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Hi All, Small update in that I went to SWR back in autumn and got all the belts changed. Since then I have had a brutal water leak that turned my car into a swimming pool! It was a full interior out job and the culprit was the heater box. Hopefully it holds now! While the car was off the road...

Gents, managed to get the problem solved (I hope!) and the interior and retrimmed steering wheel should be going back in over the next week. After resealing the heater box, water isn’t making its way in anymore. So in the end all that water in the photos above was coming in via the heater...

Thanks everyone for all the replies it has definitely made it less frustrating! The weather is glasgow is shocking just now so not had another dry day but in a brief dry spell I had a look inside the cover and seen this at the bottom of the rear window. It looks like the rear drivers side...

Hi there. Thank you very much for the heads up. Having looked at the huge folder of paperwork (1 previous owner but only car this summer) there is a stone chip that’s been an advisory for 2 years so I don’t think it can be the window but you never know. Total pain but glad I noticed it before...

Perfect thank you. I will take a look at this. Hopefully not too big of job!

Thanks Dom, this could well be the main contributor but I think a belts and braces approach will be needed and everything that people have suggested need to be check out on the next dry day!

Hi Mate, Exactly my thoughts as it’s went from bone dry in summer to ankle deep over past 4 weeks. I will check those again when I open the car back up. Main priority was to get the carpets out and to dry the floor and cover the car over for damage limitation. Can’t see any tide marks as it...

Thanks Dom, appreciate that. Do you think that could amount for the sheer volume of water I have experienced? How wet was your car?

Hi, After hearing a sloshing noise on the drivers side of the car I looked on here for existing threads and as a result went out and checked my carpets and my carpets on drivers side where drenched. This is a weekend car and isn’t driven too much hence I didn’t notice. I assumed it would be...

Thank you Dave. Good to hear they come recommended. Perhaps the most local I am going to get. Will likely get booked in soon. Haha

Thanks for this. I got a quote from a company on that thread based in Stirling called SWR autos. All belts for £680 including VAT. Not sure if this is good or bad but seems about right.

Having now had the car since March. I am now wondering: A) have i paid the right price for the car. B) what would it be worth if I was to now sell it (no plans to at the moment) 2005 RB with both cup packs (noted on original invoice) 120k on the clock. Every single bit of paperwork/history in...

Here is some updated pictures of the car. I have changed the plates and spent a bit of time each weekend getting the bodywork as good as I can. The wing mirrors will need replaced or at the very least resprayed to get it “up to standard” You don’t see many of these around anymore and I have...

Thank you for the advice. The more I have browsed these forums the more I think I will just bite the bullet and get them done this summer. Probably be a thread for this elsewhere, but do you recommend only using a Renault specialist for this work and is there any close to the Glasgow area that...

Hi Everyone, I picked up a 2005 RB 182 with both cup packs- a few weeks ago. I had a 2003 clio 1.2 back in 2011 and really wanted to get a car I could have some fun with. This was my dream car back when I was 17. I bought the car blind and it has done 120,000 miles but has a history folder...

Hi Everyone. I had a 2003 clio dynamique back in 2011 when I was 18. At the time I used to trawl this forum often and was in awe of all the 172 and 182’a but could never dream of affording the insurance then, nevermind the car. I cringed at my old posts when I logged back into my old account...

Thank you everyone for your replies. Great to see the forum still so active. I have made some enquires so watch this space. If I do go ahead I will be sure to post.

Hi Everyone! My first car was a 2003 clio dynamique. I joined this forum over 10 years ago, armed with some dodgy spelling and my 1st year apprentice wage. Cringing so bad at my old posts! Needless to say I put the car into a bollard 10 months later. Goodnight Vienna. Had many cars since and...

Got a quote from the Renault dealer for 2100 to fix it ! If my claim gets payed , ill pap the car off cheap , take the say 500 id get for it , so 2600 , into another account and pay a newer car up , had a look at the new dynamiqe for 150 a month. Saying that if the claim isnt payed , which i...

Good idea, on the council form i printed off there is space for 2 witnesses ( along with a gay blank area where i had to draw a sketch of what went down) , i have my mate who was in the car at the time and as soon as it happened i asked the guy in the shop , so he can testify when it happened.

Its just made me fed up with the car now tbh :( with mot coming up i just feel like punting it and leasing/financing something cheap :(

Aye when it first happened it didnt really get me that pissed off , now its been a day and im really pissed off , finsihign work and having to go round garages for quotes , ill go to a big dealership or something for a bigger quote for a claim , how much damage do you lot all think is there in...

Never noticed that actually , from who ever has mowed it down i think , they look like massive tyres actually , as if a lorrie or somethings mowed it over.

When it happened i went into the shop next to it and asked the guy how long it had been that way , he sayed he thinks it happened on friday , as i drove by it again after work to show my pal , they had taken the post away. I s**t it when i heard the noise i thought id hit something or someone ...

I just didnt expect it i drive on that road everyday and with cars on the otherside of the road your always trying to keep a tight corner not expecting some ground level spear to mangle your car to bits haha !

Driving in a busy road near work , turned a tight corner to be met with ( sorry about the hugeeeeeeeeeee picture) This bollard was already in this state and iv turned left and its just ran along the side of my car sending it on 2 wheels , i maybe should have seen it but its a joke as to why...

Thanks for the smart comment of take the facia off , im not that stupid i have done that but its not a solution , iv got a REM cable mate , ill check all of what you have sayed , thanks alot for the help yous all have gave me , iv sold the sub and got myself some new alloys so some good has came...

Iv honestly no idea ! its so strange , so pissed off i actually managed to get a deal of 10 quid below what i payed for the sub and amp 2 months ago , it better start tomorrow because the bonnet catch thingy broke when it got jump started so i cant get my bonnet open...

I have a jvc headunit and a jbl sub and amp. I came out to my car this morning and i could hear my radio was playing music , drove to work engine off , radio goes off , checked again at break , radio still off. At lunch time i get a shout from my friend at lunch to say my car was blazing music...

How do you mean mate , is there any known ways to get it from the battery to the car , like any pre drilled holes i could use ?