1996 Clio 16v

[qwerty]

Well.....this is what I've spent the Minor Money on....another French Hot hatch which isn't really Retro (unless you count those Quattro Esque arches) but is very definitely a Future classic.

Picked it up from 'uddersfield last night. Drives very well and is quite "nippy". Couple of little niggles need to be sorted and it desperately needs a new interior, I'm really pleased with it.

Apologies for the rubbish pics I dunno how to use my camera!

[MetroLee]

Very nice. I've always had a soft spot for the MK1 Clio.

[arthurbrown]

Nice!
I like these (& the Williams jobbies). Thought about owning one once, but found them mega-cramped. And it's not even like I'm very tall or wide.

[stealthstylz]

Haha small world thats my mate Sam's old car he had it as the same time as I had mine. Wasn't a bad car from what I remember. It had a new engine a year or two ago as he forgot to check the oil on the old one, it ran low and went bang. Was never as quick as mine, and the clutch was always really high on the biting point. We gave it plenty of stick tho on middle of the night jaunts and it never let us down.

Just go steady with the gears, if you powershift or anything silly like that they'll eat gearboxes for breakfast.

Matt

[Adam]

Good buy!

You do have good taste in your 90s french hatches

[qwerty]

May 31, 2008 20:51:17 GMT stealthstylz said:

Haha small world thats my mate Sam's old car he had it as the same time as I had mine. Wasn't a bad car from what I remember. It had a new engine a year or two ago as he forgot to check the oil on the old one, it ran low and went bang. Was never as quick as mine, and the clutch was always really high on the biting point. We gave it plenty of stick tho on middle of the night jaunts and it never let us down.

Just go steady with the gears, if you powershift or anything silly like that they'll eat gearboxes for breakfast.

Matt

How Random!! I bought it off a mate of Sams, Adam got loadsa history with it. The rear arches on it are really good. Its gunna get a good tidy up and some mechanical work.

lowriderlorel Thanks. TBH 90's Hatches are my 1st love. Its from growing up around my cousin and his mates and reading Revs and Max Power in the late 90's early Noughties.

[arthurbrown]

Nowt wrong with that, lad.
The late eighties and early nineties was pretty much the 'concorde moment' for driver's cars.

[kee]

is it the rsi version?
i do like these clios, in fact all mk1 clios but the archs on these make it i think, slammage easly done, widely seen, forever loved, just look at it, the epitmy of 90's hot hatch madess ;D

can you tell i've been up a couple of hours trying to get the little un to sleep

[trg1984]

my mate had one of these, its was nice and quick, kept up with my other mates larger engine moderns without any probs and embarrased a few of em too.

i loved my mk1 clio, id have another in a heart beat they're brilliant.

id really like to build a euro'd one

[stealthstylz]

The RSI was a 1.8 8 valve, that one is a 1.8 16v, and then the Williams is 2.0 16v. They're cracking cars though, the handling is amazing.

Matt

[Finlay]

Very nice, any plans for it ?

[qwerty]

Plans are quite limited tbh. Tidy the bodywork, change the interior, get mechanically perfect, possibly change the wheels and enjoy it...got no plans of selling it really.

[anthonyg]

That's a nice car - always remember the Clio Williams (and the fact that Renault did 2 or 3 Williams versions, despite promising just to do one 'limited' production run- ended up in a court case I think)

Whats wrong with the interior - generally knackered or wrong colour/style?

[qwerty]

Is Knackered leather is cracked and torn.

[DutyFreeSaviour]

Ex GF drove daddies Williams - I used to rag the nutz off it, was immense.
It still never really flicked the switch though ) - I can't get over the 'too modern' looks. That's just me liking mobile bricks though - so what do I know ;D

[mk3mick]

ull be heading to Dragonsville in Durham on a sunday evening now qwerty ;D

nice little car though. What happened to the moggy?

[qwerty]

Nah I'm not much of a cr00zer. Moggy has gone to hlp another project live. Drove down to lancashire without a hitch!!

[penski]

A bit random but did you pull into the NCP at haymarket at around 8:15am yesterday morning?

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[shlomping]

its possible he works in the eldon square spiral multi story.

I like this new car. better than a saxo but I still prefer mine

[penski]

Jun 4, 2008 12:51:38 GMT shlomping said:

its possible he works in the eldon square spiral multi story.

That's the one. Nearly bloody ran me over

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