Decided to sell my Saab 9-3 V6 as it was very heavy on fuel and just not much fun to drive.
Having an M135i as a daily and a Westfield V8 for out and out performance I had decided I wanted something smaller, lighter and fun to drive without being anything silly.
Was offered a straight swap on a Clio 182 FF, seemed like a straight car and with good 182's seemingly getting harder to find I thought it would be a decent car to swap for.
Exchange was done yesterday (5th Nov)
Going to be a fun winter project as the car is basically a very good one, just needs a detailers touch and a little love.
Car is only 2 previous owners, full service history, 11 months MOT, recent discs and pads front and rear, Milltek catback, KTR induction kit
Low mileage for year at just under 63k and had belts done 4k ago
Drove back without fault, pulls very strongly and is massively better than my previous 182, this has definitely not been messed around with
To-do list
Refurb wheels - will do this myself as they are chipped rather than badly kerbed
2 new tyres - good to see Pirellis fitted instead of low end budgets
Headlights badly faded
Slight lacquer bubbling on one small area of bonnet - will see if I can save this, if not it will be a repaint
Full machine polish obviously with some small touch up in 3 areas (leading edge of bonnet and rear edge of both doors)
Full deep clean of exhaust so its back to new shine
Full underbody clean
Engine bay is leak free but very grubby
Interior needs a very deep clean
Some interior plastics have gone very sticky and will need to be replaced
Nothing major at all - just lots of bits and pieces - as its not a daily driver (yet) I can take my time and only bother taxing it when bulk of jobs are done
No intention of turning it in to a show car - just a clean, presentable 182
Having an M135i as a daily and a Westfield V8 for out and out performance I had decided I wanted something smaller, lighter and fun to drive without being anything silly.
Was offered a straight swap on a Clio 182 FF, seemed like a straight car and with good 182's seemingly getting harder to find I thought it would be a decent car to swap for.
Exchange was done yesterday (5th Nov)
Going to be a fun winter project as the car is basically a very good one, just needs a detailers touch and a little love.
Car is only 2 previous owners, full service history, 11 months MOT, recent discs and pads front and rear, Milltek catback, KTR induction kit
Low mileage for year at just under 63k and had belts done 4k ago
Drove back without fault, pulls very strongly and is massively better than my previous 182, this has definitely not been messed around with
To-do list
Refurb wheels - will do this myself as they are chipped rather than badly kerbed
2 new tyres - good to see Pirellis fitted instead of low end budgets
Headlights badly faded
Slight lacquer bubbling on one small area of bonnet - will see if I can save this, if not it will be a repaint
Full machine polish obviously with some small touch up in 3 areas (leading edge of bonnet and rear edge of both doors)
Full deep clean of exhaust so its back to new shine
Full underbody clean
Engine bay is leak free but very grubby
Interior needs a very deep clean
Some interior plastics have gone very sticky and will need to be replaced
Nothing major at all - just lots of bits and pieces - as its not a daily driver (yet) I can take my time and only bother taxing it when bulk of jobs are done
No intention of turning it in to a show car - just a clean, presentable 182
