Jme34
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
Hi all. I have now owned my Arctic blue 182 for exactly a year, and fancy summarizing my year of ownership (relatively) in depth to document it somewhere!
So having searched long and hard for a good quality, honest used 182 (following 3 years with a mk2ph2 1.2) I found this example in a dealer in Fordingbridge. Up for sale at around £3400 on 63,417 miles with one previous owner, and full main dealership service history. It was these factors, and the overall condition of the car that lead to my purchase.
Needless to say I was over the moon, £1000 insurance paid, £280 tax done. Did the hour and a bit drive home and was loving it, popped into the local to grab some bread and milk, in the time i was inside, someone had swung their door into the passenger side, leaving a dent, and a bit of paint scraped off of the door handle. checked CCTV and couldn't read the plate! never been back there since! sort of tainted the 'new car' feeling, still, what can you do!
Had an awesome month in my new pride and joy but by the time February came around, I had a squealing aux belt, turns out the air con compressor was shot. paid a local specialist to sort this out, they sourced a brand new comp, as well as fitting AUX belt etc (*comp about 5 times more expensive than a used one on here) and charged a lot in labour, I was feeling a bit sore at this point as i'd also paid up for two new pirelli Pzero's.
As it stood at that time;
So for three months, the car was absolutely perfect, besides fitting a bluetooth radio, I did nothing to it, just enjoyed driving it to work and out at the weekends!
Like most people on here, I look for excuses to tinker, so having spotted a sheared front spring, I switched all four out for the eibach sportline springs. At the same time, for a slightly related reason (take a guess), I changed the gearbox oil out for new millers synth trx oil, and replaced the plug/washer with a new one from Renault.
following the new springs, I had the tracking etc set up accordingly, as well as having the wheels refurbed in a slightly darker anthracite, in time for FCS 2016.
New springs going on, on and me at FCS 2016;
So, from May right through until August, I had trouble free motoring! enjoying my little blue motor in the sunshine, anywhere I could. It ran beautifully on a 5 hour trip to Newquay as well as many more slightly shorter journeys! I carried out minor cosmetic changes in this time, such as a new gearstick insert, new plates (standard size), non-sticky interior door grabs, coloured silver (same as the PH1 172s) and a full detail (machine polish, bay tidy, battery cover, fuse box colour change etc).
Few assorted 'summer photos';
At around 71,000 miles, I had the 72k service done at Rentech Portsmouth, plus two new CV boots. to cost of 330 quid, this was because the cambelt had already been done (main dealer) at 57k. Following this, I replaced the centre silencer as the baffles had gone.
Faffing;
As autumn crept in in September, I had my first little light on the dash, after a local specialist ran diagnostics and cleared the light, i replaced the pre-cat lambda with a new bosch replacement, this of course fixed this incredibly common fault.
Into October now and I decided to replace discs and pads for OEM brembo HC discs and pads, as well as replacing my thumb grips, maybe 2017 i'll stump for a full re-trim! went in for an MOT in November and flew through with no advisories, in at 9, out by ten. As a treat for such a success, I got that pesky 'first day' dent removed, and replaced the marked door handle with another pristine arctic blue handle from a breaker.
Thumb grips, rooflection and lack of dent;
Since then my little blue car has done a New Years trip to St Ives and back, racking up 11 hours on the road over a weekend, as well as its usual commutes to crawley and tonbridge. Now on 76k and looking forward to another year with my pride and joy, having shelled out 800 on insurance, its getting cheaper! (for reference that's at 22 with 4 years no claims).
thanks if you bothered to read all that, turns out a lot can happen in a year! at least i have a thread to dump my updates in now!
Me+cup at goodwood hot hatch Sunday
So having searched long and hard for a good quality, honest used 182 (following 3 years with a mk2ph2 1.2) I found this example in a dealer in Fordingbridge. Up for sale at around £3400 on 63,417 miles with one previous owner, and full main dealership service history. It was these factors, and the overall condition of the car that lead to my purchase.
Needless to say I was over the moon, £1000 insurance paid, £280 tax done. Did the hour and a bit drive home and was loving it, popped into the local to grab some bread and milk, in the time i was inside, someone had swung their door into the passenger side, leaving a dent, and a bit of paint scraped off of the door handle. checked CCTV and couldn't read the plate! never been back there since! sort of tainted the 'new car' feeling, still, what can you do!
Had an awesome month in my new pride and joy but by the time February came around, I had a squealing aux belt, turns out the air con compressor was shot. paid a local specialist to sort this out, they sourced a brand new comp, as well as fitting AUX belt etc (*comp about 5 times more expensive than a used one on here) and charged a lot in labour, I was feeling a bit sore at this point as i'd also paid up for two new pirelli Pzero's.
As it stood at that time;
So for three months, the car was absolutely perfect, besides fitting a bluetooth radio, I did nothing to it, just enjoyed driving it to work and out at the weekends!
Like most people on here, I look for excuses to tinker, so having spotted a sheared front spring, I switched all four out for the eibach sportline springs. At the same time, for a slightly related reason (take a guess), I changed the gearbox oil out for new millers synth trx oil, and replaced the plug/washer with a new one from Renault.
following the new springs, I had the tracking etc set up accordingly, as well as having the wheels refurbed in a slightly darker anthracite, in time for FCS 2016.
New springs going on, on and me at FCS 2016;
So, from May right through until August, I had trouble free motoring! enjoying my little blue motor in the sunshine, anywhere I could. It ran beautifully on a 5 hour trip to Newquay as well as many more slightly shorter journeys! I carried out minor cosmetic changes in this time, such as a new gearstick insert, new plates (standard size), non-sticky interior door grabs, coloured silver (same as the PH1 172s) and a full detail (machine polish, bay tidy, battery cover, fuse box colour change etc).
Few assorted 'summer photos';
At around 71,000 miles, I had the 72k service done at Rentech Portsmouth, plus two new CV boots. to cost of 330 quid, this was because the cambelt had already been done (main dealer) at 57k. Following this, I replaced the centre silencer as the baffles had gone.
Faffing;
As autumn crept in in September, I had my first little light on the dash, after a local specialist ran diagnostics and cleared the light, i replaced the pre-cat lambda with a new bosch replacement, this of course fixed this incredibly common fault.
Into October now and I decided to replace discs and pads for OEM brembo HC discs and pads, as well as replacing my thumb grips, maybe 2017 i'll stump for a full re-trim! went in for an MOT in November and flew through with no advisories, in at 9, out by ten. As a treat for such a success, I got that pesky 'first day' dent removed, and replaced the marked door handle with another pristine arctic blue handle from a breaker.
Thumb grips, rooflection and lack of dent;
Since then my little blue car has done a New Years trip to St Ives and back, racking up 11 hours on the road over a weekend, as well as its usual commutes to crawley and tonbridge. Now on 76k and looking forward to another year with my pride and joy, having shelled out 800 on insurance, its getting cheaper! (for reference that's at 22 with 4 years no claims).
thanks if you bothered to read all that, turns out a lot can happen in a year! at least i have a thread to dump my updates in now!
Me+cup at goodwood hot hatch Sunday
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