo8>M3Evo>200 Cup. I wish I'd kept the 172 Cup but the 200 is a definite keeper (for now lol)

Nice. There's a monster in your shed.

Apologies if I came across as if preaching. It's just not worth driving without insurance.

I'd reckon plod isn't going to be happy with you if he pulls you and you have no insurance, whatever you're doing. Another consequence of having no insurance is a third-party claim, say from the parents of a kid you knock over on the way to the MOT station. Most multi-car accidents cost a...

Is there a gadget/feature that you miss on your current car that you had on a previous car? For me, it's the external temperature gauge, which the 200 Cup doesn't have. I think it's because it has non-electric mirrors. Is there anything you miss?

The new Twingo looks like it's crying. Which it should be.

Yeah, but you don't know what it did...

I went 172 Cup > Hawkeye Impreza WRX > Lancer EVO VIII > 200 Cup. The WRX was little quicker than the 172 Cup and I do miss the boost of the EVO, but the servicing and thought of something horrifically expensive going wrong with it eventually made me sell. The 200 Cup is brilliant, though..I'm...

I know this thread has wandered a little off topic but I thought I'd add this - My other half's 1.7 Puma was invited along to this group test, so we attended Bedford Autodrome where the knockout phase of the test was carried out. It was a great day out, the journalists liked the Puma but it had...

I drove my 172 Cup to Greece and back (yes, with no spare tyre - madness!) and it was no more tiring than any other car I've driven.

I left my Cup in a field (pretty much - it was used for caravan storage) under a breathable halfords cover for 3 months. It started first time when I went back to it too, which was most unexpected. The only problem I had was the cover blew off in high winds. That was 2 years ago and the car has...