Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
well thats me had the DCi65 for 2 days now so thought id give my opinion on the car.
the car its self is a red 1.5dci 65, 140k miles, bit scruffy on the outside, imaculate inside, drives awesome for the millage, anyway....
the car is a complete hoot to drive, yes its slow especially coming from the 172 but the steering weight is awesome, bit like the 172 nice and heavy, grips really well and when it starts to slide its easy to catch it and control it (nice having the 15" wheels) tyres are some cheap "corsa" tyres lol but they arnt too bad! Although its not that quick having the torque to pull out corners is nice as long as its on boost.
my car its self has a little niggle where it sometimes drops off boost at around 3k revs, but im led to beleive that a clean of the EGR valve may cure the problem? so i cant comment on the pace of it through the gears but the punch between 2 and 3k revs is great for a little 65bhp car!
next point and imo the best is the fuel economy, on the way back from picking it up i was getting just under 70mpg which i couldnt beleive, around town its settled at around 55mpg and thats not exactly trying! ive put £10 of diesel in it and its still running and says ive got 150 miles left lol! ive already done about 80 too!
but overall this is an awesome little car, i miss the high reving nature of a petrol engine (but still got the 172 for that obviously!) low down torque around town is awesome, hopefully once ive tryed cleaning the egr valve it will boost better mid range and ill update this!
anyone else been surprized by them?
the car its self is a red 1.5dci 65, 140k miles, bit scruffy on the outside, imaculate inside, drives awesome for the millage, anyway....
the car is a complete hoot to drive, yes its slow especially coming from the 172 but the steering weight is awesome, bit like the 172 nice and heavy, grips really well and when it starts to slide its easy to catch it and control it (nice having the 15" wheels) tyres are some cheap "corsa" tyres lol but they arnt too bad! Although its not that quick having the torque to pull out corners is nice as long as its on boost.
my car its self has a little niggle where it sometimes drops off boost at around 3k revs, but im led to beleive that a clean of the EGR valve may cure the problem? so i cant comment on the pace of it through the gears but the punch between 2 and 3k revs is great for a little 65bhp car!
next point and imo the best is the fuel economy, on the way back from picking it up i was getting just under 70mpg which i couldnt beleive, around town its settled at around 55mpg and thats not exactly trying! ive put £10 of diesel in it and its still running and says ive got 150 miles left lol! ive already done about 80 too!
but overall this is an awesome little car, i miss the high reving nature of a petrol engine (but still got the 172 for that obviously!) low down torque around town is awesome, hopefully once ive tryed cleaning the egr valve it will boost better mid range and ill update this!
anyone else been surprized by them?
