whereislee Posted 23, September 2020 Report Share Posted 23, September 2020 (edited) Hi All! Wesley here, long time lurker on OZRS from when I was trying to help my partner find a R27 F1 Team back in 2016 (ended up with a 6 speed 06 Cooper S instead) to now a proud owner of a Capsicum Red Clio 182 Trophy. I'm a Sydneysider now residing in the UK, hence the purchase :). I've been hooked on Renaults since driving a couple Megane RS, one at the nurburgring and one at the great ocean road. My mate, a big renault fanatic, has been planting the seed for a while from riding shotgun in his mint sunset yellow phase 1 172 to driving his recent 182. I've had a string of cars from a WRX STI to a JDM Toyota Altezza RS200 to a BMW 130i to a DC5 Integra Type R and now the Trophy. I look forward to meeting more members in the future! Edited 23, September 2020 by whereislee 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat1 Posted 23, September 2020 Report Share Posted 23, September 2020 (edited) Nice car 👍. In case you didn’t realise it, you just made a lot of ppl jealous. Some because you own a trophy, others because you have driven the green hell and me on both accounts. When are you coming back to oz to increase our trophy count too...? (Guys what’s the trophy count? Edited 23, September 2020 by Nat1 Realised he isn’t new 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat1 Posted 23, September 2020 Report Share Posted 23, September 2020 (edited) Also Gambit was living in the UK and bought back a trophy, he may know tuners, mechanics etc, for you to use or have advice where you can get decent avocado on toast or maybe a macro organic vegan soy milk chai latte (or am I just assuming your from Melbourne?) just realised you already know gambit so I’ll shut up 😁 Edited 23, September 2020 by Nat1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63x1092 Posted 23, September 2020 Report Share Posted 23, September 2020 6 hours ago, Nat1 said: or have advice where you can get decent avocado on toast or maybe a macro organic vegan soy milk chai latte (or am I just assuming your from Melbourne?) Your points are well noted for a Sydneysider, which Wesley also is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Congrats again Lee and such an awesome car! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple3337 Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Congrats. Great car. You might want to think about exporting it to Oz if you can one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscargamer Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Please don't tell us how cheap it was..... Nice looking car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastry Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Love it, well done and yes do bring it back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkie86 Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Glad I could help in the conversion. Now hurry up and bring the Trophy home!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt205 Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 Surely having to live in the UK deserves a reward such as this? Nice, Capsicum Red FTW! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachlan8 Posted 24, September 2020 Report Share Posted 24, September 2020 So. Many. Competing. Emotions. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted 30, September 2020 Report Share Posted 30, September 2020 Wow nice first post and of course nice car 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereislee Posted 30, September 2020 Author Report Share Posted 30, September 2020 On 23/09/2020 at 5:16 PM, Nat1 said: Also Gambit was living in the UK and bought back a trophy, he may know tuners, mechanics etc, for you to use or have advice where you can get decent avocado on toast or maybe a macro organic vegan soy milk chai latte (or am I just assuming your from Melbourne?) just realised you already know gambit so I’ll shut up 😁 haha, thanks mate. Yeah I reached out to Gambit pretty early on in my Trophy ownership, has been extremely helpful. On 24/09/2020 at 1:03 AM, Gambit said: Congrats again Lee and such an awesome car! Thanks mate! On 24/09/2020 at 11:51 AM, walkie86 said: Glad I could help in the conversion. Now hurry up and bring the Trophy home!!!!! Cheers! I'm sure you'll be the first to know when its in a container/boat heading down under. Cheers for the welcome everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereislee Posted 30, September 2020 Author Report Share Posted 30, September 2020 (edited) some pics of my old cars (not the greatest photos, all I could find for now): 02 DC5R at OZRS Nationals 2017 (Wakefield Park) 06 130i: 99 Altezza RS200 Z Edition: Edited 30, September 2020 by whereislee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSky Posted 1, October 2020 Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 How did you rate the BM? I like the 125i but there's stuff all manuals around down this neck of the woods it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereislee Posted 1, October 2020 Author Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 3 minutes ago, RSky said: How did you rate the BM? I like the 125i but there's stuff all manuals around down this neck of the woods it seems. loved it, probably the best out of the box car out of all the cars that I've owned (prior to the Trophy) and didn't need to really do much to it other than exhaust to get more of that straight 6 growl. The E8x 125i can be tuned to gain 130i power levels too. I had actually seen a few manual 125i listed in the southern states when I was looking a few years ago (the N52 engine is pretty bullet proof). I upgraded my axle back to a N54 135i and gave a nice deep growl, @walkie86had a N55 135i axle back on his 130i and I could hear it pop and crackle coming down my street before he pulled into my driveway ahah. Drop me a PM if you want some more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woot woot Posted 1, October 2020 Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 I am surprised you got a rs200 altezza. Are they sluggish as people say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereislee Posted 1, October 2020 Author Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, woot woot said: I am surprised you got a rs200 altezza. Are they sluggish as people say? I've actually had a few of the chassis including the Lexus IS200 (2004 - 2012) and IS300. The Altezza was special, felt like a stripped out version of the Lexus equivalent with sharpened handling and a high revving 4 cylinder (7800rpm) with variable valve timing on inlet and exhaust. It would just want to rev and go through the gears, though not much torque down low so you would just need to rev it like a Honda. In comparison the Clio feels like it has more low down torque but the 300kg or so advantage probably makes a difference. I had it dynoed at 115kw at the wheels with a factory tune with full exhaust and could manage a 1:15.7 at Wakefield. Mine was quite heavily modified as I took it to Wakefield a few times, not the quickest car in the world but plenty for Sydney streets. Sold with 215k km in 2016, car now resides back in Melbourne where I bought it from :). Edited 1, October 2020 by whereislee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nat1 Posted 1, October 2020 Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 IS200 is probably the best car I’ve ever driven, apart from no power, great chassis, excellent 6 speed and brakes. Unbelievably smooth 6 cylinder, but you constantly hit the 6500 rev limit thinking is that it? IS300 auto, despite around 50kw more and paddle shifters (crap) was boring in comparison. Always wondered what the Toms version with 280 hp 3sgte would be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereislee Posted 1, October 2020 Author Report Share Posted 1, October 2020 9 hours ago, Nat1 said: IS200 is probably the best car I’ve ever driven, apart from no power, great chassis, excellent 6 speed and brakes. Unbelievably smooth 6 cylinder, but you constantly hit the 6500 rev limit thinking is that it? IS300 auto, despite around 50kw more and paddle shifters (crap) was boring in comparison. Always wondered what the Toms version with 280 hp 3sgte would be like. yeah it does have a great chassis, the IS300 added the early very intrusive non switchable versions of VDC aka stability control. have driven a friends Altezza with a greddy turbo kit and I have to say I prefer the common 2jz + T for pure low end torque. The aus market should see a few on the shores now that they are eligible for import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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