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BD and OL are pretty bad too. I lived M19 and sky wouldn't even cover me at 24...

My old car: most 17's will be replicas, genuine ones are more concave, and 18/19" (think 17's might have been an option on A3/4's?)

Everyone who is commenting on the insurance costs has overlooked the fact his location is Stockport... As a former south Manchester resident, I can understand, its just what its like around there; I challenge all those people of similar age living down south do do a quote on his postcode with their insurer and re-post...

I had a CG motorsport paddle plate with an OEM LUK pressure plate in my PD130 hybrid, never slipped.

Coilovers now sold to Ant, cheers buddy. RS6's still in the garage...

Sorry bud, had a call earlier and coilovers sold pending payment tomorrow (unless it was you that rang but I don't think it was was your from Leicestershire); will let you know should the sale fall through though. Edit - no was was Ant (as above)

My Fabia VRS is gone, so these are for sale: AP coilovers - Sold pending payment 31/03/12 Now Sold 01/04/12 17" RS6 Replicas Had these a while so they have had some use and been ran year-round; all have slight kerbing but nothing serious - all wheels are true and hold air perfectly - most damage is from potholes due to slightly stretched tyres. They are 17", 7.5J, ET35, 5x100 PCD with whatever bore size a Fabia is and have 205/40/17 tyres. 2 tyres are virtually brand new with 2k miles if that, the other 2 are about 2mm from the wear markers - all are budget efforts. Owned by me from new; again I have the original reciept from Wheelbase in Oldham for a smidge over £400. -ve's: the two lower tyres have a bit of shoulder wear due to the car being a bit 'low' at one point (see pic below) - I put them on the back and raised the car after that. They are still legal though (&--#62;1.3mm over 75% of tread), and have been through an MOT so no issues with legality. After £170 ono. Same delivery/collection rules as above. Pics: Shoulder wear: If you want to view any items I am usually in most evenings after half 5 and can be contacted on 07745628157. Thanks for looking.

You could fit a full set of coilovers in that time, I'd try somewhere else

If you buy my AP coilovers I'll fit them for you for free... Think Awesome charge about £150 for fitting and alignment; its probably about 1-2 hours labour for springs depending on where you go.

The VRS has gone. I felt a little sad to see her go, I'll probably wish I hadn't when I start working out my fuel expenditure now... Enter the tan-booth-coloured French thing: Yes its french, yes the wings are made of plastic, no the passenger window doesn't work (new regulator to be fitted under warranty next week), but yes its rather nippy, and yes it does sound amazing. So far mpg has been aound 35, which I don't think is half bad to say I've been a bit nasty to it at times, although I'll probably get sick of buying petrol in 12 months, sell up and but another VRS...

I've used More BHP (Jason) in Crewe, as far as I know he uses DNA Tuning maps, so not a back street un-heard-of tuner. I never had problems with mine on a 'stage 2', didn't smoke and felt pretty smooth. Had a 1.4 tdi Polo mapped by them as well, no problems with that either. Should be no problem removing/replacing ecu; but don't forget you'll have a non-running car until your ecu returns, so might be worthwhile finding someone closer who you can drive to and back again if you need the car.

0.16 seconds is nothing when you consider the subjectivity of driver capabilities, tyre choice, and even driver weight though. Even with 50bhp more, the RS is a heavier car, so your lead proabaly isn't too unrealistic. Swap drivers though and I reckon the results would have been the other way around... Only briefly though. You will lose in the long run, or why else would most race performance engined be high powered, rather than lower power higher torque.

With the same driver? 50bhp more in a 100kg heavier car with a driver with less skill/slower reaction at the lights will level the field pretty easily I reckon. You need a fair bit more power/tonne to pull a decent lead in a straight line, which is why I doubt the Fiesta ST comments. My girlfriend has a Fiesta ST, and while it wasn't as quick as my hybrid Fabia, it is no slouch, and whether I could 'pull away' from it in a straight line when all other factors are equal I don't know (plus I've sold the Fabia now so never will...).

There is no way a 165 bhp deisel would 'pull away' from a 180 bhp lighter higer reving petrol. Although point taken, at 'legal' speeds with 15 bhp in it, its probably more down to who hits the gas first.

His car is broken, or not 180 bhp then. Power always beats torque in the long run...