on way back from work, got on the A34 off the M60 and noticed porsche heaadlights behind me and hoped it would be that of a boxsters and it was! he pulled level and gave it a little blast with a smile on his face like "ha ha a clio wants to race ME? all over his arse although he was pulling awaay EVER so slightly, then i got infront and he seemed tio give up, went past a roundabout and i slowe down coming out of it, he was behind so i indicated for him to overtake, was expecting him to pull level but he just went past so i gave chase, hit another roundabout and in all fairness he pulled even more of a gap(those f**kers can corner!) i managed to gain some of it back, hit another roundabout and all over his ass agian, he moved over and i started going past till we hit another roundabout and he pulled more of a gap, againg gained some back, as i reached for 5th i was pulling him back but by then we were doin 120ish and for some reason he thought it would be really clever to slam on the anchors! so islamed them on also and for some reason my car pulled to the left! at 100mph+ its a bit scary, i honestly thought that was it for the clio but i came off brakes and it straightened up. gave him the foglight flash and hazards but he just got off, think he was a bit anoyed a clio gave him such a hard time! boxster 1, clio 0, but ONLY just!
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nearly stacked it racing a boxster
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on way back from work, got on the A34 off the M60 and noticed porsche heaadlights behind me and hoped it would be that of a boxsters and it was! he pulled level and gave it a little blast with a smile on his face like "ha ha a clio wants to race ME? all over his arse although he was pulling awaay EVER so slightly, then i got infront and he seemed tio give up, went past a roundabout and i slowe down coming out of it, he was behind so i indicated for him to overtake, was expecting him to pull level but he just went past so i gave chase, hit another roundabout and in all fairness he pulled even more of a gap(those f**kers can corner!) i managed to gain some of it back, hit another roundabout and all over his ass agian, he moved over and i started going past till we hit another roundabout and he pulled more of a gap, againg gained some back, as i reached for 5th i was pulling him back but by then we were doin 120ish and for some reason he thought it would be really clever to slam on the anchors! so islamed them on also and for some reason my car pulled to the left! at 100mph+ its a bit scary, i honestly thought that was it for the clio but i came off brakes and it straightened up. gave him the foglight flash and hazards but he just got off, think he was a bit anoyed a clio gave him such a hard time! boxster 1, clio 0, but ONLY just!
Nice work dude. Glad you didnt stack it into his ass. I hate it when to$$ers slam their brakes on when in a racing situation. Those Boxsters are definately in our league, not too sure about the Boxster S tho....never come accross one of those yet.....i think the S would be a different kettle of fish....
The first race i ever had in my car was against a Porsche Boxster (supposed to be running it in haha). Pushing him along quite nicely. He was definately more confident through the corners though......Bit common tho, boxsters - i see more of them than 16vs, willys and 172s put together!
yeah, heard the Boxster S is not to be messed with, rumour theat they brake from 100-0 in 2.9secs?!!?!!!! not shy then! was very suprised at his cornering though cos i expected to have the edge due to suspension mods and being a bit of a loony around corners but he just left me on them!
On sharper or shallower corners it may have been a little differnet though cos these roundabouts were taken at 50-60 meaning i had to shift from 2nd to 3rd mid corner...........think on the verge of grip, then think massive and sudden weight transfer! a little scary!
hahahaa you nutter! nice to hear about some good racin. I always get myself prepd when i see a boxster, and then try and read the back letters to see if its an "S" or not, but if not then "game on!". Yeah i expect on long motorway corners around 140 theyd be pretty stable where our clios are quite nervous. Had this when racing an S3, it looked like his back was twitching and i didnt want to lift off, dont fancy a 140 mph drift!
Was a Clio 1.8 16v
Any roadster will di*k a hatch round bends IMO mate.
well looks that way after tonight, still got my front and rear strut to fit and my tyre pressures are all over the show after york, would quite like to compare when all is ready though, the clio does seem to have a hell of a lot of grip around most corners, so when strutted it can only get better!
i had reaars at 40(so there is no squat when coilovers are stiff) and the front at about 25, usually have rears at 31 and front at 29, but at the mo i just let the rears down a bit so they wouldnt pop. the tyre pressure may have somat to do with the car wnting to turn left when braking at 100+mph!
Was a Clio 1.8 16v
Orrrrr, keep driving like a looney and i can inherit that special Willy engine u got.
Only kidding. Jinx?
Was a Clio 1.8 16v
Good point. Drive safly for a few days.
a quick question on the boxter and clean16v:
because clean16vs car is obviously a flier (14.4 Qtr - top time mate
), does that mean that a bog standard 172 (like mine) with no mods would have quite a hard job at keeping up with the boxter? havent encountered one yet, but would like to know how I "should" do against one......TBH honest mate, my car is still stripped out, had less then 1/4 tank of petrol and i was really pushing it tonight and still just losing out(fair enough if pressures were right i could have pushed it around corners harder) but all in all i lost while caning my car, for all i know he could have been driving fast but not pushing it to its limits. if your car can run in the 14s down the strip then on the road there is prob very little in it. Depends if yours is a hot one or not!
cheers mate!
yet to try it on the strip so dont know how quick it is.
all i know is it pulls like a train, and when I had a scrap with a BMW 330ci last night I was all over its bumper in 1st and 2nd. the guy backed off in 3rd as i think he was a bit embarrassed!!! Not THE fastest ive been up against, but a nice recent scalp....
whats standard 172 qtr mile time?
Im not suprised it was very close as we all know there are two types of boxster the normal one and the "S" however there is a slight difference in the normal boxsters the pre 2002 models had 8BHP less and probably less torque, 2002 and onwards have the extra 8BHP, i have listed the stats below of the 3 types of boxster:
2002 onwards - 2.7litre, 228BHP, 0 - 60 in 6.3s, 0 - 100 in 15.2, 1/4 mile in 14.8@99mph.
Pre 2002 - 2.7litre, 220BHP, 0 - 60 in 6.5s, 0 - 100 in 15.5s, 1/4 mile in 14.9@98mph
Boxster S - 252BHP, 0 - 60 in 6s, 0 - 100 in 14.4s, 1/4 mile in 14.3@99mph.
Going by these figures it is easy to see why clean16v was all over the boxster....on the 1/4mile strip clean16v will beat both the normal boxsters as he ran consistant 14.5s at York, in the 0- 100 he will also be right up there with the boxster...no wonder the guy got pissed off and put his brakes on!, he s probably spent near 27grand on buying the boxster and he was getting grief from a 6grand clio with tints!
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