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This happened to me for the second time tonight. The car was just about up to temparature and I was doing 70 down the dual carriageway and I suddenly loose all throttle response and the car just coasts along for about 10 seconds until it comes to life again. The engine stays running fine. It's...

How much are the Alloy pedal pads from a main dealer, does any one know where to but them cheaper, and I will pop rivet them on, my 182 failed the MOT because the brake one was worn.

Im pretty new to all this clio stuff so please bear with me as im a bit thick when it comes to cars. I went to a ford rolling road day to help a good mate make up the numbers and my trophy ran 196BHP. Its a 55 plate and as i understood it completely standard. The place i went too were full of...

I'm thinking of buying a couple of Mich PE3's as the fronts need replacing. Rears have covered at least 15,000 miles but have good tread. Do you, A) Replace the fronts with the new tyres? Or B) Switch the partially worn tyres on the rear to the front, and put the new tyres on the rear. ?

not had my trophy that long, today getting in my car i started it up and the engine started reving the nakers off on its own so i knocked it off and tryed again and it did it again. i dipped the clutch and it was still reving itself but i put it into gear and pulled off its was still reving...

Hi all. I picked up my trophy the other day and i've now noticed a faint metalic rattling sound between 3000 and 3500 revs it's hard to tell where it's coming from from inside the car but i'd guess somewhere towards the front. any ideas would be much appreciated the car is standard if that...

I have recently bought my 182, but don't have a clue how to work the cruise control! Unfortuately the only manuals that came with the car in the wallet were in a different language. Can anyone help me with step by step instructions how to work it please? Thanks Carly

Kinetic Energy Recovery System. Anyone think this will be developed into road cars down the line..? It seems cutting edge F1 technology is eventually being put into road cars after a number of years when its no longer new. Could KERS be used in a road car to give a power boost ? Just a thought.

Its my birthday next month and im treating myself to a new exhaust (any excuse) but I cant decide which one to go for, Yozzasport or RS192? Personally I love the sound of the Yozza but dont know whether ill be able to put up with the immense noise that it makes. Whichever one I buy will be a...

Hello. This morning i turned on my 182 and drove away. Then i noticed a light on the dash in the middle under the petrol light. It was a rectangle with wiggly likes in it from left to right and same orange as the petrol light. The engine had very limited power (limited to under 3000 revs). I...

Hi all. Wonder if anyone has any idea what may be up with my car. Whenever i ease of the accelerator there is a knocking sound from front of car. Not a very harsh sound and some times sounds like a ufo type noise ! Its not apparent when accelerating so i am assuming its only when engine...

After giving no190 a good clean yesterday i went for a nice drive out and about..all was good until about 3 mins after id left mine the service light came on with the traction control light :( I pulled over at a garage..turned the car off turned it back on and all was ok....carried on driving...

216 has just 23,050k on the clock and today the service light came on...... this is not unexpected, but at the same time the ESP light came on as well. I tried pressing the ESP button but it made no difference, the light stayed on. After parking up for lunch i came back and on starting the...

Here it is, had lots of people asking me across different forums asking if I had bought the new car yet so it now pleases me to officially announce my new purchase! Just a few pics taken tonight after a day at Rentech... Mods: H&R Coilovers, Carbon splitter, Prospeed Exhaust...

I am buying a car that needs a little spending on it including a 12,000 mile service, new front tyres, road tax, small dent repair (paint intact) and possibly a new wheel. I really want to get the most out of this Trophy so what I want to know is: If you could make only 3 modifications to...

Gutted. . . . Came out of the cinema last night to find a clamp on my little red tomato car. I had parked on the forecourt of the local Screfix Direct and though nothing of it as it was 8pm and the store was shut. I was clapmed just after 9pm and came out to find my car in it's imobile...

Here she is, thought I would post a picture up as I haven't yet.

I've started to learn this technique on downshifts blah blah, i can blip the throttle in my Saxo quite easily but not in the Trophy, is this beacause:- A - the pedals are to far apart B - i'm not pressing the brake pedal in enough. C - my feet to small? pleae help a wannaby track star!

Sadly the time has come to put my V6 up for sale :( Build number UK 175 with all the usual Clio V6 factory spec inc Xenons, sensitive wipers, etc as well as the following desired aftermarket modifications: Pipercross Induction kit, K-Tec rear silencer & RS Tuning remap all of which make...

for the past few weeks my car seems to sound very strange either the first time i start it, or after it is left for hours and hours...basically when it is stone cold. not sure whether it is down to the engine, aftermarket exhaust, or lamba sensor not being put back in yet (but it has been...

Well, nearly. Broad daylight, dry, country lane with flat (not ditched or hedged) runoffs. Road drops from plateau with sweeping left followed by tightening right under bridge and dropping steeply. Enter right on trailing throttle – some gravel previously dragged across surface. Get...

It's a feature of the Trophy that's often forgotten, correct me if I'm wrong but it is unique to the Trophy right? Or was it an optional extra on the late FF 182's? Anyway, does anyone still use theirs? I used to use it a lot when I first got the car to keep my license but I don't think I've...

Reading some of the posts lately by people casually dropping things about the car like being able to disable the RAID by holding the switch down, checking the oil level electronically (a gem) and pulling the seat base forward, I thought there may be some other useful nuggets that all owners may...

05/05 6,300m. Bought Aug 06, now the second owner. Got used to the 'tomato' now, handling is out of this world on my way to work down wet, greasy b roads. Treated it too, ITG, boot net & shelf (bloody great) spare turini, silvervisions, soon to have wiper arm mod & lube & filter change.

The other post got be interested so here goes! 10600 for me :)

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A quick question I wonder if anyone could help me with. I have a small problem with 104 :( Symptoms: - Under hard acceleration in 1st and 2nd I get a noise from under the car, seems to be below and between footwells, once past maybe 4,500 rpm. - But doesn't happen if I accelerate slowly...

I have an Idea... Who needs Bill Oddie 8)

Has anyone had problems with the floor mat. I was coming down a duel carrigeway overtaking some clown in an escort around 90 came of the power and the car didn't slow so hit the clutch and found the accelerator wqas pinned to the floor by the bloody floor mat. Have taken it out now but my floor...

Hey fellas! Just bought No. 323 off Eugene. It's got a few more miles on it than i would've liked but I needed a car for work next week so I had to get a move on. My last car was a Subaru 03 WRX PPP. It was a company car and I've just changed jobs so had to give it back. I had it from new...