CSF23 Clio Sport Festival 2023

[YorkshireKyle]

I did 2000 miles around France last summer in mine with a decatted non-res K-Tec exhaust and no air-con on french motorways with a 80mph speed limit... I think that trip gave me tinnitus and took at least a year off my life but it's just about survivable 😅 I'm sure you'll manage the days travel!

Aye mine's decat non rest Ktec stealth but with a 182 manifold. I never thought that a manifold would make it much louder but it did. It definitely did 😭

 

[Simon1975]

Aye mine's decat non rest Ktec stealth but with a 182 manifold. I never thought that a manifold would make it much louder but it did. It definitely did 😭

Mines decanted pms byt I'm hoping I can afford both a pms manifold and sports cat before Anglesey

 

[chazza114]

Were doing it over 3 days I think. Leaving Kent Friday eve aiming to book a B&B around Wrexham get up Sat and drive in via the Mountsin roads. Booked a Air b&b near Anglesey Sat night so we can get pissed and enjoy Sat night Sunday up for breakfast and head to Donnington for touring cars then back home Sunday eve

Ah well if it's three days then it's even better, you'll be perfectly fine with that mileage spread out. Just make sure your windows can open and you'll be reet!

 

[Louis]

I personally don't run any exhaust and stay in 2nd on my way to work down the Melevenerife every morning

 

[chazza114]

Aye mine's decat non rest Ktec stealth but with a 182 manifold. I never thought that a manifold would make it much louder but it did. It definitely did 😭

I've got a 182 manifold on mine too, so I can share the pain 🤣 thankfully the phase1 gearing is slightly longer so it's not completely at max revs all day 😅

 

[MarkCup]

I personally don't run any exhaust and stay in 2nd on my way to work down the Melevenerife every morning

 

[YorkshireKyle]

I personally don't run any exhaust and stay in 2nd on my way to work down the Melevenerife every morning

And your car is like the flinstones car with all that rust

Must be loud AF

 

[Louis]

And your car is like the flinstones car with all that rust

Must be loud AF

Yours might be loud when it gets on boost properly 👀

 

[leeds2592]

Yours might be loud when it gets on boost properly 👀

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[YorkshireKyle]

Yours might be loud when it gets on boost properly 👀

Its loud mate

Boost leak makes a right racket. Smokes like f**k too 😂

 

[Louis]

Its loud mate

Boost leak makes a right racket. Smokes like f**k too 😂

 

[Ph1 Tom]

I'm torn between doing the 700 mile round trip in the 182 Cup track car as that's what I'd like to bring to a Clio Festival or just enjoy the R26 still a Renaultsport

I've driven both a track prepped Clio and a R26 around there. Both perform really well but if the R26 has relatively road friendly suspension and geo I would definitely accept the suffering and take the 182.

 

[Simon1975]

Road friendly BC DS and 18s. But I think the clio will be more fun.

 

[McGherkin]

I shall waft up in complete comfort and silence listening to Radio 4.

 

[YorkshireKyle]

I shall waft up in complete comfort and silence listening to Radio 4.

Looking at every child on your way licking your lips aggressively

 

[McGherkin]

Looking at every child on your way licking your lips aggressively

 

[Touring_Rob]

Do as this man says

I had to wear earplugs in the Clio to Blyton and it's only an hour and a half. Gives me a headache at 75mph with a constant "BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Noise cancelling ear phones with brown noise for the whole journey so you can really zone in on all the little vibrations that shouldn't be there

 

[YorkshireKyle]

Noise cancelling ear phones with brown noise for the whole journey so you can really zone in on all the little vibrations that shouldn't be there

Knowing my luck I'd be pulled over 🤣

 

[Touring_Rob]

Knowing my luck I'd be pulled over 🤣

I wore noise cancellers all the way to Blyton, are you not allowed to wear headphones while driving? Other than looking like a wrongun?

 

[Steve1986]

I wore noise cancelling headphones all the way to Poland, most relaxing drive I've ever had in the Clio tbh

 

[YorkshireKyle]

I wore noise cancellers all the way to Blyton, are you not allowed to wear headphones while driving? Other than looking like a wrongun?

Against the highway code, not sure if it's illegal

@Sunglasses_Ron can you arrest this man pls, he's far too sexy for his age

 

[Touring_Rob]

Against the highway code, not sure if it's illegal

@Sunglasses_Ron can you arrest this man pls, he's far too sexy for his age

I was going to tag him when I found I had committed an offense tbh. Love to be cuffed and roughed up a bit by Ron.

I wore noise cancelling headphones all the way to Poland, most relaxing drive I've ever had in the Clio tbh

It was the best modification I have ever done to any car! s**t box to less s**t box with a press of a button.

 

[James]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

 

[Louis]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

My uncle always makes me drive blindfold

 

[Steve1986]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

I can't hear anything over the rattles and exhaust at motorway speeds anyway, makes zero difference in my car 😂
I don't bother around town though, but they're absolutely necessary on a long drive. And cheaper than replacing the chavvy exhaust 👌

 

[Touring_Rob]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

I am exactly the same but you get used to it very quickly, plus at motorway speeds I can't hear much other than my car rattling away!

Most headphones have a pass through mode, not tried it yet but would be nice to cancel the tyre noise but keep the horns.

 

[MarkCup]

I can't see any sense in dumbing down one of your primary senses that's key to driving safely on the road.

Deal with and accept the noise your loud exhaust makes, or don't have a loud exhaust if it's a bit too much for you?

 

[Touring_Rob]

I can't see any sense in dumbing down one of your primary senses that's key to driving safely on the road.

Deal with and accept the noise your loud exhaust makes, or don't have a loud exhaust if it's a bit too much for you?

Its not even the exhaust, its the near sold engine mounts, silly loud tyres. If you can't hear anything anyway what difference does saving your hearing make? I think it takes the mini from its current dB to something more like the Lexus in terms of cabin noise and what you can hear outside the car so not missing much. To Blyton I ran them on low and it pretty much just removed the drone.... the music on top removed everything else though

Same on bikes, I initially hated wearing ear plugs but now couldn't do a long journey without them otherwise you get off with ringing ears half deaf anyhow. Round town, A roads etc I wouldn't but for a 5 hour+ journey all on the motorway largely at night where you spot headlights way before you hear something it makes zero difference to my ability to not hear anything.

 

[Steve1986]

I can't see any sense in dumbing down one of your primary senses that's key to driving safely on the road.

Deal with and accept the noise your loud exhaust makes, or don't have a loud exhaust if it's a bit too much for you?

It's really not a primary sense when all you can hear is AAAAAAARRRRRGGH for several hours at a time. I can't even hear sirens at motorway speeds so god only knows what else I'm supposed to be listening out for 😂

 

[Danith]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

I'd be (more) para as F

 

[Steve1986]

I'd be (more) para as F

You do spend a lot of time checking mirrors when you've got them on, substantially more often than I normally would in a car that's not ASBO loud

 

[Touring_Rob]

Couldn't think of anything worse than driving with noise cancelling headphones on. Up there with driving with a hood up.

Completely lose any sense of what's going on around you

Driving with a hood up is infinitely worse James, because then you 100% get pulled over for being a drug dealing chav whilst also not being able to hear the sirens.

 

[DaveDreads]

Noise cancelling headphones?
Bunch of fannies.

 

[Touring_Rob]

I'd be (more) para as F

Just bang them on, then spend the next 5 hours alone saying words odd trying to work out if you could learn how to pronounce words properly had you been born without your hearing. When you eventually take them off the world is too loud and you spend the next hour like the kid off the A word.

 

[dann2707]

My uncle always makes me drive blindfold

And suck the sausage

 

[Touring_Rob]

And suck the sausage

Is it not the banana game? We used to love playing that after church.

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Against the highway code, not sure if it's illegal

@Sunglasses_Ron can you arrest this man pls, he's far too sexy for his age

I don’t know if any specific offence but I suppose it could be considered driving without due car or attention if it’s affecting someone ability. It’s not something I’ve ever come across though.

 

[B-shaw557]

I can't see any sense in dumbing down one of your primary senses that's key to driving safely on the road.

Deal with and accept the noise your loud exhaust makes, or don't have a loud exhaust if it's a bit too much for you?

It's no different to driving a luxury barge with double glazed windows and a ton of sound deadening?
I could barely hear trucks passing me on the motorway in the Lexus, it wasnt exactly dangerous, just more comfortable.

 

[Simon1975]

To be fair is no different to driving with a car full of kids

 

[YorkshireKyle]

My uncle always makes me drive blindfold

Weird how he makes you sit in the passenger seat and still change gears though