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The 2 Clio's look great. I did test drive a new Clio Cup a few weeks ago, & they even offered me £1700 PX but I felt a little car sick after the test drive, I think I was hung over & was on bumpy roads in Northumberland, I must be going soft in my old age & the mpg was reading 24mpg & didn't...

Well done @Tunst I hope it proves to be £450 well spent & you get it on the road soon. I'm glad it's gone to a good home & fellow ClioSport member. Now it's time to start looking for my new ride. I have shorted listed it to a early Porsche Caymans S or Lotus Exige. I don't have to rush the...

Hi Danny, I did think about that, but I think me & my Clio have fallen out of love, after 2 failed cam belts in 8 months, so plan to sell for spares or repair, (£500-£750) plan to get Lotus exige which I can use everyday & the odd track day which I would love to try for the first time.

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BLACK, I'm just getting off the train now, heading back to the office, I have a few pics on my phone I will try & download & add to this forum

Black, the lights have a hint of blue in them, the seats are half leather, got a 6 cd under passenger seat, but never used it, trying to think was else, I bought 4 new tyres 5 months ago pilot sport 3, but fronts are now worn, I had new brakes 6 months ago, but I guess them are now worn as well.

no worries I will take some tomorrow, got to work late tonight boo

Hi Mate, How about I give you the car for free, & you swap any parts you want to turn your 1.2 into a 172, then you can drive my car off a cliff & jump out last minute, everyone is a winner! I would then claim on my insurance. Bugger that wouldn't work I mean push off a cliff engine is broken...

It could have been a option, but I bought a £200 Peugeot 205 TD (yes I will be driving around with a paper bag over my head) last night to tie me over till I source a good Lotus Exige, happy to px it for a cheap track day car plus cash your way.

Hi Rob, That's great your local, I'm currently on a train, but the car is parked at ne22 6ag on the main drive so welcome to have a look, I can't remember if I locked the car, it's not washed & is full of my daughters toys, I was thinking around £500 - £750, the steering wheel has had it...

open to offers, but would like to have rid by Sunday afternoon.

lol I have just had my teeth straightened, I want to keep them, rather then take on a Geordie phil michelle.

I have too much on my plate at the moment to deal with small claims, I have heard they have quite a few cases against from other clients, so they took loads of photos, to ensure they were not to blame, and put it down to a pulley failure. This is the garage, www.centrevillegarage.co.uk/ they...

The 2nd garage thinks, I should not spend any more money on it, so I have decide to sell for spare or repair. Anyone interested in buying the piece of sh*t, I will try & get some photos up soon, it's black 2006, 66,000 miles totally standard Engine broke. Car is at NE22 6AG northumberland, just...

Hi, they were a renault specialists, not cheap, as I wanted a good job done.

I think I might just put the car on pistonheads for sale, I have left it unlocked hoping someone with nick it lol. Ideally I want to stick in the garage until I can afford to turn it into a track day car. I'm dead busy just started a new job, so travel from Newcastle to London for meetings most...

Thanks for the tips, the first garage was a living nightmare, (there's a long separate post) the 2nd garage far better, yes it's had a full engine rebuild, he think's the car might have had a small front crash as some point & could be out of line causing extra stress on the belt causing it to...

Hi, A bit of history, I bought a 02 172 with 66K miles for about £3K 8 months ago, everything was going well, till I got the cam belt changed, on the way home it snapped & caused £1000, the garage refused to fix (long story) so took to another garage, so the first bill was £1200 & the 2nd...

Hello Tom Fotheringham All our work is guaranteed, both parts and labour, and we would stand by that guarantee if we or the parts we used were proven to be at fault. An independent inspection is just another opinion and wouldn't change our view that our diagnosis is correct. Indeed, it...

Thanks for all the advise & support. I have decided to take the car to a different garage to get repaired, as I need the car to take my daughter to nursery and get to work etc. then the car garage from hell in newcastle send me a invoice for £284 for finding out about what they did wrong, and...

Can't believe what happened today, I was followed by someone from my home, then when I stopped at the shops the garage took there courtesy car back! I though the car had been stolen. So me & my 2yr old daughter were stranded, they have sunk to a all time low, especially when I'm being polite &...

hopefully they will agree to this tomorrow, and get a inspection done next week. Otherwise might have to drive it off a cliff... err I meant push it off I just want my baby back :( Hi Mike, I will cover the cost of a independent inspection, I take it that if the inspection comes to the...

I have asked for the alternator to be returned and any damaged parts to remain with the car, hopefully will get a outcome early next week after the independent inspection. Hope it can be fixed I was looking forward to doing some track days this summer.

I have proposed this: if they don't play ball, plan to take somewhere else, or get a clio 200 on business contract hire at £250 per month, but didn't really want any monthly out goings! Hi Mike, Thanks for the email, I think the best solution to move forward is that we commission a...

Should I get a inspection or cut my losses and pop it on ebay? or is it worth spending a further £1800. not a great week. Hello Tom,

 You have the invoice from the timing belt operation, that has the list of
parts we changed. As far as reports on 'components sent for independent
testing' is...

They have sent the alternator away for a check, made a school boy error, should have asked for it to go somewhere independent bugger.

There was a few other items like Oil filter, air filter, hatch lock, new exhaust bracket, don't no what's worse being £1.2K down with a worthless car, or driving around in their shed of a pool car - old citroen with 134,000 miles on the clock.... time to buy a lottery ticket... wish me luck!

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Hi, I'm quite new to this forum, had a 172 MK1 a few yrs ago, bought a 52 172 8 months ago with 54,000 miles everything was sweet as I was in love with it. Then around 57,000 I though I would get the cam belt and aux changed + service which was £1200 inc front brake discs & pads Then a week...