-Dan-
ClioSport Club Member
Hey everybody would just like to say hello 
im Dan im 22 and from a lovely area called bedfordshire i work as a mobile engineer/mechanic on crane and earthmoving machines
im no newbie when it comes to french cars ive had a fair few in my 5 years behind the wheel, but ive always wanted a clio sport since i got into trackdays, i picked mine up last month and have been enjoying driving about in it very very much, i have only purchased it for abit of fun during the week days when i have time and to take out on track, i have been taking my main everyday car around the track but its always playing in the back of my head if a bin it ive lost a hell of alot of money and have no way to get to work the next day, i may well be what is known as a mad car enthusiast, every car ive owned has been my pride and joy and looked after to an exceptionally good standard which if anyone who will know me from here will know!
ill go through my current and previous car history for you guys now, so you can get a taste of how crazy i am
I started my driving life in this at 17, a 1.4 206 LX, was a very good car to learn in and start off in
Then after 5 months i moved up a bit well could be classed as a step down in some peoples minds haha into this
A 1.6 Sport Ka, done a few light mods to that, colour coded the door handles, lowered it slightly
After owning that for again for about 5 months now aged 18 insurance had gone down so felt i could moved onto bigger and better things
206 Gti that i brought standard and after 8 months of owning i changed from this
To this, i lowered it 40mm, sprayed the wheel arches, fitted a set of Vortex alloy wheels and fitted a powerflow exhaust system
Unfortunately it came to a sorry end after 9 months in november 2010 i was hit by an uninsured foreign lorry driver :'( totalled the poor car, i was devastated
after that happened i went a few weeks with no car then i found myself a 2004 vectra 1.9 SRI 150 going cheap so i picked that to run myself to work and back held onto that till end of december, sold the vetcra to my brother as he needed a car so i picked myself up a 2002 focus 1.6 ran that for 2 weeks did not like the driving position or anything about it, luckily i got my payout from my insurance start of January so i got straight on the net to find my next car, i had always wanted a 206 Gti 180 since passing my test so i hunted for 1 of them, found an absolute minter for sale just down the road so had to have it!
This is how it started out when i brought it, completely standard that did not last long
After 2 weeks of ownership it didn't take me long before i was modifying it started by lowering it by 20mm
in the 2 years i owned it transformed the car to what ive been told to be 1 of the nicest examples of a Gti 180 around, i had changed the headlights to genuine valeos masked, the wheels refurbished in anthracite wrapped in Parada Spec 2 tyres, about 2 months before i sold her i fitted her with Avo 30 way adjustable coilovers for a few trackdays i did, polybushed all the parts that were available to change, uprated the brakes i had a set of 406 brembos to fit but never got round to it before she left, 24mm rear antiroll bar, janspeed exhaust system and quite a few other things
Painted the engine cover blue and gloss black, polished up the inlet manifold, that took hours of hard work
This a picture of it on track at French Car show 2012 if anyone was there you might have seen it
In july 2012 on my 21 st birthday i through it was time i treated myself again i had worked damn hard over the 2 years while owning the 180 to save as much as i could for my next motor, it could only be 1 car for me, my childhood dream car, while im at the only point in life where im going to be able to afford to run and keep myself a float i had to have 1
totally original low millage 2005 Impreza Sti PPP with 301bhp ive since had the power increased so its now running a measly 375Bhp
The day i picked her up
And how she sits now after just over 1 year, i have not done to much to this as i dont want to go ott! all i have done is fit the mandatory pink subaru badge, Blitz Nur Spec R exhaust system, Brought a set off Speedline Prodrive alloys, lowered it abit, upgraded all the suspension parts so it handles perfectly on track
How it sits now
A few while out on track
While owning the subaru ive tried running another car at the same time to keep the millage down and the resale price up on it but the car i got just did nothing for me as an everyday car, didnt like the ride, nor the looks you get from people
Little corsa 1.8 Sri held onto that for about 2 months and got rid!
now im sorry for boring you all for soo long brings me onto why im joining up on here
Here she is a 2002 172 cup, it should be known by some of you on here
Took it down to bedford autodrome today for its debut trackday in my hands and it performed flawlessly, could not be happier with it really enjoyed it, dare i say i enjoy driving the clio more than i do my Subaru
I Hope i Havant bored you all to much, i look forward to being helped and helping people doing what i can
Dan
im Dan im 22 and from a lovely area called bedfordshire i work as a mobile engineer/mechanic on crane and earthmoving machines
im no newbie when it comes to french cars ive had a fair few in my 5 years behind the wheel, but ive always wanted a clio sport since i got into trackdays, i picked mine up last month and have been enjoying driving about in it very very much, i have only purchased it for abit of fun during the week days when i have time and to take out on track, i have been taking my main everyday car around the track but its always playing in the back of my head if a bin it ive lost a hell of alot of money and have no way to get to work the next day, i may well be what is known as a mad car enthusiast, every car ive owned has been my pride and joy and looked after to an exceptionally good standard which if anyone who will know me from here will know!
ill go through my current and previous car history for you guys now, so you can get a taste of how crazy i am
I started my driving life in this at 17, a 1.4 206 LX, was a very good car to learn in and start off in
Then after 5 months i moved up a bit well could be classed as a step down in some peoples minds haha into this
A 1.6 Sport Ka, done a few light mods to that, colour coded the door handles, lowered it slightly
After owning that for again for about 5 months now aged 18 insurance had gone down so felt i could moved onto bigger and better things
206 Gti that i brought standard and after 8 months of owning i changed from this
To this, i lowered it 40mm, sprayed the wheel arches, fitted a set of Vortex alloy wheels and fitted a powerflow exhaust system
Unfortunately it came to a sorry end after 9 months in november 2010 i was hit by an uninsured foreign lorry driver :'( totalled the poor car, i was devastated
after that happened i went a few weeks with no car then i found myself a 2004 vectra 1.9 SRI 150 going cheap so i picked that to run myself to work and back held onto that till end of december, sold the vetcra to my brother as he needed a car so i picked myself up a 2002 focus 1.6 ran that for 2 weeks did not like the driving position or anything about it, luckily i got my payout from my insurance start of January so i got straight on the net to find my next car, i had always wanted a 206 Gti 180 since passing my test so i hunted for 1 of them, found an absolute minter for sale just down the road so had to have it!
This is how it started out when i brought it, completely standard that did not last long
After 2 weeks of ownership it didn't take me long before i was modifying it started by lowering it by 20mm
in the 2 years i owned it transformed the car to what ive been told to be 1 of the nicest examples of a Gti 180 around, i had changed the headlights to genuine valeos masked, the wheels refurbished in anthracite wrapped in Parada Spec 2 tyres, about 2 months before i sold her i fitted her with Avo 30 way adjustable coilovers for a few trackdays i did, polybushed all the parts that were available to change, uprated the brakes i had a set of 406 brembos to fit but never got round to it before she left, 24mm rear antiroll bar, janspeed exhaust system and quite a few other things
Painted the engine cover blue and gloss black, polished up the inlet manifold, that took hours of hard work
This a picture of it on track at French Car show 2012 if anyone was there you might have seen it
In july 2012 on my 21 st birthday i through it was time i treated myself again i had worked damn hard over the 2 years while owning the 180 to save as much as i could for my next motor, it could only be 1 car for me, my childhood dream car, while im at the only point in life where im going to be able to afford to run and keep myself a float i had to have 1
totally original low millage 2005 Impreza Sti PPP with 301bhp ive since had the power increased so its now running a measly 375Bhp
The day i picked her up
And how she sits now after just over 1 year, i have not done to much to this as i dont want to go ott! all i have done is fit the mandatory pink subaru badge, Blitz Nur Spec R exhaust system, Brought a set off Speedline Prodrive alloys, lowered it abit, upgraded all the suspension parts so it handles perfectly on track
How it sits now
A few while out on track
While owning the subaru ive tried running another car at the same time to keep the millage down and the resale price up on it but the car i got just did nothing for me as an everyday car, didnt like the ride, nor the looks you get from people
Little corsa 1.8 Sri held onto that for about 2 months and got rid!
now im sorry for boring you all for soo long brings me onto why im joining up on here
Here she is a 2002 172 cup, it should be known by some of you on here
Took it down to bedford autodrome today for its debut trackday in my hands and it performed flawlessly, could not be happier with it really enjoyed it, dare i say i enjoy driving the clio more than i do my Subaru
I Hope i Havant bored you all to much, i look forward to being helped and helping people doing what i can
Dan
