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    Raider - worth the extra price tag?

    My 2012 grey raider with 16000m on the clock is about to be pt ex against a 220 next month(if it arrives on time),and they allowed me £10500 on it.So even if you allow a £2000 mark up that does seem quite steep.
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    Evo 220 test

    The twin test against a Mountune ST is on page 92 of the current issue which arrived today.Get"s a solid 4 stars but still a little short of the ST on road but 0.7 sec quicker round a track before the rain arrived-not online yet.
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    New trophy on order

    Slight mistake to above post it should read,car ordered on 18/6 NOT 18/7-makes it even worse.
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    New trophy on order

    Just been into the dealership to confirm some finance details regarding my 220 trophy , and it will work out about £280 per month depending on when it turns up as my current monthly payments keep going through.Talking of delivery, the car was ordered on the 18/7 and they have JUST had...
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    Autocar now has a review up of the new Clio Trophy

    Pistonheads now has a review up-good review too,makes you think if this is the same car TG drove-at least they worked out how the gearbox worked,ouch!!.
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    Autocar now has a review up of the new Clio Trophy

    Auto Express has a review up now.
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    Top Gear first driving impressions - Clio Trophy 220t

    Why on earth were TG given the one and only press car first instead of EVO or CAR is cock up from RUK to start with.They had the car for approx 10 days before the review appeared at this rate it will a couple of months for all the reviews to be put online.The car"s been on sale a month and we...
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    New trophy on order

    Thanks for the comments above,regarding the gearbox the full explanation from the internal sales alert to dealerships is as follows-"You may have owners of the Clio Renaultsport Nav 200 contact you,enquiring if the gearbox map from this vehicle can be applied to their car.It is not possible to...
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    New trophy on order

    With my stealth grey raider now three and half years old I was coming to the end of my current agreement and it was time to start looking.So I popped into Renault Croydon last Saturday afternoon for a bit more information,there were no demos yet but I test drove a 200T with cup chassis in...
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    Raider 22

    I use Dr Beasleys matte car care kit (Bear Wax Factory £94) on my stealth grey raider,Angelwax on the same site do matte car poducts(there other products are very good).Another good product is from Nanolex at Polishedbliss for about £84 per kit.If price is a issue Autoglym detailers use their...
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    Cllio Trophy Update

    According to Jeremy at RUK the Trophy is in production and the UK is awaiting the first press cars to arrive,price to be released this month.
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    niget's Raider

    There was supposed to be 50 but the French kept the rest back for the home market due to high demand,two have been written off in the uk.
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    197/200 Buying Guide

    Check out PistonsHead.com for a well thought out and comprehensive guide(they say you should only use 99 octane fuel only).
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    Mapping near/in London

    Had my remap done at k-tec,two years ago-takes a couple of hours-gave me an extra 11hp.
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    New 200t a rare sight

    If like me you"ve struggled to catch a glimpse of the new 200T on the road(I"ve seen two),the answer is at hand.According to steve moody in the july copy of car magazine,where he"s been running a 200T for the past ten months(it didn"t get a great review-that gearbox again),less than 500 have...
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    200 Raider - 5am - Purley

    Thanks,yours was"nt bad either.Not seen many 200T on the road yet-looks nice in black.
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    Matt paint

    So much rubbish talked about the up keep of this kind of paint,i thought I would share my dealings with you all on my stealth grey raider.The car came with a bag in the boot of ph neutral shampoo,insect/bird remover and a sponge.There was also a small card with do"s/don"ts(don"t use jetwash,wash...
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    Thoughts on k-tec

    I took my then quite new raider to them in July 2012 and found the service very good,the remap gave a extra 11 bhp on a very tight new engine.
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    Bluefin Superchips

    I went to k-tec racing in dorset for my remap and got a extra 11 bhp for about £250.
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    No. Colour and option...

    No 24-stealth grey,rs monitor