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I blame sideways danny for the engines I've had in mine, he just kept relentlessly taunting me with itb's until I gave in & bought some lol! And to top it off I've now gone & got a high compression F7R to go in
Re: What is your favourite RS model?
Always gonna be a valver for me, especially after I had a go in a completely standard 1 not too long ago. I gave it a proper thrashing & it put a bigger smile on my face than any other RS clio I've driven.
It almost made me feel a bit sad that my valver...
I'd always go for the engine that doesn't have a nasty habit of dropping valves - revised doesn't always mean better, in some cases revised just means cutting costs like renault have done with the 2 piece valves in F4's ;)
I quite enjoyed the wet day I did at Combe last year - well apart from the part where I span off at Folly :o I might have actually soiled myself after doing that.
Tbh I enjoyed the day more because it was a good learning experience for me of controlling the car properly in the wet & still go...
Mine has evolved into becoming purely a weekend & track day toy. Came off the road in October because of a bust gearbox so I've bought a 2 litre high compression engine for it - will sort out a gearbox later :rasp:
It's been my daily driver since I got it in 2007
No specialist insurers as such, they always ask you how many miles you'll do when asking for a quote. You just have to do it the old fashioned way & actually talk to them on the phone.
I take back my previous comment because of your age, might work out cheaper & easier to go with the tow car &...
In your situation - which isn't too dis-similar to mine - I'd keep the track car road legal & have it insured on a limited mileage policy unless getting the trailer & tow car is something you can get while getting the track car sorted. I'd also double check to see if you need to get another...
^^I disagree with you a bit on that, once R888's are below the legal tread there's still plenty of life left in them for track days. 1 pair I've got on mine were bought at just legal tread & I've done 4 track days on them and about to do 1 more in a week or so.
I'd say that it's well worth...
Only other thing to suggest is keep an eye out for used R888's etc on here, ebay & the motorsports parts section of PH classifieds as you can get some epic bargains ;)
Admittedly I posted before looking at the advert :o lol!
But to the OP don't be put off by cat C & D write offs straight away, the important thing to think of is when the write off occurred within the cars life, if it happened early on in it's life be wary as the threshold in ££'s for it to be...
I had a dented rear quarter panel on my valver in 2008 & the insurance assessor said it's a Cat C write off as the repair cost exceeded a certain percentage of the book price of the car
Cat C & D write off's don't mean jack s**t on these cars nowadays, all the ratings represent is that the cost of repair (ie the quote obtained to fix it) crosses a certain percentage of the book value of the car, and since the book prices of them are so low due to their age an insurance company...
I've been to places that make the shittiest parts of Notts look like paradise in comparison lol, the whole country is a shithole, we just have rather a lot of decent places that sort of make up for it....a bit.
Bit of an update on the damage for those interested, last we heard from the repair...
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Driving into the rear quarter of the car to induce a spin ;) the clio hit the left rear wheel making her car spin & hit the kerb, I've not seen the car myself so no idea what's damaged & nor has she as the car got picked up there & then by...