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Take it back off Andy....it wasn't there as OEM to save weight 
Looks good mate
Looks good mate
SharkyUK's CS Trophy (Updated 05Apr08)
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:lol: :lol: :lol: it will match the car in a few years time when the colour fades!
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:lol: :lol: :lol:Gits... all of ya's... the sky is blue, the grass is green and my tax disc holder is red. End of. [-( :lol:
If ever the paintwork does fade badly it's going to become the first ever white Trophy with a custom spray job.
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You've done some miles in her then Andy?
Who are you having do the service or is she going to Renault?
Who are you having do the service or is she going to Renault?
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Yes mate, I've done one or two since I picked her up last year! :lol: Loved every single mile, too. As she's still under warranty I'm going with Renault to get the 'official' stamp as it looks better in the log book.
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She doesn't have to be done with Renault to retain the warranty mate.
As long as OEM Renault parts are used & the garage is VAT registered the warranty stands.
Mine is having a replacment upper engine mount under warranty @ the mo.
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Ah, right... :smt023 Although, to be fair, it's being seen to by the Renault Sport specialist at my local Renault Stealers so I'm happy for it to go in and be done there. I'm providing my own oil, having a CF replacement front splitter fitted (to replace the damaged one) and having the belt changed, too (tensioner pulley, the whole shebang). :lol:
The warranty runs out on her soon so I imagine I'll be off to Pro-Speed shortly after that to see Charlie and the good lady will likely be taking her CTR too. It will be nice to get a sport cat and a more free-flowing system - just to give the car a little sharper response and 'urgency'. Handling-wise... she can stay just as she is.
p.s. I'm glad the Salem knows about Clio's as I haven't a clue...
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:lol: I could take some pics but the tax disc holder *is* actually red mate...
(I re-sprayed it...)
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Only joking mate - I didn't re-spray it at all. I'm happy to announce that it is still in it's original light-red colour.
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Cracking looking car
btw, the Carmarthenshire pics, was the first two taken at Llanllwni mountain nr brechfa? Looks so close if it isnt!
Great road that, always go through there on a late summers evening Haven't been there with the EP3 yet!!
btw, the Carmarthenshire pics, was the first two taken at Llanllwni mountain nr brechfa? Looks so close if it isnt!
Great road that, always go through there on a late summers evening
Haven't been there with the EP3 yet!!
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Cracking looking car
btw, the Carmarthenshire pics, was the first two taken at Llanllwni mountain nr brechfa? Looks so close if it isnt!
Great road that, always go through there on a late summers evening
Thanks mate - you are indeed correct. We weren't far away from Brechfa at all :smt023 There are some fantastic roads around that way and the good lady and I will be looking to head out that way again soon (probably taking both the CTR and the Trophy).
Very nearly bought one before my current CTR after test driving one
Cheers Tara. Yeah, probably not the ideal car for sticking the kids in the back! Not exactly the comfiest of cars either for passengers (it can be a fairly harsh ride at times as I'm sure you'll recall!) The beauty of the bench seat is that it's easily removed to save yet more weight! :lol:
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As hinted at in earlier posts in here I took my Trophy in for it's 36k mile service last week and I've had nothing but trouble over it since. I still haven't got it back yet as I write this... how long does it take to do a 36k service? I was told around 6 hours and certainly not 6 or 7 days... :roll:
I took the car in last Friday for the 36k service and was assured (on a previous phone call when I originally booked the car in with Renault Cardiff) that their specialist would sort it out. This gave me a little more confidence considering the problem I had only a few weeks earlier with Renault at Griffin Mill (where *their* specialist had no idea what a ClioSport Trophy was and tried to get money out of me for having a non-standard car... yet the car is completely stock!) He obviously had no idea that the Recaro's came as standard with the Trophy and thus tried to charge me circa £300 for what was actually work under warranty. Luckily Renault UK fully compensated me on that one. But I digress... back to Renault Cardiff...
During the phone call above I mentioned about getting the accessory belt and tensioner pulley belt changed, and was told that this was not necessary until 5 years or 72k miles. I disagreed and stated that on the 2.0l 16v engines (as in the ClioSport) it had to be done every 36k miles. Hence, I explicitly asked for this to be written down and to carried out. I also asked for the bodyshop to fit a carbon fibre splitter to the front to replace the damaged standard splitter. The bodyshop had no idea what the front-splitter was... :roll: Still, they said they would do it and it was booked into the bodyshop immediately after the service.
I drop off my car early Friday morning (taking the day off work to do so) and decide to spend the day in Cardiff whilst they carry out the service. I return to the dealer mid-afternoon and a service advisor greets me and explains the car is ready (although the bodyshop hasn't had time to fit the splitter so I'll need to re-book!) Great. As I go through the notes of work carried out I notice that the final bill is, actually, really cheap. Too cheap. Before leaving I speak to Lyn and, like myself, believes the work to the belts hasn't been carried out. So I walk back in and speak to the advisor and, sure enough, they haven't even touched the belts! The response I get is that, "it doesn't need touching until 5 years or 72k miles..." At that point I went out to the car and returned with the manul and, in black and white, showed the instruction that indicates the belts need changing at 36k. I was not best happy. And, considering they'd had the car all day, why had it taken so long and thus meant my splitter had not been fitted?! Obviously I kicked up a fuss.
There and then the advisor ordered the relevant part needed to carry out the belt changes and I had to take it in the following week (which was last Tuesday). It had also been re-booked in to have the splitter fitted. I dropped the car off early again, made sure their guys knew what they were doing (I prayed) and left the car with them. Off into Cardiff again and another day off work. About 6 hours later I get a call from the advisor stating, "can you leave the car with us overnight?" Obviously I queried why and was told that the part ordered the previous week had not actually been ordered! So it had taken them 6 hours to realise and to tell me?!?!? Yes, I was fuming. I needed a car to get to Nottingham Tuesday night too as I had an important family get together early the next day. I was offered a courtesy car but then told they had none in and it was possible they wouldn't get one in until the end of the working day (by which time I had to ideally be on my way to Nottingham). It got to around 5pm and my car had - at least - had the splitter fitted but I was to leave it overnight in the hope it would get done the next day. Finally I also got a Twingo courtesy car and left the Trophy with them.
The next day (Wednesday) I'm with my family for the gathering I mention above and I receive a call around lunchtime. I am told, "can you leave the car with us again for another night?" I'm still angry at this point so, as you can imagine, I'm well and truly pi$$ed of by now. Inevitably I ask what's wrong and I'm told they've snapped a tensioner belt and don't have any replacement in stock. Hence, they need to order it for the next day and I'm without my car yet again. I'm also told the mechanic hurt his finger (I think he broke it from what I hear) after it snapped (the belt, not his finger...)
It's now Thursday (lunchtime approaching) and I still have not got my car. I just hope it gets sorted before the Easter weekend otherwise I'm going to be without the car for the weekend and this is somewhat of an inconvenience (not mentioning all the time/expense I've wasted and what a waste of my holidays it has been to this point).
The courtesy car is the new Renault Twingo and here are a few pics. It drives like a marshmallow and boasts similar performance... :lol:
*sigh*
From now on all my Renault work will be carried out by indie specialists and will never grace the forecourt of a dealers again.
I took the car in last Friday for the 36k service and was assured (on a previous phone call when I originally booked the car in with Renault Cardiff) that their specialist would sort it out. This gave me a little more confidence considering the problem I had only a few weeks earlier with Renault at Griffin Mill (where *their* specialist had no idea what a ClioSport Trophy was and tried to get money out of me for having a non-standard car... yet the car is completely stock!) He obviously had no idea that the Recaro's came as standard with the Trophy and thus tried to charge me circa £300 for what was actually work under warranty. Luckily Renault UK fully compensated me on that one. But I digress... back to Renault Cardiff...
During the phone call above I mentioned about getting the accessory belt and tensioner pulley belt changed, and was told that this was not necessary until 5 years or 72k miles. I disagreed and stated that on the 2.0l 16v engines (as in the ClioSport) it had to be done every 36k miles. Hence, I explicitly asked for this to be written down and to carried out. I also asked for the bodyshop to fit a carbon fibre splitter to the front to replace the damaged standard splitter. The bodyshop had no idea what the front-splitter was... :roll: Still, they said they would do it and it was booked into the bodyshop immediately after the service.
I drop off my car early Friday morning (taking the day off work to do so) and decide to spend the day in Cardiff whilst they carry out the service. I return to the dealer mid-afternoon and a service advisor greets me and explains the car is ready (although the bodyshop hasn't had time to fit the splitter so I'll need to re-book!) Great. As I go through the notes of work carried out I notice that the final bill is, actually, really cheap. Too cheap. Before leaving I speak to Lyn and, like myself, believes the work to the belts hasn't been carried out. So I walk back in and speak to the advisor and, sure enough, they haven't even touched the belts! The response I get is that, "it doesn't need touching until 5 years or 72k miles..." At that point I went out to the car and returned with the manul and, in black and white, showed the instruction that indicates the belts need changing at 36k. I was not best happy. And, considering they'd had the car all day, why had it taken so long and thus meant my splitter had not been fitted?! Obviously I kicked up a fuss.
There and then the advisor ordered the relevant part needed to carry out the belt changes and I had to take it in the following week (which was last Tuesday). It had also been re-booked in to have the splitter fitted. I dropped the car off early again, made sure their guys knew what they were doing (I prayed) and left the car with them. Off into Cardiff again and another day off work. About 6 hours later I get a call from the advisor stating, "can you leave the car with us overnight?" Obviously I queried why and was told that the part ordered the previous week had not actually been ordered! So it had taken them 6 hours to realise and to tell me?!?!? Yes, I was fuming. I needed a car to get to Nottingham Tuesday night too as I had an important family get together early the next day. I was offered a courtesy car but then told they had none in and it was possible they wouldn't get one in until the end of the working day (by which time I had to ideally be on my way to Nottingham). It got to around 5pm and my car had - at least - had the splitter fitted but I was to leave it overnight in the hope it would get done the next day. Finally I also got a Twingo courtesy car and left the Trophy with them.
The next day (Wednesday) I'm with my family for the gathering I mention above and I receive a call around lunchtime. I am told, "can you leave the car with us again for another night?" I'm still angry at this point so, as you can imagine, I'm well and truly pi$$ed of by now. Inevitably I ask what's wrong and I'm told they've snapped a tensioner belt and don't have any replacement in stock. Hence, they need to order it for the next day and I'm without my car yet again. I'm also told the mechanic hurt his finger (I think he broke it from what I hear) after it snapped (the belt, not his finger...)
It's now Thursday (lunchtime approaching) and I still have not got my car. I just hope it gets sorted before the Easter weekend otherwise I'm going to be without the car for the weekend and this is somewhat of an inconvenience (not mentioning all the time/expense I've wasted and what a waste of my holidays it has been to this point).
The courtesy car is the new Renault Twingo and here are a few pics. It drives like a marshmallow and boasts similar performance... :lol:
*sigh*
From now on all my Renault work will be carried out by indie specialists and will never grace the forecourt of a dealers again.
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