Isle of Man Trip

[tallandy]

I'm popping over to the IOM tomorrow for a long weekend with some friends. Just wondering if there are any Trophy's that live over there?

 

[Renaultsport]

Not me, but enjoy the roads! :twisted:

 

[marrow]

Is your car fixed A?

 

[tallandy]

Yes the roads are truly fantastic over there!

And yes the T is all repaired, when it came back Solus they had to collect it again as they had left a small crack near the badge and a blob of paint In one corner of the bonnet!!!!! (so much for quality control) maybe they've recently employed Ray Charles...

So it's all good now, new bonnet full front end respray and a trip to the IOM

Pics to follow

 

[Stevie]

I've been a few times and love it. It's a drivers dream for roads and speed over there.

I don't believe there is anyone resident with a Trophy but there are a few other RS Clios.

 

[SharkyUK]

Cool - we went there a couple of weeks back. Great fun as always! Clicky here for a few photos. The Trophy stayed at home though as we went in my partner's (Salem's) Type-R.

Here are a couple of vids, too. Still working on the rest of the footage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cokt0JNJVto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIzaDeT67g

Hopefully parts 3, 4 and 5 will be done soon! :lol:

Enjoy and have fun - I'm sure you will.

 

[tallandy]

I'm back from IOM went to Spain after and got stranded (volcano win)

After 48 hours of driving, walking, coaches, trains and ferries i'm back.

More IOM pics to follow: 8)

 

[marrow]

Andy, great photo! Will you be uploading on flickr?

 

[salem]

Loved the IOM SharkyUK and I have been two years running now doing an IOM Tour Rhys took his Trophy there the 1st year got some nice video footage of his Trophy too

 

[tallandy]

Andy, great photo! Will you be uploading on flickr?

Thanks mate, I went over with the MLR some pics on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tallandy/sets/72157623841355212/ there's quite a funny picture as well of me being 6ft 7 over shadowed by a true giant

 

[Stevie]

Nice pic, how did the T fair against the Evos?

 

[tallandy]

The T did very well against all the Evo's. The Evos that went ranged from 300bhp - 500bhp some. They were truly very suprised how quick it was to 100mph and even more shocked how quick it went around corners

Their instant reaction was ah its just some hot hatch... no match at all :wink:

By the end of the trip a few of them wanted to buy one as a track toy :lol:

What it did highlight though was how poor the standard reno brakes are (we know this already) I was only running standard discs and pads and really really do need to upgrade them!

When your flying up the mountain road at 120mph and coming up to a bend its nice to be able to stop a little quicker :shock:

 

[salem]

Its not so much about power on those roads.

 

[Stevie]

Good to hear, the mountain road is epic

 

[tallandy]

Truly epic, probably going to be an annual thing now for me

 

[marrow]

Seems those EVO X's depreciate like a stone. EVO had one a year or so back and it lost £8500 in 6 months.

Plus you'll be lucky to average more than 20mpg.

Once again, makes the T seem incredibly good value to buy+own.

 

[tallandy]

Absolutely I mean some of the money those guys have to spend on brakes, servicing, parts was just insane, I mean one guy had blown about 20k on his Evo X tuning it.

My whole T is worth 7k

 

[tallandy]

More pics, full set on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tallandy/sets/72157623841355212/

 

[Sam_K]

You have a good camera!

 

[tallandy]

Thanks man, I sometimes shoot with my wife for her wedding photography business. Hence the good kit