New to ClioSport and Renault ownership

[r&skxa]

Hi everyone, thought we would say hi as we accidently ended up with Clio We bought a brand new Ibiza a couple of years ago, it was only a 1.4 SC and after buying a house and settling down with money a little, we decided that we wanted something a bit faster. We had a play in a GT86, which was nice but just didn't do it for us. Were thinking Ford Focus ST but not the latest model, couple of my friends have these, and have come to the conclusion the engine will way out live the rest of the car. Bits fall off and there is bumps and squeaks from the rest of the car so decided against it. So took the Ibiza back to our local Seat dealer and the salesman, who is a family friend (and he really wanted our Ibiza back as we've only done 8000 miles in 2 years) who let us take a 1.2 TFSI Ibiza out for a test drive and that was loads of fun, great fun little car! Loads of poke but I think the facelifted Ibiza us uglier than the pre facelifted one. Anyway, he had a part ex'ed 09 plate RS200 (at least I think thats what its referred as, you lot have to get me up on the lingo) on the forecourt. 23k miles, one older gentleman owner who had bought a Cupra R Leon, Silver, not a single mark on it, so thought, well we'll try that. So we took it for a test drive. I've owned RS Turbo's, Impreza's, the usual stuff. I didn't know anything about the Renault but twin exhaust and Brembo's usually mean its going to be a fun drive and oh my God!! Took it for a spirited drive and its been the only car to actually make me laugh after I've booted it. What an insane little car! Loved it! Also all the little toys it have, like the keyless entry and push button start won me over. So checked insurance as the other half is only 21 (I'm 28 so not fussed about insurance) and its not too bad, £700 ish. So deal was done! It is the ff model with the cup chassis This is what we changed from and we got this

 

[Nik]

Welcome to the forum, r&skxa!