Getting bored of the ph1 'track' car already......

[Wests Renault]

Always wanted to build a track car and having finally done it, i'm not sure its what i was hoping for.

Miss having the creature comforts, hate all the rattles and hate having to rev the nuts off the car to get any sort of power

Prefered my old 182 but as i've spent so much money on this car now, i'm a little reluctant to sell up so quickly

Opinions?

 

[Poopensharten]

Buy £20 worth of tiger seal and put the interior back in?

Stripped out track cars are good for nothing other than sole track use imo.

They would be enjoyed and appreciated ten fold if you had a comfortable car to commute/run around in

 

[Fletcher]

Like I said before... You should have kept the 182 IMO.

 

[Bluebeard]

Sadly, 99% of cliosport.net ''track cars'' end up sailing down the same river.

Always seems a good idea at the time.

(I am guilty of it myself too!)

 

[.GAZ.]

Welcome back Colshe heed!

A track car should be used for track only, hence it being called a track car!!

 

[172Ben]

Buy a run about.

I like my ears bleeding on the way to work

 

[Wests Renault]

Buy £20 worth of tiger seal and put the interior back in?

Stripped out track cars are good for nothing other than sole track use imo.

They would be enjoyed and appreciated ten fold if you had a comfortable car to commute/run around in

havent got any of the standard parts left, sold them all. i never planned to sell so quickly and always thought the car would get broken for parts at the end anyway

Like I said before... You should have kept the 182 IMO.

should have done mate, although i do fancy something turbo'd again. I do like the speed of the 172 stripped out but just dont like thrashing it to make it go quick!

Sadly, 99% of cliosport.net ''track cars'' end up sailing down the same river.

Always seems a good idea at the time.

(I am guilty of it myself too!)

Yea, i always fancied doing this right back when i was in the vauxhall scene but its not all its cracked up to be

 

[Whiteley]

Do a trackday in it?

Fail to see the point of having a stripped out car for the road any more. I don't enjoy driving my Clio unless it's on track.

 

[Wests Renault]

Buy a run about.

I like my ears bleeding on the way to work

I'm getting a motorbike to run me about but even after my car sitting on the drive for a whole week, i drove it tonight and still felt the same even after taking it for a drive on the twisties

 

[Wests Renault]

Do a trackday in it?

Fail to see the point of having a stripped out car for the road any more. I don't enjoy driving my Clio unless it's on track.

Yea i defo wanna do some track days as i know if i dont i'll wish i had. But i cant find a decent track day i wanna book.

 

[joebristolgym]

Get some balls. Man up.

 

[Whiteley]

Yea i defo wanna do some track days as i know if i dont i'll wish i had. But i cant find a decent track day i wanna book.

Loads about, what are you after?

 

[Bluebeard]

Tom, you need to do a proper track day. One with fellow Clio owners and petrol heads and at a decent circuit. Drive miles to get there if you have to! But it will rekindle your love!

 

[Whiteley]

Tom, you need to do a proper track day. One with fellow Clio owners and petrol heads and at a decent circuit. Drive miles to get there if you have to! But it will rekindle your love!

I could name several who refuse to drive over an hour to get to a track!

 

[Bluebeard]

I could name several who refuse to drive over an hour to get to a track!

f**k that!

I drove to Brands after a 11 hour day at work! Left at 5pm got there at 10pm!

 

[Wests Renault]

Loads about, what are you after?

always wanted to cadwell but seems to cost a lot

 

[Jonny1*2]

I could name several who refuse to drive over an hour to get to a track!

I don't refuse to, but oulton is so convenient

 

[jenic]

I could name several who refuse to drive over an hour to get to a track!

Mad :S


OP: Come to cadwell with us at the end of the month, will be a few CS's going, good track and not too expensive. Might be a bit of a drive but it will be worth it

 

[Wests Renault]

Mad :S


OP: Come to cadwell with us at the end of the month, will be a few CS's going, good track and not too expensive. Might be a bit of a drive but it will be worth it

cant get the day off work

 

[Tom@JMS]

Tom, you need to do a proper track day. One with fellow Clio owners and petrol heads and at a decent circuit. Drive miles to get there if you have to! But it will rekindle your love!

This.

If you build a track car it needs to be on track at least once a fortnight to make it worth it, have you been on track yet with it?

Nearly everyone I know that has pulled all of the interior out (not just back seats, but plastics etc) has ended up falling out of love with their cars unless they are frequently hustled on track days.

If that is done it needs a full cage & painted interior (see RStunings PH1, or Jords PH1) to make it tidy.

 

[Wests Renault]

This.

If you build a track car it needs to be on track at least once a fortnight to make it worth it, have you been on track yet with it?

Nearly everyone I know that has pulled all of the interior out (not just back seats, but plastics etc) has ended up falling out of love with their cars unless they are frequently hustled on track days.

If that is done it needs a full cage & painted interior (see RStunings PH1, or Jords PH1) to make it tidy.

havent been on the track yet, i wanna book one but trying to find one that is a day i can book off work and isn't £200

something tells me jus stick with it and it will be worth it in the end but something else says i want a 'nicer' car to drive

 

[Ste666]

I'll second what Tom just said, i saw the RS Tuning clio last saturday and i could live with that day to day as it's been really well done inside. take a look for yourself........
I do love my 182 though, creature comforts

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=478148

 

[jenic]

cant get the day off work

Crap, keep an eye out in the trackdays section, what about the oulton one at the end of the month?

Personally I think a stripped out track car needs to be a second car really, you need a van/barge for day to day use.

I'd love to properly strip out mine and track it like the RSTuning one but if I hated it then it would be so hard to put back to how it was.

 

[Whiteley]

havent been on the track yet, i wanna book one but trying to find one that is a day i can book off work and isn't £200

something tells me jus stick with it and it will be worth it in the end but something else says i want a 'nicer' car to drive

How far in advance do you need to book a day off?

Trackdays are expensive, no 2 ways about it. And Cadwell is generally quite cheap in comparison to other places.

What about Oulton Park on 1st September? Via easytrack. £209 if you book now, £239 closer to the date. I can spare a place on this for £175 if anyone's interested.

 

[Whiteley]

Crap, keep an eye out in the trackdays section, what about the oulton one at the end of the month?

Personally I think a stripped out track car needs to be a second car really, you need a van/barge for day to day use.

I'd love to properly strip out mine and track it like the RSTuning one but if I hated it then it would be so hard to put back to how it was.

Exactly right. There's no way I could run around in mine daily. It generally sits untouched in the garage between trackdays. I get absolutely zero enjoyment from driving it on the road! So I bought le Meg avec b00st

 

[Wests Renault]

How far in advance do you need to book a day off?

Trackdays are expensive, no 2 ways about it. And Cadwell is generally quite cheap in comparison to other places.

What about Oulton Park on 1st September? Via easytrack. £209 if you book now, £239 closer to the date. I can spare a place on this for £175 if anyone's interested.

I can book time off at short notice but it just depends what other holidays are already booked. A lot of holidays are booked at my place this time of year

The oulton park track day in september sounds good. Is there a link for it?

Tom

 

[Wests Renault]

Exactly right. There's no way I could run around in mine daily. It generally sits untouched in the garage between trackdays. I get absolutely zero enjoyment from driving it on the road! So I bought le Meg avec b00st

This is something i would consider but is your track car still taxed insuranced etc

 

[172Ben]

come oulton on september, i going there, few others will be as well.

 

[Whiteley]

http://www.easytrack.co.uk/article/car_track_days

 

[Whiteley]

This is something i would consider but is your track car still taxed insuranced etc

Yep, unfortunately. If I had means of getting it about without driving it then it'd be 100% off the road.

 

[Greeny.]

I feel exactly the same Tom x

I have however thrown out of my interior so its gunna be major hassle getting it all back in so im unsure what to do atm, I even bought a passengers seat yesterday! Gunna cost me a good £150 more to get it in though as I need a subframe and harness

 

[Wests Renault]

Yep, unfortunately. If I had means of getting it about without driving it then it'd be 100% off the road.

who are you insured with?

 

[Wests Renault]

I feel exactly the same Tom x

I have however thrown out of my interior so its gunna be major hassle getting it all back in so im unsure what to do atm, I even bought a passengers seat yesterday! Gunna cost me a good £150 more to get it in though as I need a subframe and harness

Yea, listening to the comments on here i defo need to get some track time booked

 

[Dean.]

woahh cant believe this tom. i aint even seen it properly

 

[jenic]

Yea, listening to the comments on here i defo need to get some track time booked

It does seem pointless making a track car and not tracking it :rasp:

 

[Wests Renault]

woahh cant believe this tom. i aint even seen it properly

if i can find a financial way around it i'd love to keep this and have a daily driver too

 

[Wests Renault]

It does seem pointless making a track car and not tracking it :rasp:

i know

 

[Tom84]

tom get yourself to cadwell, i did my first day at there last year and loved it.

if you wanna do one im sure i will be tempted to go with ya as your not too far from me

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

How can you be bored of the car ?! I never got bored of mine. It annoyed me at times but nothing major went wrong in 20k miles and it entertained me immensely.

Driving Dan's (danny172) stripped / bucketed / Mark Fish'd Ph1 around (usually like I stole it - GTA style, he's in the passenger seat screaming like a girl...) made me realise what a capable car they are.

The speed they can take a back road, or even just a little roundabout is just immense and neither of our cars ever failed to make me grin like a child !

Drive a van around for a week, or borrow a relatives Micra/Jazz/generic OAP mobile... you'll appreciate it more afterwards !

 

[jenic]

Drive a van around for a week, or borrow a relatives Micra/Jazz/generic OAP mobile... you'll appreciate it more afterwards !

Also a great point, after driving my combo all week anything is good. Even my dads jazz