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Renault Clio 172 Ph2
the new mcs are fast, very common to get low 16s and late 15s to the ton!
old ones were quite slow on comparison - more like strong warm hatch pace.
new ones are good
old ones were quite slow on comparison - more like strong warm hatch pace.
new ones are good
This could go on!
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Famillar to hear the opening of a can of worms on here...
lol, i wasnt looking for a particular one, just giving an example
6r4 is a mans car and its clio size.
Weeman sucks ****
either way it's a s.hitcnuts car
Writen off dci 100
old school ftw !
for the same price id take this over any new cooper s
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/543357.htm
for the same price id take this over any new cooper s
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/543357.htm
PH2 172
I had a new CooperS for about 10days or so, and had chance to give it a good workout.
The engine pulls really well, and strong - it certainly feels quicker than the Clio as it will pull from lower down. Around a track, I'd expect it to be a bit quicker, but not massively so. On the road it may seem quicker than it is if the Clio driver gets stuck in the wrong gear. There's not much turbo lag in the CooperS, a little but not that noticable.
Handling wise, it is very nimble but it feels quite bulky too IMO. It did feel much stiffer than my Clio though, thats perhaps because it's 7 years old and the Mini only had 200 miles on it (over 1000 when I gave it back). It did feel very well planted though, a little twitchy but at least you could feel it, rather than being completely numb.
Overall, I quite liked it. I liked it more than I thought I would. But there are still several things about it I didn't like - the centre console is hopeless and clumsy (despite how 'funky' it looks), the sound was pretty crappy too. If I bought one I'd have to have a better exhaust fitted as it just sounded bog standard. Gernally though it just felt like most other 'new' cars - a bit numb and more like you were sat on it, than in it.
The engine pulls really well, and strong - it certainly feels quicker than the Clio as it will pull from lower down. Around a track, I'd expect it to be a bit quicker, but not massively so. On the road it may seem quicker than it is if the Clio driver gets stuck in the wrong gear. There's not much turbo lag in the CooperS, a little but not that noticable.
Handling wise, it is very nimble but it feels quite bulky too IMO. It did feel much stiffer than my Clio though, thats perhaps because it's 7 years old and the Mini only had 200 miles on it (over 1000 when I gave it back
). It did feel very well planted though, a little twitchy but at least you could feel it, rather than being completely numb.Overall, I quite liked it. I liked it more than I thought I would. But there are still several things about it I didn't like - the centre console is hopeless and clumsy (despite how 'funky' it looks), the sound was pretty crappy too. If I bought one I'd have to have a better exhaust fitted as it just sounded bog standard. Gernally though it just felt like most other 'new' cars - a bit numb and more like you were sat on it, than in it.
Weeman sucks ****
Monaco Ph2 172
Writen off dci 100
thats proper smart iv always wanted an old school mini
a friend of a friend has one with a tuned 1.6 vtec in it and its like s**t off a stick
