Hello there guys and gals!! Cracking site you have here with a good bunch of people to boot :thumbsup: I will also take out a membership in support of the site soon.
First time Renault owner here. And to be honest.....didn't see it coming at all!! But I am completely smitten!!
After finally getting myself into a position in which I could buy a fun ever day car, and after months of scrolling the classifieds i was 100% sure it was going to be a EP3 Civic Type R. It didn't quite work out that way did it
I wanted a car that was fun for the daily commute, good for occasional track use whilst the Noble is off the road, and a car that would be fun for competing in Autosolo's.
So i went to view a 197 Cup on the off chance, and it got me hook line and sinker.....i loved the way it looked on the forecourt, and after reading reviews online, i knew these Clio sports are a great drive too....Although this one wasn't! As you can see in the photos the car had been slammed. It was on H&R lowering springs, which ordinarily is fine i am sure. But after taking the car for a proper back road blast it was obvious that this setup was not good, or something was very wrong. So i took the car to my tuner that i have used for the last 7 years to give the car a once over. When up on the ramps, we noticed that the H&R lowering springs had had further Coils cut away to get the car sitting extra low....ah so that would be why it handles terrible then. Also it had 20mm spacers on the back, but nothing on the front to compensate. The good news is this car clearly wasn't previously owned by Lewis Hamilton, or some other racing god. I will credit the last owner in that it did look cool though.
Anyways, she is now back on the stock cup setup and i am looking forward to stretching her legs on a few trackdays :bounce:
Couple of piccies of my babies.
First time Renault owner here. And to be honest.....didn't see it coming at all!! But I am completely smitten!!
After finally getting myself into a position in which I could buy a fun ever day car, and after months of scrolling the classifieds i was 100% sure it was going to be a EP3 Civic Type R. It didn't quite work out that way did it
I wanted a car that was fun for the daily commute, good for occasional track use whilst the Noble is off the road, and a car that would be fun for competing in Autosolo's.So i went to view a 197 Cup on the off chance, and it got me hook line and sinker.....i loved the way it looked on the forecourt, and after reading reviews online, i knew these Clio sports are a great drive too....Although this one wasn't! As you can see in the photos the car had been slammed. It was on H&R lowering springs, which ordinarily is fine i am sure. But after taking the car for a proper back road blast it was obvious that this setup was not good, or something was very wrong. So i took the car to my tuner that i have used for the last 7 years to give the car a once over. When up on the ramps, we noticed that the H&R lowering springs had had further Coils cut away to get the car sitting extra low....ah so that would be why it handles terrible then. Also it had 20mm spacers on the back, but nothing on the front to compensate. The good news is this car clearly wasn't previously owned by Lewis Hamilton, or some other racing god. I will credit the last owner in that it did look cool though.
Anyways, she is now back on the stock cup setup and i am looking forward to stretching her legs on a few trackdays :bounce:
Couple of piccies of my babies.
