Okay, so first post on the forum and first french car I've owned and got myself what I think is a bit of a bargain. Just over £2000 for a 09 plate Clio VVT 1.6 using my Land Rover Discovery as part exchange against it.
Cars before this have been Volvos and Land Rovers, and I just fancied something that is cheaper to run and less pain to fix (Land Rover had an issue every month!)
It's never going to be the fastest of cars unless I strip the engine out and replace it with something with more potential so I'm not really going to do anything with the engine bar detailing it and perhaps painting/tidying a few parts up if needed. Plan overall is to lower it, tint the rear & boot windows and give it a new set of alloys with better tyres. At the end of the day I just want to have a nicer car to drive and have been impressed with the Clio on a test drive, just got to work out where to buy things and who sells what for French cars, already have it worked out for Swedish cars and 4x4s!
Cars before this have been Volvos and Land Rovers, and I just fancied something that is cheaper to run and less pain to fix (Land Rover had an issue every month!)
It's never going to be the fastest of cars unless I strip the engine out and replace it with something with more potential so I'm not really going to do anything with the engine bar detailing it and perhaps painting/tidying a few parts up if needed. Plan overall is to lower it, tint the rear & boot windows and give it a new set of alloys with better tyres. At the end of the day I just want to have a nicer car to drive and have been impressed with the Clio on a test drive, just got to work out where to buy things and who sells what for French cars, already have it worked out for Swedish cars and 4x4s!
