Hope this is the right place for the post as it mainly about my Clio...
Hi Chaps. this is my second post here. I was driven to find this site by some problems with my recently aquired 2002 1.4 16v Clio. I have found the answers and sorted out the service/airbag light myself.
I just have moved over from UK to Athens and bought a Clio instead of the default Greek choice (Seat Ibiza 1.4 101bhp) The Clio has superior ride quality, better steering feel and wonderful lift off oversteer (especially on these sliipery roads!) and 4 airbags. I had two clio company cars in UK (A 1.2 AND 1.5DCI) both of which I ragged from new until 12,000 miles. They were perfectly reliable so I thought I'd get one over here....
I didn't bank having problems with only a 56,00km (40K Miles) car though. It has just gone in to an indie specialist to have two coils replaced for e150.00 including labour. The previous owner had two coils replaced by Renault main stealer for e200.00. This was 3000km's ago. Now the other two have gone...By the way the 60,00km service at the main stealer cost the previous owner e800.00!!! They charge labour at e44 per hour. So I guess main stealers are the same no matter the country...
The car also needs new dampers soon. I think for only 56000km this is pretty poor but the roads are incredibly bad over here-I will never complain about UK roads again! In spite of that,the car still had half of the tyre tread left on the original tyres leading me to belive it was a gently driven car. They tyres only had to be changes because they were actually perished! How many miles are you guys getting out of dampers?
Well I hope this is the end of my troubles with the car. It is a cracking motor otherwise and the handling provides me many smiles. My last car in UK was a BMW 330i and compared with that, I thought I would not get much oversteer with a little front drive hatch, but on these roads this car provides even more entertainment and is far easier to control.
A weekly dawn blast on a local mountain pass makes me forget all the rattles, squeaks, service bills and keeps the enthusiasm for the car alive.
That said, I am still a little pessimistic after seeing that the personal transport for the Renault Specialst garage mechanic is very nicely modded Mini Cooper S. I was going to ask him why he didn't have a cheaper and better 182 but I am scared of what his answer will be...
PS: Great site guys and it has proved most valuable in helping me diagnose the faults so far. I look forward to contributing and helping where I can. If any of you need advice on matters in Greece please feel free.
PPS: The 2.0l 182 models are really scarce here. They go for allot of money used and I have not seen any cups or trophy's (I guess they were UK only). I have seen two new 197's though-they sound great!
PPPS: Cars are expensive here in Greece-I paid e6k (£4k) for a 2002 1.4 16v 3 dr expression with 40k miles. This was private-via a dealer they wanted over e7k. The Dynamic added at least e800.00 to the price!
Hi Chaps. this is my second post here. I was driven to find this site by some problems with my recently aquired 2002 1.4 16v Clio. I have found the answers and sorted out the service/airbag light myself.
I just have moved over from UK to Athens and bought a Clio instead of the default Greek choice (Seat Ibiza 1.4 101bhp) The Clio has superior ride quality, better steering feel and wonderful lift off oversteer (especially on these sliipery roads!) and 4 airbags. I had two clio company cars in UK (A 1.2 AND 1.5DCI) both of which I ragged from new until 12,000 miles. They were perfectly reliable so I thought I'd get one over here....
I didn't bank having problems with only a 56,00km (40K Miles) car though. It has just gone in to an indie specialist to have two coils replaced for e150.00 including labour. The previous owner had two coils replaced by Renault main stealer for e200.00. This was 3000km's ago. Now the other two have gone...By the way the 60,00km service at the main stealer cost the previous owner e800.00!!! They charge labour at e44 per hour. So I guess main stealers are the same no matter the country...
The car also needs new dampers soon. I think for only 56000km this is pretty poor but the roads are incredibly bad over here-I will never complain about UK roads again! In spite of that,the car still had half of the tyre tread left on the original tyres leading me to belive it was a gently driven car. They tyres only had to be changes because they were actually perished! How many miles are you guys getting out of dampers?
Well I hope this is the end of my troubles with the car. It is a cracking motor otherwise and the handling provides me many smiles. My last car in UK was a BMW 330i and compared with that, I thought I would not get much oversteer with a little front drive hatch, but on these roads this car provides even more entertainment and is far easier to control.
A weekly dawn blast on a local mountain pass makes me forget all the rattles, squeaks, service bills and keeps the enthusiasm for the car alive.
That said, I am still a little pessimistic after seeing that the personal transport for the Renault Specialst garage mechanic is very nicely modded Mini Cooper S. I was going to ask him why he didn't have a cheaper and better 182 but I am scared of what his answer will be...
PS: Great site guys and it has proved most valuable in helping me diagnose the faults so far. I look forward to contributing and helping where I can. If any of you need advice on matters in Greece please feel free.
PPS: The 2.0l 182 models are really scarce here. They go for allot of money used and I have not seen any cups or trophy's (I guess they were UK only). I have seen two new 197's though-they sound great!
PPPS: Cars are expensive here in Greece-I paid e6k (£4k) for a 2002 1.4 16v 3 dr expression with 40k miles. This was private-via a dealer they wanted over e7k. The Dynamic added at least e800.00 to the price!