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basically ive got a decision to make.....
mod my 1.6 16v with coilovers/zorst/etc etc
or buy a faster car (182 i guess or a 1.8T vag) which will cost more in insurance & buy & maintain/run (my car will do over 50mpg at the mo) so wont have as much money to mod
now modding has always been a...
yeah ive driven 1.4 + 1.6 - 1.6 slightly more torque but not really any faster
i drive like a pussy anyway so i cant really say how fast the 1.6 is lol
any1 know wot the quik clay things are like?
they r on here about a 3rd of the way down http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Maguiars.htmlhttp://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Maguiars.html
mine looks nice after cleaning
rince it down with hose pipe -> bucket+sponge with car shampoo (autoglym - pretty cheap) -> let dry -> wax with turtle wax (the coloured stuff) or original turtle wax (cheap)
job done
think most people end up cutting it off (take the top silver thing off 1st)
but it is possible to get it off by twisting it with grips or sommat apparently
dont really like going to ktec as they never seem very interested. (luckily im not easily offended) only been there twice tho...... but dunno about bb never been there
2 clios in max power - 1 (silver mk2 ph1 c/zoned kit - John Benson) claims to have "blown away" a VX220 & (mk1 - blue with evo bonnet vent - Alan Robinson)another says hes done a Evo IV
oh and a girl in a saxo claims to have blown away a "Clio 2.0"
how cool! (i have no idea why i buy this...
why oh why dont renault release a turbo petrol!!! its gonna make me go to a big VW/seat etc tank if they arent careful! :cry:
back lights are a bit sh*te really........yuk
if u have to push it close just put ur fore arms across (so hands meet over the middle bit) so it spreads the pressure but makes u dirty!
never had a problem doing it that way
but just dropping it is easier.....
if only it would always like that!! my gfs dad has less money than i do..... and i bought a 8.5k new clio a year back!
but then hes a tw@
but regarding yours......id wait pesonally but thats just me
about 49mpg at the mo out of my 1.6 (during the summer about 55mpg at a push)
thats taking it steady tho
and thats no motorway
[Edited by clio__chris on 19 January 2005 at 11:40pm]