PENSIONER DRIVES CLIO SPORT!!

[DEEMUS]

wtf!! a good lookin silver clio sport 172 with meaty alloys (sorry bit of a newbee and have no idea what they were!) pulls up beside me at the traffic lights sounding like something from the fast & the furious. my eyes wonder over the car - it had been well looked after - now i dont know if you do this but as i inspect the car i start to build a image of what the driver looks like - i had a mid 20's 'geezer' in my head.

i look at the driver and he's old enough to be my grandad!!! he looked about 70, glasses with lenses like milk bottles!!!

i bet he didnt even know the full potential of the car - he drove off about 2mph!!

have any of you seen someone driving a sporty/modded clio and thought 'they shouldnt be drivin one of those!'

 

[FlameR]

I've started seeing a lot more middle aged women (40 odd) driving type r's, cooper s', imprezas around my end. It's really weird!! Why by a performance car if you gonna potter around in it!?

 

[Brasseye]

maybe some of the older drivers could show the younger ones a thing or two

 

[Clio_Craig]

i saw the same thing the other day a guy must have been 65+ driving a spanking black 182 it was mint, i had to look twice to check my eyes werent decieving me, but fair play to the old boy, he mite be single on the look out for young lady friends

 

[DEEMUS]

i saw the same thing the other day a guy must have been 65+ driving a spanking black 182 it was mint, i had to look twice to check my eyes werent decieving me, but fair play to the old boy, he mite be single on the look out for young lady friends

:lolup: the old devil!!!

 

[H182]

Might have been his sons or something. There's an old trophy driver somewhere round here too.

 

[mach10]

i seen a guy who looked 60 twice fillin up v power next to me, hope he dont see me again but he wasn't giving it the beans like me! 54 racing blue with stripes lol

 

[FantomUk]

I used to get an OAP in at Reg Vardy's. He drove a mint 300bhp 5 Turbo. He had had it from new and was just about to get NOS fitted.

I havent seen him in ages so god knows f he id get round to it...

 

[Ian_182]

Theres loads of old boys round here driving quick cars.Theres one who must be in his 70's driving an RS4 56 plate

 

[r516vt]

There is a Subaru dealership a couple of minutes from me. All the old dears go in there becauses it's 'local' and often come out driving Impreza Turbos etc lol

 

[DougClio16v]

There is an older women near where I work (50+) who is driving a silver WRX around!

 

[Rich]

Fair play to him, hope I am still in something fun when I am old!

 

[Rob R26r]

The bloke I bought my 172 off was 68.He only got rid of it because his grandchildren were getting to big to get in and out of it and his wife was nagging him because she said that they must look daft driving around in it.He bought himself a Golf GTI but he said it was crap compared to the Clio,nowhere near as much fun.I always remember when he took me out for a test drive the old bugger certainly knew how to drive it!!

 

[ForceIndia]

Seen this guy around before, usually on the M40. Wasn't hanging about either.

 

[Cookie]

My mum drives my 172 every now and then and she's 50 odd. Gets some strange looks

 

[Cap]

I see a woman around 60 with a mk2 ph1 172, how i envy her, such a tidy fully standard car too.

 

[H34DS]

There is a guy where i live thats got a 182 05 plate must be late 60's drives it ok but every wheel is kerbed to hell and a scrape down rear quarter.

 

[pinky]

Theres a 50+ woman, that drives around in a black billabong, round my way.

 

[mark_s]

The ones i ALWAYS see are 40-50+ women in Fiesta ST's. many even have the stripes! pmsl
I always think what a waste of a car. They must buy them because its the "top of the range" and then pootle round in them.

 

[pinky]

I think they should stick to corsa's

 

[brisa4984]

I've started seeing a lot more middle aged women (40 odd) driving type r's, cooper s', imprezas around my end. It's really weird!! Why by a performance car if you gonna potter around in it!?

it all about street cred at 50+

 

[Brasseye]

my Dad got his 182 for his 70th

With his track racing exp i think he is one of the best drivers i know

 

[GordonD]

Good cars are wasted on the young. And fast cars are dangerous in their hands.

They don't appreciate them.

They do appalling things to them.

They abuse them.

They ought only be allowed to own crappy old rubbish that it doesn't matter if they wreck.

Wait, they are, thanks to the costs of insurance. Ha, ha, ha.

 

[-Leigh-]

There's an elderly couple near me with a ph-quick, and an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

 

[G9TUS]

hey whats wrong with corsa's, the VXR is mint-not as nice as a 197 but still nice

 

[Timmay]

There's an elderly couple near me with a ph-quick, and an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

whats the point in having one then - lol

 

[Owen]

There's an elderly couple near me with a ph-quick, and an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

whats the point in having one then - lol

Hey dont knock them! Let them buy them new, take the hit on depreciation and look after it so when we buy it 2nd hand we get a mint non-ragged 197.

 

[Rob R26r]

whats the point in having one then - lol

Hey dont knock them! Let them buy them new, take the hit on depreciation and look after it so when we buy it 2nd hand we get a mint non-ragged 197.

Exactly.Mine was the first one I had looked at/driven.It was 3 years old and it was as if it had just come out of the factory but I paid less than half the original price.

 

[matt182]

Renaultsport clio 172 thats what you were after dont worry about the wheels

 

[Graham Gooch]

Normally pensioners in top end models, as the saleman sells them the top spec model and they know no better. I've seen a couple of proper pensioners in 182! lol.

Nothing tops the 70 y o I saw in an diamond white S2 RS turbo Escort lol, mint even had a dump valve lol.

 

[AlexS]

Theres an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

whats the point in having one then - lol

He prob doesnt want to take it over 12,000rpm so 55mph is his limit!

 

[cat171]

My dads 61 in December & he's got a 172.

I just love some of the stereotyping on here that old people mustn't have a clue what they're driving or that they drive them slow all the time & that the car must be their sons/daughters lol.

It's not like a clio is a supercar at all (although clearly some on here seem to think that it is) My dad can actually drive & would put a lot of folks half his age to shame

 

[matt182]

There's an elderly couple near me with a ph-quick, and an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

Ive seen that one looks nice seen it in kfc frome a few times

 

[Ian_182]

There's an elderly couple near me with a ph-quick, and an old dude (60ish) with a 07 plate 197 in racing blue with white cup racer wheels and the cup racer spoiler lol. He drives it so steady and he never goes above 55.

whats the point in having one then - lol

Because he can

 

[Mike@Rentech]

nought wrong with being 50+ and having an RS, few of my customers have them, and I'm told they are driven hard.

 

[Chili Red]

my Dad got his 182 for his 70th

Hehe nice one!

I'll still be driving fast cars when I'm 70 + :evil:

(yes, yes only a couple of years to wait Dan, I know!)

 

[jjoe90]

When you have worked all you life, are you going to buy a little engine car, i.e new clio fiesta or would you buy something sporty, obviously sporty because i think cant wait till i get older till i can afford something like a sporty fast car, well maybe there just retireing and now buy mint cars, im sure they could show us how to drive too, well maybe not the really old ones lol

 

[Revels]

my Dad got his 182 for his 70th

Hehe nice one!

I'll still be driving fast cars when I'm 70 + :evil:

(yes, yes only a couple of years to wait Dan, I know!)

I saw the title and that you'd posted and here I am!

Am I that predictable?

 

[172boost]

I think the middle aged women buy them because they like all the toys in the top range models which you dont normally get in the 1.2/1.4 range unless it's a special edition. There are 2 red 172's round my way driven by 40 somethings.

 

[Chili Red]

I saw the title and that you'd posted and here I am!

Am I that predictable?

Just a little...