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I'm getting gradually faster around Knockhill, my quickest lap now is ~64 seconds. I'm now going into the duffus dip in 4th gear as I was bouncing off the limiter in 3rd. It strangely makes the onboard video seem more sedate, even though I'm going faster. This was my first time going...

Thanks to Fergus for the on track photos! https://www.flickr.com/photos/148190128@N05/

I attended the 2019-04-29 Knockhill Car Track Full Day AM Clockwise / PM Reverse. I enjoyed the format, switching direction in the afternoon made things more interesting. Also helped by the great weather, and relatively small number of cars in attendance. I was actually the only Clio in...

Had a good experience taking the car for a Service + MOT at Rentec Edinburgh. Was able to chat with the guys there, and they seemed pretty genuine. Ended up replacing both of the rear brake discs as the bolt holes were too dodgy. Might have been ok if I was just pootling down to the shops and...

Good effort! Nice to see a well maintained car. I had the front wheel arches off my 200 recently so I could replace a couple of cracked pieces. Took a big chunk of my Sunday.

Oh my, that is not a good sign! I'd normally take the car to my usual garage, who I've been able to build up a good 10 years of trust and good will. However, they don't see many renaultsports. A specialist might be more clued into common faults etc. The car is just in need of an MOT, minor...

AFAIK they are OEM ones. It does seem crazy that they have deteriorated that fast, 8 months. The rest of the disk looks to be in reasonable condition, including the hub paint. Do OEM discs come pre painted? The previous ones weren't painted...

I successfully replaced the rear parts of the front wheel arch liners yesterday. Was quite a satisfying Sunday job :smiley: I tried and failed to track down any second hand parts, so ended up deploying the debit card to order some more new OEM parts. My plan is to get the car sorted as...

That may be beyond my plastic fabrication skills. I noticed a crack in the opposite side yesterday, might try repairing it with plastic weld to avoid a repeat of the passenger side.

Ah ok lol You had me wondering what kind of light-weight "cup" rear view mirror it would have had originally. Its pretty bare bones as it is.

Wat? My mirror isn't original?

Thanks, I assume you are referring to me overtaking the caterham on the right after the hairpin. That was naughty, but in my defence I kept on getting a "he's going into the pits" vibe from that car ;) You can see me looking into my mirrors straight after to see if he was going into the pits, I...

Aww, sorry to hear the Clio is gone. The new S1 looks nice though.

Come to think of it, I had ABS sensor problems after the 2018-09-09 track day so the garage I took it to would have had the wheels off. Maybe they chucked them back on with ratchet gun.

I just got a quote for a new OEM replacement part (8200441750). Just shy of £130!

I always torque to 140nm. I would have done that after the SLS track day on 2018-09-09.

I didn't know such a thing existed, so I'm probably not using an impact socket. I'll need to look into that, thanks!

Ryobi claims 400Nm of torque. Found a Milwaukee one that can do 1627nm! Fair bit more expensive though. Maybe I'm getting what I paid for.

Intersting you guys have had similar issues with impact wrenches, with different brands too. If all I need to do is go through the bolts with the breaker bar in the morning before jacking the car up then I can live with that. Some of the bolts were proper stiff though, makes me wonder if I need...