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Sorry - now sold. Money going on a Merc SL instead. I had to hold back a tear or two as it was driven off glistening in the sunshine :cry: Good luck to the new owner. He'll have lots of fun, I can tell.

Sorry once again I have changed my mind. I saw and fell in love with a Merc SL and have bought it, so will transfer the Satnav unit into it on Monday as the existing Merc unit is sh1t. Shame that the steering wheel integration is effectively lost, but there you go. It'll work beautifully for...

Pics now available on http://www.pbase.com/peter_964rs/clio_trophy_for_sale Am now selling at same price - £12k - but with Pioneer AVIC X1 head unit and satnav with iPod intergace and full integration with steering wheel controls. I was going to put that into the other car but have decided...

I was just peeling off onto the A3 feeder lane on the A31 as I caught you joining the A31 on my right.

V-Power update Filled up on Tesco 99ron - which was OK (and, if you spend over £50 shopping, you currently get 5p a litre off - which is £8 on a 40l fill-up!) Emptied the tank and decided to try V-power again. Local garage has dropped prices to 96p/l from 101p/l, so its more...

OK I've just re-read an old issue of Evo which goes into the fuel debate, think I might have to start paying extra, although they saw the greates differences on a turbo car and less on the normally aspirated one.

Why not buy Sainsbury's and a can of the STP additive stuff every now and again? Should give the same effect and be cheaper. I'm not against Vpower per se, just that it's so much more expensive for little practical gain and really just peace of mind.

Sainsbury's Super Unleaded is 97RON and 93p/l - saves £2.40 on a 40l fill-up over VPower at 99p/l (although my local Shell garages were 102p/l last time I filled up :( ) and I (currently) detect no difference in performance. So I think I'll stick with Sainsburys!

please see "for sale" section.....

I haven't tried hard to sell it as I'm enjoying it but it's still for sale. I have two cars for sale - this plus a Golf TDi "workhorse" - and will keep whichever doesn't sell as I can't decide which I prefer. Trophy now £12k. Golf Tdi is tweaked by AMD to 183bhp/325lbft - no cat...

The vast majority of all engineers on all F1 teams are British! Except Super Aguri I think. Counter-example below http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4091813.stm

Hmm... BMW Williams versus Renault anyone?

Yeah - overprioced and overstyled. And German (bah, humbug).

Having owned both an ITR and now the Trophy I can understand why the ITR might win. The Trophy may be more chic, but my memory is the ITR had a stronger engine, better gearchange, and slightly more stability on very high speed corners. I think it's a shame that they didn't list the car weight...

T4 PHY here

Am downsizing to pay for the rest of this season's racing and so selling the Trophy for funds. It's been a good experience, great car and staggered at how much running in it took before the engine loosened up and performance started to really appear. Now it's aproper little roller skate...

I have discovered that the Trophy is seriously unbalanced with the addition of weight at the rear. Specifically, fourteen bottles of wine and six of olive oil, plus lots of heavy luggage, on the 110mph sweepers of the Italian Autostrada. So much so that I stopped several times to crawl under...

Go to DVLA. I bought T4PHY for £250.......

I'm guessing all Trophies have the seatbelt height adjuster fixed in place from the factory because of the Recaros and just wanted to confirm.

Conclusion: I should nail it more often? Wow! Bit concerned that any engine should be that tight for that length of time. I'd need to drive to Italy and back a few times to get it to the right state of tune.

sorry should just also have added: I have noticed the rev limited changing as the engine warms/runs in, as posted elsewhere on this forum. Was frustrated in overtaking other cars, partly due to power, but also through bouncing off the limiter before the marked redline. Yet, last weekend when I...

My thanks for your replies. It does put my mind at rest somewhat! I'll check my diary and see if I can come to the Janspeed day. I live in Woking so Salisbury is a nice blat over. Let's hope no mfr reps are looking but: do those inlet/exhaust mods and crank blueprint activities get noticed...

Have done 1300miles in my Trophy since mid-Dec. It has improved noticeably since then, but I still find it underpowered. I would expect more from a lightweight car with 2-litre 16valve engine - it just doesn't pull like I was expecting. A test drive I had in a standard 172 two years ago seemed...

I gave a cheery wave. The only nice part of a hamstrung running-in blat around the local roads; just so much dawdling traffic and zero opportunities to overtake. White-haired wrinklies in Hond Jazzes; cool mommas in Chelsea tractors. Damn!

Interesting.. well, as i'd just driven about 20 miles I think the car was warm enough! ps i don't mean to denigrate the Trophy at all; I'm just surprised at the engine characteristics compared to others

I'd need to see a std power curve before I commit but the car doesn't seem to come on cam until about 5k which leaves me less than 2k of revs before I have to change gear.That's less revs than my turbodiesel Golf! On a quick 2nd gear 40mph overtake of dawdling traffic I'm barely alongside...

I have bounced off the rev limiter a few times now at around 6,700rpm. The rev counter shows a red line at around 7250rpm. Is this a miles thing - have done ~1200 - is it a problem, or are they all like that? It feels like it could easily do more revs and I could certainly use them when overtaking.