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Blue cars are Chavy? Apparently ...



  172 Cup & Mini C 1.6
I think some 1*2s look very respectable on the road... Saw a 172cup today that looked brilliant, not at all chavvy.

im almost certain people think my car is chavvy... Bright yellow, 'racing stripes' and a pram handle. But those who think that, are generally uneducated

Couldent agree more, what do other people no hey
 
  172 Cup & Mini C 1.6
Surely anyone with a fake bimbo Essex accent has some cheek too call an RB chavvy?

I must be a chav tho couldn't care less tho love my RB that's just people's opinions I can make my own on them also!

She could possibly have a really bad chavvy orange fake tan lol
 
  172, Focus
A mate of mine has a RB182 with stripes, bought it new and over time the one thing that he doesnt like is the stripes. When it was new he thought it was pretty cool but now he says the stripes really bug him, I said to remove the stripes to which he replied 'could do, but then i'd have two blue stripes...' fair point I guess.
Though when my Monaco 172 is sat next to his RB, my 172 looks much more discreet and stealthy.
Similar car, two totally different appearances.
 
I've got a BG 182 with a loud exhaust and to be honest couldn't give a flying f**k what people think of me or the car!
Don't raise to their bull s**t, if you do they know they're getting to you
 

DB.

  BMW 440i
I've got a BG 182 with a loud exhaust and to be honest couldn't give a flying f**k what people think of me or the car!
Don't raise to their bull s**t, if you do they know they're getting to you

Lol You are going on like they are slating him, simply saying a car is chavvy isn't "bullshit", it's simply a fairly well informed opinion as hot hatches with loud exhausts are fairly well regarded as chavvy.

Theres nothing wrong with it being chavvy, but in comparison to say, a standard Audi A3, or Ford Focus, a 182 with a loud exhaust IS more chavvy, fact.
 
So I go to pick up my girlfriend from work last night, when she gets in the car she tells me that today she has been told that my car is Chavy. When she asked why the girl said that *fake bimbo essex accent* "well it's blue...and it's got stripes, oh and sometimes you can hear his exhuast when he drives past". I didn't really know what to say at this point, the isn't even that loud to be fair. If a Lamborghini was blue and they are all loud does that make it Chavy? Anyway my I guess my point is that because people are dense I just thought IDE let you know that if your car is blue, or has a performance exhuast then it officially means your a chav. And if you have an RB with stripes, your Ali g.

Rant over :D

bet she drives a pink corsa
 

McGherkin

Macca fan boiiiii
ClioSport Club Member
To 99% of people a 172/182 is a "done up" 1.2 clio so yes they are chavy, to them. One of the reasons they are so cheap is they have a terrible image so at least that's a plus lol.

This. Half of them won't even know that a 182 had 2 exhausts from the factory, they'll just think you put them on. Likewise with the Xenons, Recaros, engine, Turinis e.t.c.
 
  Listerine & Poledo
Roy knowz.

If you don't want to look like a Chav, don't drive a Clio.

Equally, yes, if you dont want to look like a proper mincer, don't get a powder blue MX-5

Essentially, if you're comfortable with the image you give off from your vehicle, crack on. Don't go crying to the Internet because someone thinks you're a McRacer though because, in a Clio, most lads seem to think they're invincible driving machines. Poor deluded fools.
 

James Mk1

ClioSport Club Member
  Williams 3 / 172 Cup
Sometimes feel like poeple think im a chav in my Williams with Magnex exhaust. To most it looks like a 20 year old clio with a big exhaust, gold wheels and a bonnet bulge. Probaly think its a 1.2 with a bodykit - but those who think that have no idea what it is, and so can't appreciate it. In my opinion its not chavvy at all and is an ethusiasts car!
 
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  Clio 172 Phase 2
Lol !! Made me laugh some people really are dense (the girl lol )! No mater where you go somebody will think all cars are chavvy ! If it be a clio , saxo , mondeo, mini, civic , focus etc etc

all I'd say I'd if you like the car who cares what anybody else thinks ? Cause I know I don't !

I always get of my neighbours 'oh your cars quite loud at 11 PM when you come in I'm trying to sleep! You should sell it '

my comments are ' your dog is quite loud at 7am in the morning while I'm trying to sleep , you should sell him' !!

Someone will ALWAYS complain ! Lol


Brilliant !! shot the f**king dog that will shut ur neighbours up. i would rev extra hard at night to annoy them lol
 

CrippsCorner

ClioSport Club Member
  Astra VXR
This. Half of them won't even know that a 182 had 2 exhausts from the factory, they'll just think you put them on. Likewise with the Xenons, Recaros, engine, Turinis e.t.c.

Yep, I get that with the exhaust quite a lot actually.

Got a Piper exhaust put on my 182 a few weeks back, when mum was outside I pointed and went there you are, that's what I bought.

She said, "Oh, there's two of them"... ffs.
 

Greeny.

ClioSport Club Member
  440i + 182
My gf thinks my car is chavy, even though its subtle as f**k, probably more than yours tbh!
 
  172 Cup CC
Lets be honest - the "Chav" badge works in our favour, even if most of our cars aren't actually very chavvy. When I keep up with or outpace a £40k + "prestige German sportscar" etc in my 172 cup I love to laugh and tell them that they wasted £38k + :rasp:
 

Adamm.

ClioSport Club Member
I do lol at blue cars being chavy that must mean yellow cars are owned by sluts? And black cars are owned by gangsters? And red cars are owned my good citizens? Just LOL!
 
  182
I do lol at blue cars being chavy that must mean yellow cars are owned by sluts? And black cars are owned by gangsters? And red cars are owned my good citizens? Just LOL!

Oi, I'm no slut ;)

Face it, driving a loud hatchback is going to be classed as chavvy, do I care, no, as I enjoy driving it.
 

Adamm.

ClioSport Club Member
Oi, I'm no slut ;)

Face it, driving a loud hatchback is going to be classed as chavvy, do I care, no, as I enjoy driving it.

Yeah I agree doesn't bother me I just had to lol at the generalisation of people that own blue cars being chavs lol.
 

DB.

  BMW 440i
Lets be honest - the "Chav" badge works in our favour, even if most of our cars aren't actually very chavvy. When I keep up with or outpace a £40k + "prestige German sportscar" etc in my 172 cup I love to laugh and tell them that they wasted £38k + :rasp:

Yes because a person buys a £40k luxury car in order to beat French hatchbacks.

Lol Exactly! I'm going for this BMW, I want it not because it's better built than a Clio, not because it has a better image than a Clio, but because I think I might be able to beat it in a race.
 

Gally

Formerly Mashed up egg in a cup
ClioSport Club Member
Yes because a person buys a £40k luxury car in order to beat French hatchbacks.

It's always funny thinking these prestige owners actually see the chav boxes passig them at 3 figures in a 30. Probably too busy listening to Radio 2 and holding a conversation with the passenger. Probably heated seats on wafting away.
 
  Turbo 182 Alfa 159
As much as it sometimes pleases me to know that my chavvy blue 182 can go round a roundabout or down some epic B roads quicker than a big 40k german barge, I also know what I would prefer sat on my drive way at a night time or to cruise down the motorway in etc.
 
Clio's are a bit chavvy, lets be fair.

Mine is red and loud. Hardly subtle.

ETA; here's the chav test.

Q. Would you be happy starting the car at 3am outside your nan's house?

a) Yes, I don't car if it's loud because I'm a chav and have no morals...innit
b) No, because I'm not a chav and do have morals, but despite this my car is ASBO loud
c) Yes, because my car is not chav loud

a or b = chav car.
c = non chav car.
 
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I answered B :(

It's not too loud on tickover or normal driving, but when started up from cold it does that 1500rpm thing for about a minute with neat petrol pouring out the back (102RON FYI), and TBH it's pretty f**king loud while it's doing that. Because of this, I have decided I'm dumping the decat pipe for good, and buying a 200 cel sports cat. It'll still sound like race car when i light the fuse, but will be a little less anti-social starting up at 04:30 in the morning.
 
Typo's were bugging me.

*care

Clio's are a bit chavvy, lets be fair.

Mine is red and loud. Hardly subtle.

ETA; here's the chav test.

Q. Would you be happy starting the car at 3am outside your nan's house?

a) Yes, I don't *care if it's loud because I'm a chav and have no morals...innit
b) No, because I'm not a chav and do have morals, but despite this my car is ASBO loud
c) Yes, because my car is not chav loud

a or b = chav car.
c = non chav car.

Roy, I'm the same. B for me.

It's not too antisocial but enough that I wouldn't fancy risking waking up the neighbours.
 
  Turbo 182 Alfa 159
B for me.

Mines a lot quieter than it was since having the silenced decat fitted. Not too bad now starting it up at 5:45am.
 
  Titanium 182
I answered B :(

It's not too loud on tickover or normal driving, but when started up from cold it does that 1500rpm thing for about a minute with neat petrol pouring out the back (102RON FYI), and TBH it's pretty f**king loud while it's doing that. Because of this, I have decided I'm dumping the decat pipe for good, and buying a 200 cel sports cat. It'll still sound like race car when i light the fuse, but will be a little less anti-social starting up at 04:30 in the morning.
Come on, the Focus RS is epitome of chav aspiration, especially in UG.
 
  Sport Clio 182 cup
My car is the same blue as yours just without the stripes :) and I love the colour and mine has a loud(ish) exhaust, not loud enough to wake ya buy still growls and I wouldn't change it for no-one and don't think it's Chavvy at all:) xx
 
Come on, the Focus RS is epitome of chav aspiration, especially in UG.

Aspiration maybe. Attainability not so much.

I know what you mean though. TBH I sometimes wish mine was a bit more mild mannered, but I know I'd miss it if I bought a gayer car. Plus, in my defence, it actually needs the lairy exhaust to flow the power that it has.
 
  Titanium 182
Aspiration maybe. Attainability not so much.

I know what you mean though. TBH I sometimes wish mine was a bit more mild mannered, but I know I'd miss it if I bought a gayer car. Plus, in my defence, it actually needs the lairy exhaust to flow the power that it has.
Don't get me wrong, I love them. Just, they're very aggressive-looking and loud. Ergo I bet chavs do that wrist-slapping thing they do when it goes past.
 
They're not that loud as standard. It's just that you need a decently open 3" system if you want to start going for big power.
 
  Evo 5 RS
There's no middle ground. If you don't care for Renault Sports in any regard then it's a loud Clio. You'll probably have no idea if the exhaust is standard or that the misplaced stripes are actually factory fit.

It'll just look like you've done it up. Because you're a chav. If you're a fem then 9 times out of 10 although it's perfectly acceptable to be driving around in a 54 plate corsa that hasn't been washed in 5 years, has probably close to an entire head of hair on the seat, and the same amount in cum that's leaked from between her legs in the years that she's owned it. But owning a car that's clean and has a more of a notable appearance is something to laugh at.

If you care what she thinks just spend 1,500 quid on an old E Class and she'll think you're loaded.


Thick as pig s**t.
 
  Clio 197
As soon as you change anything visually e.g exhaust , wheels , wheel colour , add a sticker .... You run the risk of being classed as a chav ..... The minorities spoil it for the masses, however it's no big deal :)
 
  RB 182
I've got the blue with stripes , some people look at you as if your a different kind or something in their bmw's etc!! I think it's a real head turner!!
 


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