Ol’ Tarby
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Similar mate, yeah...mines got less miles on so probably worth 6k tbf
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Ph1 172 Refurbishment.
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah but all the offside suspension is fucked on yours because you've driven it 👀
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
Stop spamming Daniels thread!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Whoever buys this, knows there getting an honest ph1. With some bodywork done it'll be a right minter.
Who doesn't love a tidy ph1?!
I'd be surprised if this doesn't sell quickly.
Who doesn't love a tidy ph1?!
I'd be surprised if this doesn't sell quickly.
KitsonRis
ClioSport Club Member
I like this a lot, Ph1’s are such a pretty little car when they look like this. I need a family car…these have iso fix in the back…and they are simple mechanically and easy to fix…… must resist the temptation. Tbh more appropriate family car than the Z3 I’m currently driving.
When I see good examples of Ph1’s like this it gives me serious motivation to get mine sorted. But then life gets in the way like a baby and a wedding. Both things I could have avoided.
When I see good examples of Ph1’s like this it gives me serious motivation to get mine sorted. But then life gets in the way like a baby and a wedding. Both things I could have avoided.
rctempire
ClioSport Moderator
Looks great that. Well done Daniel.
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
Think you need to seriously consider what a family car means mate. The fact you'd consider this with a child on the way is mental 😂
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Our first family car was a ph1 172. The infamous HOU.
Isofix in the rear and a boot big enough for a pram. Bosh!
KitsonRis
ClioSport Club Member
@dann2707 ^^ this! Girlfriend has the proper car and I just need something as a little run around kind of thing. Plus I have issues and this Ph1 is perfect.
I’m actually going to use my E34 as the family car until I save up a bit for something proper to get. But any excuse to have another Ph1. I’m sure I could take my current one to my brothers for storage out of sight out of mind kind of thing, swap it on the drive with this one and she won’t suspect a thing…. Then a few years later I’ll reappear with mine and claim it’s a donor/spares car.
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
Fair enough if you've already got a family car. I thought you meant you needed one as you don't currently have one.
I was going to say trying to get a baby seat in the back of one of those with a newborn and everything else to go with it would not be fun
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
I reckon at least 50% of the stuff people with small kids take out with them isn’t needed.
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
People these days are too eccentric and think they need everything
Champagne on a Friday sort of fodder
There's a lad who takes their kid to our nursery in a lovely tidy classic mini. The baby seat fills up a good 3/4 of the back of the car!
Heroic. Well, until he bins it at anything more than 5mph anyway.
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
That's mental.
And mentally selfish too
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Selfish? How 😂
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
Because if you crash your baby is pretty much guaranteed to be killed? All because you want to drive around in that car. It doesn't take a genius to work that one out does it?
Bringing a newborn into the world my utmost priority would be that the car I drove is safe and has a decent ncap rating.
It's literally that simple. It's common sense.
ForceIndia
ClioSport Club Member
Gentlemans spec 200
Christ. Not a fan of bicycles, classic cars, prams without airbags I guess?
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
To take my kid to school in, no.
My point would be that I'd someone had the choice of carting around something so delicate like a baby in either a mk1 mini or something with a decent ncap rating with airbags etc... And that person decided to go for a mini because of cool points then they're selfish and don't have their head screwed on properly.
Safety would be number one priority for me. But I guess we all live our lives differently and have different priorities.
Anyway, enough of clogging up Dan's awesome Ph1. Happy to chat more on pm if you need a final say 👍🏻
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Reading not your strong point gents??
Centre caps are in the glovebox. They’re bloody expensive and I don’t want them to go missing.
It needs painting. The front bumper particularly.
Clart
ClioSport Club Member
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
They might be the same sort of people that need to sleep on a deposit bud
That’s not what he put is it?
Question:
If a modern EV SUV crashed into the back on a old Mini at say 40mph, a car that doesn’t have inertia rear seat belts let alone Isofix would you think there is more than a slim chance your child would be in fairly perilous danger??
Now, appreciating that risk maybe small. It’s still there. It grows exponentially the more you drive the car. So whilst I’m all for taking the kids out to enjoy the classic car, using the car as a daily, in my opinion isn’t worth the potential catastrophic risks.
In my opinion the worlds changed, cars are bigger, heavier and faster. Driving standards are worse and there are more people on the road. I personally wouldn’t do it with my kids.
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