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1996 Clio 16v

qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	1996 Clio 16v qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	May 31, 2008 20:23:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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!
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MetroLee Part of things Posts: 898	1996 Clio 16v MetroLee @minimad
	May 31, 2008 20:26:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice. I've always had a soft spot for the MK1 Clio.
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arthurbrown Guest	1996 Clio 16varthurbrown @GUEST
	May 31, 2008 20:48:20 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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.


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stealthstylz Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,950 Club RR Member Number: 174	1996 Clio 16v stealthstylz @stealthstylz Club Retro Rides Member 174
	May 31, 2008 20:51:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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


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Adam Posted hell of a lot Posts: 7,010	1996 Clio 16v Adam @locoster
	May 31, 2008 20:56:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good buy! You do have good taste in your 90s french hatches
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qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	1996 Clio 16v qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	May 31, 2008 21:11:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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.
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arthurbrown Guest	1996 Clio 16varthurbrown @GUEST
	May 31, 2008 21:21:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nowt wrong with that, lad. The late eighties and early nineties was pretty much the 'concorde moment' for driver's cars.


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kee Posted a lot Posts: 4,991	1996 Clio 16v kee @kee
	Jun 1, 2008 6:49:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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


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trg1984 Posted hell of a lot pitying fools since 1984 Posts: 6,503	1996 Clio 16v trg1984 @trg1984
	Jun 1, 2008 9:19:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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


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stealthstylz Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 14,950 Club RR Member Number: 174	1996 Clio 16v stealthstylz @stealthstylz Club Retro Rides Member 174
	Jun 1, 2008 10:33:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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


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Finlay Part of things Posts: 151	1996 Clio 16v Finlay @finlay
	Jun 1, 2008 17:06:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice, any plans for it ?
	95 clio 16V - modded track/road car 95 clio Williams 2 - restored to standard 95 TVR Griff 500 - Taraka engine upgrade MNR Vortx (kit car) - busa power Chevette SR20 engine MK2 Escort GM LS1 Chevette XE (building)

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qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	1996 Clio 16v qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	Jun 1, 2008 22:24:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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.
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anthonyg Part of things Posts: 521	1996 Clio 16v anthonyg @anthonyg
	Jun 2, 2008 9:48:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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?


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qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	1996 Clio 16v qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	Jun 2, 2008 13:46:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Is Knackered leather is cracked and torn.
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DutyFreeSaviour Europe Back For More heartbreak and disappointment..... Posts: 2,944	1996 Clio 16v DutyFreeSaviour @gtvsaviour
	Jun 2, 2008 14:09:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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
	Back from the dead..... kind of

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mk3mick Part of things Posts: 119	1996 Clio 16v mk3mick @mk3mick
	Jun 2, 2008 16:38:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	ull be heading to Dragonsville in Durham on a sunday evening now qwerty ;D nice little car though. What happened to the moggy?


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qwerty Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,417 Club RR Member Number: 52	1996 Clio 16v qwerty @qwerty Club Retro Rides Member 52
	Jun 2, 2008 18:09:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nah I'm not much of a cr00zer. Moggy has gone to hlp another project live. Drove down to lancashire without a hitch!!
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penski Probably posted too much Posts: 10,429	1996 Clio 16v penski @penski
	Jun 4, 2008 12:20:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	A bit random but did you pull into the NCP at haymarket at around 8:15am yesterday morning? *n
	Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum

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shlomping Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 499 Club RR Member Number: 30	1996 Clio 16v shlomping @shlomping Club Retro Rides Member 30
	Jun 4, 2008 12:51:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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
	Last Edit: Jun 4, 2008 12:52:03 GMT by shlomping

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penski Probably posted too much Posts: 10,429	1996 Clio 16v penski @penski
	Jun 4, 2008 14:24:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	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 *n
	Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum

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