My New DCi 100

[Martin_172]

picked up clio number 4 today lol a black DCi dynamique 100 with Climate control and electric sunroof.

so far loving it, averaging 65mpg and its got a nice lump of torque when you need it, tomorrow im going to machine polish it and give it a good detail but for today it just got a quick wash!

71,000 miles, years mot, years tax, full service history perfect apart from needing rear disks £3600 not bad price i thought being so rare

 

[StevenMc29]

Very nice. DCi80 is where its at though

 

[Gareth]

yeah good buy, DCIs are rare. £35 tax a year? or is it more? We had a DCI 65 from new which was a good car.

 

[Martin_172]

yeah £35 a year tax and mega cheap insurance it rocks!!

 

[Gareth]

yeah good run arounds, shame some f**ker kicked the bonnet on ours for no reason.

 

[Martin_172]

yeah probably one of the best run abouts you will get, i was originally looking for a fabia VRS but this handles better, wee bit slower but has the £35 tax a good 10mpg more than the fabia and cheaper insurance which is what a runabout is all about in the end

 

[Mr Burns]

Looks good mate, always wanted to see what one of these would go like after a re-map!!

 

[Martin_172]

yeah would go pretty well, this one will be staying standard though, the torque on them is limited due to the gearbox anyway so if i was to map it to raise the torque i could get massive gains but not the best for the box so i wont be touching it plenty quick enough for day to day driving anyway, goes really well in 4th for overtaking

 

[jesus]

Excellent colour choice! :rasp:

 

[cly]

nice choice. suprsingly cheap too. good bargin

 

[alex-avfc]

Good find that...great spec and dci 100's are rare!

Many plans for this one?

 

[Martin_172]

na its staying standard just giving it a good detail and keeping it mint and original.

gonna dig out all my old ICE that i had in my 1.2 16v, never fitted it into my 172 got about £3k worth of what was top of the line pioneer ice at the time lol

 

[alex-avfc]

Nice! you did alot to that 1.2 in a short space of time didnt ya! What you got ICE wise, headunit and speakers?

 

[Alan]

Well played wee man.

 

[StevenMc29]

would a dci80 with less miles be worth nearly as much as that?

Sorry to hi-jack

 

[Martin_172]

depends what millage, dci100's hold their price well because they are so rare.

alex, got a Pioneer DEH-P8600MP head unit, reference series amp, reference series front components, reference series subs all that jazz lol

 

[Firas]

nice wee car that.

 

[daydotz]

nice choice

 

[Jordi17]

nice and tidy that

 

[Brett]

Realy good motor that mate. Forgive my ignorence but are these 6 gears or still 5?

 

[rctempire]

Excellent choice martin.

 

[R20 CWH]

nice work chief

 

[Martin_172]

Realy good motor that mate. Forgive my ignorence but are these 6 gears or still 5?

only a 5 speed mate, would have loved it to be a 6 speed, maby a plan for the future haha

cheers for all the comments guys loving it so far, done 200 miles in it today and really getting a feel for it now, it pulls clean and hard to 4.5k rpm feels more like a petrol than a diesel! inside the cabin its so quiet you would never know what was under the bonnet, at 70mph it sits about 2k rpm and pulls to an indicated just under 120mph so probably between 110 and 115mph indicated.

suspension is a perfect ballance between ride comfort and handling, doesnt feel as firm as my old dci 65 felt funny enough or maby in my head.

brakes are strong, stops really well, and its needing rear disks changed too!

overall, im in love with the little thing!

mpg so far is averaged 61mpg and ive been driving pretty quick!

 

[alex-avfc]

only a 5 speed mate, would have loved it to be a 6 speed, maby a plan for the future haha

Never took ya seriously when you said you had no plans

 

[Martin_172]

no one ever does hahaha

 

[Winston]

Love DCi's... the only non RS clio worth owning imo... great buy

Bet you can chip / mod it to silly torque & BHP?

 

[Martin_172]

yeah i was never a diesel fan untill i tried one when i bought my last one as a runabout they are awesome, no point at all having a petrol non RS, i was driving my mums 1.2 16v the other day and wasnt exactly red lining it just making progress around town at a similar pace as i would in the 172 and averaged 30mpg!!! i can average 65 in this using the torque.

problem with them is the boxes are only rated for 200nm (147lb/ft i think) which is what these have so as standard the torque is limited on these, so by mapping it you can get mega torque and around 130bhp BUT how long the box will last im not 100% sure, i might get a "soft" map on it for say 160 odd lb/ft and 115bhp but to be honest im not overly fussed, ill make a video tomorrow honest you will not beleive how this thing revs ive never driven a diesel like it, its like a bloddy petrol!

 

[Bluebeard]

£35 tax

Strange. I had a brand new one and the RFl was £105. :S

 

[Martin_172]

newer ones are higher tax, same engine in the new one is also a dci 106 where mine is a dci 100! think it was something to do with them putting out more emissions than they were rated for! so newer ones are rated with higher bhp and more tax when they are the same engine!

 

[Bluebeard]

Mine was a 53 plater (or 54?!) like yours mate.

Deffinately deffinately £105 a year tax. I questioned it as it was a demo and I ordered it becase I thought it was £35!!

 

[Martin_172]

hmmm possibly they used to be that before all the new tax bands came in? but yeah this is deffo £35! going down to £30 next year i beleive!

 

[Brett]

Mine was a 53 plater (or 54?!) like yours mate.

Deffinately deffinately £105 a year tax. I questioned it as it was a demo and I ordered it becase I thought it was £35!!

The tax went down on them. They are only £30 next year.

 

[Ad]

These are really good and well worth the money. Looks a cracking buy.

 

[Brett]

Love DCi's... the only non RS clio worth owning imo... great buy

Bet you can chip / mod it to silly torque & BHP?

Totally agree Winston. My 1.2 16V is gutless, not very economical and almost 4 x the tax of a DCi.

I wish i'd have gone for a DCi 80, couldn't believe how much quicker it felt than mine when I went in one.

However if I ever change to another non RS Clio it will be a DCi.

I also think martin will have it running silly power on an uprated box before long. The DCi 65 was just a run around and was going to be standard IIRC

 

[Ali]

Didn't know they had rear disks.

 

[Martin_172]

yeah after 53plate the dci 100 was brought out and the 1.6 16v was also given rear disks. same size as the 172 ones

Brett, im going to try my hardest to keep it standard as i like it as is. the dci 65 was just a bucket so a front mount and 60mm springs were a bit of fun lol

 

[Macester]

turn up for the books this! people on CS talking sense for once!! :approve: glad you got it mate and you can see my reply on cliodci.net

 

[Dan D]

Just checked on parkers at the tax on the DCi's after everyone discussing it. The DCi 65 & 100 are £30 to tax next year but the DCi80 is only £20. Bit strange
80 ftw

 

[daydotz]

i fancy a dci106 would have been nice to have that in the 30quid tax band 90ftl

my dci86 does fall into the 30quid band though

maped dci80 with its 20quid tax ftw although i wouldnt complain paying 30 for a dci100

my dci86s has rear discs i got them as part of the upgrade to 16s

 

[Android]

get coilies on it martin !