Newbie in Newcastle - Had a Clio, thinking of a Sport!

[Deckiedoo]

Morning all!
Been looking around auto trader and piston heads and have found mk2 ph2 172s and 182s for decent prices with low mileage. However:

I used to have a 1.2 mk2 ph2 Clio which ended up getting scrapped. It needed thousands spent to get it through an MOT, There was always something wrong with it and it was a complete shed.

This is her when polished:

And this is her in the end:

apologies for the massive photographs!

Obviously this has put me off a clio sport as I'm assuming they will have the same build quality as my clio, and i cannot be bothered to have a car which is haemorrhaging money and parts.

However i loved my clio, and even the 1.2 was lovely and nippy at times, can only dream of what a 172/182 is like!

So people: please tell me what there like, and wether they will fall apart like my little car did . And Also, i have ALOT of parts left from the clio when it got scrapped!

Cheers:

Dec!

 

[AP'Moss]

It looked s**t anyway

 

[Deckiedoo]

lol.

Bearing in mind every other forum i'm on I've been welcomed properly, Currently an admin on a local VW forum too, and I've banned people for less than that.

If this is the type of c**t i am going to find on cliosport.net then i'm not going to bother even posting here.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

1.2s dont tend to be the most reliable of the clio range, the 172/182s can cost alot of money so you need to buy a good example in the 1st place with all the belts done and full service history. Obviously get an insurance quote 1st.

 

[Addicted]

lol.

Bearing in mind every other forum i'm on I've been welcomed properly, Currently an admin on a local VW forum too, and I've banned people for less than that.

If this is the type of c**t i am going to find on cliosport.net then i'm not going to bother even posting here.

Lighten up, or you won't last long at all, everywhere has their selection of trolls!

 

[jaycanning]

Ignore them mate, they just want there cars looking like every others ones on this fourm!

 

[Toby]

Hi Deckie, I'm guessing that was your first car?

CS is brilliant. You just get plebs like Ant commenting without thinking.

Welcome to the Club.

 

[Deckiedoo]

Cheers all - yeah it was my first car, then I had a mk4 GT TDi, then a mk2 Golf GTi 16v and i'm currently driving my dad's van as someone offered me a price i couldn't refuse on the mk2.

I've checked insurance and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the mk2 is so its a go on that front, However I couldn't bare to have another car like my first car, which was in the garage at least once a month. Headgasket, Clutch, Electrics, Hell at one point it even set fire to itself.

I probably have around 4k to spend on a Clio at the moment, which after looking around I seem to be able to pick up a decent, low mileage one for around that price.

It was between getting something sensible - Had my heart set on a mk4 Golf anniversary TDi, but there starting to get a hell of a lot of miles on now. Or something little, and super quick.

 

[Deckiedoo]

REVIVAL OF THIS THREAD!!!!

Went out car shopping today, was looking for something sensible like an astra or new corsa.

Long story short:

Pick this up in 7 days.

1.4 16V Dynamique on an 07 plate with 37k on.

Got it for an excellent price with tax, cam belt changed, and a few little niggles I found to be fixed. Also he's giving me £150 to get the car detailed as I don't trust the monkeys at the dealership.