Rob
ClioSport Moderator
I've owned the Ph1 172 for almost two months now and I've been getting used to the extra power/grip etc compared to my 1.2 (which I had for four years).
After going to Cumbria last weekend, where the clio got a vigorous test in "the twisties" and with general B road driving, last night me and four friends went to a certain part of essex to give our cars a good test in a straight line.
Now before I go any further I'd like to elaborate that we are by no means idiot boy racers and chose the road and took the amount of cars we did for a reason. The road in question has no houses, a resovior on one side and a field on the other, and is just over a mile of perfectly straight road.
All of these "tests" were performed with one car at one end, one at the other and the two "testies" (lol) in the middle, a quick flash of each cars lights so we knew it was empty and off we went.
Now, the cars:
On all three cars, the clio (on very warm eagle f1's) took the lead very easily, against the 106 and the Golf, neither could catch up at all, pulling away progressively in every gear until it was time to brake, against the Leon, where I was the most suprised, I had him until the top of second, by the middle of third we were level, then he took me, safe to say he was more than suprised too though!!!
Now I know I can't account for driver error etc, but all of us are fair drivers, none of us pro's by any means.
All in all, I wanted the Ph1 more as a car to shoot around B roads than for straight line speed, but I was VERY impressed with what the car had to offer, in first and second gear the rate at which it accelerates is truely epic!
Before you preach etc, the only people who were going to get hurt were those in the cars, and maybe a fence post or a couple of fish
Cheers for reading it all, if you bothered
After going to Cumbria last weekend, where the clio got a vigorous test in "the twisties" and with general B road driving, last night me and four friends went to a certain part of essex to give our cars a good test in a straight line.
Now before I go any further I'd like to elaborate that we are by no means idiot boy racers and chose the road and took the amount of cars we did for a reason. The road in question has no houses, a resovior on one side and a field on the other, and is just over a mile of perfectly straight road.
All of these "tests" were performed with one car at one end, one at the other and the two "testies" (lol) in the middle, a quick flash of each cars lights so we knew it was empty and off we went.
Now, the cars:
- 106 Gti with full magnex system and piperx induction setup
- Golf Mk IV GTI 1.8T 180
- Seat Leon Cupra R - Modded to approx. 265 bhp
- Ph1 172, Longlife exhaust, FK SilverlineX coilies, JMS induction kit (F**KING EPIC)
On all three cars, the clio (on very warm eagle f1's) took the lead very easily, against the 106 and the Golf, neither could catch up at all, pulling away progressively in every gear until it was time to brake, against the Leon, where I was the most suprised, I had him until the top of second, by the middle of third we were level, then he took me, safe to say he was more than suprised too though!!!
Now I know I can't account for driver error etc, but all of us are fair drivers, none of us pro's by any means.
All in all, I wanted the Ph1 more as a car to shoot around B roads than for straight line speed, but I was VERY impressed with what the car had to offer, in first and second gear the rate at which it accelerates is truely epic!
Before you preach etc, the only people who were going to get hurt were those in the cars, and maybe a fence post or a couple of fish
Cheers for reading it all, if you bothered
