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seb
ClioSport Club Member
Clio trophy
the old clio is girly looking tbh and is a young persons car imo. but if the older generation still enjoy it no worries to me tbh.
i'd actually quite like a 325 bmw tbh now. drive a bmw 3 series at work and i love it. drives superb. plus sounds awesome. plus may sound a bit corny, but i just ''like'' the bmw interior/feel. just feels good.
i'd actually quite like a 325 bmw tbh now. drive a bmw 3 series at work and i love it. drives superb. plus sounds awesome. plus may sound a bit corny, but i just ''like'' the bmw interior/feel. just feels good.
guy in my town is 50 and drives rs's, had a 182 and is driving a 197 cup, if clio fits in with your lifestyle then why not, i dont have kids and planning a new rs
+1
im just about to turn 44 got a ph2 172 cup and love it
197
46 here in a 197. Yes I could have a Beemer or an Audi but then I'd be like my work colleagues, old before their time. I spend 40 hours a week acting grown up so what's wrong with having a bit of fun in a 197 regardless of age. If anybody wants to buy me a new car, tax it, insure it and pay the running costs then I will happily let the Clio go.
+1
Dude I thought you were just a bit older than me like 21-22 !
And there speaks the font of all wisdom.
WTF does it matter what age you are and driving an RS. :nono:
If Evo (A grown up's Magazine) puts two in their top ten driver's cars then they must be right. Who says that speed should be for the young. All I can say is £240 a year insurance why shouldn't I drive an RS. :rasp:
BTW I am 52 and bought my Clio to celebrate my kid's leaving home and being able to buy a car for me and not my family. I think I deserve it and have much more fun in it than any other car that I have owned.
I'm also fairly active on this forum and turn up for local and national meets.
I'm 39 and have owned an Integrale and Scoobies before I got into Clio's having had most MK1's including 2 Williams's and now I've got a Trophy.
My car is tracked regularly and I really can't think of a car that's so much bang for the buck........
Plus I pay under £500 fully comp with all my mods declared and get 30mpg try getting that in a Scooby or Evo.
Never felt too old for my car but maybe I am old enough to know how to drive it and have fun - LOL
My car is tracked regularly and I really can't think of a car that's so much bang for the buck........
Plus I pay under £500 fully comp with all my mods declared and get 30mpg try getting that in a Scooby or Evo.
Never felt too old for my car but maybe I am old enough to know how to drive it and have fun - LOL
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182 Cup
182 Cup
I must admit, I went out on a date the other night and I took an Audi A3 rather than the Clio. Buckets and harnesses don't give the right first impression.
ROPMFSLDude I thought you were just a bit older than me like 21-22 !
wish i was dude , but what the heck still feel the same as i did when i was 25 
Vee 6
The good thing about being an older driver is you can afford the go faster bits instead of dreaming about them:rasp:
What's so important about all this image crap... If it makes YOU smile... It's right for you.
What's so important about all this image crap... If it makes YOU smile... It's right for you.
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172Cup, Golf Gti 1.8T
Too old for a Cliosport?
Haha
f**k off!
Haha
f**k off!
Clio 182 with cup kits
Your only too old when you want to drive slow in it! In other words require a car for a different purpose other than fun. I'm 35 and got a 3 year old and another on the way. Missus has the sensible Audi A4, so I'm keeping the clio 182 wihich I've just let K-tec play with. A guy at the begining of this thread said that the focus RS or St was the next logical step up... Well yes in terms of performance but they are even more young man boy racer looking than the clio. Point is most people can't even afford the insurance on the clio until they're 25+ anyway so how's 25 too old? No diffinately get another one. 182 is better (imo) but if your gonna do mods you may as well get the cheaper 172 and mod that.
RS RIP
I'm 39 and have owned an Integrale and Scoobies before I got into Clio's having had most MK1's including 2 Williams's and now I've got a Trophy.
My car is tracked regularly and I really can't think of a car that's so much bang for the buck........
Plus I pay under £500 fully comp with all my mods declared and get 30mpg try getting that in a Scooby or Evo.
Never felt too old for my car but maybe I am old enough to know how to drive it and have fun - LOL
^^ wisely said ! I believe when you've driven other cars and KNOW HOW to drive, the 172 is one of the most fun. AND with experience it is a car that can be taken to the edge and over , so i think the age of the driver counts here
. A lot of young people end up going horribly wrong into bad crashes sadly with these CliosI have a 172 Cup, am 37 years old and it's been a lot more "fun" than my former 280hp Scooby !
It's a drivers car . f**k the image
Clio 172 RS2
Renault Sport reads; Never grown up...
Turning 43 in december, having equal 'fun' as with my former car a measely 65 Bhp-ed Mini Cooper 1.3 Mpi.
Image is nothing. It's all about the thrill of driving.
Turning 43 in december, having equal 'fun' as with my former car a measely 65 Bhp-ed Mini Cooper 1.3 Mpi.
Image is nothing. It's all about the thrill of driving.
Some hi/low lights of my car ownership;
Teens
Mk3 Cortina (Dad's old car - Free)
Escort 1.6 (Uncle's old company car - bargain)
Triumph Vitesse 2.0 Convertible. (My favourite car - completely unreliable - you never knew what bit would fall off next)
20's
Astra SRi (Best part was the LED Speedo)
Calibra (Looked great (at the time) - Drove like the Vectra)
Astra 1.6 (It was cheap)
Vectra SRi (Worst car I've owned)
30's
Subarus (Classic Turbo, UK300, STi08) (All Great cars)
Focus ST170 (Under powered pish)
Audi Quattro 3.0 Sport (Dull & dangerous in corners)
Volvo 740 estate (I must have died at some point)
40's
Shogun (Great 4WD)
Suzuki Swift (OK)
Current
Clio 200 (Loving it)
Pound for Pound the Clio is the most fun you can have in a NEW car.
The Audi lost me the most money during my ownership of it (Depreciation cost approx the cost of the Clio) !
So far I've owned the Shogun the longest (3 years) - average is approx 13 months.
Who gives a s**te how old you are - get the car you want - I always have. Actually - that's not true - I have sometimes got cars that the wife wanted - they were all the bad ones
Teens
Mk3 Cortina (Dad's old car - Free)
Escort 1.6 (Uncle's old company car - bargain)
Triumph Vitesse 2.0 Convertible. (My favourite car - completely unreliable - you never knew what bit would fall off next)
20's
Astra SRi (Best part was the LED Speedo)
Calibra (Looked great (at the time) - Drove like the Vectra)
Astra 1.6 (It was cheap)
Vectra SRi (Worst car I've owned)
30's
Subarus (Classic Turbo, UK300, STi08) (All Great cars)
Focus ST170 (Under powered pish)
Audi Quattro 3.0 Sport (Dull & dangerous in corners)
Volvo 740 estate (I must have died at some point)
40's
Shogun (Great 4WD)
Suzuki Swift (OK)
Current
Clio 200 (Loving it)
Pound for Pound the Clio is the most fun you can have in a NEW car.
The Audi lost me the most money during my ownership of it (Depreciation cost approx the cost of the Clio) !
So far I've owned the Shogun the longest (3 years) - average is approx 13 months.
Who gives a s**te how old you are - get the car you want - I always have. Actually - that's not true - I have sometimes got cars that the wife wanted - they were all the bad ones
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They would with me, I'd love it if someone turned up with buckets and harnesses!
Ditto. Not sure why someone would feel compelled to do something at a set age? :S
Don't you find it laughable someone is questioning being too old at 25 for one?!
Yup, as in most things.
Didn't get mine till I was in my 30's
Life doesn't suddenly stop and get all serious at 40 lol.
Oh dear, this thread has given me a good laugh at least.
Clio 172 Exclusive
Well I'm 26 and have just bought my first 172, because the insurance was reasonable. I paid £1000's for insurance as a learner/first years of driving so didn't want to pay that again! I don't care what people think of the 'image' I love it, and will certainly be having another one :approve:
Marky_
ClioSport Club Member
182
Megane R26, R21 Turbo
A good few months ago i was sat on cruise at 70 on the motorway when a Blue 182 Cup went past me at what must of been 90 mph or more when i caught up with it there was a man driving it and his wife in passenger seat and they were easily in there 70's we exchanged waves and he put his foot down and was gone... LOL
