Caught in two minds

[GregJonesx]

Guys,

Caught in two minds really as the title states, part of me is thinking about selling the clio and getting something else, something with more power (been looking at a subaru wrx/sti hatchback). But then again the other half of me wants to keep the clio, spend more money on that, possibly get a low boost turbo conversion.

The car is currently on 102,000 miles, had a gearbox rebuild and due an MOT within the next couple of weeks.
Think the belts could be due soon also.

What are people's opinions?

Keep the clio or sell up and onto other things?

 

[Knuckles]

I know dem feels.

But if you want to boost the clio, I'd just sell and get something ready boosted.

 

[Mr R.]

Ive bought this and then sold my PH1. After owning the PH1 for 5 years it was time to move on to something bigger and faster, this Spec C type RA fitted the bill.

Should be collecting it next Saturday.

Untitled by Scott Raven, on Flickr

Untitled by Scott Raven, on Flickr

 

[imprezaworks]

The Clio will be worth, not a huge amount in the grand scheme of things. Could you afford to keep/justify having two cars? I have albeit two bloody clios lol. One is a standard ish cup the other my track/weekend blast car, best of both worlds tbh

 

[bozothenutter]

i'd boost the Clio......people's faces as you give it some beans!....priceless

 

[imprezaworks]

See as much as I like my cars, I wouldn't tbh.

 

[coverman]

Just took my Cup out on the lanes around Harrogate to remind me what a great car it is around the twisties. Not much can else can be so enjoyable, because everything faster is too big and heavy, unless you have a well sorted kitcar(my Vindicator Vulcan, although it has 300BHP, is too wide to hang the tail out confidently on some of our local lanes)

 

[Chrisgti6]

Sell up - move on.

If you are having these thoughts it's unlikely you will shake them off. Move onto bigger and better things would be my advice.

 

[Rubicon_]

You'll always come back...

 

[Chrisgti6]

You'll always come back...

I didn't, and have no intentions of doing!

 

[R3k1355]

Unless you're going to put a decent amount of money in with the value of the clio then don't look at Impreza's.

Cheap Impreza's are a total minefield, there are 'some' decent examples around for good money but there's a sea of horrid shite you don't wanna get involved in.

Finding one thats been looked after, not been thrashed and more importantly not been incorrectly modified can be a ball ache.

 

[Addicted]

Move on, you have the itch so scratch it - BOOOOOOOOST!

 

[RMDavis]

You'll always come back...

I did, my B5 Audi S4 bored me like mad!

 

[imprezaworks]

I've been away and then back to clios, down to just wanting a change of face really. But pound for pound as gets mentioned a lot they are hard to beat. But if you fancy a change why not

 

[icebergclio]

ive switched and always come back. last car i had was an impreza (3rd impreza ive owned) and im
being as honest as i can by saying that it was nowhere near as fun to own/drive as the clio. theyre more of a weekend starry eyed car to own than a daily. also the price on imprezas is increasing silly and there are TONS of sheds out there commanding top brass. you wont get a better hadling quicker car thats more fun than a 1*2 especially for what they cost but sometimes you need to move on to realise how good they actually are. sell up, buy something else.... and well see you back on here in less than 12 months when you return in a 1*2 lol ;-)

 

[CrippsCorner]

Sell up - move on.

If you are having these thoughts it's unlikely you will shake them off. Move onto bigger and better things would be my advice.

I did this... then came back to another Clio! Should have never gone away

 

[r0ss172]

I've always thought that as you get older you need to move on and have a big bmw/audi/merc. Then i remember always seeing blokes in their 30's, 40's, and 50's driving around in brand spanking new hot hatches of the time and thinking, why are they driving them when they could easily buy a nice luxury motor instead? So i bought a 10 plate 318d M sport tourer as i do a lot of triathlons and the extra room in the boot area made getting the bike and kit out easier. After owning the beemer for a year pretty much and my mates all still driving hot hatches, it dawned on my why those older blokes were driving hot hatches... Not only are they considerably cheaper than the 3 series, A4's and C class mercs, but they are a million miles more fun to drive, and with all the mod cons you get in a modern hot hatch these days, they are quite nice places to be!

At the end of the day it all comes down to personal opinion. I did what youre talking about. I had a ph1 172 and wanted something bat sh!t quick, so bought a 350bhp Evo 5 (ok not so quick now, but at the time it was!). I had this for about 6 months and sold it because i couldnt enjoy it on the roads without being dangerous due to the sheer capability of the thing. So i went back to the clio's (again) and got a turbo'd one. This for me was the best of all my cars. Fast, cheap to run (in comparison to the Evo), not a bad place to be, and great fun to drive. After that i bought the BMW, got bored and now guess what... im back in an RB182 and loving it !

Best of luck in what ever you decide to do...

 

[boffey]

I am feeling the same atm. Can order a new corsa vxr with performance pack for less then I'm paying for the clio though work, so there will be no worries about it braking. I'll just need to sell the clio for how much I have got left on my loan.

 

[gambit]

I had a 172 , then went to a 500bhp Subaru , then back to a 182 Trophy. I am missing boost pretty bad atm, but for a bang for buck daily you can't beat the clio. Even better is boost the clio because if your a diehard you will always come back to a RS, many people do. Or get best of both worlds and keep the Clio and go buy a suby for the weekend.

 

[McGherkin]

The problem with spending a lot of money boosting a clio, is that it's still built by lazy frenchmen and has a gearbox made of lukewarm chocolate.

It will break, more regularly than normal, and you will get fed up with it. IMO.

 

[The Russian.]

Don't boost a clio unless you have a second car available.

Buy a car that's ticks everything and enjoy it.

 

[GregJonesx]

The problem with spending a lot of money boosting a clio, is that it's still built by lazy frenchmen and has a gearbox made of lukewarm chocolate.

It will break, more regularly than normal, and you will get fed up with it. IMO.

It's had a rebuilt gearbox already and is now got over 100,000 miles on the clock.

I'm just thinking that I'm not gonna get a great price for it if I decided to sell it.

 

[imprezaworks]

Who did the gearbox? A rebuild is no bad thing if done well.

 

[GregJonesx]

Just a local guy rebuilt the gearbox, was rebuilt only around 10k ago

 

[con1981]

All this about don't spend more on the car than what it's worth as being an argument not to boost a Clio I don't understand as all cars depreciate. In 2-3 years you may have lost 3-4k off the replacement car anyway. The reliability issue would be the major one for me if I wanted to boost the Clio though

 

[McGherkin]

It's had a rebuilt gearbox already

That means it might last 10 minutes instead of 5, but seriously even a rebuilt box won't hold up long under the sort of power and torque you get with boost.