Sash
ClioSport Club Member
A Yellow One
After quite a lot of thought I’ve decided to switch to teaching Automatic this year after 5 years of teaching manual. That coupled with the need to drop down to 1 car due to parking arrangements changing I figured I’d try and find a car I could work in and have a bit of fun with too.
When I bought my current DS3 I spec’d it as high as I possibly could (DSport+ with full leather, sat nav, hi-fi upgrade, 120bhp engine etc) because I spend such a lot of time in it, and I’m glad I did.
When I thought about going Automatic, I considered my options - Audi A1, another DS3, Mini or Mercedes A class but I always came back to the Clio as that seemed to tick all the right boxes.
I was chatting to @Ricardos about my ideas of combining both work and play together and it all seemed good in theory, however finding a decent mileage, LY 200 EDC at a reasonable price was going to be tricky. I was planning on buying one from an auction but the only one that was available was in Scotland and even then there was no date as to when it would be going through the sales and even then there was nothing to say I was going to be able to get one within budget.
Roll on a few weeks and a phone call asking if I’d like to buy his LY 200 was made, I think I pretty much said yes without too much hesitation. I knew the car had been well looked after, had got the modifications I would do as and when funds allowed and I knew what it handled like on track as I’d been round Snetterton a few weeks earlier in it!
Monday I travelled down to Rich and picked up my very own slice of LY :hearteyes:
I love it!
The dual controls are being fitted next week and I’ve got work booked in from the 1st May :smile:
The DS3 will be up for sale as soon as I’ve extinguished all my current manual pupils.
When I bought my current DS3 I spec’d it as high as I possibly could (DSport+ with full leather, sat nav, hi-fi upgrade, 120bhp engine etc) because I spend such a lot of time in it, and I’m glad I did.
When I thought about going Automatic, I considered my options - Audi A1, another DS3, Mini or Mercedes A class but I always came back to the Clio as that seemed to tick all the right boxes.
I was chatting to @Ricardos about my ideas of combining both work and play together and it all seemed good in theory, however finding a decent mileage, LY 200 EDC at a reasonable price was going to be tricky. I was planning on buying one from an auction but the only one that was available was in Scotland and even then there was no date as to when it would be going through the sales and even then there was nothing to say I was going to be able to get one within budget.
Roll on a few weeks and a phone call asking if I’d like to buy his LY 200 was made, I think I pretty much said yes without too much hesitation. I knew the car had been well looked after, had got the modifications I would do as and when funds allowed and I knew what it handled like on track as I’d been round Snetterton a few weeks earlier in it!
Monday I travelled down to Rich and picked up my very own slice of LY :hearteyes:
I love it!
The dual controls are being fitted next week and I’ve got work booked in from the 1st May :smile:
The DS3 will be up for sale as soon as I’ve extinguished all my current manual pupils.
