I'm getting my new clio v6 mk1 on saturday. I'm really excited.

sold my evo last week cos i fancied something different and i reckon the clio looks amazing.

what do u guys think?

oh and am i mad getting my mate to drive me from chesterfield, derbyshire at 1 in morning to a place called Banff, aberdeenshire?

Then hopefullly i'll drive the clio back.

total of 900 miles or so. Hopefully before midnight saturday.

any advice about the route?

cheers

is this a donor for a middy?

Banff is quite a distance even from Aberdeen...I used to go there at the weekends with the karts to use them on the track up there.

Redbull is your friend

My Nan lives in Banff

I work jus round the corner from Banff

give me a shout If you need a second opinon on the clio.

I could even test drive it for ya

chesterfield to Banff , thats a good M8 who's willing to do that run nice car though, I'm sure it will be worth the trip

I did a lot of karting up there as well (long time ago though!)

Cheers
Alex
Damn, have you got some Scottish blood in you John?

yeh ok mate if i need another opinion i'll let u know. Hopefully it should be a nice car. Its only done 15000 miles and is mint apparently.

Yeh my mate who's taking me helps loads. When i got my kitcar we fetched it from france.
To be fair we had a rate laugh on the way and it was like a little holiday. Hopefully saturday will be ok and it wont rain cos i dont fancy a mid engined clio in the wet.

We are planning to go through manchester onto the m6 then up to perth. Not sure after that????

Are there loads of speed cameras?

any idea how long it will take ??

Lol no worries

Between Perth and Dundee they have them new Average speed camera things

The Dundee to Aberdeen road A90 has about 5 or 6 normal speed cameras dotted about.

be careful as there is one as you come into aberdeen when its turned into a 40 mph zone

Aberdeen to Banff is about 45 miles and will take jus over an hour depending on yer right foot

Multimap reckons its 448 miles
and will take about 6-7 hours

good luck

Keep the sea on your right going up. Good luck mate I usually use AA route or variations on its output when I go on a roadtrip. I like Clios as well.

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thanks guys. I'll let u know how it goes and hopefully i'll have some pics to post of my new baby.

And just to make my day i've just got my kitcar running perfectly too. I reckon it needs to be a hot summer so all the toys can come out to play

From Chesterfield I would probably use the M1, A1, A66, M6, M74 and then not sure of the numbers.

Hope it stays dry for you - great car which should ensure you always concentrate whilst driving

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Originally posted by ecosse
chesterfield to Banff , thats a good M8 who's willing to do that run nice car though, I'm sure it will be worth the trip

I did a lot of karting up there as well (long time ago though!)

Cheers
Alex
Damn, have you got some Scottish blood in you John?

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A few years ago I was on the Hoek of Holland - Harwich ferry (I was living in Holland coming for a job interview in the UK), and as I was driving onto the ferry in my Polo G40 I spotted two Clios with what I thought were body kits. I walked past one of them and noticed the lack of rear seats, and then saw them both driving off the ferry later completely sideways!

A bit of scouring around showed them to be the pre-production S1 Clio V6s!

It may be French AND a Renault, but they're very cheeky!

Does it come with a free Nicole?

i've got it. its mint to say the least.