birrel Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 Hello all, After years of procrastination, i've finally taken the plunge and bought a car that was made after 1984, and i've done it in style with a red 2008 RS 197. I love it! Picked it up yesterday, and I find i'm looking forward to the 1 hr drive to work now... No doubt there'll be many questions to come, and I look forward to picking a brain or two. birrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dank Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 Hello all, After years of procrastination, i've finally taken the plunge and bought a car that was made after 1984, and i've done it in style with a red 2008 RS 197. I love it! Picked it up yesterday, and I find i'm looking forward to the 1 hr drive to work now... No doubt there'll be many questions to come, and I look forward to picking a brain or two. birrel welcome! we have questions too, including "where are the pics?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmadrid-182 Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 welcome! congrats on the purchase of the 197, its a great car to drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian-Bstar Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 Welcome and Congrats! Where are you located? And yes pics please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkie86 Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 Welcome! As stated, PICSORBAN and where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffyn Posted 1, July 2010 Report Share Posted 1, July 2010 Welcome to our place birrel. Is she your first Renault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenatos Posted 2, July 2010 Report Share Posted 2, July 2010 Hello all, After years of procrastination, i've finally taken the plunge and bought a car that was made after 1984, and i've done it in style with a red 2008 RS 197. I love it! Picked it up yesterday, and I find i'm looking forward to the 1 hr drive to work now... No doubt there'll be many questions to come, and I look forward to picking a brain or two. birrel Excellent! After first seeing the silver 197 @ my work, I fell in love with it too... and then the RS 200... and now the RS 250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birrel Posted 2, July 2010 Author Report Share Posted 2, July 2010 Thanks for the welcoming...welcome! I'm in Sydney, although I bought the car from Canberra, so my first drive was a road trip to Sydney. Quite fun. It's an ex-demo/Renault executive car so it's only got 8,000 km on the clock. I haven't taken any pics yet but will give it a go this weekend! Yes, it's my first Renault. I was considering an RS 200 Cup Trophee, but was a bit put off by the price at the moment. Maybe in a couple of years... One initial question - Is it possible to have an '08 197 retrofitted to Cup specifications? I don't want to remove the mod-cons, but I would have thought it would be possible to have the suspension work done to bring it up to Cup spec pretty easily? Having said that, perhaps it's not worth it, i'd be interested to hear your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted 2, July 2010 Report Share Posted 2, July 2010 Hi Birrel, Nice pic up. There's always a way to improve your spec, sometimes OEM, sometimes aftermarket. Are you just wantng the imrovement for spirited driving on weekends, or are we going to the track etc? Cheers, WOLF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birrel Posted 2, July 2010 Author Report Share Posted 2, July 2010 Hiya Wolf, Yeah I like that series of photos, they give a good perspective on the relative size of F1s. They're smaller than I thought! http://www.allcarwallpapers.com/renault ... papers.htm I don't think i'll bet getting it out on the track any time soon, so it will be just for getting about the place in a 'spirited' fashion! I'd like to keep it as genuine as possible, so i'm not going to go down the path of anything too outrageous. The reason I ask about the Cup Chassis is that I wasn't sure whether there was a 2008 197 Cup imported to Australia, or if indeed there is such an animal. Oh that reminds me, my 197 came without floor mats! Could I bother you for a quote? PM is fine. birrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS-172 Posted 3, July 2010 Report Share Posted 3, July 2010 Later in the 197 lifespan in Aus there was the ability to order the Cup chasis pack on a 197 for circa 2K. The R27 came std with the cup chasis and the recaro seats. In terms of upgrades, i dont think it would be cost effective to retrofit the OEM cup back as there would be a number of small changes. Some H&R Springs and some front camber adjustment would be worth looking into for not a huge outlay.. Oh and welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkie86 Posted 5, July 2010 Report Share Posted 5, July 2010 Later in the 197 lifespan in Aus there was the ability to order the Cup chasis pack on a 197 for circa 2K. I remember talk of this being the go after the R27 came out but never actually heard of anyone ordering one. Anyone know what the go is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted 5, July 2010 Report Share Posted 5, July 2010 Welcome Birrel! I test drove that car a few weeks ago, I wondered why it had dissapeared off Carsales! Was the best value 197 going around, from a dealer anyway. Congrats and enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted 5, July 2010 Report Share Posted 5, July 2010 Welcome! A couple of the 197 guys on here have fitted Eibach springs to their "Normale's" and seem pleased with the result. I doubt that there were ever any 197's customers who ordered the Cup packs nor the optional Xenons), R27's being the exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup200 Posted 7, July 2010 Report Share Posted 7, July 2010 Welcome Birrel, I saw a red 197 near Centennial Park this morning, could have been you? Car looked great in red. I was in silver 200. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birrel Posted 10, July 2010 Author Report Share Posted 10, July 2010 Hi Weezer! Yeah, it wasn't too bad a deal I guess. I was hoping there'd be more for private sale in Sydney, but most seem to be down in Melbourne. Are there many Clios getting about in Canberra? Mine's now made the move to Sydney, so there's one less now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birrel Posted 10, July 2010 Author Report Share Posted 10, July 2010 Thanks Matt, it's good to be here! I'm overseas at the moment so I hope it wasn't mine getting about Centenial Park! It's supposed to be sitting in my Dad's garage... Is the 200 your first Clio? And is it a Trophee? I wasn't actually looking at a Clio until I happened to take a 200 for a drive at the suggestion of a mate and I was hooked. Went for the slightly cheaper option with the 197, but hopefully in a couple of years time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted 13, July 2010 Report Share Posted 13, July 2010 Hi Weezer! Yeah, it wasn't too bad a deal I guess. I was hoping there'd be more for private sale in Sydney, but most seem to be down in Melbourne. Are there many Clios getting about in Canberra? Mine's now made the move to Sydney, so there's one less now... Nah not too many, especially 197's (seen maybe 2, '147owner' being one of them), and haven't seen a 200 yet other than in the showroom. A few Phase 1's & 2's nipping about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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