My Clio's dying :(

[MD]

damn shame chap, I hope you find something to do with it, would hate to see all the fun go.

Butuz, where are such things, I am int he market for a new car

m@

[Lead_Head]

TBH mate, if the rust is THAT bad, I'd sell up. For personal safety and for a fresh start.

No matter what you do your not going to get your money back what you've put into it, but you can get SOME of it back, which can go to the 'new' car.

I think you have to think what you loved about this Clio, and what you didn't really like. E.G. Too cramped, so you might want a bigger car... Things like that.

It's such a shame that rust has bitten you bad, as the car (having not seen it in real life) it is a legend on here, and on other forums around the net. I've not seen or heard of another Clio GTT. Why not keep it unique? If you built up another Clio GTT you'd always be comparing it to the original, and thinking... my old one wasn't that bad etc...

[Butuz]

damn shame chap, I hope you find something to do with it, would hate to see all the fun go.

Butuz, where are such things, I am int he market for a new car

m@

Autotrader mate and check out the for sale section forum on www.sxoc.com

Butuz

[Lowe]

Already had a look around for an S13 and although they're cheap to buy, I know nothing about running them nor potential problems/pitfalls. I don't like the idea of buying blind so would have to do some serious research. Can't imagine it'd be that much quicker than the Clio, but would be RWD...

Insurance costs seem to be about 600 quid. That's do-able, but a bit more than I'd like to be spending really.

[TiG]

Does something other than a Clio tempt you then?, is it a matter of you know Clio and better the devil you know?....

TiG

[5lab]

have you looked at t5 insurance? its only 700 for me.. and i'm only 22 with 1 year ncb. guessing if that clio is so cheap for you a t5 wouldnt be huge amounts more.

[Lowe]

Does something other than a Clio tempt you then?, is it a matter of you know Clio and better the devil you know?....

TiG

Pretty much - I know the Clios inside and out and the same for R5's now. It's a case of having had just about everything go wrong with one or a mates so you learn the hard way.

However, I dunno if I could really go through all that again. I'm tempted by an S13, but wouldn't know what would be a good one so I'm a bit cautious.

[Russ]

how fast is the car? id have thought you'd struggle to get much more than 200hp out of that ikkle renault engine?

if all the rust is underneath then it might be easy to sell

until youve sat in his clio, you can comment, you grin like a cheshire cat until the engines turned off. volvo T5's are nice, but about as far away from a sporty/hatch you could be. and it weighs nearly DOUBLE the weight of his car. 600kg extra and an extra 600cc is a lot of petrol.

[Moby-Dick]

I think a nice S13 is your logical progression

[Zak33]

I dont.

Lowe is a fwd man.

period.

[Lowe]

Dunno, I've seen a serious piece of S13 ass for not a lot of money. I'm very, very tempted...

[TiG]

Not exactly a sleeper compared to your clio is it tho?. I thought that was half your reason for having it?.

TiG

[Jiff Lemon]

I dont.

Lowe is a fwd man.

period.

But the Lad is young. He can still be saved

[Butuz]

Im pretty sure he wont be a FWD man for long if he goes and testrives a few S13's.

Once youve tasted RWD goodness, you dont go back to scrabble

If your worried about going to see S13's - register and post on the SXOC forum and i garuntee there will be a member near you who will go with you to check the car over.

Butuz

[Lowe]

The car is off SXOC, I'm already registered - have been a long time.

[Shad]

Go mad and buy a kit car.