Ut oh, back in a clio..

[_Tom]

Well i decided to do it! The quality german engineering has made way for a french bean can.

This is my new ****. First up, find out what colour white it is. I want the mirrors and spoiler white asap. My plan is to just have fun with it and take it to castle combe next spring for some fun.

Its been written off before but i couldnt care less. It drove tighter than any of the others i have driven and you honest would never know.

 

[Gandi69]

Was that the white 182 on ebay someone posted up last week?

 

[_Tom]

Possibly. There's a few on there. Three last time i looked. I got this off a manager at some motorsport place in Gloucester.

 

[Kane.]

I think the old owner is on here. Does it have the new style RS badge?

 

[Leeshez]

Looking good .

 

[Bluebeard]

Is this the write off with 13 previous owners?? lol.

I'd rather have the bora. Loved that car. Where is it now?

 

[_Tom]

Nope. Only a clio badge on the back mate.

 

[M@tt_182]

Looks nice, always liked a white Clio!

 

[_Tom]

Is this the write off with 13 previous owners?? lol.

I'd rather have the bora. Loved that car. Where is it now?

8 owners..haha! To be honest nobody will treat it as bad as i will.. I was so unsure whether to buy it but after driving others and checking everything twice i cant fault it.

Bora has gone to a new home. Loved that car and longest car i've owned but time for change. There's only so much swerving pot holes i can handle.

 

[Bluebeard]

I fancied buying that for my wife, thats how much I liked it!

 

[_Tom]

Should have said mate. I would have sorted you out a "best cash price".

The clio is knowhere near as quick in a straight line but not bad. The exhaust is far to loud for my liking so a trip to prospeed to get a silencer in there will be in order.

 

[Bluebeard]

Tbh, she wouldn't have let me buy it, she wants a range rover or an X5 ffs.

 

[montana]

they look well in white!

 

[_Tom]

Tbh, she wouldn't have let me buy it, she wants a range rover or an X5 ffs.

Standard Brizzle female. Thats all my mrs wants.

 

[daveski]

Looks lovely in white and will look loads better with the spoiler and mirrors painted.

I'd probably change the wheels too if it was mine, maybe something in grey rather than black

 

[_Tom]

Yep Id prefer a nice grey. Needs spacers also. Maybe different wheels but i dont know what. We'll see. No doubt i'll end up wasting money on it.

 

[daveski]

All Clio's need spacers.

I'm not a fan of the standard 172 or 182 wheels at all. They look too big for the car.

 

[_Tom]

What do people usually put on them without looking? haha

Also, it probably gets asked on a hourly basis but how do you know if its a "Cup"?

 

[leewxm]

white clios look mint

 

[Bluebeard]

What do people usually put on them without looking? haha

Also, it probably gets asked on a hourly basis but how do you know if its a "Cup"?

The two bolts on the hub/bottom of the strut.

Spacing is different.

56mm and 60mm iirc. (thats probably wrong)

That will tell you if its got cup suspension. As to weather its a 'Cup' model, it will have manual aircon as opposed to Full on digital climate control.

 

[Eddie.]

What do people usually put on them without looking? haha

Also, it probably gets asked on a hourly basis but how do you know if its a "Cup"?

It isn't, it has Xenon's with washers, so iirc it means its not a cup, but I could be wrong! Number of other things to, hub fitment is something like 54mm on a cup and 60mm on a non cup, but then there is a FF which is a standard 182 with cup packs so it can be confusing sometimes!..

 

[_Tom]

Ok. I dont really care that much. I'll get my measuring stick out though and see. Its on all new shocks and sportlines anyways.

 

[200 Alex]

That car is sex. White = WANT.

On a side note with the partners wanting rangeys and X5's or anything obsurdly big.

Women love white, any car that is white is nice within reason. Even if it has the performance and handling characteristics of a ruptured rhino. Like a BMW 1 series convertible, as my girlfriend is getting in february. But to her, its instantly amazing because it has a BMW badge on it and its white. P*sses me off.

/rant.

 

[PP200t]

Really like that!! They should've done white as a colour choice!!

 

[DanielJames]

Whats the story with the car then? Never seen a white 182 before

 

[RDH]

Prefer that over the Bora so much! Nice purchase mate.