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Is there a fool proof way of telling if the clutch is slipping?

7 hours, at £100+VAT per hour of labour.

My 182 is in for a service today at Cross Roads Renault dealer in Oxford. They've just called me and said the "chief mechanic" drove my car from the car park and into the garage and feels my clutch is heavy. Was told I needed it replaced... he quoted £975 inc VAT. I promptly told him to go...

I've got 4 months left of my warranty on a 182. There are two things I'd like to get done before then: I need to have the front suspension looked at (it's creaking, possibly just needs bushes lubed) and I need a new lambda sensor (engine sometimes cuts power in 5th gear around 4k rpm). If I...

Spent a considerable amount of time yesterday cleaning my clio. Fortunately, as it turns out all the scratches are much, much better than I originally thought. In fact, after cleaning and giving it a good polish + wax there are only two 4" scratches that are visible from 1 metre away. The...

I was planning on going to the dealer over lunch today but something came up at work and I couldn't get away. Will try to go tomorrow.

Hehe cheers for the words of support. I'll let you know what happens...

Could I get them to machine polish the car? Is that something the garage will be able to do? Or would they have to get someone in to do it?

Yep, am planning to be perfectly calm and polite!

Have spoken to the service manager, I'm bringing the car down to them tomorrow to have a look at. Am suitably pissed off, as you would understand. I do however have the advantage that I work in the Renault group (though not road cars) so it would be reasonably simple for me to go above the...

It was pissing it down when I collected it so it would have been impossible to spot the scratches. Going to call them and politely suggest they foot the bill to have the car machine polished.

Took my 182 for its 24k service at Cross Roads yesterday. I've only just noticed now in the daylight that the car is riddled with scratches, some quite deep (down to primer) and others not so deep. Paintwork was mint when it went in. They've clearly washed/polished the car and had grit in the...

That just looks...well...ugly.

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Thanks very much. Get out on the wrong side of bed this morning? So, question still stands, which bridgestone tyre is best? Has to be bridgestone because I get them uber cheap through work.

Which bridgestone tyre is best for a 182? I know next to nothing about road car tyres other than the fact that I need 205/45/R16 :) Cheers!

cheers for the comments :)

Yes, bought my 182 from Allvehicles. Maybe on the slightly pricey side of the trade market but absolutely excellent in all ways. Steve (guy who runs it) is trustworthy and down to earth. Car was even clayed and polished when I picked it up :)

Yup, a bit of a tradition on the OcUK forums :) Car cost me best part of £9k, had a look at a few around 7.5-8K but I wanted to pay a little extra to get one which was spotless - and this one is! I know I could have got a trophy for not too much more but I honestly don't like red cars - it had...

Picked up my 05 plate 182 this weekend, what an awesome little car :D Just been out for a few miles in the B-roads north of Oxford on my way to work today (in Enstone, if anyone knows it) and its incredibly good fun. Previous owner (not that I know him/her, I bought it from an independent...

Hello! Is anyone out there the previous owner of a Black Gold 182 with the plate OV05 YZW? It has a small Cliosport sticker in the bottom right corner of the rear window. Cheers, Nick

Cheers, thanks for the quick replies :)

I'm looking to get a 182. If I get a car with a balance of the 3 year Renault warranty on it, what happens to the warranty when I buy the car? Are there any conditions on the warranty remaining valid? Does the car need to have been serviced at an official Renault dealership for all its...

Do they just stick on? How easy is getting the old badge off?

I'm an Aerodynamicist, though factory based as opposed to track based. Don't usually go to the tests but seeing as this one is so close to "home" so to speak... :)

I'll be there tomorrow afternoon, though I suppose with a slight difference from the rest of you ;)