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    Not a pic, but a vid...

    1 lovely winter day + 1 clio 197 + hometown backcountry roads + 1 Gopro HD => http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBLdnyKe6J0&hd=1
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    What clio color is this???

    Didn't have a chance to take out my phone and take a pic of it so heres a description: Saw a 200 yesterday, and it was something like between white and grey. It looked amazing even much nicer the dark colored wheels on it. Never seen the color, just looked on the net. But also really...
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    Where could this oil be coming from?

    Never seen any oil under the car. Its laying under the engine part that has the renault sport logo on top of it
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    Remap lost after couple of days???

    Saturday I went to Fastchip in Holland to get my car mapped. Afterwards I was really happy about it: bye bye flatspot and the car felt far more linear going into high revs. Today when I drove with the car, the flatspot was back and so was the sudden boost that you got at 4500-5000rpm with...
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    Paging A2ON

    Hey, I already tried to send you a couple of PM's bout the springs but no reaction, maybe your inbox is full... Normally I was going to bring in my car for maintenance next week. I was normally going to put on the springs then. I"m probably going to cancel the appointment and have it...
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    Just had the ride of my life: Ford Fiesta R2 Rally Car

    Ex belgian champion was doing test drives with his Fiesta R2 not far from here, I know a couple of guys who ride in the fiesta cup that know him well, so we went for a look. After he'd finished, he asked if someone wanted to join him. I was so polite to offer myself up :001_rolleyes: It...
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    Do Clio Cup race cars use spacers or different offset wheels...

    If you see them here, the 17" speedlines seem to fill the arch just perfect. do they use spacers on the cup cars or do they have "special" cup wheels with different offset. Anyone who knows how much they are lowered???
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    Group N rally exhaust... The day my neighbours stopped liking me :) (with drive-by)

    Original catalytic converter still in place, straight center pipe and then 2 silencers for each side, when you hear it its like thunder... me like :biggrin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc5Ye-9RVcA
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    Complete lack of grip nr. 2

    I seem to keep on having problems :mellow: Just got home and almost put the clio 2 times in a ditch :scared: This also happened to me the first days that I had it: Was not that fast on a roundabout and suddenly the rear end broke out, could countersteer easely and nothing happened. On...
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    30 miles per gallon??? Is there a trick?

    I just noticed Mike"s signature 29.9MPG, so I started to look around what it means and how its converted to litres/100km. Wauw, is there somewhere a "sport" button that I didn't switch off :001_unsure: thats like 7.8 litres / 100km driving.... I didn't buy the car for it's low...
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    Is this a Clio R3 manifold?

    Is this a Clio R3 manifold??? Anyone seen a normal 197 manifold? I thougt from a pic I've seen it looks the same? Is this juste a normal one?
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    Clio 197 not that fast???

    so I've got mine for a couple of weeks now... But I've been beaten up by a Astra (vauxhall in UK I think) GSI 150bhp with lighter flywheel and other exhaust, 250kg lighter then 197 Saxo vts 120 bhp with only other exhaust... 400kg lighter then 197 Is it because of the weight difference...
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    Advantages/disadvantages of single exit on exhaust

    So anyone knows? Why are they using a single one on the R3 and a double on the clio Cup? One advantage seems to be the weight. But any other? Somebody know what it does to the sound? grtz
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    New 197'er from Belgium

    Just got my second hand 197 this weekend. After owning a 106 gti for a couple of years, I had to sell it because I had to drive 100km to work each day. Now I got closer to my house, only 4km drive, so it was back time for a fast hothatch.:D So here it is. I know he's dirty, but the pics...