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How often do you blast it
- Thread starter Alex_225
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Every day....
Drive a 80mile round trip to work each day and frequently hit that dam rev limiter!! need another 1000 revs!! lol
I see it as driving the car to its full potential rather than ragging it. The engine revs so easily due to the big engine\light car combination that i dont feel guilty for doing it. Always let it warm up first though.
Have started to slow down a bit now due to weather conditions etc...
Weeman sucks ****
Nearly everyday in mine, thats what its built for. As long as no gears are graunched and you dont leave the needle hitting the redline itll be fine. Always nice to see the gear change light flicker in 3rd
astra break
I floor it every day (not all the time) Sometimes hit the rev limiter. Its built for give it a go, otherwise I should have bought a 1.2 ...
Weeman sucks ****
Quote: Originally posted by AlexJMills on 02 December 2004
<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #407db6">Sounds like there are plenty of Clios that get driven with some force. Ive never hit the redline or had the rev limiter kick in but have given it some! <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #407db6">At least I know not to feel guilty when I floor it off the lights! LOL
Wish I could floor it off the lights, Id just sit there spinning, watching my tyres wear down lol.
Little Newms
ClioSport Club Member
182, D2 Td5 & 840CI
Most of the time
Little Newms
ClioSport Club Member
182, D2 Td5 & 840CI
If i wanst going to rag my car i would have bought a 1.2 clio......
Weeman sucks ****
Quote: Originally posted by blink172 on 02 December 2004
Yup, very often. But sensibly though, never on busy roads, housing estates, near schools or shops etc. Always up to just before the change light comes on, and only when warm.
Wise words mate, very true and same as what I stick to. Just give the M3s a run for their money on the twisty B roads
Although I followed a Passat tdi last night, f**k me theyre quick.
Weeman sucks ****
Yeah but if your mum spotted it, it was probably a basic model, not a sport. my mum said once that she saw one "just like mine" but with silver bits stuck on the side. LOL, bless her. "Its a vee mum"..."whats that?".
Ziel Nurburgring
The best you can do it embarass the Gareth Cheeseman, travelling salesmen in their company BMWs (Although not always, keep an eye open for audi and VWs trying to muscle in). They sit there thinking they are the dogs, right up until you fill their car full of dust as you disappear into the distance.
Weeman sucks ****
I do a 40 mile round trip, a bit of dual carrageway and the rest are twisties, hence new tyres needed after 6k
® Andy
ClioSport Club Member
Illiad V6 255
After Ive let it warm up a bit .... I rag is all the time subject to road conditions. Only time it granny shift like KDF is when it wet and slippery
Great thing with the 172 is that even with this driving style (and not many motorway miles) I still average 32mpg+!
At least once a day, as soon as i get out the traffic to and from work i open it up, it likes it
It told me!! ha ha
Although, the cup is very nice for just cruising along too, came from the lakes on sunday to manchester at 60mph most of the way. Its good to see people check the car out as they go past, makes you feel you made the right choice!!!
Jonny
megane coupe F7R
My car hits the limiter loads of times everyday. It was build for thrashin so thats what it gets.Not so much in the wet though, cuz clios jus dont handle in the wet. One of my not so close friends has just bought a 182 and he dont even go anyware! He does about 4k a year and he never gives it a thrashin. What was the point in that i ask my self!!
Ziel Nurburgring
About right, even with a good going at i cant get it below 30mpg. Im sure it will drop below 29mpg on a track, but then you shouldnt be driving like that on a road.
Seems to be the best cat ive owned, returning over 40mpg below 85 on a motorway and 30 with a hammering and returning over 300 miles most tanks. You cant get than that.
133/225/CLS AMG
My MPG on the trip computer mostly shows between 29-32mpg. I reckon the low side of that is mostly due to traffic.
Luckily only do about 150 miles a week so dont use too much fuel.
I think its only right to give it some in the right places. So many cars are wasted their owners who just cant drive them properly!!
Lol @ "between 29-32mpg. I reckon the low side of that is mostly due to traffic"
I have had mine down to 11 mpg - as I said in another thread - lambo territory I have a long trip back from work, one night I screwed the nut for about 20 miles (not over 90) but was accelerating hard (often), then I hit a 10 mile stretch of traffic travelling at 1mph average (start & stop) I could not believe the mpg reading - iI could actually watch the fuel gauge getting lower. However, I havent had it below 18 - 19 mpg since.
I do feel I could of thrashed it harder than that - really didnt feel like I was using all its power. But dont want to kill myself or anyone else. Need a private runway I think and a serious discount ticket for my local garage.
