Drove my Valver for the first time today

[clio-16-valver]

Drove my valver for the first time today (17 today) god it dont half go! Just taking it around a car park aswell so not fast! Just the excelleration is mad (so crazy I done a few skid starts by mistake.) Dont take much to get the car to go as I sort of knew but not that much.

Until now dad has been insured to drive it (maybe should keep it that way, lol)

Reverse is very sensitive aswell

Mummy lol

[Edited by clio-16-valver on 12 December 2004 at 4:33pm]

 

[Little Newms]

good lad, is the valver your first car then??????

 

[clio-16-valver]

Yes and god and now I can see why people were saying watch out. Dont take much to make it move (even in a car park taking it easy)

 

[TomS]

Wait til you get it on the road!!

But dont go mad !!

 

[bang]

yep its a monster, can catch you out all too easy.

go careful and be clevery

 

[Little Newms]

U nutter!!! Im 18 and have only been driving for 10 month now, I own a 172 Cup..... Now thats still to much imho! Im not saying u will be a nutter but please take it easy, i had a little 106 to get all of my first slids/spings in.... Then i could get the clio, i have got it now but still they can catch u out!

 

[sandshrew3000]

nice one, u should try getting to your top speed now .

 

[Jones]

Give it 6 months and youll want more!!!! I love the feeling of mine after driving my company crap car all week.

 

[number1]

dunno about you lot but valvers arent half fast going backwards are they not!! first time i drove mine was around a car park and i almost stained summat lol

Dave

 

[GeeUK]

Quote: Originally posted by Little Newms on 12 December 2004

U nutter!!! Im 18 and have only been driving for 10 month now, I own a 172 Cup..... Now thats still to much imho! Im not saying u will be a nutter but please take it easy, i had a little 106 to get all of my first slids/spings in.... Then i could get the clio, i have got it now but still they can catch u out!

I wish my parents were rich too

 

[Toypop]

Yeah would love to know what those two are paying on insurance and more to the point who is paying for it!

Keep an eye out for the "crashed my Clio " thread in a few weeks time!

 

[Lunner]

Christ got an Rsi at 19 and insurence is high on that supprised anyone woiuld insure you

 

[Has]

17 years witha valver.......how the fook!!! even on a parents name with you as a named driver how much u paying....must be silly money!!!

 

[cat171]

please be careful with it mate !!
i was 21 when i got mine (i went from a 1.1 fiesta) and it scared the cr*p out of me driving it for the 1st time & id driven a few of my mates quick cars.

 

[clio-16-valver]

Quote: Originally posted by Has 16v on 12 December 2004

17 years witha valver.......how the fook!!! even on a parents name with you as a named driver how much u paying....must be silly money!!!

Year I am paying 2100 with all the mods a year. Not bad at all for my age.

Iam paying for it by the way, not my parents.

[Edited by clio-16-valver on 12 December 2004 at 7:11pm]

 

[Daz]

Quote: Originally posted by clio-16-valver on 12 December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Has 16v on 12 December 2004

17 years witha valver.......how the fook!!! even on a parents name with you as a named driver how much u paying....must be silly money!!!

Year I am paying 2100 with all the mods a year. Not bad at all for my age.

Iam paying for it by the way, not my parents.

[Edited by clio-16-valver on 12 December 2004 at 7:11pm]

Thats *very* good.

 

[Has]

^^

yup a very good price infact.

good luck witht he car mate. Very lucky at that age

 

[clio-16-valver]

Yea got quite alot of mods aswell.

I agree I am very lucky.

 

[unofficialPete]

Very lucky, warned you in your insurance thread, firt time I went in a mates car his 1.1 felt scary fast! so good luck!

 

[Rick]

Go careful. Its very slippery at this time of year. Even when the road appears to be dry it can still catch you out.

Have Fun!

 

[major b]

Nice one m8, another valver here.

 

[Louise]

kewl have fun I thought it was mad me getting my Williams at 19 lol, and fastest car Id driven properly on the road was a 1.4 Orion, so there was a bit of a speed difference lol

 

[clio-16-valver]

Yea bit of a difference between a 1.4 orion and a williams. This is my first car tho! I must be mad.

 

[Little Newms]

Quote: Originally posted by Toypop on 12 December 2004


Yeah would love to know what those two are paying on insurance and more to the point who is paying for it!

Keep an eye out for the "crashed my Clio " thread in a few weeks time!

Im paying £750 a year fully comp in my name.....Happy now? I consider myself to be a very safe driver only driving to the limits of myself and the car, not all of us r mental tw*ts!!!!!

 

[White16valver]

Everyone should book themselves on an advanced driving course, either with the Institute of Advanced Motorists (hard) or RoSPA (very hard).

I need to go on another one as Ive not driven for 18months and my driving is now crap. You will learn a lot about reading the road!

Where abouts are you clio-16-valver? In Essex the IAM are doing a thing where you pay the £75 up front and they refund it when you pass the test, so it is basically free, plus you drive better and save money on the insurance by not having to claim on it because (hopefully!) you wont have the accident you might have had otherwise!

And Little Newms, I hope youre looking into it... I may well see you there! lol

 

[clio-16-valver]

I am down in Aberdeen.

After I pass I will do pass plus.

 

[Martin]

Quote: Originally posted by Little Newms on 12 December 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Toypop on 12 December 2004


Yeah would love to know what those two are paying on insurance and more to the point who is paying for it!

Keep an eye out for the "crashed my Clio " thread in a few weeks time!

Im paying £750 a year fully comp in my name.....Happy now? I consider myself to be a very safe driver only driving to the limits of myself and the car, not all of us r mental tw*ts!!!!!

Not being funny but how do you pay 750 fully comp at your age on a Cup?

 

[Waitey]

Hey Clio 16 Valver

Its great to see another 17 year old with a valver as a first car. Thought i was the only one. Take it easy though as said above we dont want a I crashed my car thread. Im been careful with mine since Bubbles would personally kill me if i hurt it! Hope to see you at a few shows in the future. Im just in the process of getting mine ready for the summer shows.

Steve

 

[Munson]

Nice...just remember there IS a reason that insurance costs so much at your age. Have a look through some of the pictures in the the crashed cars thread in the media forum. I was lucky to roll my first car into a field on my first day of insurance after I passed my test - taught me a short sharp lesson and no mistake.

Enjoy the car but remember its a tin foil box

 

[clio-16-valver]

Quote: Originally posted by Waitey on 13 December 2004


Hey Clio 16 Valver

Its great to see another 17 year old with a valver as a first car. Thought i was the only one. Take it easy though as said above we dont want a I crashed my car thread. Im been careful with mine since Bubbles would personally kill me if i hurt it! Hope to see you at a few shows in the future. Im just in the process of getting mine ready for the summer shows.

Steve






Yea its cool owning a 16v at 17. As you say not many people own them at our age I want to go to some shows next year but I am prob v far away from you. I live down in Scotland but my car came from England

[Edited by clio-16-valver on 13 December 2004 at 6:46pm]

 

[m4rk]

Quote: Originally posted by clio-16-valver on 13 December 2004


I am down in Aberdeen.

After I pass I will do pass plus.

ahem, UP in aberdeen, its only down if ur talkint to someone from inverness etc,, wont say your lucky to have a valver cos if ur paying it urself uv obviously worked hard for it. where in aberdeen u from???

 

[clio-16-valver]

I am good friends with John S btw, He told me bout your car. Live up the road from him.



"wont say your lucky to have a valver cos if ur paying it urself uv obviously worked hard for it."?????

 

[clio-16-valver]

Went out in the car tonight again.

Done alot better today as I think I have mastered the clutch and the excellerater pedal. Reverse is getting better aswell

 

[m4rk]

Quote: Originally posted by clio-16-valver on 13 December 2004


I am good friends with John S btw, He told me bout your car. Live up the road from him.



"wont say your lucky to have a valver cos if ur paying it urself uv obviously worked hard for it."?????

what i mean is u said u paid the insurance thus you must have worked or saved hard for it. cos loads of folk always say rich c**t, wasnt meant as a put down, sorry if it looked that way, if u ever stack the car first dibs on the engine??? u go to cults ??

 

[Justin]

hey, im from aberdeen as well, (newtonhill - if you know where that is!!) nice first car by the way!!! wish i could afford one!!

Justin

 

[_Tom]

I got a valver pretty much on my 18th bday. Youll be fine!

 

[ViolentJ]

just remember theres no driver aids on a valver - no abs, tractions etc

Take it easy this winter, only takes a fraction of a second to write a car off or land you with a huge bill.

 

[dimmadave]

Quote: Originally posted by clio-16-valver on 13 December 2004


I am down in Aberdeen.

After I pass I will do pass plus.

U bought a valver and you havent even passed your test yet ,at 17 i was (kinda) happy with my 2 tone datsun cherry which was 1500 a year to insure!

 

[rockport]

Quote: Originally posted by clio-16-valver on 12 December 2004

Yea bit of a difference between a 1.4 orion and a williams. This is my first car tho! I must be mad.

I hate to say, but if this is your first car then you wont fully appreciate just how good a car it really is. Reason being is that you dont have any thing to compare it against.

I had an MK4 XR3I (red) lol for my first car (hardly 16v pase i know) while all my mates at the time had 1.1 novas, 1.0 fiesta etc.. They all told me i was lucky to have a 1.6ltr @ 17yrs but i didnt think anything of it becuase it was my first car.

Then a 2yrs later i bought my 16v and f**k me could i notice the difference! It was like jumping into a F40 from the XR3i (not that i would know what thats like!) it held the road amazingly and felt like a proper sports car compared to the escort.

anyway what im trying to say is, even tho you can tels its a nice & quick car, you will never fully appricate it becuase its your first car. I just hope you dont end up writting it off like i did with my first car. Your insurance is high for a reason.

Take care of it fella!

 

[rockport]

Quote: Originally posted by _simon_ on 14 December 2004

just remember theres no driver aids on a valver - no abs, tractions etc

Take it easy this winter, only takes a fraction of a second to write a car off or land you with a huge bill.

mine has ABS as do most.