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steve11

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Hi all,

Pick up my latest ride tomorrow...10' Clio RS200 20TH Anniversary. :hyper:

Be very interesting to compare to my recently departed toys... 07' Civic Type R & 04' Mini Cooper S JCW.

Spent several years successfully racing a 99 STI coupe & had a long list of other performance stuff but this is my first Renault, hopefully it is representative of other quality Euro stuff.

Anyway just wanted to say g'day.

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Very nice! Coming from the Type-R, you will love the Clio!

 

Enjoy 8)

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Hey Steve!! Welcome from another local Clio lover and owner.

I look forward to seeing your new wheels and you will see that I am an EX cooper S owner as well.

Are you buying from Sydney?

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I must say this forum is very friendly, casual & knowledgable, it's a nice change from some of the others around. Having owned 2 x STI's & a normal rex i was on the local Subaru forum from 1997 onwards & watched it go down hill as the popularity of the Subi rose. Mini forum was ok though the average owner wasn't what i'd call an enthusiast, Honda type R forum was a playground for ill informed kids & the Holden/HSV forum (ashamedly i had a ve hsv ute for a very short period) is an absolute embarrassment to anyone who knows anything about motor vehicles.

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Also don't forget to add your car to the 20th AE register sticky thread.

 

Cheers,

Trent

 

via Tapatalk. Sorry for the auto correct failures...

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Picked the car up from Sydney today in pouring rain, drove home with R070 semi slicks through lots of standing water & loved every minute of it, what a great car these are. The steering feel is what really impressed me, the close ratio gearbox makes it so easy to keep it on the boil too. Very happy & hanging onto this one for a while for sure.

Yes i have seen the light :hail:

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Nice work! Welcome to the forum and thanks for the positive comments. Been said many times before but this is a tip top forum for sure.

 

There will be a weekend social drive north from Sydney some time this month. Check out the Social Events section. Would be great to see you and the Clio at the event!

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Welcome steve11 you will love the Clio RS 200 AE and every day get's better.

 

I have seen on another post you are getting the Akropovic Evolution great decision mate you won't regret it. :wink:

 

Hope to see you and the AE on the next drive 17th of June.

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Hey Steve, any chance of you coming on the drive day on the 17th June?

I'd be happy to collect you on the way down to join in.

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welcome steve . sounds like youre enjoying the car already . and it'll only get better !

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Welcome Steve!

 

You're gonna love the Akra!

 

You've got a seriously impressive car history list Steve!! Absolutely love that HQ beast with the roll cage! And I see from your JCW that you're already more than familiar with our awesome Recaros!

 

Nice work mate!

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Welcome Steve!

 

You're gonna love the Akra!

 

You've got a seriously impressive car history list Steve!! Absolutely love that HQ beast with the roll cage! And I see from your JCW that you're already more than familiar with our awesome Recaros!

 

Nice work mate!

 

Thanks Ange.

HQ was a ''Street Machine" magazine cover car back in the day & ran a best of 11.8 1/4 mile.

Purchased the Recaro Sportster seats for Mini from a Porsche dealer in the US in 2005 as the standard Mini seats were rubbish.

As a matter of interest i noticed your previous ride & back when i was 18 (long long ago) i also had TE Gemini, http://s720.photobucket.com/albums/ww20 ... gemini.jpg fitted it with a G180 & twin 45mm Webbers (severely over carburetted but sounded tuff) :lol: .

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Ha yeah loved that Gemini!

 

You had a similar set up to mine! With the webers on that thing drank like a seasoned alcoholic but with the lumpy cam, boy did it sound hot!

 

Was considering spending the cashola to put an FJ20 into it so that I could run quarters like your beast but my brain overpowered my heart!

 

Again, love your selection of past cars and love what you're driving now! :wink:

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Wow! That's a serious catalogue of cars! Nice work.

 

Thanks, Chris.

There has actually been a few more that i didn't list too.

Been a fun experience but i could have had another house with what ive spent on mods alone... :lol:

Theres quite a few others on here with the same problem im guessing... :)

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Ha yeah loved that Gemini!

 

You had a similar set up to mine! With the webers on that thing drank like a seasoned alcoholic but with the lumpy cam, boy did it sound hot!

 

Was considering spending the cashola to put an FJ20 into it so that I could run quarters like your beast but my brain overpowered my heart!

 

Again, love your selection of past cars and love what you're driving now! :wink:

 

Wise move staying away from the Nissan engine transplant big $'s, though that Group C Bluebird of George Fury's went like crazy... :lol:

Re the clio... I was originally after an AGP 200 myself but my budget didn't quite stretch that far so settled for the 20th AE 200 & very happy with it.

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