Recent content by Alex_

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    200: My test drive thoughts, VXR & clio 200

    good info there! i have a 197, and i'm on an eco mission 90% of the time. my mpg is hovering around 26 mark and has been for a while. if i do a long motorway journey i might knock it upto 29-30 but it start ticking down again when im driving to and from work in the week. when i picked the car...
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    Ring Trip

    you can see the flies :O nice pictures
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    Black and Blue 197, blackpool

    on separate occasions, the blue near carleton crossings on blackpool road. and the black (black badges) in staining near newton drive.
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    Hambleton (pic)

    is this hambleton in the north west?
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    Car insurance

    22, 0 no claims, fully comp, driving since 17, no accidents/ claims however 3 points.... £1500 churchill :/ decided to bite the bullet and get off my dads insurance which i have been on since i passed at 17! paying a premium but i hope it drops a bit next year :(
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    How many miles you got on your 197/200/200T/182/172/Fiesta ST now ???

    58 plate, just coming up to 40k
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    I'm surprised no-one has had this yet.....

    ah. lol sorry you'll have to excuse me i'm a new member and not familiar with the older threads. i think cl10 wtf is available aswell :D
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    I'm surprised no-one has had this yet.....

    would make a really good reg!! i just dont have the spare 1500 :/ https://www.regtransfers.co.uk/main/secureordering/orderregmark.asp?searchtype=general&regno=CL10%20FTW&index=0&regprice=1295&plateid=68555519 If anyone has it get some pictures up :D Alex_
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    insurance - declaring mods

    i was just going to say that ^^^^^ how on earth would your insurers know what power your car was running at before a crash that's left it not running???
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    'Poppy' GW FF 200

    looks very nice! im after some of them red forum stickers! i have the gold ones now but these picture have swayed me! how do i get them? cheers alex
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    Hi from Blackpool

    Good stuff, probably see you there then! I think protune is on the industrial estate, i haven't had any dealing with them tbh so i couldnt really advise. but theres also motorsport development round the corner from the tvr factory. they have been in the ecu tuning game for years now. the owner...
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    Hi from Blackpool

    ahhh nice nice! i worked in south birmingham for a while at laranca motorsport engineering! i know a few people who worked at tvr and i live two minutes away from the old factory! i think theres a meet on the 5th october, and were running through the lights! meeting at the big tesco near the...
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    200: Oh dear, oh dear

    it could be lots of things... but by the sounds of it, if this car is a demo car the wheels have been on and off a fews times.which could of led to the nuts to fatigue and work loose. one tip when torquing your wheels is to stop as soon as you hear the first click of the torque wrench...
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    Hi from Blackpool

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    Hi from Blackpool

    Hello, I have recently acquired a glacier white 197 cup, from an forum member! His name is dan and lives in brentford! great guy and great car love it! I am a design engineer from near blackpool and i am currently working designing exhaust flap valves for the likes of jaguar, ferrari, masarati...