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written by on 07/05/2010

I have owned a clio 182 now for about 2 years and it has been great car to drive. My one has the cup pack on it which has the cup spoiler,grey alloys and cup suspension. I still can't believe how quick this car is, it has no problem keeping up with its rivals. My one has been tuned by k-tec which are a renault tuning specialist, its has a janspeed exhaust system with sports cat, viper induction kit and it has been re-mapped to produce a fantastic 195bhp. It sounds great when you put you foot down, but its not loud at all when you are just cruising. I was thinking about buying the clio 197, but the power to weight ratio of the 182 is still 4bhp more than the new clio 200. I have had not a single thing go wrong with it, all I have done is changed the front tyres and given it an oil and filter change. The only down side is that the timing belt change on these cars is very expensive but don't let this put you off.It should be done at 36.000 miles, I've done 47.000 so far but I have been told by a local garage that the belt is fine and will not need changing for a long time. This car handles very well even in the wet, you get great feed back from the steering wheel and i recommend you keep the michelin exalto tyres on this car as standard with the cup pack. This car is now a great classic just like the williams.