Hello, R26 Owner From Newton-Le-Willows

[Ian Hughes]

Hello! Always been a Ford man until I bought this almost 2 years ago. No regrets whatsoever! The car is better than the MK1 Focus RS I used to own! I saw a Turbo Renault stand at Tatton Park around 2016 and signed up but haven’t posted until now. Car is standard apart from modded airbox and K&N panel and .R spoiler. Done a lot with it in terms of maintenance wether mechanical or cosmetic and would like a runabout for by the end of the year so I can keep it in my garage all the time instead of just weekends. Enjoying reading some of the restoration threads, the commitment is awesome! Thanks for reading, Ian Hughes

 

[andybond]

Alright Ian ?

Small world but a mate of mine lives in Newton as well.

Great looking car you have there ! Any plans for it ?

Glad you saw us at a show !

 

[Ian Hughes]

Cheers Andy! I’m in 2 minds really. I’ve modded every car I’ve owned until this really. I’d love to mod it with exhaust etc but with them getting rarer and even rarer standard I dunno what to do. I’d love to just get power to my garage and get a runabout and see what the future brings. I see the odd Megane and Clio knocking about locally but nothing else unfortunately. There was a phase 1 RS Megane in Inferno and a white 5 GTT that I fell in love with at Tatton that year I’d love to show again, Shown my first ST170, MK1 RS and MK2 Focus ST and won best in show with all 3 but haven’t displayed or anything since 2011 What has your mate got in Newton if anything?

 

[andybond]

Hi fella.

He has a diesel skoda !

Could I be so bold as to suggest a run over to Leeds and a remap at RS tuning for the meg ? They have a VAT free offer on at the mo as well. I think it transforms the car

Ill see what I can do regarding Tatton. Keep an eye out for other events we goto - Blyton is a great weekend ( or day ! ) event.

 

[Ian Hughes]

Cheers Andy! I’ve been tempted by an RST remap since I bought the car but were gettin married in 6 weeks so can’t afford it just yet Nice one mate fingers crossed! I shown with RSIC at Tatton a few times

 

[andybond]

Hope the wedding goes well for you !

Keep the updates on the car coming - possibly start a project thread ? Be interesting to read about your experiences with it .

 

[Ian Hughes]

I’ll go through my old photo’s at the weekend an do one mate Thanks alot us too