I have a new car :) Clio RS 197 Pics Page 4

[matt_vtr_15a]

Well after looking at many different cars I decided upon the 197 and viewed about 5 in total, the one I ended up buying being 4miles from where I live amazingly!!

So...

The car is a 2007 Nimbus Grey RS 197 which is totally standard with 25k on the clock!

It is flawless and comes with over 12 months MOT and 6month tax and has just been serviced.

I pick it up tommorow at 5pm so will get some pictures on as soon as I get tore away from my car, I have written this now as I know I won't get time otherwise!!

Got some nice plans for it so will create a progress thread on here for her :)

Initial plans for the car are:-

1. Paint the wheels Anthracite or black
2. Paint the Brembo calipers red I think but unsure (silver atm)
3. Paint badges anthracite or use carbon badges
4. Projector Lights...
5.Coilovers

This is the kind of look I am after, and the reason I got a Nimbus!!
(At least theres something to look at instead of just writing)

WISH ME LUCK :)

(simoxmino of clio197.net)

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[nicole_]

*yawn*
another one for the clio bandwagon
least you got a good colour

[Ryan]

good stuff, hopefully you wont go taking nasty HDR pics of the new toy ;)

[Ryan]

*yawn*
another one for the clio bandwagon


perhaps thats because people have realised they are a good car. :zainy:

[matt_vtr_15a]

good stuff, hopefully you wont go taking nasty HDR pics of the new toy ;)

no mate not at all I would never dream of HDR pictures. The truth is much worse, Iphone 4 camera quality pictures I am afraid :( unless you fancy taking me some :P

nicole, cheers I guess lol... truth is I don't see many of these around where I live....

[newqs36]

very nice car, fantastic colour

[Manu]

have fun, don't be too silly on the roads

perhaps thats because people have realised they are a good car. :zainy:

good cars, but maintenance costs are terrible especially the parts

[_-john-_]

Lovely that, well in.

[_-john-_]

have fun, don't be too silly on the roads



good cars, but maintenance costs are terrible especially the parts

Was going to ask about the maintenance costs. Are those 4 pots on the front? I can imagine servicing not being cheap.

[Ryan]

no mate not at all I would never dream of HDR pictures. The truth is much worse, Iphone 4 camera quality pictures I am afraid :( unless you fancy taking me some :P

.

drive souf' with some wonga lol!

No HDR is a good thing :D

[quiky11]

looks the nuts!!

[johnlambert]

love the shape of these!!! colour is awesome too!!

good luck with it!!

[Ryan]

have fun, don't be too silly on the roads



good cars, but maintenance costs are terrible especially the parts

at least there are plenty of renault tuners out there supplying parts. For example on mine the Ktec mild steel OE type exhaust was around 1/4 of the price renault wanted iirc.

[stupotvtr]

Well done mate wise choice on a Clio and in the rarest colour iirc.

[matt_vtr_15a]

drive souf' with some wonga lol!

No HDR is a good thing :D

Hahha, the guy who owns that car is from Italy, that might excuse his terrible behaviour?

I may well drive souf with some wonga, I wish I knew how to take amazing pictures, just too busy with uni and work to ever fit it in... plus of golf is quite an expensive hobby so it's not going to happen...


Was going to ask about the maintenance costs. Are those 4 pots on the front? I can imagine servicing not being cheap.

yeah they are mate!!

Service costs is something I have looked at, fortunately my dad is a very good mechanic with his own garage which reduces the costs for me. Just the inital cost of parts etc. which is ok I will address them as and when they need sorting...

[matt_vtr_15a]

at least there are plenty of renault tuners out there supplying parts. For example on mine the Ktec mild steel OE type exhaust was around 1/4 of the price renault wanted iirc.

Believe it or not, the amount of renault tuners actually helped make my decision.

A few months down the line I want to put on a few performance mods, k-tec alone is an awesome company to supply pretty much anything you need!!

I can't wait to pick it up!! Driving me crazy waiting...

[nicole_]

nicole, cheers I guess lol... truth is I don't see many of these around where I live....

lol i do think its a gorgeous looking car, dont get me wrong :P
im not sure what part of notts your from, but i agree i've only seen one or two and never in grey!

[leeroybrown]

Welcome to the world of Nimbus and it rocks.

Only a select few pick this colour, so welcome to the club of elite Matty boy lol.

Good choice, presume its just a FF 197? any optional extras on it?

You can buy the cup calipers which are red anyway pal, thats how you could tell if it was cup or had the cup package on.

No recaro's?

Also expect to be at the pump a few times, they seem be hungry then what my megane is.

Also Matt I have a contact at Reno that does proper Reno parts if you need it.

[matt_vtr_15a]

Welcome to the world of Nimbus and it rocks.

Only a select few pick this colour, so welcome to the club of elite Matty boy lol.

Good choice, presume its just a FF 197? any optional extras on it?

You can buy the cup calipers which are red anyway pal, thats how you could tell if it was cup or had the cup package on.

No recaro's?

Also expect to be at the pump a few times, they seem be hungry then what my megane is.

Also Matt I have a contact at Reno that does proper Reno parts if you need it.


Im happy to be in the elite!!! Sorry to sound a complete tool what is FF?

It is basically the RS 197 no cup packages etc...

Got the recaros but not the absolute track slag type ones, the nice soft cloth ones hah...

The main thing was getting a minter with low mileage which I have, so I can like you say just buy the red brembos, dampers and springs etc..

Cheers mate the renault friend may come in useful, no doubt I will inbox you time to time asking for advice...

Petrol doesn't worry me, my saxo just recently cost me £30 to travel 130miles... it can't be much worse than that so I am happy with that!!

[leeroybrown]

Oh it can be worse

FF = Full Fat all the toys no cup packs.

They only do one recaro and its the track slack one, do sounds like it has the stand ones pal.

Sounds like you have plan

197 FF suspension is still decent.

[matt_vtr_15a]

Oh it can be worse

FF = Full Fat all the toys no cup packs.

They only do one recaro and its the track slack one, do sounds like it has the stand ones pal.

Sounds like you have plan

197 FF suspension is still decent.

Ohhhh I get it now, all the above is correct mate, I was being numb!!

In a way though I would quite like some luxuries as I have drove round a stripped out saxo for the last 3 years!!

Ohh dear I will have to drive steady if it is a lot worse then, take it they don't get anywhere close to the book figures (35ish i think mpg combined)

[leeroybrown]

Drive it like you stole it lol let...ringing its neck all the way around to 7k :-)

[Jamie]

Looks nice mate,

but I agree with the use of HDR makes the colour look much different imo, it looks like one of those special colours on Forza rather than a slightly darker shade of silver lol

I like it:)

[Royzx]

Work for Renault so if something seems wrong give us a shout will try help you out

[DundeeUnited]

not nice

[_-john-_]

Less rattly letterbox than yours though, innit.

[DundeeUnited]

tooshay

[matt_vtr_15a]

piece of leterbox on wheels

supposed it should be the sponsor of dundee united then aye? :P

[DundeeUnited]

ha no comment

[rushy_23]

Lovely car, best color.

Yawn - LOL mkay.

[stinkycheese]

Love that Nimbus Grey! Did you not fancy an ep3? Could have picked up a S/C one for that sort of price.

[MiniGibbo]

Love that Nimbus Grey! Did you not fancy an ep3? Could have picked up a S/C one for that sort of price.

Does the supercharger give the honda torque?

[stinkycheese]

Does the supercharger give the honda torque?

Should be able to tell you in June ;)

[MiniGibbo]

Should be able to tell you in June ;)

Sellout..

What happended to the m3 and FD :homme: :homme: :homme:

[stinkycheese]

Ended up picking this up...


http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt31/beancheese_2009/1a8b0fa5.jpg

RWD is coming soon though, promise lol.

[essexdon]

nice mate, would prob have gone for a 182 and saved some money thou but looks a peach

[UKtom]

if you get it looking like those pics it will be awesome :)!

[rushy_23]

Stock 197's are supposed to better in nearly all aspects over stock 182's. 182's however have a better BHP/tonne.

[Rotax73]

Congrats, lovely colour by the way!

[MikeCracknell]

Glad to see your are on clio197.net ;););););) What's your U/Name on there?

Awesome choice of car too dude, not that I'm biased of course ;)

[MikeCracknell]

You can see why Simoxmino's thread on there is the single most viewed thread on there too lol!

[Ryan]

Awesome choice of car too dude, not that I'm biased of course ;)

His isnt badged up into something its not though ;)

[joe333]

That is sooo nice pure porn!!!

[Abass123]

the colour of that car is so sexy <3

[kae]

Sure its lovely but i dont like the way it looks... ugly arse looks reminds me to much of a megan

its like those focus RS's..

[CEdwards]

what was insurance like after you had the 3 points?

oh and the car = Porn! :P

[LSOfreak]

recaros and coilovers and little things as you say like black badges and wheels, red calipers would look mint. ive never really thought these were that special but got to say those pictures have converted me

[TypeRDavid]

As much as i am a Jap man at heart, i do love a nice RS Clio something about them for me, give me one of these over a corsa vxr anyday of the week.

[ClaireHall]

Pics??

[matt_vtr_15a]

Pics??

I am picking up in a couple of hour or so!! will get some while its clean before it gets filthy!!



STINKYBELLCHEESE

Do like the ep3 but insurance was insance, supercharged would be nice but would be a killer on fuel more so than the 197 by some margin!

MIKE
Yes mate I am on 'chrichmeister':y:

I have seen you on it already with my ninja stalking abilities

[shannon-ob]

I love this one! IMO just needs a cup spoiler?! Other than that, it's perfect.

[hellovts]

Do like the ep3 but insurance was insance, supercharged would be nice but would be a killer on fuel more so than the 197 by some margin!



u'd be surprised fella - i have another ep3 now gone back to hondas!

21 years old, £890 full comp on a ep3 type r and fuel is quite good when you take it easy but obviously not when caning it

wouldnt supercharge one, but def buy one already supercharged etc (cheaper in long run!)

[beckha]

u'd be surprised fella - i have another ep3 now gone back to hondas!

21 years old, £890 full comp on a ep3 type r and fuel is quite good when you take it easy but obviously not when caning it

wouldnt supercharge one, but def buy one already supercharged etc (cheaper in long run!)

WTF.

Who you insured with?

£1200 5 years NCB and I am a 23 year old WITH BOOBS.

x

[hellovts]

WTF.

Who you insured with?

£1200 5 years NCB and I am a 23 year old WITH BOOBS.

x

hahahaha - admiral (paid in one lump sum) 3years NCB 21 years old but a excess of £1000 so i best not bump my civic :y: but even if i did - money back would cover my intial £1000 and it wouldnt take me long to save £1k up so its ok...

BOOBS obviously dont count for much ;)

i also owned a ep3 at 19 with the same company and a mk1 FRS at 20 and never made a claim or got points (touch wood) x

[beckha]

Ahh.

I owned a DC2 @ 20 but was paying £1800 tptf!

I have low excess on the EP3.

Oh and Matt, not too bad for a FPOS. ;)

x

[OneTime_]

Saw one of these last night at the local dominos. Looked immense...Alien green with black trim, spoiler and alloys! Nice car :)

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/dazbav/S8300992.jpg?id=954

[JamesR]

Lovely car, hope to own one someday before everything is like that crappy Nissan Leaf lol

[stinkycheese]

WTF.

Who you insured with?

£1200 5 years NCB and I am a 23 year old WITH BOOBS.

x

Do you have proof of these boobs you speak of?

[stinkycheese]

For insurance purposes, obviously.

[beckha]

Lol.

Nice try.

x

[hellovts]

Lol.

Nice try.

x

cant blame a man for trying :y:

dc2 at 20, quite a feat id say! looked at your progress thread, you ever thought of a skyline / evo 8 / (turbo) as they'd be easier to get bhp out of (cheaper also possibly) than your civic? considering you already have a run about?

just thinking of costs in the long run? will cost you a fair whack over time?

[beckha]

I just love my honda's. Haha.

Evo's are too much to insure.

x

[stinkycheese]

I just love my honda's. Haha.

Evo's are too much to insure.

x

Ahh just realised it's you who answered my Q on LSD's ;).

[Steve]

Do like the ep3 but insurance was insance, supercharged would be nice but would be a killer on fuel more so than the 197 by some margin!


My mate supercharged his EP3, normal day to day driving he got much better MPG than standard. Spoke to a few people now and they had the same out come.

[beckha]

Ahh just realised it's you who answered my Q on LSD's ;).

Haha, Sweatygooch?

I should've put 2 and 2 together really. ;)

x

[matt_vtr_15a]

Well safe to say I love the car!! took a couple pics last night I will try and upload but I am at work so depends if I get chance...

At first as it was soo smooth it felt slower than my old vtr, (probably because that was stripped and rugged so felt faster than it was...

After getting used to the smoothness I could tell really just how nippy these things are, bloody love it!!

Took it up to 7500ish rpm last night once down the bypass after about 45mins of driving so it was plenty warm enough and it just pulls through every gear all the way through the rev range...

I found myself changing gear at about 3500rpm and it still shifts and picks up speed through the gears driving like that....

The car has a lovely subtle roaring sound which gets deeper and louder when hitting the higher rev range!!

Couldnt be happier

[Manu]

Was going to ask about the maintenance costs. Are those 4 pots on the front? I can imagine servicing not being cheap.

it's a bit more expensive than a saxo. I know since I had a few, and driven a few others. Other than that you chose a really nice toy, gorgeous colour :y:

[Manu]

piece of leterbox on wheels

Car(s): Citroen Saxo Furio



I'll get your coat

[matt_vtr_15a]

Well heres a few pics, sorry they are not the best, they where took on my iphone 4!! I even took one in HDR for ryan :p

Soo here it is....(yes it is in hellfrauds car park, for the first and last time as I wanted a magic tree and a magnetic tax disc holder...

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[MikeCracknell]

Changing gear at 3500rpm??!!

All the power in these is 5k plus, it pulls all of a sudden at those revs ;)

[matt_vtr_15a]

Changing gear at 3500rpm??!!

All the power in these is 5k plus, it pulls all of a sudden at those revs ;)

Yeah I actually like driving it steady cause it is soo much more comfier than the saxo haha...

But my god!! the power certainly kicks in after 5k!! VVT yo!!!!

[leeroybrown]

Needs a turbo in it :-)

[ChAdS]

no mate not at all I would never dream of HDR pictures. The truth is much worse, Iphone 4 camera quality pictures I am afraid :( unless you fancy taking me some :P

nicole, cheers I guess lol... truth is I don't see many of these around where I live....

I see your in notts too :) Yeah reason you don't see many about mate is once someone does see one there most likely going to have a pop at nicking it in notts :fcuk:

[carlf1986]

Nice lookin car

[Aly]

Nice lookin car

Why the 5 month bump?

[Ryan]

Why the 5 month bump?

He posted pics of his in the wrong thread.

[Mr_X]

Nice car, do like.