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You can if they charge 10x as much as everyone else in the first place Sounds like clever marketing to me.

The extra tax is peanuts over the course of a year compared with fuel and other running costs, so buy the car you want not the car with the cheapest tax.

Give it a few thousand miles to coke up a bit, mine didn't really settle down until around 8K miles. Then again, I've got the convertible and I'm pretty sure that's why I loved it and never had any issues with boomyness or vibrations: Losing the roof really does help kill all that.

K1 with the bungs in is too loud??!!

Have you tried putting the bungs in for long journeys? Worked fine for me when I had mine.

Interesting, you still on the stock clutch? I get a similar feeling on occasion with the Exedy + Fidanza combo, but I know that's just down to the nature of it at low speed and me being slightly useless: It doesn't do it when I'm at speed with high tempo shifts. Could well be flywheel related, or a combination of that along with an adjustment needed on the clutch pedal itself? Might also be a slave or master cylinder issue, dodgy seal and it's jumping when you don't expect it. Does it do it when hot, cold, or random?

Quality control of the left foot along with a decent bit of left hand-eye coordination would be the best place to start methinks Why do you want something other than a normal clutch?

Sounds perfectly fair to me, and you did the right thing by not accepting the car back.

Car recovered? Did the HPI check not pick that up? Or does that not refer to the usual stolen/recovered? Tbh it's had the big things done so could well be avoid buy, but I'd want to know why the engine and gearbox went pop, and if the underlying issues have been fixed.

Ah makes sense now! I'm glad they both found someone to talk to She's still available to swap for that exhaust if anyone's interested

That'll be my missus, Jo. Unless someone else was sitting in it at some point that I wasn't aware of! Let me know if you're interested, I'll do a swap for a Nismo exhaust

Yup, definitely for overflow/expansion only. Those marks are there to cover Nissan in terms of warranty claims more than anything else.

Is there anything left in the tank at all? If so, then just pop to a Nissan dealer and buy a bottle of the proper coolant. The bottle is an overflow reservoir, so as longas there's something in there then you'll have enough in the system.

I always expect the worst in answers

Tyre profiles alone won't cause issues, it's what profile you have in regards to tyre width that can.

What a way to annoy your entire workforce.

Because it's bloody good and well priced, I would imagine.

Oh good lord they wee on those from a great height

As good as? They're far superior if you're referring to the previous gen 1.8L Clios.

Don't mix tyres front and rear, if you can't get those change all four. Also check the wear on the other tyre if you can just replace one, if it's more than 50% then change them as a pair too.

I'd rather have kerbed wheels than put those monstrosities on my car

Oh yeah! You can blame the PH filter for defaulting to sort highest first for that c*ck-up! One of those it is then. Sounds like you're pretty set on one anyway.

You'll never get either for £2K, 172s are £4K and a GTi will be a very leggy one at that price point. That said, if having a leggy one doesn't matter then that'd be what I'd go for.

If you can get a hi-res pic of them from anywhere on the interweb (as in graphic rather than a photo) then any sticker place will be able to make them up: Try Dan at Hollographics.

Very nice, have a good trip fella