New member and loving it..

james_h

james_h

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Just thought I would hello and introduce myself as I have just brought a Clio 197 and think the site looks great.

Having come from a family of car enthusiats, engineers and motorsport competitors it was bound to rub off. I have owned and race/hillclimb prepared a couple of 106 rallyes in recent years which I love, but the love soon moved to Renault when I brought a 172 cup which got over 12,000 views on cliosport.net whilst I was returning it to showroom condition.

After being out of a Clio for only 10 months I couldn't resist getting another one....and I love it...I only had it a week and coundn't wait to get under it so did a service. Hopefully I'll be some sort of use to the site bringing a bit of knowledge as I do all my own work including diagnostics.

If anyones interested at looking at some of the Clio/Rallye restoration/preparation pics feel free. Not sure how much people are in to Motorsport on here.
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Jameshigginson/?start=all

Cheers
James

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jase said:
Welcome to the site James.
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Thanks Jase... I had a feeling you would be first to reply.

The tax disc holder came a few weeks back - thanks again for that. I did join at the same time - do I get anything through the post to say I am a member btw??

Cheers
 
What a Minter. Welcome :smile:

Paid members are online only as such - gold & platinum membership get postal stuff :smile:
 
Craig_B said:
That looks very clean!!!! lovely colour!!

I love 106 rallyes!!
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Thanks Craig, they were great cars, especially the blue one - we still have the red one in the family, the brother in law does a few events in the Midlands such as Shelsley, Mira, Curborough etc..

cooper666 said:
welcome to the site mate
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Thanks mate, looks great. Similar to the 106rallye forum which I used to enjoy as it was a small group of mature enthusiasts.

MikeDX said:
Thats lovely mate. I definitely need the exhaust trims on mine!

Best colour too :wink:
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Cheers Mike. Funny you should say that as I brought it without them, but fitted them myself a couple of weeks later. looks better IMO

Mike said:
What a Minter. Welcome :smile:

Paid members are online only as such - gold & platinum membership get postal stuff :smile:
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Thanks Mike. It was hard work finding one as good, it's like new. only 19k miles. Cheers for thr heads up on membership.
 
Fernandez said:
Welcome to the site, your motor likes brand new, very nice.
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Thanks Fernandez. Apart from a small ding in the roof and rear q it's a real minter. I was forever getting out the small dents in the old 172 cup - as fast as I could get my mate to get them out another would appear - french cars I think! One alloy is a bit tired, looks like a poor refurb in the past. Thats on the list to sort soon though.
 
Got a few scrapes in my alloys too but what really gets me is the amount of stone chips I have, and not just confined to the bonnet area, I have them on the leading edge of the roof and a couple on the cup spoiler too. must get round to sorting them soon though. :smile:
 
Fernandez said:
Got a few scrapes in my alloys too but what really gets me is the amount of stone chips I have, and not just confined to the bonnet area, I have them on the leading edge of the roof and a couple on the cup spoiler too. must get round to sorting them soon though. :smile:
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I know where your coming from - first thing I brought for the car was an Ultra Red touch up stick :smile:
 
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