Looking at buying 172 or 182 any information on what to loo.
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Owned both in my time.
Check out Cliosport dot net, I used to use those forums a lot.
The first thing I'd warn of is rattles in the cabin, if you take one for a drive make sure you do a mixture of road surfaces, they used to drive me absolutely bananas. You can strip the panels and fit with sound deadening material, but build quality is poor versus say a CTR.
Otherwise the rubber on the steering wheels perish, so most will probably have non-OEM wheels by now I'd expect.
Head gaskets can be an issue, and otherwise just general awareness of the belts.
Great handling little cars which with a few handling mods can keep you smiling.
Check out Cliosport dot net, I used to use those forums a lot.
The first thing I'd warn of is rattles in the cabin, if you take one for a drive make sure you do a mixture of road surfaces, they used to drive me absolutely bananas. You can strip the panels and fit with sound deadening material, but build quality is poor versus say a CTR.
Otherwise the rubber on the steering wheels perish, so most will probably have non-OEM wheels by now I'd expect.
Head gaskets can be an issue, and otherwise just general awareness of the belts.
Great handling little cars which with a few handling mods can keep you smiling.
James-gbg1e said:
Owned both in my time.
Check out Cliosport dot net, I used to use those forums a lot.
The first thing I'd warn of is rattles in the cabin, if you take one for a drive make sure you do a mixture of road surfaces, they used to drive me absolutely bananas. You can strip the panels and fit with sound deadening material, but build quality is poor versus say a CTR.
Otherwise the rubber on the steering wheels perish, so most will probably have non-OEM wheels by now I'd expect.
Head gaskets can be an issue, and otherwise just general awareness of the belts.
Great handling little cars which with a few handling mods can keep you smiling.
My FN2 CTR was pretty bloody rattly. Check out Cliosport dot net, I used to use those forums a lot.
The first thing I'd warn of is rattles in the cabin, if you take one for a drive make sure you do a mixture of road surfaces, they used to drive me absolutely bananas. You can strip the panels and fit with sound deadening material, but build quality is poor versus say a CTR.
Otherwise the rubber on the steering wheels perish, so most will probably have non-OEM wheels by now I'd expect.
Head gaskets can be an issue, and otherwise just general awareness of the belts.
Great handling little cars which with a few handling mods can keep you smiling.
I had an 03 one, as above the build quality is acceptable rather than amazing, the steering wheels look like a slug had walked over them and the doors are so soft skinned that a stray fart would dent them (nothing a good pdr bod can't fix)
The front wings are plastic so maybe a slightly different shade to the body as they fade at different rates.
Check the history and make sure the cam belt and desphaser (probably spelt that wrong) have been changed or budget £400 for it doing.
Only a 5 speed so a bit buzzy on the motorway
Awesome cars though, with the right tyres they handle brilliantly and they go like stink.
Most track days have been to have seen 1x2s dominating much more expensive kit.
Buy a good one and you won't regret it
The front wings are plastic so maybe a slightly different shade to the body as they fade at different rates.
Check the history and make sure the cam belt and desphaser (probably spelt that wrong) have been changed or budget £400 for it doing.
Only a 5 speed so a bit buzzy on the motorway
Awesome cars though, with the right tyres they handle brilliantly and they go like stink.
Most track days have been to have seen 1x2s dominating much more expensive kit.
Buy a good one and you won't regret it
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