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[quote][i]Originally posted by Kyle T[/i] Subaru went a few weeks ago, sold much quicker than expected and my plan for those not aware is to now get a "sensible" daily driver and also a dedicated track car, rather than trying to do both at once. Stuck without a car, I needed to buy something quickly - so a couple of saturdays ago I set off with the missus to go view a racing blue Clio 182, with Gordini stripes and a pretty good write-up on paper... all for £2250 which seemed low end cost for a RB car. As it turned out, the car was a dog. It sounded rough as fuck when warm, despite having a receipt (pretty much written on toilet paper) for a recent cambelt/dephaser/etc, the 5k "lift" didn't feel anywhere near as aggressive as it should - and the gears crunched into third and fourth. This was all on top of "known" niggles that I'd spotted before driving it, which I planned to negotiate with such as no disks/pads all round, tyres knackered and exhaust drooping. We left annoyed, as we travelled much further than I wanted for a £2k car - and found a local coffee shop. Once parked up, I hit ebay and gumtree and quickly found another contender 10mins away - this time in black. Rang the dude up, he was at the garage with it getting it MOT'd (he'd only just listed it) so we agreed to meet at his house in 30mins. Upon meeting him, the car looked (much) tidier than the old one - it sounded fine (obviously it was up to temp) so we quickly took it for a test drive, at this point he reeled off the list of faults: Traction Control and SERV light comes on when the car is started, but only after the steering wheel is moved There's only one key Wipers squeeked like crazy, it's not the blades but they needed changing anyway No washer jets ("it's out of fluid")... MOT was passed with flying colours... :lol: General condition of the car was fine, but far from mint. I didn't check tyres, should have done as it's got four different variations of linglong - but treads are fine. Only mods to note are a BMC(?) carbon fibre induction kit and some lowering springs, which are terrible. Oh also some JDM bumper quick releases that are equally terrible. Exhaust seems to be a powerflow full system, and it sits straight - rare for a 182... It drove fine, lack of traction control plus crap tyres is interesting - but no undue sounds/smells and pulls fine through the revs. Car is on 83k miles, cambelt/dephaser done at a specialist 3k miles ago in May 2015. Ended up buying for £1800, then hit the road. Problems I've found since: Washer Jets wasn't just a fluid issue (now "fixed", swapped pumps with the headlight washer pump - I can do without those) Cruise Control didn't work (fixed, changed wiring in steering wheel) Horn doesn't work (fixed, wiring in steering wheel) Fog Lamp logo flickers on dash when using brakes or indicators (fixed, repaired rear cluster wiring and swapped a brake light bulb) Slight knocking when at high revs/gear changes between 1st and 2nd or 2nd and 3rd. Suspected mounts somewhere, might change dogbone mount. Suspension is terrible, needs standard springs ASAP. Foglight not working (fixed, it wasn't plugged in...) Bonnet opening is a two man job, suspected spring in mechanism Wiring for the rear clusters was a bit of a mess, earth was almost severed and had just been screwed through to the body... rather than chopping it, soldering and heatshrinking... [url=https://flic.kr/p/C1SQba][img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1680/23638761309_600c151b2f_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/C1SQba]IMAG0233[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr I bought a new (second hand, ebay) squib/clockspring to try and rule out the steering angle sensor for the SERV/traction warning lights. No joy yet, but potentially needs Renault diagnostics to reset/calibrate(?). The new squib was also handy because the cruise control wiring had been bodged up big time. I also bought replacement Cruise Control switches to complete the renewed wiring. [url=https://flic.kr/p/C1SLPa][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5625/23638749999_28af6f17e1_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/C1SLPa]IMAG0254[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/Cx5n3A][img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1674/23980506266_362c7572eb_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Cx5n3A]IMAG0256[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr So my immediate list is as follows: - Renault Diagnostics to hopefully fix traction control - Swap springs to OEM (Simon_16v still has his, hoping to nick them) - Give car a proper clean and DA polish to see what I'm working with. No massive scratches, few dings - so might try some DIY paintless dent removal on it for a laugh. - 4 new tyres, maybe DIY refurb on one of the wheels as the other three are mint - fit new bonnet spring/latch mechanism (en route from eBay) I also found a loose plug dangling in the bay, Simon_16v has the same in his and could never identify it... [url=https://flic.kr/p/Cs5VJH][img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/23924033761_882d8ee69f_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Cs5VJH]IMAG0260[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr Then I need to run it, have it cost me as little as possible - because every penny spent is a penny that should be spent on my track car. I'm only planning to run the Clio for 2-3 months until I can sort out a long term daily, thinking of going the leasing route. (sorry 3CM) So far it's cost me about £120 to cover the squib replacement, bonnet latch and bulb. If I can keep total spend below £450 that keeps me below the price of the RB one I went to look at, so that's my target :look: Will get some decent pictures sorted tomorrow, hopefully will give it a quick wash too. [url=https://flic.kr/p/BBZUeZ][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5771/23379861363_b1155f053f_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/BBZUeZ]IMAG0230[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/C8fKCo][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5823/23710937450_0bc4fa4b0a_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/C8fKCo]IMAG0232[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/83474468@N03/]Kyle Townend[/url], on Flickr [/quote]
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