New Member - a Quick Hello

[Stink 182]

Hi all, just joined up so thought I'd do a quick introduction.

I fancied a 172/182 for a while, so around a year ago I spent a few months looking/waiting for the right one to come along. I came across a nice black/gold full fatter, 52K miles, and very standard (yes, even the steering wheel and exhaust are original Renault parts). The guy I bought it off was a bit of a perfectionist and spent a small fortune keeping it maintained, so I feel obliged to keep it as it is - no plans for any mods apart from the steering wheel and exhaust because they are indeed crap! Love driving it, hoping to do a bit of a Eurotrip in it later this year

 

[Cub.]

Welcome along, good buy - looks lovely.

 

[Mbeau]

That is a rare and good find. Very nice.

 

[Clio_fool]

Welcome, always nice to see a tidy Black Gold. Coming to csf?

 

[Stink 182]

Welcome, always nice to see a tidy Black Gold. Coming to csf?

I may do, not been to any events since I’ve had it

 

[Clio_fool]

I may do, not been to any events since I’ve had it

It's a really good event and great to meet people and see some of the cars that have great build threads on here. Where abouts are you from?

 

[Stink 182]

It's a really good event and great to meet people and see some of the cars that have great build threads on here. Where abouts are you from?

Sounds good, I’ll bear it in mind so long as I’m not on my jollies. I’m near Brum, but don’t mind a trek - good excuse for a day out

 

[Bluebeard]

Welcome to the club. And a great purchase! Very hard to find a nice one nowadays. Most people with nice ones aren’t selling them!

 

[Rob]

Welcome! Looks a decent find

 

[Stink 182]

Welcome to the club. And a great purchase! Very hard to find a nice one nowadays. Most people with nice ones aren’t selling them!

I’m hoping to keep hold of it for a while, so long as my impending house purchase doesn’t force me to!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Welcome to the club mate

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

welcome along

 

[BaileyWolves]

Welcome mate nice to see another one in the West Midlands

 

[Stink 182]

Welcome mate nice to see another one in the West Midlands

I don’t see many on the roads round here tbh, certainly not as many as I used to see

 

[BaileyWolves]

Me neither mate

 

[Superwoman90]

Nice one, good find 👌

 

[Stink 182]

It's been nearly a year since I last logged onto this site, so thought I'd make an effort share my 'experiences'. Truth be told I've only covered around 1200 miles in it this year what with it being my second car and working from home etc. Done a few little jobs to keep on top of it, these include:

- Retrimmed wheel by snappy. I'm keen to keep the car fairly standard but with the original wheel being simply awful I wasn't too fussed about having this done. I opted for plain black leather, so it's in keeping with the rest of the car IMO.
- Replaced seized rear wiper motor.
- Sprayed grille in satin black. Again, not original, but looks way better than the old one.
- De-stickified the interior door handles.
- Fixed leaky oil sump gasket.
- Headlights sanded and polished.

I quite like the yellow fog light look so I think that'll be my next job, some may say it's a bit chavvy but I don't care 😁

Will hopefully see a bit more action this year, had the car nearly two years now and I still feel like I haven't experienced all it has to offer. Which is not a bad thing I guess. Would love to take it to Europe

 

[Stink 182]

Also removed the headlight washers because they were leaking. Hated those things anyway!

 

[Clio182mike]

Looks great. I love the fact it looks so original with the front splitter.

 

[avstar1]

Also removed the headlight washers because they were leaking. Hated those things anyway!

Surely they are a mot requirement on xenon lights?

 

[Clio_fool]

Surely they are a mot requirement on xenon lights?

Only required on cars after 2009 iirc. I guess they know hids before that were that s**t it means no difference 😂.

 

[Stink 182]

Surely they are a mot requirement on xenon lights?

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it

 

[Mark68]

Nice example, exactly the same as mine, standard BG FF + snappy steering wheel. Hardly used mine thanks to the pandemic but hope to put some miles on once the restrictions lift.
Is the Jenson Interceptor III your other car btw? 🙂

 

[dave120]

Looks like a lovely example.

 

[Typhoon]

I may do, not been to any events since I’ve had it

Be good to have you there and see this in person!

 

[Stink 182]

Nice example, exactly the same as mine, standard BG FF + snappy steering wheel. Hardly used mine thanks to the pandemic but hope to put some miles on once the restrictions lift.
Is the Jenson Interceptor III your other car btw? 🙂

Sadly not, my pockets aren't that deep Just a guy I sometimes park next to at the office.

 

[Stink 182]

MOT passed fine with washer blanks fitted but since picked up a crack in my windscreen Any recommendations for a windscreen person in the Midlands much appreciated.

 

[avstar1]

MOT passed fine with washer blanks fitted but since picked up a crack in my windscreen Any recommendations for a windscreen person in the Midlands much appreciated.

Since your post on the Xenons, I've put some on my 172 cup and it also passed without any issues without the washers also.

 

[Darren S]

I do like black golds with the front grilles painted.

Are they pretty resistant to chipping over time? Or does the paint start to come off quite easily?

 

[Stink 182]

I do like black golds with the front grilles painted.

Are they pretty resistant to chipping over time? Or does the paint start to come off quite easily?

No done many miles so too soon to say, but I gave it quite a few coats. Tbh if it starts looking a bit tatty after a couple of years, it's no biggy giving it a bit of a refresh.