TurboSlag

IIRC, that was either a special edition, or a promo car, and those parts arent available as accessories or as spares. Several firms do chrome rings for the vents, rev counter etc (got mine from egay) and i had my vents, speedo surround, rev counter and centre console flecked with burgundy faux suede to give a nice contrast.

They have a stiff ring moulded into the rubber around the circumference and thats what makes the noise.

About £40 for a good boot, if you shop around.

you got the worst possible combination - a revvy engine, and a hig sidewall (deformation when cornering) both of which munch tyres. Anyone getting 15k miles from a set of fronts is doing very well. they tyres are crap anyway, and very noisy. Dunlop sP sports are better and cheaper, but probably wont last any longer. Do not rotate the worn tyres on to the back - understeer will simply pith you off, unexpected oversteer could kill you. It's a cheapskates method, and is detimental to safety - it doesn't even save you money, cos it'll simply mean you need to buy 4 at once instead of 2. If they're tired, replace them.

As it says on the tin. I'm after a set original front seats from a sport 3 door C2. Must be good condition, with no tears or burns. Wotcher got?

Yes, exactly like that. Got mine from egay last year for £114, but the seller was the European distributor anyway (based in Greece).

it's not so much that they've done a U turn with congestion charging, but where the road tax bands have been rearranged the C1/107/Gaygo no longer falls into a qualifying band, and the Congestion Charging has be rejigged to reflect that (cos they have to base the charge on something). I'll give £100 to charity of your choice if they increase the road tax on the C1. Just aint gonna happen for a number of geopolitical reasons.

I got Scanguage II, recessed into the top of the centre console. A brilliant little piece of kit. The OBDII socket is at the bottom of the dash by the drivers left knee. By european law all car manufacturers have to provided an OBDII protocol socket within 1 metre of the steering column. The SG is a certified OBDII compliant device so it won't invalidate your warranty.

It'll happen. Apart from the political considerations (Gordon can hold on til summer 2010 before calling an election) any likely alteration is only going to lessen the impact on older mid sized family cars, rather than suddenly penalise clean and economical cars for the ills of the world.

Averaged 67.7 on my last tank. It's not about engine revs, but engine load. To give a (hypothetical) example an engine running in 3rd at 30mph may be turning higher revs, but will be under a lesser load than it might be in 4th because the throttle body is open less to maintain engine speed. My scanguage has both MPG and Laod (LoD) functions and is a real eye opener, and is arguably the best accessory you can buy if you're interested in hypermiling. Thats about right, according to the scanguage. Only on the dead level in clear traffic does 4th give better than 3rd at 30mph, but even then you're sacrificing a degree of vehicle control.

Whilst not common, clutch failure in the C1/Gaygo/107 isnt unheard of. Mine failed at 2k miles. Really stiff to get into gear and a roughness was transmitted back through the pedal in operation. The case hardening on the release bearing isn't up to the job and can corrode, causing the bearing to begin to break up. In it's worst case you can lose all drive (while mine was in being replaced another 107 was trailered in with the same, but worse fault). Peugeot have instructed dealers to tell customers hat it's caused by water ingress (ie, driving through floods) but this is not the case. Condensation is sufficient and if the dealers get arsey they will back down if you lean on them (as my stealers did). The bearing was made available for me to inspect and it was in poor shape, very badly scored - no way clutch abuse of even the most extreme kind will do that I personally know of 2 other 107 owners that had to have new clutches with the same fault, but 3 of us out of all the thousands of members in the 107oc is hardly an epidemic, but is notewothy enough that it's more than just dumb drivers. I'm a qualified dibble advanced and ADI level 4 instructor, so know how to stir the cogs without abusing the clutch.

I'm not biased, I couldn't care. I've had fourbies myself, so why should I be? You were out of line and exceedingly rude.

Barbours at dawn? Labradors at dawn? Park on the path outside a school at dawn? I personally don't care what he drives, but he's chump for having a pop at someone for simply asking a question, and the fact that his diatribe was so intense would suggest his case is not as strong as he believes (which it isn't - the fourbie is a dreadful vehicle for modern agricultural use - not as good off road and more expensive than a quad, and of less use than a tractor for moving equipment and materials) and having four wheel drive will have zero impact on his disability as my Vito driving wheelchair bound friend can confirm. I don't give a stuff, and the chump should wind his neck in and stop snapping at people for simply asking.

Correct. With the new banding system the C1/107/Gaygo remain in band B and from april 2009 attract a rate of £20.

Thats fair play, and wouldn't denouce anyone having one for that. The rest is poo though - I too live in a rural county smack in the middle of a patchwork of working farms, and none of the farmers use them. Grow up, you child. I merely asked a question.

What on earth for? Even the famers round here don't use them (they use tractors for agricultaral work and quads for getting about the farm).

I'm a little confused. are we talking about 2smoothness", ie, the power delivery, or are we talking vibrations, ie, when the engines moving about excessively on its mounts?

It's normal. It's the injectors, and they quieten a little when they're up to temeprature.

Yes, it's exactly the same colour and finish, differing only in having a larger handle, which is beefier and nicer in appearance.

No! Never do this. 2 reasons... 1) It means that as they tyres near the end of their life you have a car with 4 near kacked tyres that'll slither all over the place (and that will all need replacing at once to the detriment of your wallet) 2) Understeer is a helluva lot less likely to kill you than oversteer, especially in a SWB car with insufficient power to push itself back into line if things get lairy. The jack is an emergency tool and should not be used for this sort of maintenance. That said, good thing it wasn't an emergency or you'd be stranded...

Then trade her in for a younger model :unsure:

I'd have kicked his pussy ar5e! Mos track day drivers haven't a clue. They usually justify it with some twaddle like "we can find the limts of out cars...blah blah" but all they do is make the same mistakes as they do on the road, but rather faster. Braking in corners, overlapping braking and gear changes, non-existant appreciation of lines etc are all but universal.

Brakes were fine, as were the tyres (mines on 15's with 195s). Was lapping the Combe within 2 seconds of my mates new Golf GTi, so i was pretty happy.

Strewth! I've done track days in mine and never got anywhere near that low!

Toyota Aygo one fits and looks nicer.