172 'Raymondo' Sport
Remeber the silver Clio MAXI by Prima Racing?? (I will never forget it)
Please read: I have waited almost a year to post this on here but here goes:
In august 05 I bought a Clio Maxi on ebay from Prima Racing for £7250. For the first couple of months it was fine, however then the problems started and it turned into the worst car I have ever owned (and yes I have owned a Tata Gurkha!)....
First, the 18inch wheels made the gearing absolutely useless. If you were doing 70mph at around 3,000 rpm in fifth and put your foot, nothing would happen until you eventually got to 6,000 rpm. 190bhp I was quoted by prima and you could get over taken by a nova.
Second, the six pot Prima Racing calipers were a complete waste of time. They were no better than original clio brakes. They would stick to the discs when parked for more than a day and whenever you braked the car pulled to the left, under 10mph when you braked the steering wheel actually turned 1/4 of a turn with no hands on it!
Third, and the most annoying problem, the car suddenly developed a fault where you are driving normally then the revs would completely drop and you would lose all power. Like one big flat spot. It would splutter and sound like a complete dog. I took it to the garage and they changed the lambda sensor and it was solved.. for a time... the lambda wiring had been hanging loose and melted on the exhaust (prima build quality)
Fourth prob, the brakes then developed a major problem, only one of the front brakes were working as only one disc was being worn, the other had no pressure from the pads whatsoever! Then when you drivin there would be an awful vibration from one of the front wheels caused by the caliper, basically this car felt like a death trap.
5th prob, headlights would not work, and then when they would they turned on the brake lights. (prima wiring for you)
So eventually I had enough, it was out of mot so I booked it in to go back and see Prima in Nottingham to get the brake prob solved and get an mot - 2 hrs away from me.
When I bought the car it was decatted and they did not have the cat. I was unhappy about that but the boss there said he would mot it no problem for me and he could pass it without a cat. So I took it there (at 55mph on the motorway it was so dangerous!) and when i got there the boss said he now couldn't MOT it as new mot regs meant you needed a cat. Being renault specialists, did he have or no anyone who had a spare cat? noooooooooo..I thought ok then, but why didn't you tell me before I came all the way down? He said he tried which is BS. Complete waste of time.
But I still needed my brakes sorting as the car was dangerous. His mechanic had a look and told me the bolt holding all the caliper together had snapped!! So I could of been killed at any time lol, They then told me it would take days to fix so I was stuck without a car in Nottingham. I had to rent a car for 3 days until it was sorted.
When I picked the car up the bill came to £341. They had to rebuild the caliper they said. I said I could of just got a new caliper fitted for less than that and it would of taken a couple of hrs to source one and fit it!!
Bearing in mind all the probs I had had and the fact that I had only done just over 1000 miles since I bought the car from them, I asked for a slight discount, maybe 10%, bit of goodwill as I had bought the car 6mths earlier for £7250 and considering they messed me around with the cat MOT situation..
The boss then started to lose his temper and proceeded to tell me to "f!&* off and get out of here" "either pay me or I will keep your keys" - I was paying £350 for this pleasure! They said all the problems were my fault and said I had probably been tracking the car - I has never been near a track or driven hard!
I had not been rude or abusive, just polite and stated my problems I had with the car in less than 1500 miles. He the disappeared and I then got both barrels from his wife and then her daughter, swearing telling me I where to go etc. I couldnt believe it and was stunned. I geneuinly have never seen customer service like that. Eventually I paid and left but am still angry about it almost a year on.
I bought an CAT for it (which is now for sale) and got it mot. The mot tester commented on the headlight wiring which was a joke.
Then guess what the cutting out / power loss lamda problem reappeared!!!
I was so desperate to get rid of the car I sold it to a dealer for £6100 (which I was delighted with!!) on the way it was spluttering etc but he didnt notice or test drive it thank god.
It was the worst car I have ever experienced. Hateful car! It was unbelievably slow in 4th or 5th (under 6500 rpm), handled like a boat, full of problems and I cant believe I gave over 7 grand of my money to those people at Prima. I had a bad feeling about them from the start. The boss seemed dodgy and stressed when I first met him, like he was hiding something. Then when i went back the treatment I got was unbelieveable.
These are my views only but I would never want to meet or have to do deal with such shady, rude, abusive, money grabbing lowlives again. They were all muppets. I was warned by people on here about them and how the service when I bought the car. Should of listened more!
Remeber family run businesses are only great if they are nice families!
Hope this is not deleted as its a genuine unbiased account of what happened.
Please read: I have waited almost a year to post this on here but here goes:
In august 05 I bought a Clio Maxi on ebay from Prima Racing for £7250. For the first couple of months it was fine, however then the problems started and it turned into the worst car I have ever owned (and yes I have owned a Tata Gurkha!)....
First, the 18inch wheels made the gearing absolutely useless. If you were doing 70mph at around 3,000 rpm in fifth and put your foot, nothing would happen until you eventually got to 6,000 rpm. 190bhp I was quoted by prima and you could get over taken by a nova.
Second, the six pot Prima Racing calipers were a complete waste of time. They were no better than original clio brakes. They would stick to the discs when parked for more than a day and whenever you braked the car pulled to the left, under 10mph when you braked the steering wheel actually turned 1/4 of a turn with no hands on it!
Third, and the most annoying problem, the car suddenly developed a fault where you are driving normally then the revs would completely drop and you would lose all power. Like one big flat spot. It would splutter and sound like a complete dog. I took it to the garage and they changed the lambda sensor and it was solved.. for a time... the lambda wiring had been hanging loose and melted on the exhaust (prima build quality)
Fourth prob, the brakes then developed a major problem, only one of the front brakes were working as only one disc was being worn, the other had no pressure from the pads whatsoever! Then when you drivin there would be an awful vibration from one of the front wheels caused by the caliper, basically this car felt like a death trap.
5th prob, headlights would not work, and then when they would they turned on the brake lights. (prima wiring for you)
So eventually I had enough, it was out of mot so I booked it in to go back and see Prima in Nottingham to get the brake prob solved and get an mot - 2 hrs away from me.
When I bought the car it was decatted and they did not have the cat. I was unhappy about that but the boss there said he would mot it no problem for me and he could pass it without a cat. So I took it there (at 55mph on the motorway it was so dangerous!) and when i got there the boss said he now couldn't MOT it as new mot regs meant you needed a cat. Being renault specialists, did he have or no anyone who had a spare cat? noooooooooo..I thought ok then, but why didn't you tell me before I came all the way down? He said he tried which is BS. Complete waste of time.
But I still needed my brakes sorting as the car was dangerous. His mechanic had a look and told me the bolt holding all the caliper together had snapped!! So I could of been killed at any time lol, They then told me it would take days to fix so I was stuck without a car in Nottingham. I had to rent a car for 3 days until it was sorted.
When I picked the car up the bill came to £341. They had to rebuild the caliper they said. I said I could of just got a new caliper fitted for less than that and it would of taken a couple of hrs to source one and fit it!!
Bearing in mind all the probs I had had and the fact that I had only done just over 1000 miles since I bought the car from them, I asked for a slight discount, maybe 10%, bit of goodwill as I had bought the car 6mths earlier for £7250 and considering they messed me around with the cat MOT situation..
The boss then started to lose his temper and proceeded to tell me to "f!&* off and get out of here" "either pay me or I will keep your keys" - I was paying £350 for this pleasure! They said all the problems were my fault and said I had probably been tracking the car - I has never been near a track or driven hard!
I had not been rude or abusive, just polite and stated my problems I had with the car in less than 1500 miles. He the disappeared and I then got both barrels from his wife and then her daughter, swearing telling me I where to go etc. I couldnt believe it and was stunned. I geneuinly have never seen customer service like that. Eventually I paid and left but am still angry about it almost a year on.
I bought an CAT for it (which is now for sale) and got it mot. The mot tester commented on the headlight wiring which was a joke.
Then guess what the cutting out / power loss lamda problem reappeared!!!
I was so desperate to get rid of the car I sold it to a dealer for £6100 (which I was delighted with!!) on the way it was spluttering etc but he didnt notice or test drive it thank god.
It was the worst car I have ever experienced. Hateful car! It was unbelievably slow in 4th or 5th (under 6500 rpm), handled like a boat, full of problems and I cant believe I gave over 7 grand of my money to those people at Prima. I had a bad feeling about them from the start. The boss seemed dodgy and stressed when I first met him, like he was hiding something. Then when i went back the treatment I got was unbelieveable.
These are my views only but I would never want to meet or have to do deal with such shady, rude, abusive, money grabbing lowlives again. They were all muppets. I was warned by people on here about them and how the service when I bought the car. Should of listened more!
Remeber family run businesses are only great if they are nice families!
Hope this is not deleted as its a genuine unbiased account of what happened.
