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Test drove a 197 today while my Trophy was in for its 12K service. Dealer allowed me to really 'test' the car, staying away from dual carrageways in favour of a few miles of twisting country roads. Plus points for me... Cant argue with the claims of better build quality - it felt like a...

I asked the guys who run the local cliosport 'meet' nearest to me for some advice, they told me to use the main Renault dealer in Durham (Reg Vardy). Cost was only £178 for the 12,000 mile service and included a 1 litre top-up carton of oil, funnel and wipes. There were no 'unforseen'...

Hi Nik First and foremost - thanks for providing a great site for us Trophy owners to dicuss all aspects of the car and offer friendly advice. I for one have learned more from other members over the past few months that I could ever have hoped to find out on my own. Other than additional...

Here is a link to the article about the power gains produced by Optimax and Ultimate for different types of car: http://fifthgear.five.tv/jsp/5gmain.jsp?lnk=601&featureid=143&pageid=272

Love the seats - I usually get back pain after sitting in most car seats for over an hour, but have had no problems after 5+ hours straight in the car - other than being knackered from the actual driving. how tall are you and what build are you ?

Great photo Lee ! ... might be a stupid question, but if we do 'the ring' next year, is this route on the way ?

great to hear you are back on the road db, did they match the paint nicely on the bumper ?

short throw gearstick rear spoiler that lets the boot open fully (sick of having to 'limbo' under it !) keyless access with no visible locks on door slightly smaller steering wheel (and a better turning circle would be nice) happy with performance and hadling and would hate the clio to...

Thanks for going to the effort of sorting these out Nik... just ordered mine are you thinking of adding more items ?

find out tonight on Channel 5 at 8pm ! Fifth Gear Channel Five: Monday, November 14 2005 (20:00 - 21:00) Series 8 - Episode 6 of 10 Vicki Butler-Henderson takes on a death-defying challenge to get into the record books. Her goal is to drive in a straight line at 150mph - while wearing a...

Often overlooked, but very important to the balance and handling of your car. If you haven’t checked your pressures in a couple of weeks, go out an do it today - if you have been driving your Trophy hard, they will usually have changed. Most people seem to use the following...

Often overlooked, but very important to the balance and handling of your car. If you havent checked your pressures in a couple of weeks, go out an do it today - if you have been driving your Trophy hard, they will usually have changed. Most people seem to use the following pressures...

The dealer told me that the engine is run-in on a bench in the factory, which is why is has synthetic oil in it from the very start, so just make sure you warm it up properly and then go and enjoy yourself with it - vary the revs as much as possible to get a nicely performing engine (some b-road...

You should contact Renault to see if the site can be included in any upcoming newsletters that get mailed out to their customers. I think renault sport have one ?

Looking forward to some track day action next year - would love to do Donnington. Was it the full course and what sort of lap times did you manage ?

naw... Ranault saved the Blue Peter sticky-backed-plastic to hold their cars together !

Loving the idea of the stickers Ash amd the plate is great too ! Nice pics.

Great work on improving the image Maverick and Hyb ! I have just emailed everyone else who PM'd or left their email here asking for a copy. There are some great images of the car on display here at cliotrophy - Nik, you should consider doing a 2006 calendar - I feel sure there would be...

Wigstar, I always put optimax in the car but tried the new BP ultimate petrol that my local garage has just started selling - performance was unchanged from the optimax and I got 44 MPG coming home from work tonight ! (35 miles doing a steady 60mph in traffic) Might be worth a try. more...

Just an observation that I wanted to share, just in case anyone else had had the same experience since buying a 182... Had mine for two weeks now and before I owned it I can only remember seing a couple of 182's on the road in months. Since starting to drive one it seems like everyone has...

I have just emailed a hi-res copy of the image (1MB jpg) to everyone above who wanted one. Anyone else who wants a copy, just PM me or leave your email details below and I will email you asap.

Finally the sun came out today, so we took that car out for a spin in Northumberland and came across this river crossing. Seemed a shame to miss a photo opportunity like this, so here you are...

Hey guys... Let's here your reasons why you chose the Trophy as your car of choice ? Was it the reviews ? Was it the test drive ? Did someone you know own one ? Did you buy one without test driving it - purely based on reputation ? What were you looking for out of the car ? How happy...

Thanks for all of this science about the dampers on my car, I now consider myself better informed !

Changed the head unit in mine a few days after picking up the car. Slotted in a SONY F5550 (plays MP3's) - they have them on special at Amazon for £97 quid and the sound is fantastic when you choose the'xplod' and surround-sound modes. Highly recommended for the cost. Doesnt work...

Totally agree about the postion of the indicator - definately an afterthought ! You could always swap the LED for one of those extra-bright one's, so it would catch your attention more ? link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLIO-V6-172-182-B ... dZViewItem

Richard see below and then check out this page http://cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0 QUOTED TEXT---- Got a super speedy response from Jeremy, and he confirmed that the 182 engines are normally installed with Elf Excellium LDX 5W-40, a fully syn oil, and he also told me not...

I think you might have something here, I have 900 miles on mine now and up until the last 3 days its been going like a trocket from 5K upwards. The last 3 days its completely gone, and its no coincidence that I have been doing 50-60mph at about 2.5K revs in 5th gear for long stretches on the...

You will see it when you first switch on the car and all the dash icons light up

6 miles on mine, +400 in 48 hours !