Hi from Dubai

[Toadus]

Hey everyone.

I've recently moved from the UK out to Dubai in the UAE. Last week a picked up a new Clio 200 RS which I'm delighted with. It's albi blue in colour, and has black Speedline alloys. Unfortunately the 'cup' pack isn't available out here, so I'm on the standard suspension. Booo. But I'm already looking into an AST coilover kit from KamRacing I'm planning to give the car a good clean and polish this weekend, so I'll post some pics up shortly. But here's a rubbish one for now:

I've got a techy question, so I'm going to post a new thread in the engine section now...

Bye for now

 

[nufctoon]

nice colcour need more pictures good to see cliosports out here

 

[Greeny.]

Looks great! welcome as well

 

[Alexander]

Looks nice.

 

[Kane.]

Hello colour looks awesome in that pic, whats the price like for them over there ?

 

[Toadus]

Thanks for the comments people :approve:

Kane - It was AED 88'000, which works out to just under £15'500. It came with decent options too, so I think it's a fair bit cheaper than back home. The Renault dealership mentioned to me that they were selling them cheaper to try and boost sales out here, as small cars are not very common out here.

 

[Sheepish]

Now that my friend is very very nice

welcome

 

[Ali]

Not many RS's in the UAE! Think i seen 1 in addition to John's when i was there.

 

[Toadus]

Thanks Sheepish

Ali, who's John?

 

[Dubai182]

Thanks Sheepish

Ali, who's John?

Me! I had a 182...got it new at 68,000 in 2006. 88,000 AED pretty steep! Did you go through Al Masoud?

Get used to never having a clean car, good colour to have though.

Is that JBR carpark area?

 

[Toadus]

Me! I had a 182...got it new at 68,000 in 2006. 88,000 AED pretty steep! Did you go through Al Masoud?

Get used to never having a clean car, good colour to have though.

Is that JBR carpark area?

Hey.

I bought it from the Renault dealership, right opposite Noor Islamic Bank metro station. Yeah, cars seem to get dusty very quickly! No, that's my work car park in Emaar Square.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Welcome along mate - what are petrol prices like in UAE at the moment?

Dan

 

[Toadus]

Thanks Danny. I think petrol here in Dubai is around AED 1.72 / litre. This works out to about 30p / litre. It used to be cheaper... A lot cheaper.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Oh christ you must be heart broken lol...

Only when i filled up last night did i first notice we are paying £1.31 a litre. If and when it gets above £2 ill no longer drive..!

 

[Toadus]

£1.31!

Shocking... I remember filling up with Tesco '99 about a year ago for 99p / litre. WTF happened?

 

[Dubai182]

Petrol used to be 1 GBP a gallon so around 25p a litre.

The weird thing is Dubai actually imports the oil and doesn't use AD refineries.

 

[jamesd1263]

30p a litre. No wonder they nearly all drive lush cars

 

[VeinAST]

Looks lovely that

 

[Toadus]

Thanks

Going to start a little progress thread now...

 

[Toadus]

Some pics:

 

[Mr Pants]

That's lovely mate! What you doing out in Dubai?

 

[Gally]

Good spec, the only way Albi works on the 200!

 

[Danith]

How many Dizzers did you pay for it mate? My bro's out in Abu Dhabs and I'm off out there in Feb to go car shopping with him to convert him to an RS Clio or Megane from his g@y 207 Gti 1.6 turbo thingy. He says there aren't many offers on these yet but the older megane is going for like 75000 DHS?

 

[Toadus]

Thanks for the comments guys. I work for PepsiCo Mr Pants.

Danith, it was 88'000, that's the 2011 model with set options. It's not like the UK where you can choose as many as or as little things as you like. All I could choose really was the wheels, colour and whether I wanted a spoiler.

 

[Danith]

Nice. Yeah my bro was up for getting a Clio 197 when they were there but they don't allow buying older cars with their loans so he got the Pug. Will keep an eye out for you when I'm over in mid Feb!