Recent content by NicktheNorse

Is there a fool proof way of telling if the clutch is slipping?

7 hours, at £100+VAT per hour of labour.

My 182 is in for a service today at Cross Roads Renault dealer in Oxford. They've just called me and said the "chief mechanic" drove my car from the car park and into the garage and feels my clutch is heavy. Was told I needed it replaced... he quoted £975 inc VAT. I promptly told him to go...

I've got 4 months left of my warranty on a 182. There are two things I'd like to get done before then: I need to have the front suspension looked at (it's creaking, possibly just needs bushes lubed) and I need a new lambda sensor (engine sometimes cuts power in 5th gear around 4k rpm). If I...

Spent a considerable amount of time yesterday cleaning my clio. Fortunately, as it turns out all the scratches are much, much better than I originally thought. In fact, after cleaning and giving it a good polish + wax there are only two 4" scratches that are visible from 1 metre away. The...

I was planning on going to the dealer over lunch today but something came up at work and I couldn't get away. Will try to go tomorrow.

Hehe cheers for the words of support. I'll let you know what happens...

Could I get them to machine polish the car? Is that something the garage will be able to do? Or would they have to get someone in to do it?

Yep, am planning to be perfectly calm and polite!

Have spoken to the service manager, I'm bringing the car down to them tomorrow to have a look at. Am suitably pissed off, as you would understand. I do however have the advantage that I work in the Renault group (though not road cars) so it would be reasonably simple for me to go above the...

It was pissing it down when I collected it so it would have been impossible to spot the scratches. Going to call them and politely suggest they foot the bill to have the car machine polished.

Took my 182 for its 24k service at Cross Roads yesterday. I've only just noticed now in the daylight that the car is riddled with scratches, some quite deep (down to primer) and others not so deep. Paintwork was mint when it went in. They've clearly washed/polished the car and had grit in the...

That just looks...well...ugly.

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