Recent content by jameswrx

Wheels are borderline criminal behaviour! Really odd they went with a wheel off an earlier model too. One of my weird hates is incorrect era OE wheels on cars & doing this to me is just not cricket.

Well yes but you did ask. I would say the issue is people want a premium for them being ‘special’ yes you can mod them to look good but why buy a Gordini if you don’t like the looks, pay a premium, then pay out even more to change it and then devalue it to others who value the gordini spec...

Personally I think the look and spec is naff. Colour, stripe, bumper trim colour, seats, 197 wheels on a 200…

Used to be a relatively common spot years ago, had a few (think 5) myself back in the day. There was a bloke who used to break them like crazy, pretty sure he’s partly responsible for the lack of them now haha.

I guess to me better doesn’t mean newer or more features. I’d rather have the dash and controls of my Clio than a modern car with screens. The mk4 to me is more Peugeot (of that era) feeling than Renault. Just the hard plastics are thinner and shiny and the screens of that era aged really...

Interior is awful though, plus no manual option. They don’t look special enough to me on the outside either, just looks like a young girly car all round. If you’re going to go turbo you may as well get a mk3 265 facelift.

Love my 200, get a good one and it’ll be a great car. Approaching 5 years with mine now! Fiesta? 🤮

Very easy to watch, great duo together.

I might have this one… free. Well, I had to go and jump start another car as they were moving. She’d left this sat after getting a new car and was a non starter. Totally original car, no paint on the panels, no rust. Towed it home, fuse box (and obvs fuel pump) connections were oxidised and...

Worth a Check of the fuse box under bonnet, my old one sat for a long time (wouldn’t start) and the fuel pump relay got a bit furred up with corrosion in its socket. Went through and cleaned all contacts (along with others in the box) and was fine after.

I’d certainly love to own it, RB is one of the best colours on a 200 and I’d see the fact it’s got an actual key as a bonus (I have a 200 with keycard) the fact it has air con and recaros… what’s not to like. Only downside I see is the location, engine bay looks pretty furry for the mileage so...

Red’s one of those colours that looks unimpressive in pics yet in the metal a nice car like this in red looks awesome.

As above, aux belt is the real enemy, also the aux belt tensioner seizing on its pivot. The aux belt snapping will kill these engines by wiping the timing belt out as they let go.

What they’re asking and what they’re getting is another thing! I’ve been looking for a nice LY or racing blue 200 for a while now and they sit for weeks/months unsold for silly money. A dealer puts them up for £10k/£12k and every Tom thinks that’s the price now. Difference is the dealer will...

Not sure about that. I think the right car can be. My theory when my mate was asking years ago was R34 GTR’s would be a good investment (when they were circa £25k). Evo 5’s would be good news too. I found my mate a mint Evo 5 coming up for 3 years ago and I’d say it’d sell for £10k-£15k more...