davo172
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Sash’s new Learner car.
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Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
You’d be restricted to an automatic license though ?
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
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Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
while I still say its massively convenient to have a manual licence, not sure I would go back to a manual for my personal car!
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
Auto prices at the moment are more than manual due to lack of instructors. I’m currently £35/hr.
you’re right, the majority don’t have a clue about the car, they don’t really care either. The car is mainly for my benefit and the yellow has kinda become associated with me and it’s quite distinctive. So much so, another instructors pupil spotted menin town and noticed I had a brake light out. He told his instructor it was a yellow Clio with a spoiler and his instructor knew who he was talking about and got in touch to tell me!
It’s not cheap to insure but hopefully that’ll drop considerably once I can sell the DS3 and free up all those no claims!!
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
You must be minted Sash!!??
Must say if I never drove another manual it wouldn't bother me.
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
I would be if I didn’t have 2 RS’s ??
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
The LY is just shy of 128k now and doing absolutely fine with regards clutch wear. Had the clutch touch points measured a while back and they’re still very much within the correct tolerances 👍🏼
Can’t believe I’ll have owned the car 4 years in April 😳 current mileage is a little less than anticipated thanks to some enforced downtime due to Covid-19 lockdowns 😪.
Besides a battery fault that left us barking up the wrong tree for ages it’s been good as gold for me, still many smiles per mile, many double takes from passers by, many a punch thrown (yellow car game) and still the same question gets asked… “is that a real learner car?” 🤣 and there is no plans to change anytime soon. 🤩
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
What was it giving you? Check hill start assist, Engine failure hazard, Check stop start, Check auto Gearbox, and anything else it decides to throw?!
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
Check gearbox only. Diagnostics kept telling us it was clutch motor 1 failure.
Turned out to be a dodgy connection and therefore the battery wasn’t charging properly.
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah they are pretty bad for it, first thing I do on any Clio 4 now is a battery test before any diagnostic 👍
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
I wrongly assumed it wasn’t battery related as I had replaced the battery less than a year before.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Good to hear!
The amount of 'it will fail because it's French' stuff you read online is kind of negated by posts like this.
Of course, all makes and models of cars have bad traits and the Clio isn't exempt from that. But for the majority of the time, they certainly don't deserve the social media digs that they receive.
Ricardos
ClioSport Club Member
LY 200 EDC
The Mk4 RS didn't get off to a good start being panned by most if not all the motoring press.
The 4th generation was a big leap of change, the gearbox being the biggest. The British as a tradition don't like change, add in the 4 door only shell coming from a previous 3 door manual it was a big ask to convince the die hard RS petrolheads.
It's a brilliant car for it's time, to think now they're already 8 years old as a model but back in 2013 when you sat in one and saw the tech it was worlds away from the MK3.
2016 when the 220 came out as the facelift that really was the Clio the 200 should have been. Thank god! Akrapovic exhaust with carbon tips, heated leather seats, Bose as options, LED headlights as standard.
They are the last generation of true Renaultsport cars alongside the Mk4 Mégane. Yes a shame the badge no longer exists but only as an RS Line trim level spec, but given time behind the wheel of one and you need to give that box time to get used to they are a great car to be in.
The 4th generation was a big leap of change, the gearbox being the biggest. The British as a tradition don't like change, add in the 4 door only shell coming from a previous 3 door manual it was a big ask to convince the die hard RS petrolheads.
It's a brilliant car for it's time, to think now they're already 8 years old as a model but back in 2013 when you sat in one and saw the tech it was worlds away from the MK3.
2016 when the 220 came out as the facelift that really was the Clio the 200 should have been. Thank god! Akrapovic exhaust with carbon tips, heated leather seats, Bose as options, LED headlights as standard.
They are the last generation of true Renaultsport cars alongside the Mk4 Mégane. Yes a shame the badge no longer exists but only as an RS Line trim level spec, but given time behind the wheel of one and you need to give that box time to get used to they are a great car to be in.
withoutabix
ClioSport Club Member
presume this is you getting papped Sash?
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
Still makes me giggle when little kids see the car and shout at their parents ‘look at that car.. it’s amazing!!’ 😂
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
I have no plans to replace it any time soon but when that time comes it’ll 100% be another one.
Those that slated the mk4’s when they came out should give their head a wobble 😂 it’s bloody brilliant car.
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
That looks absolutely mega!
Clio 197,with megan'
I learnt to drive in an Austin A35, heavy clutch, bad brakes, you boys and girls have been spoilt. I remember when I was a boy............,...
How long ago was that?
Clio 197,with megan'
I am 83 years old in July, I was 17 years old when I bought the A 35, followed bt A55, Nash Neapolitan A40, Essex Capri, and many, many others, last motorbike was a Yamaha R1, enjoyed at the same time, solo parachuting, now running around in an Fully forged R26 360bhp, 340 torque. I will grow up someday soon.
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Thats amazing! Fair play to you, Sir!
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
No! Never grow up! 😁❤️
Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
Prime example today. Following another LY (Megane) put of the carpark yet the young lad points mine out and gets his parents to look too!
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
frayz
ClioSport Club Member
Just ripe. 😘👌🏼
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
Amazing as said looked after properly.
Does it use much oil now?
Would sooner always have a car well maintained with bad few miles than something that does 2 miles a day week in week out.
