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Got recaros yeah? Defo Martins if it did, I should be more sure having worked on it in the past!
Yip. It has the recaros.
So, is does it hide any secrets? The brother in law brought it around for me to detail when he bought it last year and we noticed the offside rear wheel was tipped in/out a little (can't remember which now) as if it had tapped a curb. Not a big thing, just something we noticed.
Its a great car but doesn't get much love unless it comes around to see me.
So, is does it hide any secrets? The brother in law brought it around for me to detail when he bought it last year and we noticed the offside rear wheel was tipped in/out a little (can't remember which now) as if it had tapped a curb. Not a big thing, just something we noticed.
Its a great car but doesn't get much love unless it comes around to see me.
Na, I just did the usual sort of thing to it for Martin, you know new bonnet, bumper, roof skin etc etc.
And now that your heart is racing...... iirc the only things I ever did to it was replace the brakes all round, the rears stick in my head cos it genuinally -8 that day! Martin always seemed to keep it clean and always had over 40mpg from it, really just ran from Midlothian through to Livingston on the A71 so it never really broke a sweat.
Haybails1980
ClioSport Club Member
Thanks for mailing me the link to this thread Lou - I don't come on here anymore as I don't own a Clio.
Mally, this was my old Clio. All work that was done on the car had receipts which was given to the seller at the time of sale of the car. During my ownership of this car I can honestly say that I have never clipped any kerbs while driving it - at the time of selling the car the alloys were in almost perfect condition with no kerbing at all. Even when parking I always made sure I was miles away from the kerbs.
The only things I can think of wheels related are:
1) after the car was serviced at Renault I was told it needed a new wheel bearing. Djw John was able to source an OEM one (helping me avoid the Renault inflated prices!) and I took it to my local garage for fitting. Upon stripping everything down it turned out that the wheel bearing was the wrong one, the mechanic also said that there was no issue with the current wheel bearing anyway and it was rebuilt to the way it already was.
2) a couple of punctures that were repaired and 3 replaced tyres over the year. Standard wear and tear to be honest.
There are deffo no secrets with this car. As Dave says, it rarely broke a sweat as it never got over 50mph on my journey to work due to speed limits and volume of traffic. All in all I'd say it's had a very easy life..........apart from the time I parked it head on at a higher than normal kerb and broke the front splitter. :-(
Mally, this was my old Clio. All work that was done on the car had receipts which was given to the seller at the time of sale of the car. During my ownership of this car I can honestly say that I have never clipped any kerbs while driving it - at the time of selling the car the alloys were in almost perfect condition with no kerbing at all. Even when parking I always made sure I was miles away from the kerbs.
The only things I can think of wheels related are:
1) after the car was serviced at Renault I was told it needed a new wheel bearing. Djw John was able to source an OEM one (helping me avoid the Renault inflated prices!) and I took it to my local garage for fitting. Upon stripping everything down it turned out that the wheel bearing was the wrong one, the mechanic also said that there was no issue with the current wheel bearing anyway and it was rebuilt to the way it already was.
2) a couple of punctures that were repaired and 3 replaced tyres over the year. Standard wear and tear to be honest.
There are deffo no secrets with this car. As Dave says, it rarely broke a sweat as it never got over 50mph on my journey to work due to speed limits and volume of traffic. All in all I'd say it's had a very easy life..........apart from the time I parked it head on at a higher than normal kerb and broke the front splitter. :-(
@Bear Head here you go, good wee car, was always looked after well by Martin. I nearly bought it before he did. Needed a half leather rear bench imo
BG Clio 182
Aww lovely. It's still got the lovely recaros and it's got the leather bench in there
looks awesome. It's living a stupidly pampered life now. A bit too pampered I think. Cleaned and meticulously detailed a couple of times a week, regularly serviced and if a nut needs replacing it's done down at the specialist! Really enjoying owning it and love the car. Always interesting to hear what it was like before for her haha. I have seen this thread, was a but scary reading through it at first haha!
Get your own thread with pics started. or if you have one link me up!
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