Newbie and 172 virgin!

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Hey was up clio clan, newbie here! Hope everyone is well...

Picking up my first 172, and indeed first Renault, this Sat. . . CANT WAIT! I've come from a Golf mk2 16v, and im a dubber at heart, but i decided to go modern and i didnt really like the thought of owning a mk4 1.8T. So yeh there's a bit about me - i hope this forum is as great as ClubGTI!

Here she is anyway...

Hope you like it - i love it!!

 

[kully]

welcome fella , nice motor there .....

 

[Faxo]

noooo piccy

 

[172.com]

Welcome and all that.

welcome fella , nice motor there .....

Do you see dead people? lol.

I can't see any pic.

 

[kully]

nobody see the 172 silver with turrinis ????

 

[LegoHead]

Hello. Bit of advice, take it easy till you know the car, then take it easy some more.

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

yeh cheers for the welcome - the pic should be ok now!

Why do you say that Dave? speaking from experience?

 

[Ali]

First move, lose the entra badge on the bak

 

[LegoHead]

yeh cheers for the welcome - the pic should be ok now!

Why do you say that Dave? speaking from experience?

I have just seen to many people jump straight in and think the car is stuck to road like glue and push it too hard.

One example, is a guy went straight into back of a bus. I wonder how? If you know the limits of the brakes?

Also standard pads wil fade easy if you brake alot.

 

[DebV6]

Very nice, welcome to the club

 

[A18XHO]

hello and welcome, my brother is on club gti (matt82)

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

I have just seen to many people jump straight in and think the car is stuck to road like glue and push it too hard.

One example, is a guy went straight into back of a bus. I wonder how? If you know the limits of the brakes?

Also standard pads wil fade easy if you brake alot.

Ok mate thanks for the advise. im a driver of 4 years though without so much as a scratch so im sure i'll be fine - track enthusiast also

So brake fade huh. . . i take it the 172 has vented disks? Is it so bad to warrent a brake upgrade in the future - drilled/grooved disks?

 

[LegoHead]

I have just seen to many people jump straight in and think the car is stuck to road like glue and push it too hard.

One example, is a guy went straight into back of a bus. I wonder how? If you know the limits of the brakes?

Also standard pads wil fade easy if you brake alot.

Ok mate thanks for the advise. im a driver of 4 years though without so much as a scratch so im sure i'll be fine - track enthusiast also

So brake fade huh. . . i take it the 172 has vented disks? Is it so bad to warrent a brake upgrade in the future - drilled/grooved disks?

Yep, just get a decent set of pads. I can recommend ferodo ds2500s they bite hard! Dont touch greenstuff pads, as I have some on the car i bought and they barely get the abs kicking in and thats in the wet.

 

[cat171]

Car looks cool.
Nice parking by the way, just the way we like it !

 

[Englebert]

Nice car, good to see someone has saved you the job of getting some Turinis!

 

[MillerLight]

"sport" is on wrong side. odd, nice tho

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Yeh the Turinis are ace! couldn't believe it when i got there, out of the 5 172's they had, the one silver one they had (my prefered colour) not only was the only one with Turinis but it was the cheapest by a grand! Probably why it wasn't long before i owned it!

I did notice the 'sport' was on that side, i had noticed it on a couple of others too thoguh - i just assumed the Cup's had it on the N/S?

 

[madmike1]

the sport should be on the N/S underneath the renault. that is on the O/S!

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

yeh cheers for that mate - i do know my O/S to N/S... maybe i was unclear in my wording. Meant to say that i did notice my 'sport' badge on the O/S, but its not the first clio i have seen like that - i assumed maybe it was only the 'Cup' models that have it on the N/S - evidently not

 

[AlexS]

It should be on the otherside, I would check that it hasn't had a little bump as its usually bodyshops that put the badges in the wrong places.
The colour looks mint with the Turinis, and please don't spray them anthracite, its been done to death!

 

[Leeshez]

Hello welcome and nice car

 

[JR]

nice car

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Thanks again!! and OMFG what fun little cars these are!!!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Nice car mate.

You do know it's not a Cup as you stated earlier eh?

 

[Christopher]

nice one mate

tidy car

 

[Greg W]

Nice Car mate

If u want to uprate your front pads and disks i would go to Yozza sport they do some good deals

 

[Mikey]

welcome fella and nice ride, not sure why the sport badge is under clio??