Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
for 2 years ive had my 1.2 16v clio, spent loads and loads on it and always drive it to the limit every time i drive it. and ive never once got bored of it (just always wanted more power, but always enjoyed driving it)
a week and a half ago i got my mk2 172 in iceberg silver, I love the way it looks, love the interior and extra torque is brilliant around town. but i have one problem with it thats making me not enjoy it, and already im bored of driving it and took my 1.2 tonight to my girfriends house as its fast roads all the way there and had brilliant fun!
the problem is its not very planted to the road, it has loads of grip round a roundabout etc but on the road its all over the road, i put this down to torque steer but surely not in 3rd and 4th gear?
ive had a couple of ideas of what it could be but just need some help to figure out the problem.
a week and a half ago i got my mk2 172 in iceberg silver, I love the way it looks, love the interior and extra torque is brilliant around town. but i have one problem with it thats making me not enjoy it, and already im bored of driving it and took my 1.2 tonight to my girfriends house as its fast roads all the way there and had brilliant fun!
the problem is its not very planted to the road, it has loads of grip round a roundabout etc but on the road its all over the road, i put this down to torque steer but surely not in 3rd and 4th gear?
ive had a couple of ideas of what it could be but just need some help to figure out the problem.
- could it be due to the 16" wheels? keeping in mind i hated them on my 1.2 as i got a similar problem to this, and thats why i have 15" wheels on it
- Does it need the tracking done? none of the wheels are kerbed, so it doesnt appear to have had any hard dunts and its only done 24k miles so wouldnt think the tracking would be out to much, but possible?
- does it need slammed on a set of coilovers like my 1.2 or even just a set of stiffer springs?
- could the dampers have worn to such a level that it would be noticeable in 3yrs/24k?! (it is a renault!! lol)