View Full Version : How did you end up with your clio?
Personally I had always wanted a valver, and have been a williams lover for years, so it is my first car and chosse it after looking at about 20.
How did you end up with your valver/williams? Was it something you had always wanted or did you just fall into clio ownership?
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back in 1996 a bloke who i worked with at a supermarket had a valver and one weekend a lod of us went to ford fair in oxford from essex in the valver and it was such a smooth ride(i was in the back all the way there and back) and fell in love with the clio! but he always wanted a williams back then but obviously the prices were still high and he couldnt afford one! so i thought i would always like to own one,one day! and then last year i bumped into him in the williams, his valver had gone years ago. always wanted to know what happened to his valver tho????
Andyvalver
18-11-2006, 00:49
I always wanted a clio as my first car. Wanted a valver but bought an rt for insurance reasons. Bought my valver, had it over 3 years and wouldnt change it for any other type of car :D
My R5 GTT ****ed me off so I sold it and got a 16V cuz it was much better quality, cheap and fast.
Me mums mate was selling a ph3, 1.2 really liked mk1s as they were cheap heard she was selling it so i bought it for £££ regretably wish id have gon for ph2 now!! :cry:
thought it was u who said only last week that Mk 2's are ghey Joel??!!
Make you bluddy mind up. LOL
think he means Mk1 Ph2, not the bug eye Ph3 Nyk
ah right, didnt think there was any difference apart from the lights, bit off topic now but can't you just change em for a set of Ph1/2 lights Joel??
thought it was u who said only last week that Mk 2's are ghey Joel??!!
Make you bluddy mind up. LOL
mk1 ph2!!!!
mines a mk1 ph3
ah right, didnt think there was any difference apart from the lights, bit off topic now but can't you just change em for a set of Ph1/2 lights Joel??
Lights, Bonnet, 16v wings, 16v bumper id go for if i wanted to 16v rep it
Bought my hybrid 7 weeks ago to use for road rallies,have driven it 3 times and hate it so it has to go,anyone want to buy an N reg williams powered hybrid or trade for a mk2 escort. Merlin
trade for a mk2 escort.
Good choice. But why not keep both? Both different cars, in terms of throttle driving, but isn't that half the fun.
seanofnp
18-11-2006, 05:49
My mate had a williams when i had my 206... saw it fell in love, sold my 02 plate 28k mile 206 for a 95 valver as i couldnt afford williams insurance and valver insurance was nearly 3 grand as it is :P
Laine_16v
18-11-2006, 07:38
My mate had one and i loved it, i NEEDED to get one :lol:
I always fancied a valver myself.... but now im bored of it so its going :lol:
mozzawily
18-11-2006, 10:18
Strange circumstances me buying a williams, basically i had a 200 sx but after8 months of ownership i discovered the engine was ****ed... it was loosing compression on 1 cylinder so i cut my losses and sold the thing very reluctanly.... spendt 3 months trying to buy an impreza, really wanted an evo but evo4's still were good money back then.....
Anyway every wrx i saw had been trashed and i desperatley needed a car so saw my williams advertised and thought if i bought it it wouldnt loose as much money then i could get my evo so i bought it.....
A year on im still evo-less but am buying a house so i have to wait for my dream :-(
Tommyturbo
18-11-2006, 11:05
i had a 5 turbo for a few years and was offered valver for penny at a garage i work at i drove it around for a few days and i loved it untill the piston rings went on it i swore that day i would own another one so the natural progression was to the williams love them cars !!!
dan-hipgrave
18-11-2006, 11:34
I had a couple of Novas, and after them both failing MOTs and me scrapping them i wanted something different and a lot quicker - was looking at escort gti's and such when a mate suggested the valver...looked them up on the net and had to have one :D
bluenose
18-11-2006, 13:07
It never really crossed my mind that i could actually afford to own a williams tbh, then i saw a few advertised cheaply and thought it might become affordable if i can get a reasonable insurance quote so i phoned round a few companies and all being well, i'll be picking up the willy on tuesday! It'll be my 3rd clio after going from a 1.2 to a 1.4rt. Was going to look for a valver but if the price is right, why not go one better?! :D
years ago i remember seeing a dimma williams turn on to my street
it looked awsome with the blue and gold and i knew i wanted to own 1
so having lost my job i thought with the payout money i would buy 1 while i had the dosh :)
best car iv owned so far :)
Bought my hybrid 7 weeks ago to use for road rallies,have driven it 3 times and hate it so it has to go,anyone want to buy an N reg williams powered hybrid or trade for a mk2 escort. Merlin
what mark 2 are you looking for mate??? 1.6 mexico? or a 2.0 rs 2000 ???
I dont mind wot kind of escort it is even a four door will do as it is only going to be used for road rallies,i would like if possible a 1.6 plus but even this does not matter as i will fit a 2lt pinto.why do you ask by the way do you have an escort, Merlin
Hmm wanted a williams for ages and well got one simple as that :D
Also want a Noble m400, but still working on that one ;D
Well basicaly I was on my way to market with some cattle when an old man blocked my path. He asked if I wanted to trade my cattle for a magic car, so I said ok.
I gave him my cows and he showed me to the car. It looked fairly normal, it was blue and a bit rusty. The second I got in all the money from wallet dissapeared... I thought wow this really is magic, so I started the thing up and went to drive it home.
By the time I got home the bayliffs were just leaving and Mr Bank Manager was showing a form that said 'Bankrupt' on it. Then the car imploded.
i had a saxo vtr at the time and could finally insure something with power! always liked the williams, my sister bought a valver so 2 week later i got a williams 3!!
:D
also found the bug eye at work for cheap so snapped it up! had it 3 month ish
Smokey McPot
19-11-2006, 04:13
Stole it.
Read about Mr Stromba's Williams in Evo magazine, thought I'd try one myself :)
Justin..
20-11-2006, 10:36
wanted a williams for years, didnt even now the valver existed untill i met someone who had one! saw my valver on ebay and just had to have it :D
Just had a 1.4 Mk1 as the first car, quite liked it, then started reading up on the 16v/williams, fell i love with the styling, and was impressed on how highly you guys spoke of them.........So when I was 18 went oult and brought a valver! (couldn't afford a Williams :( )
BigBoreBri
20-11-2006, 20:40
I spent about 6 months hunting for the perfect williams before giving up and buying a MK1 172... It spent 6 weeks out of 18 at the dealership getting various faults fixed before i wrote it off "in" style, lol. :gun:
4 Days later i found my williams 4 sale on 18k in sheffield... job dun!! :D
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