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    Bye bye 485

    After 16 years of ownership and 49k miles of fun family life has put an end for the need of the trophy and it’s been sold to someone who’s going to mint her back up and spend the money bringing her back to factory fresh . Really sad to see her go but onwards and upwards to sensible family car...
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    Door card

    As you may of seen I’ll be selling my trophy soon and want to get it minted back up. I have a crack to the drivers side door card and a tear to the fabric . I bought a new card from a breakers online but it was the wrong colour . Does anyone know which Clio our interior came from ? I wondered...
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    Confused!

    Difficult decision time... owned 485 since brand new done 49k miles . Sachs likely need rebuild , and have serviced the car myself since new so no official service history other than cam belts done by Renault . Car failed mot today on emissions and did last year two , put new cat on and it...
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    Damper rebuilds

    Hi all, had the trophy since brand new and only use it once every few weeks as i cycle to work and back. Its just aproaching 50k miles and I've got a horrendous knocking sound from the near side front suspension area. Im thinking the sachs may need so attention as the car has just passed the mot...
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    Possible sale :-(

    Im in the market for a campervan and am torn between cheap camper and clio or nice camper as every day vechile. I cycle to work and back and my clio is doing between 5-10 miles a week unless I go to my gf's at weekend which is 90 miles round trip. Im just not getting use so thinking of selling...
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    Throttle bodies

    Beginning to get used to the power/speed of my trophy now and not far off paying it off in full, fancy an upgrade, i love the handling but would like at bit more power at the top end. Having looked at k-tech site and Yozzasport quite like the look of a throttle body/ turbo conversion, pref...
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    playing with civic's

    Have any of you had any run in's with civic type r's? had a play with one last weekend and whilst i admit he was pulling away slowly in a straight line when it came to roundabouts his ass was severly handed to him on a plate! then :D next day i had a lad in a new golf gti who wanted some, i...
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    snow!!

    We've had a fair bit of snow in some bits of bradford, just reaslised how she-hite the trophy is in the snow! :x has a nyone else noticed this, my friend was in her 1.5dci clio, it went uphill fine. i try traction on not a hope, traction off, loads of wheel spin and nothing, is anyone running...
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    highs and lows

    :roll: highs today was going to town, on way down got a few admiring glances from the local lads, no not cos of me but cos of the car ( well at least i hope it was!) what i did notice tho as i went to petrol station and parked was the amount of attention you get from the local ladies, is...
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    complaining to renault

    :twisted: After having my trophy for only a week i feel a letter of complaint coming on!! not to the dealership but to renault themselves Another member off here told me of a few things to check on the car before i paid for it, well the front splitter was missin so had to rebook it in to...
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