So I bought No 37 from Phil Turner on here in December/ January. Like many on here I wanted a Clio V6 with the intention of keeping it for ever and adding various other cars to it as time passes. It was strange driving someone else’s car out of their garage and Phil later text me saying it was equally strange watching someone else drive off in his car, however five minutes into the journey home and the first time driving a v6 I became totally consumed by it, stopped for some V-power and grinned all the way home.
This gave me all of three days to enjoy the car, a few local journeys, a trip to my house in London and that was it, back in the garage.
The reason for this is due to the fact that I had already moved to Moscow, I live and work here full time but the decision to get a V6 was made a long time ago, the distance between me and the car for 99% of the year was merely an inconvenience.
After a drastically overhyped Russian winter (-20 degrees occasionally) I flew back for 10 days in May. The car was in good health as it sits on a trickle charger amongst good company and gets taken out regularly for all the obvious reasons.
Although the car appeared to have had a very happy life with a long list of replaced parts I had always wanted someone to check the car over before any long journeys. So the day after I arrived back Mark Fish gave the car a clean bill of health and we were ready to go for a drive.... :race:
First off was the packing, lots of moaning on various forums about impracticalities but here is the evidence that it really is a piece of cake. Especially when you have a Master packer at hand...
Tent, blow up bed, pump, coats and bag of cloths all in the front without any hassle all served nice and warm at the other end.
Other soft stuff behind the seats, loads of space behind there, must be more ambitious next time.
The grand plan was a couple of days bombing around France/ Belgium and Holland, we had a tent and a Clio V6 not much more one really needs! I thought camping was done in the woods or by the river but in Holland they take it very seriously with a rather more perminant approach than me!
I forgot my Sky TV at home, next time I'll put on top of the engine covers!
The looks we got from the rest of the people (all pensioners) were priceless, I'm sure there must be other people on here that enjoy packing and unpacking the front boot in the least subtle way possible. As the whole campsite were watching us from their plastic tables it seemed rude not to magic out a tent and cloths from the engine bay...
This gave me all of three days to enjoy the car, a few local journeys, a trip to my house in London and that was it, back in the garage.
The reason for this is due to the fact that I had already moved to Moscow, I live and work here full time but the decision to get a V6 was made a long time ago, the distance between me and the car for 99% of the year was merely an inconvenience.
After a drastically overhyped Russian winter (-20 degrees occasionally) I flew back for 10 days in May. The car was in good health as it sits on a trickle charger amongst good company and gets taken out regularly for all the obvious reasons.
Although the car appeared to have had a very happy life with a long list of replaced parts I had always wanted someone to check the car over before any long journeys. So the day after I arrived back Mark Fish gave the car a clean bill of health and we were ready to go for a drive.... :race:
First off was the packing, lots of moaning on various forums about impracticalities but here is the evidence that it really is a piece of cake. Especially when you have a Master packer at hand...
Tent, blow up bed, pump, coats and bag of cloths all in the front without any hassle all served nice and warm at the other end.
Other soft stuff behind the seats, loads of space behind there, must be more ambitious next time.
The grand plan was a couple of days bombing around France/ Belgium and Holland, we had a tent and a Clio V6 not much more one really needs! I thought camping was done in the woods or by the river but in Holland they take it very seriously with a rather more perminant approach than me!
I forgot my Sky TV at home, next time I'll put on top of the engine covers!
The looks we got from the rest of the people (all pensioners) were priceless, I'm sure there must be other people on here that enjoy packing and unpacking the front boot in the least subtle way possible. As the whole campsite were watching us from their plastic tables it seemed rude not to magic out a tent and cloths from the engine bay...
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