Have not been on for a while, so here's what's going on about me and my clio.
The karma's been pretty bad for most of '08. Mid-last year I had a bout of liver/gallstone problem. Almost recovered now, but discovered my wife has a problem with her neck/spine late last year. She is still not quite recovered yet or may never recover back to 100%. So, as can be expected the clio has not been driven much from second half of last year. It's probably done less than 1000km overall, when I would normally do 2k to 3k every month. In fact, my wife's "easier to drive" Lancer has been the main workhorse. Fortunately, with ultralight rims, chassis braces and Tein coil/Monroe shock setup, the Lancer's ain't too shabby to drive.
Which brings me to the clio's future. I nearly decided to scrap it last week!! But decided on a stay of execution by laying it up for the next few months. Here's my predicament: The local Singapore dealer sold off the franchise last year and the new dealer couldn't be bothered to repair my clio. The only workshop that repaired performance Renaults are now doing Porsches. I can't sell it on as hardly anyone knows anything about clio williams. Nor would it be economical to export it (shipping anywhere cost at least 1000GBP). If I were to scrap or export it, I would recover about 4000GBP of the exhobitant car ownership tax (which, btw, is only a fraction of new car prices here).
On the bright side, I thank my lucky stars I was in too bad a shape last year to invest money in anything Though I got suckered in a bit on the first bounce in mid-Oct :(
I hardly read posts these days but will look in on this one from time to time. PM me, if you want to get my attention.
Cheers.