Just doesnt seem to be fast enough!

[crabbo182]

Ive had my clio 182 for a year now and it just does not seem to be very fast!

Is it possible thats mine is just pants?

 

[Justin]

Drive a 1.0L micra for a while, then it will feel quicker!

 

[rctempire]

Borrow my 1.2L Clio, then you will enjoy the 2.0L

 

[Coby.]

I know the feeling Fella, Mine always feels Sluggish... Probably just me driving skills though

 

[crabbo182]

No I give it hammer just doesnt seem to shift as well as people say theirs do,

I had a fabia vrs before and I'm sure it was way quicker than the clio!

 

[Mish]

I had a Fiesta RS Turbo before I got mine and was scared it would just bore the pants off me... I was wrong- still in love with it now nearly a year on.

Have you had it serviced etc at regular intervals?

PS- wrong section

 

[Fletcher]

Drive a 1.0L micra for a while, then it will feel quicker!

ditto.....

Or get a set of TB's, turbo fitted

 

[clio_luke]

they are not 'fast' cars. they have a fair bit of pace but i would never consider my 182 a fast car. you get used to the speed and the feel of them so they dont seem as fast, like pretty much any car.
there are much quicker cars on the raod, but a 172 cup in the hands of the right driver is a weapon! would take on or at least stay with most cars in its catagory

 

[crabbo182]

sorry,

Yeah new oil every 6000, itg panel filter and janspeed exhaust,

Only other thing I can think of is I work at bentley and get to drive the cars and they shift!

But my mate has got trophy he also drives bentleys on test and said his isnt all that different really, well not a huge difference like mine

 

[Gstar2006]

You're just used to it. My RX7 stopped feeling fast after a while and I wanted more out of it. The fact that it destroyed everything I came across on the road bar a couple tweaked scoobie's and evo's and could overtake long strings of traffic at will seemed to slip by me.

Human nature that we always want more!

G

 

[crabbo182]

True,

Maybe im just used to it, maybe it was the massive torque of the skoda that made it seem quicker.

Where is a good place to get it rolling roaded in the midlands anyone know?

 

[clio_luke]

my girlfriend drove my car and i was in the passanger seat. my car felt twice as quick when i wasn't behind the wheel! try that or driving something slower for half an hour.
or do like i do, get the most mpg out of your car most of the time (average 37mpg for me) then stick your foot down from time to time. you appreciate it more

 

[Ben.]

sell it and get bentley to give you a works car?

 

[clio_luke]

True,

Maybe im just used to it, maybe it was the massive torque of the skoda that made it seem quicker.

Where is a good place to get it rolling roaded in the midlands anyone know?

if you get a rr session, dont be dissapointed if its below 180bhp. it will be

 

[edde]

You get used to it.

 

[Gstar2006]

Had my RX done up Derbyshire way at Noble I think it was.

G

 

[crabbo182]

skoda was a works car,

Can get a brand new r32 for 140 a month and gets replaced for a new one every 6 months but im 21 and the insurance quote was near 5000 grand!

What kind of power should i expect?

 

[crabbo182]

5 grand even

 

[Ben.]

skoda was a works car,

mmm i was thinking something more along the lines of a bentley

 

[Hitty86]

No I give it hammer just doesnt seem to shift as well as people say theirs do,

I had a fabia vrs before and I'm sure it was way quicker than the clio!

I have a 172 and Fabia vRS.. the vRS has a nice kick to it when the turbo kicks in and loads of poke when in the right gear, but get your foot down in the Clio you will soon realise its much quicker

 

[crabbo182]

just doesnt seem to pul like the skoda

I work on the bentley brooklands and they start at £250,000

Company car is a no no, and they do 6mpg Average!

Got to get the 1000nm of torque from somewhere though.
The power of them is amazing!

 

[Hitty86]

Thats just because of the torque the PD TDi engine has,

182 has 148 lb-ft
vRS has 229 lb-ft

Put em both together though and i know which one ill be backing.. just look at the difference in the figures, i.e 0-60 and top speed!

 

[Iridium]

Also, don't newer cars like 182s, probably 172s as well have 'learning' ECUs? You drive like a granny all the time and it sort of 'adapts' to your driving and sort of goes more 'economy' ? This might not be true, but I'm sure it is - although whether it makes any difference to actual power is surely unlikely?

My mate always used to say, when he drove his GF's C2 GT like, to town and back, he'd be twatting it on the way there (she drives like a granny) and saying it felt sluggish and slow. Then after the thrashing, he'd drive it home the same way and always said it felt much quicker!

Although, to Crabbo182, as you say you give it some often anyway, it doesn't seem like this would be an issue heh!

Dan

 

[edde]

No I give it hammer just doesnt seem to shift as well as people say theirs do,

I had a fabia vrs before and I'm sure it was way quicker than the clio!

They feel quicker at lower revs due to there torque

 

[Hitty86]

and the vRS handles like a boat compared to the clio

 

[crabbo182]

To be fair I thrash the sh@te out of it!

My mates just had a 172 and he swears its quicker than his old 200 bhp rs he used to have, going to arrange a little traffic light flutter see what happens

 

[crabbo182]

vrs was good in the bends i felt, clio not much better but the guy who I bought the car off put lowering springs on it don't think they helped much!

And the vrs stopped like nothing you could imagine!

 

[Anim@l]

You are probably just used to it. I drive my dads cr sometimes then get back in mine just to appreciate it more.

 

[Christopher]

Take a plug out for a week. Then go back to it

 

[Brett]

Borrow my 1.2L Clio, then you will enjoy the 2.0L

+1 you could beat me to 60 sithout going over 3k probly.

 

[rory182]

there's possibly something wrong with it impossible to say really.

Mikey's old 172 ran on 15valves!

Could be anything.

What's your role at Bentley? I interviewed for MMI Development Engineer and my mate has recently left Bentley for Getrag in Liverpool.

 

[crabbo182]

Auto electrician on shop floor nothing special.

 

[lenny2007]

Auto electrician on shop floor nothing special.

on the 61x line or the 81x line?

seems there is a few people who work for Bentley here, usually spot a few sports in the car park

 

[Eckascliovalver]

my girlfriend drove my car and i was in the passanger seat. my car felt twice as quick when i wasn't behind the wheel! try that or driving something slower for half an hour.
or do like i do, get the most mpg out of your car most of the time (average 37mpg for me) then stick your foot down from time to time. you appreciate it more

+1

when someone else drives your car, you will soon realise its not as sluggish as you think

 

[MarkCup]

After 105,000 miles I still get excited about driving my Cup. Probably something to do with the fact that my daily hack now is a 51 plate 1.6 Zetec Focus...84 v 205 bhp/ton...the Cup's a rocket.

 

[Gary-Lew]

go on a good stretch of mountain roads and keep it above 6000rpm in 3rd and 4th for at least 10-15 miles theres no better way.

 

[J88NES]

You work for Bentley then Crabbo, my brother works for Bentley, Sam Phoenix. Currently got a black leon FR (on the car scheme)

 

[H182]

go on a good stretch of mountain roads and keep it above 6000rpm in 3rd and 4th for at least 10-15 miles theres no better way.

+1

Drive it like a grandad for a week or so then it feels faster. They don't feel that quick in a straight line but round twisty roads its great fun.