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sorry if its a repost, i did check, anyhoo... like it or love it... i originally hated it but this prototype looks mental and i love it, it will get the WRC some much needed publicity.... anyhoo...
Minis became famed in the early 1960s for their rally prowess, and Mr. Hopkirk and Henry...
hi all.
i ring every year and speak to the chaps at Hamiltons, lovely bunch and put alot of effort in to making everything nice... not sure if anyone else has put up threads of made any calls to them but i did, even if its on behalf of myself, i do it everyyear just to check up
Now i'll...
Cleaned the car inside and out on friday, which is very rare for me, i even used some of that tyre shine stuff that riad made me buy.
I was bored yesterday so took a pic after a days dirt had built back up, excuse my crap photography, riads camera set to auto is the best I can muster...
bit of a late one and not a meet as such but i'm off to oulton tomo...
here's the garb...
i'm going with my bird (fml) but if anyones there come say hi, i'll be at the bottom of cascades, the meg will probably be broken. probs getting there for 8, nice n early.
Both my brother Riad and myself have been members on here a good while, although neither has own a clio...
I've always been a big fan however and after the first time back in 2000 when i was in my corsa 1.2sxi and was tanked by a flame red ph2 172 i thought 'ermmm wtf did that come from'...
need to know if there is any specifics needed for the diameter for the steering wheel on a clio or megane please, i only ask for either as apparently the 1*2/200 and meg have the same diameter? i dont mean the wheel as such, im not that stupid, i just mean as per the boss fittings, or does a...
Sorry bout delayed posting, personal shite and limited access atm.
Anyhoo, Sunday 8th Aug, nice pub in Leigh, I know the manager and he's managed to rope off the carpark for us on the day and i'll ensure this by having someone there early to see everyone in and the area roped off...
had a...
maybe/maybe not.... not as if renault like to bring out special editions now is it.
hopefully not a repost. spotted this week testing. answer to the last run out of the FRS or the testing for the not very secret 275 megane?!
have to see...
hello dearests, reete as above really.
Meg is going in for a total front end respray next week, thought id see if I could get the front recess smoothed beforehand as I think, well know, it looks so much better smoothed off..
Alas here lies my problems to which I need the answers from people in...
This could have gone into my progress thread but i'll update that in the week when i get my lemans decals on.... reete, had a new front windscreen put on thankgod after the crack the whole way across, spent all week ripping the rain drains out as they were blocked and generally playing about...
hai. firstly sorry about the mess of this post but hey ho, at least ive tried...
i know theres some PS gods on here so feel free to help out, destroy the car, etc...
right i'm in the process of vinyling up thee olde girl for france and wanting to keep it fairly cheap...
1st option
now my...
Been hammering the details out with Oulton Park this morning and managed to sort out a few things... excuse the messy-ness of my writing but got alot to write down.
every year when we go to the BTCC, the VXR boys have their own roped off area... and every year we park in front of the to p1ss...
totally kicking myself here, cant believe i got no shots of the alpina wheels on the mini and the CF interior, FFS!!!
regardless, what a car, exhaust is amazing and its an auto?!!? MINT
BIG fan of the new Abarth too, your mates got a good un there. you'll have to get...
hai.
little dilemma whilst i'm stuck waiting for coilies to go on and have the cage welded in... damn fred and his audacity going on a holiday!!!
ive not seen another meg with a smaller front plate, now i'm not 100% if i want 3/4 one making or whether you can buy larger but technically...
Firstly apoligies if I write something wrong or use the wrong terminology, im not a computer geek and my expertise stretches to setting the 4th quickest time on 'high speed ring' on Gran Turismo when i twas a boy... Secondly apoligies for the messy paragraphing and grammer, i'm peppered.
All...
I know more people voted to go to Jodrell however after looking into it and ringing around they arent fully open at the moment and the weather is still having a hissy fit.... so we can go later in the year for defo :)
alas... SUNDAY 21ST FEB @ 12.30PM, I propose we meet at krispy Kremes at the...
god knows why i've never seen the CD! pics were taken by ian giles trying out his camera last year, spent a good few hours tidying them up so thought i'd ASW and share....
we were there with the FCS to promote the show.
Car didnt have alot of the parts on it that it does now...
Right all, sorry not been a meet for a while, but with the great mini meet turnout last week and the member that are always willing to travel, it warming up and nights are getting longer I thought i'd set up a cross forum meet. I've not decided on a location as such although ive made a few...
hola patrons, riad has an unknown need to do some pics tonight... and i re-insured the meg today so anyone up for a lil meet?
WE'LL MEET AT KK (KRISPY KREMES NEXT TO THE TRAFFORD CENTRE AT 9PM, AND THEN GO UP TO MANCHESTER TO CASTLEFIELD FOR SOME PICS (ive just realised i've left fcuking caps...
saw the xenons first then the bean goodness. looked absolutely stunning, must of been the light but the inferno looked pukka
you were motoring too! i was in superignis though so you wouldnt of seen me, even if you are on here, which i doubt ;)
due to the coldness i'm having to start the meg everyday, even then she whirs twice and then starts up...
now i have the Oddessy25 fitted and its cold as hell at the mo, does this make the battery lose its charge alot quicker so to speak? (i know burp,kevo and a good few others run them so...
I've been planning this for a while (in my head) and got the feeders out already to a good few but heres to make it public.
i'm hoping that the dates dont clash with FCS, as its a show i really enjoy and attend in force however i want to do LeMans and have for a while...
i plan to travel...
hai... been in the pipeline for a while but managed to finalise it today.
A good friend of mine has recently setup his own paint repair shop and we said, due to the space outside the unit, that it would be a great location for a nice fat meet.
soooo... on the 21st of November (a saturday) we...
just found this on phone, didn't even know i'd done it tbh until now...from trax this year, never done an exhaust video, so thought fcuk it.
unfortunately though I was leathered at 4pm... standard, had my people fitting my new rear brakes on a field and decided to try and do a live spec...
ok theres been a thread on this but it became a little stale...
same as wsr really, put your names down here, im bringing the sheesha again and we'll have it... sorted
i will speak to my contact at Hamiltons next week to make sure we get priority parking again and that we are 'looked after'...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8180742.stm
all considering the lads in good shape, sure he'll still have both physical and mental scars to overcome, but its good to see him doing well
a blue 172 phase 2 making his way into wrexham this morning, well midday. looked really well.
2 seconds later a blue phase 2 V6!! was reete shocked, made me smile as u never see them just pootling about.
just past the 4dogs, chester road
wouldnt of seen me as i was in SuperIgnis, bad times
Added this to my progress thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=338628 but for people that dont follow then here it is.
dont think vimeo can be imbedded on CS/MS so heres the link... http://www.vimeo.com/5204070
riad did it at college as abit of a laugh but it...
bit of an odd one, but can someone with the tech knowledge or braking knowledge tell me the specifics of the following pads, ive searched the tinterweb and ferodo site but not much is out there.
i'm having 26R disks on this week and i bought the following pad at FCS off another member last...