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3 previous lady owners followed by 3 cliosport owners... enjoy her, good to see it stay local and to someone who'll look after it, especially after the mission of a journey Joh made to get it! :)
ramsey - where'd you buy that car? sure it used to belong to the sister of someone i went to school with... was never a fan of the wheels but looks tidy otherwise!
i wouldn't bother getting it fixed... explain to the guy what you have been quoted and try and settle for something like £100-£150 for the dent - by your own admission the car isn't going to win any shows anyway!
if you come to sell the car you won't get full mint price for it but at least...
tyres - it amazes me that no-one keeps an eye on these, especially considering the 3 points and fine you can get for each illegal tyre
cambelt - to be expected for the age of the car
brake fluid contamination - just unlucky tbh
but on the plus side, tyres will be cheap - looks like you have...
as i posted on clio197... my R27 had a rusted subframe but Renault decided to replace the seat too... now my old seat wasn't wanted by Renault so it went free to one of the other mechanics/service staff (not sure as everyone was battling for it)... i wouldn't be surprised if this is a similar...
could also be bushes as my Golf was doing very similar... i would hazard a guess that it is suspension related and you need to find someone who knows what they're doing to do a proper 4 wheel alignment looking at the camber etc
wouldn't fall under the illusion that the 197's are better built... mine had as many rattles and faults in 10k as the two Trophy's did that i covered similar mileage in... but the interior is a nicer place to be in the 197 imo!
nope... definitely had one spare key in the house and other was in my wallet which was upstairs in the back bedroom so no key on my person or in the car... it told me that card wasn't detected but the engine was already running by that stage and i was off down the road
i left my card on our fireplace for a week and the car out on the drive... only by sheer chance did i try to unlock the car and it worked... i never left the card on the fireplace again!