Oh FFS!

[S77CCP]

I think RS Clios are soon becoming the new Alfa in terms of the rollercoaster of emotions the owner gets!

Driving down with my girlfriend to her place in Cornwall, we find a cracking and the car couldn't be better. Fast forward 2 hours....

And we driving through what I'd described a bit of a dodgy area of Bristol (Montpelier) and suddenly there is a large thud from under the bonnet, then the battery and 'STOP' light ignites on the dash board. We find a safe place to pull in and inspect the damage. Turns out a bolt holding the alternator has worked lose and knocked it out of line, and has chewed up the Aux belt.
So, we then spend 45 minutes waiting for the RAC man to come out and tell up he can't repair it, then another 45 minutes waiting for a recovery lorry to take us on to Cornwall. Sadly due to new laws or something, we have to change recover lorries at Tiverton! So after leaving bedford at 10:00 we finally arrive at our destination at 22:10!

 

[Nafoff]

sucks dude.......

lucky you still have wheels though after stopping in bristol

enjoy cornwall...enjoy the south west

 

[RichMcc]

jesus your lucky that didnt take out your cam belt too.
I know what you mean about the rollercoaster ride tho i either wanna burn mine or make little baby clio's with it lol

 

[Leeshez]

Oh no thats bad

 

[S77CCP]

lucky you still have wheels though after stopping in bristol

Your telling me! i thought we'd be mugged, rapped, and murdered at one point.

 

[JR]

gutting fella , hope you get it sorted.

 

[JR]

sucks dude.......

lucky you still have wheels though after stopping in bristol

enjoy cornwall...enjoy the south west

lol

 

[mini-valver]

Cam belt ok? Usually takes it out!
Chin up fella....

 

[S77CCP]

Cam belt ok? Usually takes it out!
Chin up fella....

Yep, engine runs fine thankfully.

 

[Nez]

s**t mate, gutted for you.. hope you get it sorted soon.

 

[Jay Payne]

Someone posted on here recently a similar fault and it took out the cambelt, so probably been lucky.

They were telling the truth about laws and having to change trucks. They came in recently. All recovery vehicles can only operate within a 100km (62 ish miles) radius of thier base, by eu law, Thanks Brussels!

 

[Ad]

lucky in many respects. But id still be gutted!!!

 

[jimbo666]

what a bugger mate. hope you get it sorted

 

[S77CCP]

lucky in many respects. But id still be gutted!!!

Yep, i'm more than gutted, but whilst the garage sorts the belt out they can also do the clutch so its not all bad i guess, still expensive though

 

[RichMcc]

If it had taken your cam belt out you'd be looking at a new engnie so its not "that bad" considering what could have been a major disaster , 70mph+ cam belt snap would have been horrible! The bill would have been worse (trust me I know!)
I think your damn lucky all things considering... but not that lucky I guess

 

[sh33n]

Renaults ay

Hope you get her sorted out soon!

 

[len_beach]

Renaults are sh!t. I find that it is like a game of hide and seek. Whenever a set of spanners are even remotely near by, something breaks and I then have to find it, when I do, it costs me even more money.

 

[RichMcc]

Ive been playing the "lets replace every single part except the chassis" game with mine! Ive bought it twice

 

[GarethM]

thats s**t fella

hope you get it sorted

 

[Gaz_]

Hate to say this but wouldn't have this been removed during your cams being fitted? :quiet:

Hardly the cars fault.......

 

[Neil G]

sucks dude.......

lucky you still have wheels though after stopping in bristol

enjoy cornwall...enjoy the south west

lol too true

 

[Ads_172]

sucks dude.......

lucky you still have wheels though after stopping in bristol

enjoy cornwall...enjoy the south west

Lol, and also that you still only have 2 eyes and 1 nose after stopping in Tiverton...

Bad luck mate, a long journey but I'm sure it's worth it now you're there.

 

[Jonaldinho]

Unlucky dude.

On another note the Turinis in Anthracite look so good from the angles on the trailor!

Is it Anthracite?

 

[S77CCP]

^^ there geniune Trophy wheels mate^^


Got a quick update:

Rang the garage this morning who now have the car, explained what had happened etc, anyway I enquired as to how much they charge per hour for labour and its roughly half what I pay in Bedfordshire so I'll be getting the clutch replaced as well. I reckon I'll save over £100 in labour alone. Every cloud has a silver lining and all that!

 

[Neil G]

Good news.....at least something good came out of it

 

[R3OBC]

christ! but, could have been worse! good luck with the repair bud

 

[tommyboy]

Damn Renaults!!!

 

[mw51/bl172]

look at it another way u saved some mileage and petrol lol