Depends on what is done to them and how they are driven, at the end of the day you can say that any little hot hatch is a boy racer car but then i think the majority of people that own clio/ megane sport range do so because they enjoy the performance and the racing history that comes with it.
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[My lasses dad who is for the record a C8nt sez my v6 is a boy racer car ???? a should really say, the ride aint no were near as good as ya daughter]
:lolup:
I was walking along speaking to a friend the other day (girl) who likes cars but knows very little. We saw a lush Vee Blue/silver and i was like what do you think of that? she replied its a boy racers car!! I didnt speak to her for the rest of the day :rasp:[/quote]
A lot of people who are not really into cars consider the V6 to be a kitted up boyracer car because of all the kit and big wheels etc. They don't get the fact that it's actually quite an exotic car and very unique. I don't love the V6 but I understand the attraction. If a complete t**t is driving it, it will be labelled as a boyracer car by most people.
Vauxhall Astra turbo
Can't you all see what your saying??
Boyracers are people who like to drive there cars full stop.
BUT chavs are the ones who own 1.2 corsas and lower them till theres no more travel in the supension and then recon it'll out do any car on the road and can't drive for siht.
Jeremy Clarkson is a boy racer. Chavy joe down the road in his slammed chavaleer is a chav.
chavs will never go for the 2.0 182 because the 1.2 clio is cheaper to insure so they'll add the alloys, Twin exit exaust and call it a 182. Look at corsas thay add all that fiberglass crap and loud exhaust and call it a 2.0 but never put there foot down.
Boyracers are people who like to drive there cars full stop.
BUT chavs are the ones who own 1.2 corsas and lower them till theres no more travel in the supension and then recon it'll out do any car on the road and can't drive for siht.
Jeremy Clarkson is a boy racer. Chavy joe down the road in his slammed chavaleer is a chav.
chavs will never go for the 2.0 182 because the 1.2 clio is cheaper to insure so they'll add the alloys, Twin exit exaust and call it a 182. Look at corsas thay add all that fiberglass crap and loud exhaust and call it a 2.0 but never put there foot down.
Ultra Red Megane 225
Trophies definately aren't and never will be, future classic.but you lesser 182's i'm not so sure about
:lolup:
bit like the 172 cups then?
being a boy racer is all about the driver imo
Wikipedia defines a boy racer as -
Boy racer is now a New Zealand, British and Irish colloquial term for a person, usually a male in his late teens or early twenties, who drives his car in an intimidating or dangerous way for fun. Their cars are most often regular models customised with spoilers, wide tires, flared fenders and go-faster stripes. Cars driven by boy racers are often small, and it's not uncommon that they are "all show and no go", in that the cars are not the highest performance model in the range or would not be considered competitive against "genuine" sports cars. Limited funds, high insurance rates that come with young age and inexperience at driving are reasons why a person might prefer to buy a base level, 1-litre Peugeot 106 and equip it with a bodykit and sports exhaust rather than simply buying a harder to find and much more expensive to insure 106 GTi.
An example of a boy racer car of the old generation is the Ford Escort (both the early rear wheel drive versions such as the RS2000 and the later XR3i variants) due to their low cost and easily tuned engine, while modern boy racers generally use hot hatchbacks such as the Renault Clio and the Nova SR.
According to the stereotype the new generation doesn't know much about tuning the engine, though there is little evidence to prove that this is true of the majority of people who would be categorised as "boy racers". Not everyone who owns modified cars are willing to spend thousands of pounds/dollars on the engine.
Movies like The Fast and the Furious and MTV's Pimp My Ride have caused additional interest in boy racing. Boy racers tend to be dictated by trends from popular racer medias like Max Power and Fast Car, spending lots of money to keep up with the trends. Recently they can been seen moving away from The Fast and The Furious influenced Jap Style into the drifting bandwagon largely hyped by magazines, despite some owning unsuitable FWD cars, causing a lot of displeasure amongst genuine drifting enthusiasts.
Typical upgrades for a boy racer include large stereos (which often take up the whole boot and can be heard playing dance music or happy hardcore from down the road); extravagant paint jobs; oversized exhaust pipes; large spoilers; hood scoops on non-turbocharged cars and neon lights underneath the chassis. Lowering a car is an extremely common modification.
Such modifications are also favoured by genuine enthusiasts. Boy racers would be distinguished from these enthusiasts by the overall performance and quality of the cars they drive and the modifications the make in relation to the overall performance of their car. For example, a stereotypical boy racer might own a Vauxhall Nova 1.1 with oversized wheels and exhaust, and they might use it to drive round town centres at night showing off to the crowds of people heading for pubs and clubs, while the enthusiast might own a modified Toyota Supra which they drive only at weekends.
Boy racers might also flout most motoring laws, such as running their foglights during the day, speeding, weaving through traffic, cornering too hard etc. Challenging superior sports cars is another dangerous pastime which seems extremely common; it is almost an occupational hazard for a sports car driver in the UK to be challenged at the lights by someone in a small hatchback.
Not all young drivers with modified cars fall into this bracket, with many driving their cars in a sensible manner. Car modifiers and cruisers who take a pride in their vehicles are generally well behaved and often have respect for other road users. There is often no distinction in the mainsteam media between the boy racer and modified car enthusiast which can lead to the latter being tarred with the same brush. In essence the boy racer is to the car scene what hooligans are to football; however, it seems that many young male drivers are regarded as boy racers regardless of circumstance. The 'Boy racer' term itself is considered by some to be derogatory, as not all car modifiers are necessarily in their teens, or of the male gender. Most 'boy racers' do not associate themselves with the term, and instead think of themselves as car enthusiasts. Some even have a wolf in sheep's clothing style car which looks like a standard 1.1 Ford Fiesta but underneath beholds a 2.0, thus looking like a boy racer, with low profile tyres on a lowered ride. Thus showing real enthusiasm about the mechanics of a vehicle rather than the all show and now go that is usually tagged along with boy racer name.
Boy racer is now a New Zealand, British and Irish colloquial term for a person, usually a male in his late teens or early twenties, who drives his car in an intimidating or dangerous way for fun. Their cars are most often regular models customised with spoilers, wide tires, flared fenders and go-faster stripes. Cars driven by boy racers are often small, and it's not uncommon that they are "all show and no go", in that the cars are not the highest performance model in the range or would not be considered competitive against "genuine" sports cars. Limited funds, high insurance rates that come with young age and inexperience at driving are reasons why a person might prefer to buy a base level, 1-litre Peugeot 106 and equip it with a bodykit and sports exhaust rather than simply buying a harder to find and much more expensive to insure 106 GTi.
An example of a boy racer car of the old generation is the Ford Escort (both the early rear wheel drive versions such as the RS2000 and the later XR3i variants) due to their low cost and easily tuned engine, while modern boy racers generally use hot hatchbacks such as the Renault Clio and the Nova SR.
According to the stereotype the new generation doesn't know much about tuning the engine, though there is little evidence to prove that this is true of the majority of people who would be categorised as "boy racers". Not everyone who owns modified cars are willing to spend thousands of pounds/dollars on the engine.
Movies like The Fast and the Furious and MTV's Pimp My Ride have caused additional interest in boy racing. Boy racers tend to be dictated by trends from popular racer medias like Max Power and Fast Car, spending lots of money to keep up with the trends. Recently they can been seen moving away from The Fast and The Furious influenced Jap Style into the drifting bandwagon largely hyped by magazines, despite some owning unsuitable FWD cars, causing a lot of displeasure amongst genuine drifting enthusiasts.
Typical upgrades for a boy racer include large stereos (which often take up the whole boot and can be heard playing dance music or happy hardcore from down the road); extravagant paint jobs; oversized exhaust pipes; large spoilers; hood scoops on non-turbocharged cars and neon lights underneath the chassis. Lowering a car is an extremely common modification.
Such modifications are also favoured by genuine enthusiasts. Boy racers would be distinguished from these enthusiasts by the overall performance and quality of the cars they drive and the modifications the make in relation to the overall performance of their car. For example, a stereotypical boy racer might own a Vauxhall Nova 1.1 with oversized wheels and exhaust, and they might use it to drive round town centres at night showing off to the crowds of people heading for pubs and clubs, while the enthusiast might own a modified Toyota Supra which they drive only at weekends.
Boy racers might also flout most motoring laws, such as running their foglights during the day, speeding, weaving through traffic, cornering too hard etc. Challenging superior sports cars is another dangerous pastime which seems extremely common; it is almost an occupational hazard for a sports car driver in the UK to be challenged at the lights by someone in a small hatchback.
Not all young drivers with modified cars fall into this bracket, with many driving their cars in a sensible manner. Car modifiers and cruisers who take a pride in their vehicles are generally well behaved and often have respect for other road users. There is often no distinction in the mainsteam media between the boy racer and modified car enthusiast which can lead to the latter being tarred with the same brush. In essence the boy racer is to the car scene what hooligans are to football; however, it seems that many young male drivers are regarded as boy racers regardless of circumstance. The 'Boy racer' term itself is considered by some to be derogatory, as not all car modifiers are necessarily in their teens, or of the male gender. Most 'boy racers' do not associate themselves with the term, and instead think of themselves as car enthusiasts. Some even have a wolf in sheep's clothing style car which looks like a standard 1.1 Ford Fiesta but underneath beholds a 2.0, thus looking like a boy racer, with low profile tyres on a lowered ride. Thus showing real enthusiasm about the mechanics of a vehicle rather than the all show and now go that is usually tagged along with boy racer name.
Trophies definately aren't and never will be, future classic.but you lesser 182's i'm not so sure about
I was just about to chip in my 2 cents as nobody had mentioned the Trophy. I would like to think this would never happen to the Trophy but there's bound to eventually be at least one that some t**t buys and ruins :dapprove:
Nail on head! A car's image wouldnt stop me buying it if I really wanted it.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Its a clio, im sure theres Clios banging around for £1k. Im also pretty sure that theres some Saxos and Corsas that are similarly priced to 182s.
Saxos do have the reputation its true, but clios are just as bad. Not many chavs own VTS', mainly furios and VTRs because they are cheaper to insure and obviously cheaper to buy. Just like 1.2 Clios and the like.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Trophies definately aren't and never will be, future classic.but you lesser 182's i'm not so sure about
If i was that irish woman who won £80m onthe lottery, id buy as many trophys i could, fit them on 24's until they died and add a sticker next to the trophy one saying "TROPHY....FOR DA WIKIDIST I.C.E" and light it up blue. Just for laughs.
Clio MK 4
people who buy 172/182's are what i call more car enthusiats. If you look at the driver in these cars the majority seem to be between 21-30 and NO way seem chavvy.
where as a boyracer car are corsas/vtrs,vts etc but only if they been modified and when u look at the driver its 17-20 year olds.
standard saxos and corsas are not boyracer cars
where as a boyracer car are corsas/vtrs,vts etc but only if they been modified and when u look at the driver its 17-20 year olds.
standard saxos and corsas are not boyracer cars
Clio MK 4
when i think boyracer i think of a tacky modified small hatch with some little s**t behind the wheel. Usually a chav
end of lol
end of lol
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
What about a Saxo that has H&R coilovers, full omp roll cage and uprated brakes, stripped and tracked driven by someone who also has a 182?
Am a some sort of trans-chav, lol?
Clio MK 4
Such modifications are also favoured by genuine enthusiasts. Boy racers would be distinguished from these enthusiasts by the overall performance and quality of the cars they drive and the modifications the make in relation to the overall performance of their car. For example, a stereotypical boy racer might own a Vauxhall Nova 1.1 with oversized wheels and exhaust, and they might use it to drive round town centres at night showing off to the crowds of people heading for pubs and clubs, while the enthusiast might own a modified Toyota Supra which they drive only at weekends.
This is perfect example. It all depends on what type of stuff is put on. boyracer is tacky stuff
This is perfect example. It all depends on what type of stuff is put on. boyracer is tacky stuff
Clio MK 4
in your case with the saxo thats where you appreciate and are interested in good quality stuff and helping performance in a proper way.
I assume you dont go round car parks and town with loud music blarring out am i right?
I assume you dont go round car parks and town with loud music blarring out am i right?
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
I see your point. I agree mostly with it too. I actually sold the saxo about 10 days ago (yes i need to update my profile) and 2 days later the new owner binned it. Write off.
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Clio MK 4
lol fair enough.
this is what i meant by boyracer/chavy a tackily done modified small hatch with some little s**t behind the wheel. Usually a chav
this is what i meant by boyracer/chavy a tackily done modified small hatch with some little s**t behind the wheel. Usually a chav
I have a 1.4 16v mk2 ph2
Green cotton replacement panel filter
and the Sports grill
Am i a boy racer ?
I only drive faster than the limit on motorways and national speed limit roads when its safe :]
And im not interested in "Cr00zin" round town to look cool at night..
//James
(im 18)
Green cotton replacement panel filter
and the Sports grill
Am i a boy racer ?
I only drive faster than the limit on motorways and national speed limit roads when its safe :]
And im not interested in "Cr00zin" round town to look cool at night..
//James
(im 18)
Clio 182 & Saxo VTR
Chavs wouldnt know how to get onto CS so no your not.
Less
My own opinion of a boy racer is someone who buys a 1.2/1.4 mods it to some extent and then rags it round town on a saturday. They only do this becuase they cant afford an actual "performance car" (with the performance used loosly)
I doubt a 182/trophy fits into this category. They are hot hatch cars that are attractive to young professionals who can afford the maintenence on them.
Yes some people here push their car to the limits but most people here (IMO) are fairly sensible and use a track day for having some really fun. Most people here take pride and joy of their car and dont want to see it in the garage week in or week out, or worst wrapped round a lampost....
I doubt a 182/trophy fits into this category. They are hot hatch cars that are attractive to young professionals who can afford the maintenence on them.
Yes some people here push their car to the limits but most people here (IMO) are fairly sensible and use a track day for having some really fun. Most people here take pride and joy of their car and dont want to see it in the garage week in or week out, or worst wrapped round a lampost....
Clio 172 mk2
Agree with that
I think the 172/182 is never truely going to be the boy racers chariot of choice due to the insurance
I think the cheaper, less powerul ones are more preferable...stick some skirts on, a 'jap style' exhaust and some decals and off you go
BMW M4; S1000 RR
I don't think boyracers are nessecarily chavs.. To be fair both are pretty vague words.
I would say a 172/182 with a loud exhaust etc is a boy racer car. But again, why do you care what people think?
I would say a 172/182 with a loud exhaust etc is a boy racer car. But again, why do you care what people think?
Clio 172 mk2
Yep...tasteless modified 172/182 is also a boy racers motor and and eyesore
guess, but yal be wrong
totally agree, little car with a ma-hoosive engine.
things like 106's, polo's and astras (the old ones) are boy racer cars, little sh1t things where the owner add 4.5tonne of sh1te bodkit and extras onto it
NO.
I would class them as hot hatches and trackday toys.
I would class them as hot hatches and trackday toys.
Golf GTI PP Mk7
RS's are also a fairly high insurance group, and as stated, seem to have the reputation as a girls car. Theres also a lot fewer of them about.
realnumber 1
ClioSport Club Member
The RS Clio is an underated/understated car imo. I think most boy racers would take the CTR before even thinking about the RS which imo is a good thing
You're all chav's. Anyone who calls themself an "enthusiast" is just in denial.
So true!
Yozza'd Titanium 182
Naa i recon that clios with 2.0l engines in them are not chavy at all, buy the time most people can afford one, and the insurance they have grown out of there chav days.
