Back in a Clio! Got myself a ph1 flame red 172 :D:D

[Djw John]

Well after nearly a year of not having any sort of Clio picked one up today. Only involved getting up at 3:30am, getting a flight from Edinburgh to Luton and driving back up by myself Im finally home properly and the pics are uploaded. BIG thanks to Gareth (FunkyMunky) and Amie (Bubbles) firstly for shorting me out with picking me up and also for selling me what would appear to be a minter!!

A few crappy quality pics of it from me, more to come when Im awake!!

Cheers
John

 

[timmmah]

Nice, must have cost alot in petrol to get it home?

 

[Djw John]

A full tank plus a tenner, 36.something mpg on the way home, so not hellishly bad!

 

[Hazza]

Nice car!....

Change the rear lights to ph2 and it'll look even better

 

[JR]

Nice work fella, better than that flame red shitter you had before

 

[tommyboy]

good effort, as said above ph2 lights, prospeed an sorted!

 

[Djw John]

Haz, dont youworry son, plenty of changes in the pipeline, 100% standard just now bar the CS sticker!

Yeah by a long way Justin, already driven it further I think!!

 

[Marky_]

Nice one!

 

[len_beach]

Did Joshydee own this at one point?

 

[Alan]

Fvckin minter matey..

I love it!!

 

[kully]

defo looks mint .

 

[JR]

Haz, dont youworry son, plenty of changes in the pipeline, 100% standard just now bar the CS sticker!

Yeah by a long way Justin, already driven it further I think!!

Ph 1's better any way

 

[Graham Gooch]

Didn't even realise this was for sale LOL.

He had that for 5 minutes!

 

[_Kenny_]

Love it mate, will look out for it!

 

[gazbenger]

im dying to drive both a ph-quick and ph2 172...interesting to see why everyone seems to think the ph-quicks are better :S
Looks mint John, flame reds sexy

 

[Christopher]

amazin mate

good to have you back

 

[GarethM]

minter

nice one fella

 

[Martin_172]

nice one mate how you finding the handling compaired to the old 1.4? im still getting used to mine, still not liking 16" wheels but dont want to go to 15s without coilovers.

 

[Big Iain]

spot on John, I miss the old flame red!!

 

[Brown.]

Bubbles liquid is the sex!!!

 

[GinandGasoline]

hello fella.... good to see some pictures of the old beast... glad you got home in pretty good time... look forward to seeing the update pictures along the way

 

[GinandGasoline]

Didn't even realise this was for sale LOL.

He had that for 5 minutes!

well i PM'd him about it last week as i thought i'd found a car i wanted to buy, but that fell through. I have however got something else in the pipeline but for the time being we're down to just one RS

 

[al]

Did Joshydee own this at one point?

It's a different one AFAIK.

 

[GinandGasoline]

Did Joshydee own this at one point?

nope never been owned by a forum member to my knowledge til we got it... previous owners were lady's

 

[Giles]

nice one John

 

[DebV6]

Nice one, my fave 172 colour

 

[Bubbles]

Hey Babe... glad you made it home ok!

Was sad to come home and not see her there anymore look after her!

Hope my car wasnt toooo loud for you

 

[lewisniven]

john mate, id give it a good going over if i were you, might be some train track sleepers stuck in there somewhere

nice one on the sale gareth, i know what ur getting next, and ur a jammy git.

that is all i have to say on the matter. :clown:

 

[Bubbles]

Mines up for sale Next

 

[Djw John]

Thanks all, Im sooooooo happy with it! Much much much better than my previous ph2, but mostly cos that was a dog!

nice one mate how you finding the handling compaired to the old 1.4? im still getting used to mine, still not liking 16" wheels but dont want to go to 15s without coilovers.

The handling is surprsingly good Martin, its about the same level as the 1.4 was with a bit more roll but it just hangs on to its line for dear life!

Mines up for sale Next

I offered Gareth the cash for yours but didnt seem keen :S Exhasut was nice around town and accelerating but can see it being a bit much for the type of trip I did yesterday!

 

[Jonaldinho]

Bring it down to mine for proper testing John!

Nice to see you back in Clio ownership sir.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Nice car, bit of a trek though!

Looks like all the scottish members are going back to the Ph1.

 

[Djw John]

Its cos they know it makes sense

Yeah was a bit of a trek, my gf wan meant to be coming but she fell ill and couldnt do it so had to do it myself, took a fair few breaks!!

 

[GinandGasoline]

Its cos they know it makes sense

Yeah was a bit of a trek, my gf wan meant to be coming but she fell ill and couldnt do it so had to do it myself, took a fair few breaks!!

How is your GF? Meant to ask last night whether she was feeling better? And does she like the new wheels now she's seen it in person?

Fair play for making the long journey down :approve:

 

[Djw John]

Yeah shes much better this morning mate cheers. Aye she really likes it, itching for a shot so guess I'll let her drive it today!

 

[John185k]

Nice mate, fancy a wee phase 1 photoshoot in the near future?

 

[Djw John]

Has to be done, only inivited if your called John and have a ph1 172

 

[_Kenny_]

gheys ^

 

[rory182]

bar steward!!! I want

 

[dsp172]

have seen that ph 1 around alot in luton always looked well clean and looked after !!!!!!!!!!! i agree on rear lights thow mate could look better if you change them