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Clio 4 RS VS Fiesta ST EcoBoost
- Thread starter Slammed172
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Got a test drive in a few weeks, I had the sit down and went through the options, mine comes in at €28.883,70. Honestly I am having second thoughts, only because cars new here are so expensive, the tax is pathetic to be honest. I can get a year old Megane 260 a LOT cheaper. Lovely car though, feels well built for a Clio, seems they now palm off a lot of the work to other companies, the on-board computer is all LG. Feels very strange with two pedals. Visibility over the bonnet was also poor, did not know where the front of the car was..but you get used to that as with any car.
From some angles.. its butt ugly, there are no two ways about it. But on the whole its not as bad as it looks in the pictures, the front actually looks OK in the flesh, rear looks pretty horny!
Otter otter gash IMO.
Theres no hiding that front end.
f**k off. 
Well you obviously arnt a driving enthusiast as the best Renault sports have been and gone. But by means enjoy your watered down expensive warm hatch.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
I thought that but out seems orange seats is an option on all ST-2s, regardless of colour. When I found that out I did consider going black instead of blue and having the orange interior, then my accountant instincts kicked in and I thought of resale 100k miles down the line.
As for mods, I know exactly what I want. None.
Except maybe a simple tweak to the map once it's got a few miles and months under its belt.
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
And without driving one i think you're a bit stoopid.
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I don't need to drive one. Flappy paddle gears? Do not want. 5 doors? Do not want. A car that weighs the same as the titanic? Do not want. A Renault that costs £19,000? Do not want. So why would I need to drive one when I know I don't want any of these things? So not stupid at all.
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
Well my friend, your mission to make yourself sound like an under educated oik was a success. Its lighter.. and faster than every 4cyl Clio that's gone before it, both 0-60 and round a track. Yes, its a bit ugly, and yes its got 5 doors and yes Renault have decided to tone it down in the race car looks dept, but one thing its still got is its RS dna!
Where did I say it wasn't faster? A 3 litre automatic jag is probs faster than any Clio but is it as fun to throw around a B road? No.
can you not handle an opinion that differs to yours or something? And you've just admitted that you want a car that's ugly? Why?
and Roy. You crash one car 4 years ago and you get a rep. Lol
DrR
ClioSport Club Member
VW Golf GTD
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
The build quality has improved quite a lot over previous models, however its still typical french, there are some choice materials that's for sure. Fit and finish will never be a french strong point in my opinion and in a few years this will rattle just as much as a Ph1.
Where is it currently?
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
No, the car is flawed. But your opinion of how it drives is based on ZERO facts. You have not driven it. Harris who has says it drives spot on. If you drive it, come back and tell me its s**t, then fair play to you chap.
An as to why I want it? I bought a Ph1 over here as I don't use the car much, its been to the local track (zandvoort) several times and the ring once in the year I owned it. Now i do more miles (new job). So I want something that don't stand out and that the Mrs is not offended by. Yet, I know I will still do a few track-days and so want something that i know will handle, and to be honest, the box excites me. That and the fact that in the USA the engine is already running over 300BHP with a few simple mods such as intake/cooling, exhaust and remap.
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Potentially better than the current position. I accidentally turned it on mid-corner on the way to work today.
Actually, it's jus the upper/lower limit selector, the button thats next to ESP switch on the 182.
Tbh I dont care how it drives. It fails IMO before I've even got in one. I've had my 4 years of cliosports and now they have gone in a different direction and so have I. Now it 2 wheels>4 wheels.
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
Dude, you drive a f**king Astra SRI..
And? What's what I drive as a daily got to do with anything?
John Gordon
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 2.0 RS 172 Ph1
According to you everything, that is after all what I want the Clio for!
No you want the Clio to be your ONLY car. I have an astra to drive when it rains then I jump onto a bike. I was in no way comparing a 2002 astra to a 2013 Clio rs. Lol although I bet they're both equally unimpressive.
I would imagine it's at least loosely baed on the fact that the majority of buyers will use the new Clio as a daily, and not a WRC car?
They will use it as a do everything car be it go to work or a fast drive or even a track. A daily term is usually used for just the boring stuff not any of the fun stuff. Believe me there's none of that in an astra.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Almost exactly where the one pictured is, down by the handbrake.
I flick my speed limiter on and off when necessary without even thinking about it.
It's certainly not dangerous.
Ph1 172 & Clio DCi
To summarise this whole thread, I think the little Ford is going to hand Renault it's own arse and chav off into the distance.
