High mileage Clio 182
Discussion
Thought I would start documenting the journey of my 150,000 mile Clio 182 in Arctic Blue.
Back in August 2025 I sold my 197 Cup (Non A/C) with Recaros and Speedlines. With the exception of the sprint spoiler it was a totally standard, like many cars before it, I shouldn't have sold this one!
The R53 Cooper S was on the list as a replacement but I could never find the car right car, roll on November a car popped up locally for £2k that had been off the road for some time and the rest is history.
Pic of the one that got away!
The worthy successor
Back in August 2025 I sold my 197 Cup (Non A/C) with Recaros and Speedlines. With the exception of the sprint spoiler it was a totally standard, like many cars before it, I shouldn't have sold this one!
The R53 Cooper S was on the list as a replacement but I could never find the car right car, roll on November a car popped up locally for £2k that had been off the road for some time and the rest is history.
Pic of the one that got away!
The worthy successor
Nov 2025
So the car had apparently gone through it's MOT the previous year and was then parked up in a unit.
It had clearly had some money spent to get through the last MOT, new OEM shocks and Eibach springs, new discs and pads (crappy drilled discs by the looks of it), new Hankook tyres in 205/45/16, new Miltek exhaust and the Turinis all freshly refurbed.
I stuck it through an MOT not expecting it to pass, few stone chips on the windscreen, blowing exhaust and a minor oil leak were all that was reported. Happy days!
First stop, my usual guy Andy Turner in Leeds.(she was in good company)
Asked him to run through the car and change anything he felt needed doing.
- Fuel Filer
- Oil/Filter
- New OEM plugs
- Brake fluid change (RBF660)
- Checked alignment and all ok (may look at this in the future)
- Check the exhaust blow
- Checked the K&N air filter and that was pretty much new
- Investigate Oil leak
Got her back and all was well, slight leak but nothing to be concerned about and felt confident to actually get out in the car and drive it properly.
So the car had apparently gone through it's MOT the previous year and was then parked up in a unit.
It had clearly had some money spent to get through the last MOT, new OEM shocks and Eibach springs, new discs and pads (crappy drilled discs by the looks of it), new Hankook tyres in 205/45/16, new Miltek exhaust and the Turinis all freshly refurbed.
I stuck it through an MOT not expecting it to pass, few stone chips on the windscreen, blowing exhaust and a minor oil leak were all that was reported. Happy days!
First stop, my usual guy Andy Turner in Leeds.(she was in good company)
Asked him to run through the car and change anything he felt needed doing.
- Fuel Filer
- Oil/Filter
- New OEM plugs
- Brake fluid change (RBF660)
- Checked alignment and all ok (may look at this in the future)
- Check the exhaust blow
- Checked the K&N air filter and that was pretty much new
- Investigate Oil leak
Got her back and all was well, slight leak but nothing to be concerned about and felt confident to actually get out in the car and drive it properly.
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