Chi's Clio Collection

[Gally]

I got to know Chi quite well. I had a good and cheap Trophy and he wanted it. I wanted another FRP.

He picked me up. Paid me, drove me to the FRP and I bought it. Never looked back.

Nice fella and he told me later the timing was out on the Trophy, I had it a short period and belts were already done but a respected specialist. Think it was down on power.

Remember that thing, he specialises in locksmith did he not?

 

[BoatNonce]

He’s a locksmith, yeah.

 

[imprezaworks]

I remember him buying your trophy

 

[JohnnyE]

He’s sound Chi all loved up now I think I nearly bought that Clio he wrapped up......

 

[DaveDreads]

Seeing his Clio's come back to life really makes me want to drive mine again, it's sat out the front for about 6 weeks because it won't stop f*cking raining.

 

[davo172]

He’s a locksmith, yeah.

Yep

 

[Clio_fool]

One of the blown ones on ebay now, similar ridiculous price.

RENAULTSPORT CLIO 182 TURBO. | eBay

THE CLIO STILL RETAINS ITS ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND MIRRORS VIA MOUNTED SWITCHES ON THE DOOR CARDS. BG BLACK GOLD 182 TURBO. FOLLOW THE LINK FOR THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL VIDEO OF THE CARS. I HAVE BOUGHT 13 OF THESE WITH DIFFERENT MODS THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

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[incy-spider]

RENAULTSPORT CLIO 182 TURBO. | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for RENAULTSPORT CLIO 182 TURBO. at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

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Wouldn’t say thats too ridiculous


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[Crybert]

I’d love to know what he paid for the collection

 

[Crayola]

One of the blown ones on ebay now, similar ridiculous price.

RENAULTSPORT CLIO 182 TURBO. | eBay

THE CLIO STILL RETAINS ITS ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND MIRRORS VIA MOUNTED SWITCHES ON THE DOOR CARDS. BG BLACK GOLD 182 TURBO. FOLLOW THE LINK FOR THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL VIDEO OF THE CARS. I HAVE BOUGHT 13 OF THESE WITH DIFFERENT MODS THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

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That one has been on eBay for months now!

 

[incy-spider]

CLIO 172 RACE/TRACK CAR, FORGED, 218HP, BODIES. | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for CLIO 172 RACE/TRACK CAR, FORGED, 218HP, BODIES. at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

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This on the other hand is pricey!!


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[Crayola]

I love how the c**t says 'Fully forged' but mentions nothing about valves etc

f**king cockwomble hasn't got s**t all clue

 

[Clio_fool]

I love how the c**t says 'Fully forged' but mentions nothing about valves etc

f**king cockwomble hasn't got s**t all clue

Or any proof of what's actually in each car or who put it there.

 

[Crayola]

Or any proof of what's actually in each car or who put it there.

Yeah

Wouldn't buy a f**king push iron off the c**t

 

[MarcB]

If someone comes to buy one of my cars im going to say its running fully forged engine with rotex super charger but I bought it with no info or paperwork.

Also want to know whats in the coolant bottle if anything

 

[Crayola]

If someone comes to buy one of my cars im going to say its running fully forged engine with rotex super charger but I bought it with no info or paperwork.

Also want to know whats in the coolant bottle if anything

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One thing that f***s me off is when people don't stick a new coolant bottle on when they do fluid changes

They're about £8 fucksake! Pikeys

 

[MarcB]

seems there is more coolant over the hoses

 

[Crayola]

Probably boiled over from that forged head gasket

 

[incy-spider]

Yeah

Wouldn't buy a f**king push iron off the c**t

Is the push iron forged though?


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[Crayola]

Is the push iron forged though?


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Yeah mate fully forged

No history though. Got a blue hose kit and throttle bodies

 

[deanoE30M3]

The dude in the video? What experience do you have of him?

yeah sadly bought a car of him, didn’t listen to my self not to buy it. I’d never go back and buy anything of him again!

 

[Clio_fool]

If someone comes to buy one of my cars im going to say its running fully forged engine with rotex super charger but I bought it with no info or paperwork.

Also want to know whats in the coolant bottle if anything

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Looks like they've done absolutely f**k all to the cars they managed to drive away. Talk about trying to make a quick buck. Pikeys.

 

[dann2707]

CLIO 172 RACE/TRACK CAR, FORGED, 218HP, BODIES. | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for CLIO 172 RACE/TRACK CAR, FORGED, 218HP, BODIES. at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

rover.ebay.com

This on the other hand is pricey!!


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The fact everything is in capital letters really irks the f**k out of me

 

[incy-spider]

The fact everything is in capital letters really irks the f**k out of me

YEAH f***s ME OFF TOO, Dave!!


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[DaveL485]

Does anyone actually have an answer as to why he kept them the way he did or why he never sold them off and kept a couple ?

Just seems crazy to off load 13 clios with some good decent parts on them.

Not with 13 cars we haven't lol

I have a little experience - non trader just in it for s***s and giggles and i've been up to 14 cars owned at once, though that was a few years back. I have settled down to 5 keepers and one or two in and out ad-hoc now. I can also keep everything at home, so I don't pay for storage.

First off - storage. It costs a LOT of money for space to keep a lot of cars and parts. When you're not bringing any money in from it like a trader does (or, very little anyway) it's a huge outlay/financial strain. It ended up in me running up a 4-figure bill in lockup rental. Gets pretty stressful. Lockup garages are around £50/m at best, each, and a unit of that size you're waaay into 4-figures a month plus rates and utilities.
Second up - time. Pretty obvious. You end up splitting out your time and it feels like you make minimal progress.
Also, cost to run them all. All the parts, MOT's, Road tax (I currently shell out £72/m for 3 cars) and Insurance is murder (remember you can only use NCB once). I had a trade policy 2003-2017 but that was getting cripplingly expensive and I had to give it up, couldnt justify the cost.

In the end it just hit a point where i'd had it, and something had to give. I cherry picked about 5% of the best parts from my stash (mostly 21 Turbo and R9/11 Turbo stuff) and the rest got scrapped off. I couldn't even be there when it was cleared out, I just left the doors open and drove away.
I also scrapped a R19TD, a 21 Turbo shell, another 21 Turbo shell (crashed), a Calibra, I gave away an old Scimitar that i'd inherited with one of the lockups. I gave away (for scrap) 6 21 Turbo bottom ends in various states, several old heads...the list goes on. It just hit the point where enough was enough.

I sold the 11 Turbo, the other 2 were scrapped.

Sold this too

Scrapped

Scrapped

All scrapped save the 9, which i still have

Scrapped all of this

Scrapped

I'd say the pics about are around 50% of the total I threw in the bin. In my head it's like a switch flipped, and my stash went from being a collection of precious things to a ball and chain.

 

[Sir_Dave]

I love how the c**t says 'Fully forged' but mentions nothing about valves etc

At least he hasnt said its a "built" engine, which seems to be the latest buzzword amongst all the instagram/youtube numpties.

 

[Crayola]

At least he hasnt said its a "built" engine, which seems to be the latest buzzword amongst all the instagram/youtube numpties.

'fUkiN FuLlY biLt m9'

'rEmaPPeD 2 fuK INniT'

 

[Cookson]

At least he hasnt said its a "built" engine, which seems to be the latest buzzword amongst all the instagram/youtube numpties.

I mean, all engines are built, otherwise they wouldn't run. The f**k is up with these c***s.

Lightened and balanced used to be the buzz back in my Ford RS days. No c**t could ever give you a receipt for the work though. "yOu cAn TeLL whEn iT ReVS uP tHo"

 

[Conor03]

I'd say the pics about are around 50% of the total I threw in the bin. In my head it's like a switch flipped, and my stash went from being a collection of precious things to a ball and chain.

christ thats a hell of a collection you had, but can see why you had enough.

 

[Crayola]

I have a little experience - non trader just in it for s***s and giggles and i've been up to 14 cars owned at once, though that was a few years back. I have settled down to 5 keepers and one or two in and out ad-hoc now. I can also keep everything at home, so I don't pay for storage.

First off - storage. It costs a LOT of money for space to keep a lot of cars and parts. When you're not bringing any money in from it like a trader does (or, very little anyway) it's a huge outlay/financial strain. It ended up in me running up a 4-figure bill in lockup rental. Gets pretty stressful. Lockup garages are around £50/m at best, each, and a unit of that size you're waaay into 4-figures a month plus rates and utilities.
Second up - time. Pretty obvious. You end up splitting out your time and it feels like you make minimal progress.
Also, cost to run them all. All the parts, MOT's, Road tax (I currently shell out £72/m for 3 cars) and Insurance is murder (remember you can only use NCB once). I had a trade policy 2003-2017 but that was getting cripplingly expensive and I had to give it up, couldnt justify the cost.

In the end it just hit a point where i'd had it, and something had to give. I cherry picked about 5% of the best parts from my stash (mostly 21 Turbo and R9/11 Turbo stuff) and the rest got scrapped off. I couldn't even be there when it was cleared out, I just left the doors open and drove away.
I also scrapped a R19TD, a 21 Turbo shell, another 21 Turbo shell (crashed), a Calibra, I gave away an old Scimitar that i'd inherited with one of the lockups. I gave away (for scrap) 6 21 Turbo bottom ends in various states, several old heads...the list goes on. It just hit the point where enough was enough.

I sold the 11 Turbo, the other 2 were scrapped.

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Sold this too

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Scrapped

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Scrapped

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All scrapped save the 9, which i still have

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Scrapped all of this

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I'd say the pics about are around 50% of the total I threw in the bin. In my head it's like a switch flipped, and my stash went from being a collection of precious things to a ball and chain.

This is what my mrs imagines when I talk about my garage!

It's nowhere near as bad tbh

 

[DaveL485]

Lightened and balanced used to be the buzz back in my Ford RS days.

"Blueprinted"

...is it mate? Ah, cool.... what's blueprinting exactly?

"......" *silence*

 

[mossyv6]

Another one:

 

[Coops Mk1]

tb it can snowball easily, i'm only on 4 cars and about 3 sheds of bits but i'm really looking forward to putting the 4th car back together and then just clearing everything else out. I keep telling myself the hoarding is just to make sure I have all the bits to complete the 4 I have.

so the proof in the pudding will be in the eating when number 4 is back on the road and i'm in tears chucking crap on ebay or into a skip.....

 

[Crayola]

tb it can snowball easily, i'm only on 4 cars and about 3 sheds of bits but i'm really looking forward to putting the 4th car back together and then just clearing everything else out. I keep telling myself the hoarding is just to make sure I have all the bits to complete the 4 I have.

so the proof in the pudding will be in the eating when number 4 is back on the road and i'm in tears chucking crap on ebay or into a skip.....

I said this to myself this year

4 Cars deep, 2 garages and 1 shed full of parts. I'd rather have the money in my account now, yes I make money on everything I buy but stacking 10 sets of wheels along the back of the garage wall is a bit much now. I'd rather put the car in there so I can work on it...





But then I say to myself "Just extend the garage and have the best of both worlds" and continue to hoard parts like a daft motherfucker

 

[Coops Mk1]

of course what will actually happen is i'll keep stashing stuff, won't finish number 4 and buy a 5th 'to run about in over summer, you know not for long' and this time next year i'll re-write exactly the same post but with 'i'm only 5 cars and 4 sheds full in'

 

[Crayola]

of course what will actually happen is i'll keep stashing stuff, won't finish number 4 and buy a 5th 'to run about in over summer, you know not for long' and this time next year i'll re-write exactly the same post but with 'i'm only 5 cars and 4 sheds full in'

Don't be stupid










You will have 6 cars minimum

 

[DaveL485]

of course what will actually happen is i'll keep stashing stuff, won't finish number 4 and buy a 5th 'to run about in over summer, you know not for long' and this time next year i'll re-write exactly the same post but with 'i'm only 5 cars and 4 sheds full in'

I built myself a huge garage after the big clearout, so big in fact I was sure i'd have all the space i'd ever need.

So anyway, it's full now....

and i've built extra storage under the floor in my living room, with access trapdoors. I mean, wasted space otherwise right?

 

[Conor03]

and i've built extra storage under the floor in my living room, with access trapdoors. I mean, wasted space otherwise right?

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your mrs must be very understanding for you to rip up the living room floor

 

[Coops Mk1]

tbh probably in her best interest.....otherwise the floor itself would be swamped in parts...lmao

 

[DaveL485]

your mrs must be very understanding for you to rip up the living room floor

She understands it from her own house yeah i'm getting all of this done before she moves in and puts the brakes on haha.

tbh probably in her best interest.....otherwise the floor itself would be swamped in parts...lmao

To be fair she did question the bucket seats and 2 sets of wheels in my bedroom cupboard but I cleared her a drawer for some weekend stuff and gave her a slot for her toothbrush so she got over it they will be gone before she moves in. Probably.