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its a guy i know, they sell salvage, not sure what damage it sustained but its had a drivers door as he was selling a slightly damaged one on eBay previously.
ok i didn't read the whole post, but an 05 reg car, i would expect them to be standing 50% of the bill tbh.
oh and the chap who said he hadn't heard about them problem before, must have been telling porkies or it was his first day.
Mug imo, i would rather rent a car and let a renault specialist do it even if it did take a bit longer, would have probably had the car off the road for a week and spend around 1000 max sorting it.
as said 3rd gear synchro is a problem, they are not a bad box really considering the age of the design and the RS Clios generally get quite a lot of stick.
1) Don't take it to renault.
Take it to a transmission specialist and let them have a drive, It does sound like the box has had it, do you struggle selecting gears eg: when setting off does it go into the gates ok? if it is fine at going into gears its unlikely to be the clutch.