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silly me - I guess the RS bit was a clue, but for a moment I thought it might have been a Skyline! I cant keep up with all these cars and changes anymore. I used to be brilliant at all of this, but now Im so lost. Japanese car knowledge (skylines, Imprezzas etc) is just none existent. Even the...

whats an RS230?? g

its just your car cooling down mate. Nothing to worry about. My entire exhaust talks away to itself for ages after a long hard run. g

BigBoreBri - I think, at the end of the day, the best thing to do is just laugh about it. Warranty-wise, Reno is so loony tunes that theres little or no consistency in what they say or do. Which is why we love them. Not. :D g

"Add £150+ for fitting and it comes to almost £750!" No; it will come to more than that. You forgot the VAT. :o g

i just sent the stuff in mate. Easy as that. Except it wasnt. Sure, I got my warranty no problems, but Reno lost my original log book and my original sales invoice. Somedays when you phone, you get Laurel, somedays you get Hardy... g

Postman tw*t. g

Steve - perhaps youd help your case if rather than saying that Clios are sh*t, youd elaborate a bit more; maybe theres something about the handling you think could be better, or you feel the gearing is not right etc....just saying its sh*t doesnt really help that much. g

"states that all EU imports after 17 October 2000 would have 3 years warranty, and he said this was wrong" Charlie, that isnt wrong - the bloke you spoke to is wrong. How can he think that a letter from Reno UK could be wrong? g

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :@ g

what about an old Rover Vitesse, the V8 rwd drive jobby? g

MX-5 is indeed one of those cars I must get round to driving/trying out. g

good old Autocar. So, does that mean that they now think the Cup is a better drivers car than the MINI. Or is the MINI is the better hot hatch? I couldnt actually careless which it is, but its just unusual for Autocar to be inconsistent, thats all...(hearty cough) g

http://www.alfaowner.comwww.alfaowner.com and http://www.gtvv6.comwww.gtvv6.com g

depends bigborebri. I was under the impression that year one warranty work is free via the manufacturer, year 2 & 3 are dealer warranty and you may have to make a small percentage contribution to the repair. g

reliability? well, the V6 is unburstable and as strong as you could wish for. Its everything else thats a bit variable, but mainly electrics and build. That said, my only probs were with the wipers (ironically, for the MOT - never went out in the rain) and headlight fuses going pop...

this car - well, this type of car - held a UK land speed record* unbroken for about 16 years. It took the record from (believe it or not) a Lamborghini Countach. The Alfa lost the record about two years ago to... a Volvo. Thats a (tedious) Factamundo for you to share and enjoy. *prolly not a...

sorry, donkey that I am, I put it in the wrong place. Clio relevance? Er, theyre the same colour, sort of... g

Thats my old Alfa, folks. GTV6, 2.5cc, V6, 170BHP. Not massively quick but I was very very fond of it. Gonna get another soon. I miss that engine soooooo much.... :D g

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1051545491__Alfa_Romeo_GTV6.jpg

youre lucky they managed to correctly identified it as a car, and not a yo-yo or something. g

here we go again. I so want to get out of reno now. I really like the car, but not reno. i did some maths at the weekend and I could just, just, scrape by and bail out of the reno and get myself something else. If I totally loved the Clio (Im not quite there yet) Id probably tolerate all this...

i may do that. Then on saturday, I drive to a reno dealer in maidenhead, park outside and place a sandwich board on the roof that says reno uk post sales service is appalling. The next saturday, i do the same in bracknell, then Reading, then at their head office. At all times local press will be...

thing is Tom, i probably would get a better response it I did a Joe Dolce - usually, an idiot will dance if asked to by another idiot. :( My mistake was to be professional about it. Silly me. g

for those guys with EU imports - if youre trying to get reno to upgrade you to a three year warranty, be careful. As requested by reno, I sent in my original log book and original sales invoice....and as predictable as night follows day, reno it seems has now lost them both. Thanks guys. You...

my Golf was on a mission to electrocute me. No such prob as yet with the Clio. g

You may only have 25, but any moment now you will have one from me, which is a lovely thing, surely? :D g

clear your inbox please matey ;) ta, g

yes, i guess thats possible. I just seem to remember at the time of launch (92/93?) that nissan sort of alluded to thefact that the chassis of the soft top was not best suited to the turbo engine (i guess they were gently suggesting it flexes with the turbo power?). Maybe later in its life they...

the 300zx softop was only sold in the states and in Japan; i don;t think it was ever available in Europe - Im surprised its a twin turbo, as i thought the softops were all normally aspirated? The do look great though - its a really nice (and rare) car. g