172 Vs Vee 255

[Ali]

pee'd on!

 

[ForceIndia]

Who here's driven a mk1 and a mk2? Comparison?

 

[Ali]

Who here's driven a mk1 and a mk2? Comparison?

Me! But the mk1 wasn't mine and it was more about the noise...
It's a completely different noise too! gear change is louder in mk1 too!

 

[ForceIndia]

Think I need to test drive a mk1 before deciding. Either way it's gonna have to be mars red.

 

[Chris n nic]

here we go - i'll try and write a post without getting banned!

having driven ali's vee a couple of times and having previously owned a 203bhp 172 i'd say the vee would leave it quite easily. the vee does take a bit of getting used to and it was pissing it down one of the times so i was affraid to push it on, even when ali fell asleep! :boring:

It felt pretty planted and cornered well but again you need to find its limits as with any other car before you start pushing it.

however he did have some problems trying to pass teg the other week - didnt you son! :rasp:

I'd be surprised that it would have left you easily m8...maybe at daft speeds but mine isn't as powerful as yours and there is no way one would pull away 'easily'. My m8s 245bhp/300ftlb mk5 golf only managed to pull a car or so from 40-125mph...golf is probably 60kg lighter and 10bhp down but 80ftlb up so I would imagine that it would be quicker than a V

Just my observations

Chris

 

[MATT BLACK]

Worst handling, underpowered sports car ever

"Supercar!" if you please!

Of course thats why you bought one! Ya spanner!

I bought a new one in 2002 - if i had of known what they were like i would have bought something else. Unfortunately they were a new car at the time and the cars capabilities and characteristics were unknown by the new owners. You had to buy one to realise what a pig they were. Needless to say i got rid within 6 month. A well set up cup with very little money thrown at it would keep / take a V6 on track easy.

I understand you think there the best thing since sliced bread because you guys own one - your just backing your cars up, fair enough.

Supercar ??? .............. yeh right

 

[mace¬]

I bought a new one in 2002 - if i had of known what they were like i would have bought something else. Unfortunately they were a new car at the time and the cars capabilities and characteristics were unknown by the new owners. You had to buy one to realise what a pig they were. Needless to say i got rid within 6 month. A well set up cup with very little money thrown at it would keep / take a V6 on track easy.

I understand you think there the best thing since sliced bread because you guys own one - your just backing your cars up, fair enough.

Supercar ??? .............. yeh right

Out of curiousity, what were your main problems/things you didn't like with it and was this track or road use?

 

[Fred@BTM]

matt can only drive in straight lines, so his opinion is void IMO

 

[ForceIndia]

matt can only drive in straight lines, so his opinion is void IMO

The Derek Zoolander of CS?

 

[MATT BLACK]

lol @ the "V6 owners club" and there defense.

Come on lads dont take it to heart - theres better cars out there for less money

 

[ForceIndia]

I'm not an ambi-turner

 

[MATT BLACK]

matt can only drive in straight lines, so his opinion is void IMO

The Derek Zoolander of CS?

Who are you ? the Derek Trotter of V6clio.net

 

[mace¬]

lol @ the "V6 owners club" and there defense.

Come on lads dont take it to heart - theres better cars out there for less money

I'm not getting all defensive, I'm just curious about other peoples opinions on cars.

Just wanted to know what issues you had with it.

 

[Fred@BTM]

oh yes there are better cars for less money, but none that are anywhere near as exclusive, i like the pose factor

 

[MATT BLACK]

Track and road use

Very twitchy going into bends, worse accelerating out of them ( especially in the wet SWB rwd makes it worse ), front end seemed to light powering into corners, serious lack of power ( its rival from the same family was less than half the price and had the same performance ) Everytime you tried to launch the car at high revs it seemed the clutch couldnt handle the transfer and filled the cabin full of fumes..... To name but a few problems

 

[mattjk]

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Come on lads dont take it to heart - theres better cars out there for less money

Totally! But they do have the cool factor "Look at me with my massive love trunchan"

 

[MATT BLACK]

oh yes there are better cars for less money, but none that are anywhere near as exclusive, i like the pose factor

Agree - the birds on the cash till at McD's drive through used to love it.

 

[ForceIndia]

The Derek Zoolander of CS?

Who are you ? the Derek Trotter of V6clio.net

Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don't play their game.

 

[MATT BLACK]

a pic of the old dog

 

[mace¬]

Fair enough, I agree with you on the front end getting a bit light in fast corners and the clutch could have been stronger. I don't think its underpowered, I think its to heavy. I doubt many N/A V6 engines developed in the late 90's early 00's were producing much more power (could be wrong I'm guessing)

 

[Ali]

"Supercar!" if you please!

Of course thats why you bought one! Ya spanner!

I bought a new one in 2002 - if i had of known what they were like i would have bought something else. Unfortunately they were a new car at the time and the cars capabilities and characteristics were unknown by the new owners. You had to buy one to realise what a pig they were. Needless to say i got rid within 6 month. A well set up cup with very little money thrown at it would keep / take a V6 on track easy.

I understand you think there the best thing since sliced bread because you guys own one - your just backing your cars up, fair enough.

Supercar ??? .............. yeh right

Matt,

I'm winding you up, i'm well aware a well set up cup would keep up...I openly said before i reckon i could do an ultimately quicker lap around any track in an R27... But where the fun in that the vee is a challenge!

It's more about the presence & rareity of the car than the performance. bearing in mine i've raced karts since i was 8, caterhams, ginetta's & Radicals...I know what a good handling car feels like and the Vee is up here imo!!

 

[brisa4984]

oh yes there are better cars for less money, but none that are anywhere near as exclusive, i like the pose factor

yeah...never wanted one so much until yesturdays sun.

i just want to clean a b*****d v6 too.

character!

 

[MATT BLACK]

I bought a new one in 2002 - if i had of known what they were like i would have bought something else. Unfortunately they were a new car at the time and the cars capabilities and characteristics were unknown by the new owners. You had to buy one to realise what a pig they were. Needless to say i got rid within 6 month. A well set up cup with very little money thrown at it would keep / take a V6 on track easy.

I understand you think there the best thing since sliced bread because you guys own one - your just backing your cars up, fair enough.

Supercar ??? .............. yeh right

Matt,

I'm winding you up, i'm well aware a well set up cup would keep up...I openly said before i reckon i could do an ultimately quicker lap around any track in an R27... But where the fun in that the vee is a challenge!

It's more about the presence & rareity of the car than the performance. bearing in mine i've raced karts since i was 8, caterhams, ginetta's & Radicals...I know what a good handling car feels like and the Vee is up here imo!!

Wind up is my middle name - c,mon Alistair you should know me by now

 

[Ali]

Matt,

I'm winding you up, i'm well aware a well set up cup would keep up...I openly said before i reckon i could do an ultimately quicker lap around any track in an R27... But where the fun in that the vee is a challenge!

It's more about the presence & rareity of the car than the performance. bearing in mine i've raced karts since i was 8, caterhams, ginetta's & Radicals...I know what a good handling car feels like and the Vee is up here imo!!

Wind up is my middle name - c,mon Alistair you should know me by now

Just bow down and kiss my feet Matthew!

Vee - Supercar!

 

[MATT BLACK]

V stands for Very slow baldrick

 

[brisa4984]

vee - vagina in automotive form

so basically.. a vagina transformer

 

[ForceIndia]

vee - vagina in automotive form

so basically.. a vagina transformer

WTF????

 

[brisa4984]

medicinal majrauana again

 

[ForceIndia]

Schweeet. Fancy going white castle for burgers after you've smoked?

 

[brisa4984]

oh hell yeah.. we'll take the ratmobile. !

 

[Dash]

A 172 caught up with me in my V3 a while back.

 

[kully]

Schweeet. Fancy going white castle for burgers after you've smoked?

loved that film .....anyway keep on topic plz .

vee is in a different league tbh .

 

[ForceIndia]

Harold: I want that. Kumar: What? A Hot Dog Heaven super chili cheese dog? Harold: No. I want that feeling. The feeling that comes over a man when he gets exactly what he desires. I need that feeling! Kumar: Are you saying what I think you're saying? Harold: We gotta go to White Castle. Kumar: YES! YES! I knew you had it in you dude!

(Last time, promise)

 

[stoddie]

A 172 caught up with me in my V3 a while back.

V3?

i wont ask.......

 

[cat171]

Matt - "the old dog" as you put it, was it running NOS ?? If not what are the two canisters behind the seats ?

 

[DebV6]

lol @ the "V6 owners club" and there defense.

Come on lads dont take it to heart - theres better cars out there for less money

Maybe, but there aren't any that are as rare or head-turning as the vee for the same price imo.

 

[gaz44]

Love or hate the Vee, they have a nice engine but I don't think they are worth the money.

15k. Deffo worth it IMO, same price as new 172's were.

I wouldn't pay (have paid) £15 for a new 172. You can't compare a new 172 v a used Vee. So a £26K Clio v £15K Clio.

£10998 for a 50 miles Cup is what I would pay.

 

[Iridium]

To be fair, assuming Matt actually owns the 300c in his sig and isn't just on the Ollie pisstake band or something - it's a bit of a glass houses and stone situation talking about handling or underpowerd engines...

Dan

 

[riz]

for under 35k i wouldnt buy another car, EVO/WRX etc not a chance. They all have their good and bad points. The Vee is fantastic, it truly is a special car.

 

[gaz44]

for under 35k i wouldnt buy another car, EVO/WRX etc not a chance. They all have their good and bad points. The Vee is fantastic, it truly is a special car.

35K...You are a mug!