Thanks for the welcome.
I wont lie, the clio was epic. The attention and respect you get in it was un rivaled. I used to go to goodwood breakfast meet regularly where there are ferrari's astons etc and it got more attention than all of them. To drive it was fun, the noise of the engine behind you was amazing. However it could be a bit tricky to handle and not the sort of car you would want to lose the back as there is little chance of catching it.
The Zed is alot quicker and alot more refined to drive. I do miss the rarity of the clio but i had had it for a year and it was time for a change. I would not rule out buying a Phase 2 in the future though