The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
1 year mega bump.
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clio sport 172
Ive had my 172 from new, 8 years ago! I was also toying with the idea of change, with having a little one on the way and doing loads of miles for work, but the clio still puts a smile on my face and for what i'd get for it it's not worth getting into debt! I'll work around having a child in it (as its still standard apart form induction kit and stealth s/s xhaust) and if i take my time (dont leather it up to 70) i get decent MPG too!
I'm 26 and always had fiestas and focuses up until last year. Decided to get something much more grown up in a V70. Absolutely beautiful car but the most boring thing I've ever driven. Got myself a 172 after that and now I even look forward to driving to work in the mornings. My only problem now is that a part of my badly wants a 182 in RB or Arctic. Seems like a stupid waste of money when I have my sensible head on though
fill the old girl up find a nice quite stretch of road and blow some cobwebs out watch the smile instantly appear from ear to ear thats what i do when i see all my mates driving bmws mercs and audi all these new cars dont compare in driving feel to my little 172 which is why i have one
Evo 5 RS
Don't agree with this. I've got something pretty epic coming my way in January, but it's on the hush atm (lets just say it's a lot more refined)
But sell the 172? What is the point? Worth very little in the grand scheme of things and I grin every time I drive it, I would gain f/a from getting rid of it apart from regret! I don't believe in any of this growing out of business honestly. I think it's more that people are worried what others think of them, and that's their prerogative. It's the same car it was when you owned it..
Best of both worlds is a luxury, maybe, but don't kid yourself by saying you're too old for it.
But sell the 172? What is the point? Worth very little in the grand scheme of things and I grin every time I drive it, I would gain f/a from getting rid of it apart from regret! I don't believe in any of this growing out of business honestly. I think it's more that people are worried what others think of them, and that's their prerogative. It's the same car it was when you owned it..
Best of both worlds is a luxury, maybe, but don't kid yourself by saying you're too old for it.
What was wrong with the mini? I've always quite liked them!
I've just gone from an M3 to a 182 and I can see how people can grow out of clios.
Everyone wants to race me, the neighbours think it's a chav wagon, and the low down torque is jokey.
I'm fine with that, I knew what I was buying as I've had one before! But I can understand how they can prematurely age you lol.
I'm 24 btw!
clio 182
a had a clio in 2007 and rolled it over 4 times it was a 1.2 black clio loved it but said never again as a crashed it but after going from a corsa (R REG) to a civic sport (55 reg) to a fiesta st (08 Reg) and u guest it am back to a clio 55 reg 182 black and a love it to bits so nice to drive
Focus
The moment I took the milltek exhaust off my old 172, was the moment I started enjoying it again. I was absolutely gutted when it started dieing on me, a small part of me regrets selling it and buying my 225, but logic stated spending £1000s on a cheap car, to get it right, wasn't viable.
Renault didn't spend millions developing the 1*2 for no reason, as a standard car they really are great fun. When people start modding cars to the point when they become loud, brash, etc - is the moment they start spoiling them. This is all my own opinion, obviously, as the majority of people on here will disagree with me.
Renault didn't spend millions developing the 1*2 for no reason, as a standard car they really are great fun. When people start modding cars to the point when they become loud, brash, etc - is the moment they start spoiling them. This is all my own opinion, obviously, as the majority of people on here will disagree with me.
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MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I've had mine almost eight years from new now. It's been relentlessly thrashed, bumped and scraped a few times, stolen, recovered, but still gives me the James May fizz every time it gets wrung out.
I'll never grow out of it.
I'll never grow out of it.
Coby.
ClioSport Club Member
Over 5 years with mine now and I've been on about getting rid for the past 2 but its still here... 1 reason is because its worth so little but the other reason is that when i'm on my own on the right roads I love it and mine is in need of some work so if I fix it all up and get it tight I know I'll love it again for a year.
I do enjoy seeing people put down 'gay' MINI's while sitting in their super manly Clio.
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
It depends. If you have a bright coloured one, lowered, loud exhaust. I can understand growing out of it.
But a standard subtle one? Nah. It's only us geeks that notice that it's a quick/sporty version anyway. To most they look at it and think it's the same one that Doris takes to the shops.
But a standard subtle one? Nah. It's only us geeks that notice that it's a quick/sporty version anyway. To most they look at it and think it's the same one that Doris takes to the shops.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
I dont think i'm growing out of the clio necessarily, its more that i've got to a point where i have pretty much mastered getting the best out of FWD these days. As such, from a driving 'challenge' perspective, im finding myself more drawn towards RWD, especially RWD on a track, where i find that FWD is starting to get, well a little boring.
The clio is an epic car, that you can simply jump in & have a wail of a time, but i think im starting to 'grow out of it' now.
The clio is an epic car, that you can simply jump in & have a wail of a time, but i think im starting to 'grow out of it' now.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
lol, & the fact that when you clamber out out of a pink clio with bucket seats & a roll cage, whilst wearing a pinstripe suit, you look like a tw4t.
182cup & 172 racecar
Don't even think about it being a Clio,it's just a car that I can either potter around in,thrash the fook out if it,let my missus drive it to work every day,plus we don't need a bigger car.
So all round it's spot on,lol at "grow out of it",it's just a car ffs.
So all round it's spot on,lol at "grow out of it",it's just a car ffs.
Clio 182, 911
I've owned my 182 since new, sold it to my uncle to help pay for a 1999 996 C4 Cab my brother in law was selling (what can I say, we keep it in the family!). I thought I too had grown out of the little Clio (I'm 37). I was wrong - I bought it back after just six months! The thing is that when you buy a much faster car you find that you very rarley get to open it up and truly enjoy it, unlike the 182...
"The thing is that when you buy a much faster car you find that you very rarley get to open it up and truly enjoy it, unlike the 182" - Completely agree with you, this is real talk.
+1.
As I said, I don't have a problem with it, but I can see how it can become tiresome after a while.
Didn't get too many people wanting a race in the M3! Strange...
this is SO true.
The older people who "dont care" what others think and cane it about in a clio are probs the same ones who try and dress like they are 21 and be cool on the dance floor at a 50th wedding anniversary party.
I still like clios, 172/182 = deffo have grown out of, its now a young chavs car, 197/200 = would be seen in as they are still being driven by more mature people.
i would NEVER be seen in a modded car of any type now, deffo grown out of that, in fact i grew out of modded cars when i was about 20.
182cup & 172 racecar
I like my Clio,but I certainly don't think I'm 21.
Any car can be classed as a chav mobile,if it's got a tool driving it.
But then mine isn't modded and never will be.
Any car can be classed as a chav mobile,if it's got a tool driving it.
But then mine isn't modded and never will be.
Daniel
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
WTF are you all banging on about ''growing out of a car''.
Its a car, not a shirt or a pair of Doc Martens.
I buy/drive cars that I enjoy. I couldn't give a fcuk what people think of me thats their problem. If I'm 31 years of age married with two kids and people scoff because i'm driving a K reg rusty clio with a roll cage they can kiss my ass. I'm enjoying myself, they're too hung up on driving something newer than their neighbour while their partner is having sex at work with a colleague.
Its a car, not a shirt or a pair of Doc Martens.
I buy/drive cars that I enjoy. I couldn't give a fcuk what people think of me thats their problem. If I'm 31 years of age married with two kids and people scoff because i'm driving a K reg rusty clio with a roll cage they can kiss my ass. I'm enjoying myself, they're too hung up on driving something newer than their neighbour while their partner is having sex at work with a colleague.
182cup & 172 racecar
Exactly.
i'm 32, if i drove about in a boy racers car at my age i'd be in the minority, for a reason! People my age grow out of boy racer style cars (i.e a clio), i dont see why that is so hard to accept. It is different to growing out of fast cars BTW.
And if you would judge someone who modded the hell out of a car and ruined it (i.e 50%) of CS, why judge me for not wanted to be seen in the car i was driving almost 7 years ago?
RDH
ClioSport Club Member
Problem after problem after problem. German aint cheap either!
My 182's gave me a bad knee, The GTI made me fall asleep, My Vts made me sick when I looked at it, My Saxo nearly killed me, My Pug leaks more water than Jordan's gash...
All cars have their faults.
All cars have their faults.
And now it's giving me a bad knee
lolI'd actually forgotten how heavy the clutch is, the car is the complete opposite to my VW caddy lite, which is mega light clutch/steering etc, and sits really high!
Fiesta Zetec S TDCi
I sometimes wonder if I'll ever grow into mine tbh!
Have to agree with those saying it's not about age though. I'm no doubt one of the older users of this site but I only got mine last year, I have a love/hate relationship with the bloody thing but I guess that's the same with most cars, they do go wrong. Just annoying that the previous owner had barely anything go wrong in 6 years and I've spent 12 months replacing what feels like everything!
Have to agree with those saying it's not about age though. I'm no doubt one of the older users of this site but I only got mine last year, I have a love/hate relationship with the bloody thing but I guess that's the same with most cars, they do go wrong. Just annoying that the previous owner had barely anything go wrong in 6 years and I've spent 12 months replacing what feels like everything!
realnumber 1
ClioSport Club Member
Wow, stuck up much!!
I'm 34 and drive a 172, doesn't make me a boy racer. Keen driver yes!
It's no different to all the older people you see driving Golf gti's, Focus ST's, Cupra's etc. Not everyone has the disposable income to be buying Z4's, Caymans etc like your self yet still want a good drivers car...
This growing out of Clio's is a load of crap. At the end of the day it's a fine drivers car on a budget.
And now it's giving me a bad knee
I'd actually forgotten how heavy the clutch is, the car is the complete opposite to my VW caddy lite, which is mega light clutch/steering etc, and sits really high!
I drove my mums polo for a day or two, when I got back in the 182 I though the clutch had seized lol
Oh no, just ridiculously heavy....
Bought the GTI a few months after
