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    197 with laguna silverstone wheels

    No, I wouldn't have picked that colour either. But having picked it, I don't think I'd change it though. I like it.
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    Subframe options when fitting bucket seats

    For the shoulder straps a roll cage or harness bar is the best bet. Have you tried demon tweeks, jjc race and rally or merlin motorsport? I don't know if rally design would sell anything like that for clios.
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    Clio as a track car 'weak points'

    I was surprised how fast that saxo was in the rain round cadwell. For what I was expecting it was ballistic, after following you on track it felt ages for me to catch you. Mind you I was surprised how slow everything else was in the wet. It was my first wet track day and from everything I came...
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    Clio (ish)

    I've just had it washed for the first time. It's still the new sun in my life, I'm merely an orbiting plannet. It feels loads better in the corners since I pumped up the tyres yesterday. One was only 15 psi. But they seem to be holding pressure.
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    Clio as a track car 'weak points'

    Were you in the monsoon at cadwell park on the 21st? As I gave a bloke with a saxo track car a ride round as he said he was thinking about clios. Though I sold the red 197 at the weekend
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    Warranty

    From my experience I'd get it, but my clio went about 5-7 weeks between visits to the garage. Hence why it got sold. But a lad I work with bought his 197 the same weekend I got mine and he's had no trouble at all. whether it's worth it or not is all dependant on whether you draw the short straw...
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    Clutch Issue - Opinion appreciated

    Get the best bits you can justify, with mine I had a new clutch and slave cylinder in march and another new clutch and flywheel last week. As the genuine Renault clutch fitted six months ago fell apart and knackered the flywheel too.
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    Clio (ish)

    So a gti didn't take long before it had talked my name onto it's v5
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    Clio (ish)

    My dad has had 2 golf gti's, 3 passats, a t5 van and a seat leon. My grandad has had a golf gti and a skoda vrs. My step mum has had 2 skodas and my mum had a polo. From all of these the only one to have any issues was the first golf gti my dad had as it had been in an accident, he found poor...
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    Clio (ish)

    Every time I close that door. In my head I think "sounds just like a golf" and I burst out laughing. Then I feel ridiculous. I think I'm even more obsessed than I was with the clio. Somehow.
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    Clio (ish)

    It's very different, you don't have to be in the right gear at the right time to move, but I'm used to the oreca exhaust system. So I am struggling to judge how fast I'm going without looking at the speedo. I'm used to doing it with the sound of the exhaust. I'll get used to it. It feels much...
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    Clio (ish)

    So, I'm the enemy within. Well it's not french, but that can't be bad. I've grown up surrounded by vw's so now I've got one.
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    Sorry folks

    The 197 is going. I'll leave it to you lot to buy it and take care of it, it's brilliant fun but its not really up to doing 15000 miles a year, so I'm getting a golf gti. With my experience with vw they are more dependable than the clio has been. The clio would make a brilliant toy but its not...
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    Cat back exhaust (which one is the best, for sound etc)

    It's opinion, every one seems in love with akrapovic but I liked oreca motorsport single exit system but that's manifold back, not cat back.
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    Exhaust tips

    Standard 197 has slash cut tips flush with the diffuser Standard 200 has trims on the diffuser surrounding the exhaust exits
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    Top-up engine coolant

    I'd just top it up, never had issues myself with coolant
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    Exhaust question

    The only difference is that the 197 pipes are slash cut and don't stick out as far. Except the final 6" or so They're the same.
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    Toyo mani

    Yes mine made 190
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    Toyo mani

    Personally is go to rs tuning and have them map it properly
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    Toyo mani

    Yes mine has a toyosport manifold and oreca exhaust system. It made a big noticeable difference. It rs tuning improved mine massively.