The PH1 172 Appreciation Thread.

[mintno1]

Couple of hundred miles this week in the titanium, mainly for food or drink 😀 speedo stopped working yesterday on the way back from the seaside, hopefully new gearbox sensor will sort that out 👍

 

[chazza114]

Couple of hundred miles this week in the titanium, mainly for food or drink 😀 speedo stopped working yesterday on the way back from the seaside, hopefully new gearbox sensor will sort that out 👍

Same thing happened to me, new sensor did the trick! Just make sure you push it in firmly as my new one liked to pop out slighlty on bumpy roads 😅

 

[mintno1]

Same thing happened to me, new sensor did the trick! Just make sure you push it in firmly as my new one liked to pop out slighlty on bumpy roads 😅

Hopefully will be the sensor, think the long drive to the coast and back finished it off 😂 will make sure I give it a good shove putting the new one in!

 

[Nafoff]

 

[Coops Mk1]

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

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What happened?

 

[Martin_172]

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Is that the same colour as the non RS Clio grande? As there's one in my local scrappy

 

[Coops Mk1]

@massivewangers the bin men happened

@Martin_172 if the grande is D44 odyssey blue then yes

 

[Martin_172]

Bit of research says no 😔 I'd have happily removed and posted it to help a ph1!!

 

[Coops Mk1]

Boooooo! Appreciate the effort though chap 😎

 

[Cookson]

Useless c***s. Have they agreed to sort it out?

 

[Coops Mk1]

Useless c***s. Have they agreed to sort it out?

Yeah mate they're just paying me out hopefully and keeping it off the register

 

[chazza114]

Took the Clio on a 2700mile roadtrip from the North of England to the French Alps last week! Was a bit nervous before I went but the car didn't skip a beat, was faultless the entire time. Went over more mountain passes than I can count, through endless tunnels and around hairpin bends, all while ragging the life out of it. I even went up the highest paved road in Europe! Despite this, I still managed 40.2mpg 😅 Managed to keep up with much faster cars than mine, including a 275 Trophy. The old girl still has some life in her.

Anyways, here's some nice pictures.

 

[cp1991]

Finally found some time to clean the ph1 front bumpers needs paint and theres a few scratches and dings but not looking too bad for 21 years and 142k miles.

 

[mintno1]

Milestone in the titanium earlier today

 

[arg_carra]

A few pictures from September before the old girl was locked away again for another winter.

 

[arg_carra]

Dug out a few recent pictures of my other one. Not a Sport but still got nearly the same face!

 

[Clio172T]

last weekends purchase! first of many images to come, she needs some work.

 

[mintno1]

@Clio172T Looking good, what kind of work does it need? I currently have a couple of Ph1's, don't think you are a million miles away from me, any questions or if I can help just shout

 

[Clio172T]

Hello mate, she is burning oil at high revs so need to diagnose what that is exactly, rings, stem seals/guides or both!?
Then it’s mainly paintwork which I will get done at work.

going to put it on a ramp at work this weekend and check it over see what else I find! Where abouts you based?

 

[mintno1]

Hello mate, she is burning oil at high revs so need to diagnose what that is exactly, rings, stem seals/guides or both!?
Then it’s mainly paintwork which I will get done at work.

going to put it on a ramp at work this weekend and check it over see what else I find! Where abouts you based?

That’s good you have got a ramp you can get it on and you can have a good check over, not so good about the burning oil, at least once you know what it is you can fix and know it’s all good 👍🏻 I am over in Saffron Walden so not far away, are you in Bishop Stortford? Do you work at a bodyshop/garage?

 

[Clio172T]

That’s good you have got a ramp you can get it on and you can have a good check over, not so good about the burning oil, at least once you know what it is you can fix and know it’s all good 👍🏻 I am over in Saffron Walden so not far away, are you in Bishop Stortford? Do you work at a bodyshop/garage?

yeah i have family in Newport and Saffron Walden!, im at a massive manufacturer bodyshop in bishops stortford yeah. not on the tools anymore but they will sort the paintwork out for me once ive solved the engine issue!

 

[mintno1]

yeah i have family in Newport and Saffron Walden!, im at a massive manufacturer bodyshop in bishops stortford yeah. not on the tools anymore but they will sort the paintwork out for me once ive solved the engine issue!

Sounds good, look forward to seeing the progress you going to stay standard or make some modifications?

 

[k_Leo]

@arg_carra Are those mudguards oem ? Look so cool

 

[arg_carra]

@arg_carra Are those mudguards oem ? Look so cool

Yeah they are. Genuine Renault. I think they have been on since new.

 

[KitsonRis]

How my Ph1 currently looks

Come early next year it will have added noise and be looking a bit smarter on the outside too when I paint the front bumper and have a go and trying to make it fit better.

 

[mintno1]

Made a start on the flamer today, aluminium bonnet in position (not bolted in yet) and added the cup spoiler off the titanium ph1 which meant the titanium got it's original spoiler back on. Also started stripping the interior and panels although that's not very photogenic, especially while it's in the dark garage

 

[DLX]

Some from NZ

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

There can't be many in NZ. A friend of mine out there has a Ph2 and a Twingo RS, but seems like Renault Sport cars are pretty rare there.

 

[DLX]

There can't be many in NZ. A friend of mine out there has a Ph2 and a Twingo RS, but seems like Renault Sport cars are pretty rare there.

Yes not many ph1 anymore unfortunatly! And for what I know there is only 2 twingos rs a silver and a blue one

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Yes not many ph1 anymore unfortunatly! And for what I know there is only 2 twingos rs a silver and a blue one

My friend has a silver one, so could be the same car!

 

[DLX]

My friend has a silver one, so could be the same car!

It was for sale a couple of months ago, unfortunatly the seller never let me go to inspect it, because I was keen on the twingo!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

It was for sale a couple of months ago, unfortunatly the seller never let me go to inspect it, because I was keen on the twingo!

Yeah that's probably it, as my mate bought it a couple of months back. He must have got lucky if the seller wasn't being helpful for you. It looks pretty decent from the pictures I've seen:

 

[DLX]

Yes thats the one!
And one more just for the post rules.

 

[Clio172T]

Passed MOT no advisories, well happy, cleaned to celebrate!

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[Rob]

Passed MOT no advisories, well happy, cleaned to celebrate!
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Get that exhaust tip changes for an inward rolled slash cut, some tyre shine on those tyres and a cup spoiler on there! Perfecto

 

[Coops Mk1]

Devon holiday this week just gone, 7 days, 930 miles covered and lots of little North Devon country roads means she's ditched, lol

 

[Coops Mk1]

And also Cadwell end of February, which was mint

 

[KitsonRis]

 

[mintno1]

Floating Ph1

now have to decide what to do with it!!