"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
10/17/2016 at 15:14 • Filed to: None
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"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
10/17/2016 at 15:14 • Filed to: None | 4
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I just wanted to see if they had a face lift Clio RS in yet to have a look at, and they did, a pearl white Trophy with the optional Akrapovic exhaust on it too. The salesman was keen to take it out as it hadn’t left the forecourt since they got it 4 days ago (12 miles on the clock!). I protested, I really did (honestly!) but we took her for a spin and I fell head over heals, it ticks every box I have for my next car, sporty, comfy, firm but well damped suspension, docile and easy to drive in town (love the twin clutch gearbox) but press the RS button and boot it and it transforms in to a proper hot hatch, takes off like scalded cat and that titanium Akrapovic lets itself be known.
I’m having on now, no questions asked, in fact I could very well have this very one as they will be changing it in March which is when I’m looking to get one (they have my number and have put me down in their Outlook for March the 1st!) and he said I gets first dibs on it, is it March yet???
MUSASHI66
> AndyG_UK
10/17/2016 at 15:23 |
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You better be keeping the Abarth as a backup :)
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AndyG_UK
> MUSASHI66
10/17/2016 at 15:28 |
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Unfortunately I shall be needing a new profile pic, 3 years is pushing my luck having an Italian DD!!
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MUSASHI66
> AndyG_UK
10/17/2016 at 15:30 |
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I might be selling mine as well, together with the Forester XT for a pick-up. It will be a sad day if it happens..
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AndyG_UK
> MUSASHI66
10/17/2016 at 15:42 |
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I will be very sad to see the Abarth go, I love it and it’s been a great car but it is a bit too small and is awful on the motorway and long journeys, the Clio RS is a bit more grown up but still fun when needed.
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MUSASHI66
> AndyG_UK
10/17/2016 at 16:01 |
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Agree - it is very hard car to live with. No room for anything basically, but the charm of it makes up for a lot :)
Klaus Schmoll
> AndyG_UK
10/17/2016 at 16:15 |
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Friend of mine had a lot of tuner cars over the years. CRX, Prelude, OG Mini, 200SX, Corrado VR6. They were all nice until he and/or some shops started optimizing them until something broke or they catastrophically failed emissions.
He then got a brand new Megane RS and, out of the box, it was the car he wished his projects could have been one day. Never driven it myself, but even from the passenger seat it feels pretty quick and very planted on the road.
Now that even the extended warranty has run out, he got an exhaust and an intake and a conservative tune (~300 hp I think). Let’s see how that goes.
TL/DR: Renault RS cars are nice.
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AndyG_UK
> Klaus Schmoll
10/17/2016 at 16:40 |
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I’ve always fancied a Renault RS and the current Clio, especially the Trophy, really ticks all my boxes.
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AndyG_UK
> MUSASHI66
10/17/2016 at 17:00 |
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They are charming little things and I have never had as much attention driving it with any other car but it is almost time for us to part ways.