What’s the top speed of your Clio

[Tiger]

i hate these posts, cos people just exaggerate, i mean 129 mph in a 1.4 clio??? wtf, that means you would be tailing me at top speed in my williams, hmmmmm suuuuure

 

[Dansta]

Quote: Originally posted by Chewy on 27 July 2004

129mph in my mk1 ph1 clio 1.4S, chasing my mates mk1 ph3 clio 1.4S Maxim, on the m65 just past blackburn.. coming back from bolton cruise

uh huh. sure ya did.

 

[rt172]

As a once only "see what it can do", my mk1 172 managed 143mph measured with GPS, down a very, very steep hill! Thought the car was going to shake itself to bits. Not an entirely pleasant speed to travel at in a Clio.

 

[Big Iain]

I have a pic on my mobile but have no lead to put on the computer

anyone got a cam phone that can put it on the topic??

pm me your number

 

[clio_172]

To Dansta,

jelously gets u no where

 

[DazRsi]

127mph in me RSI, NEARLY REACHED THE 130MPH MARK BUT sh*t MYSELF

aint doing it again though, it aint worth losing my license

 

[clio_172]

Quote: Originally posted by DazRsi on 27 July 2004


127mph in me RSI, NEARLY REACHED THE 130MPH MARK BUT sh*t MYSELF

aint doing it again though, it aint worth losing my license

Ur a wee scaredy cat!

 

[Dansta]

Quote: Originally posted by clio_172 on 27 July 2004


To Dansta,

jelously gets u no where

pmsl

 

[Levo]

98mph - beat that!!

Thats as fast as I got in my 1.2 once, before I ran out of road, it took about 5 mins to get to that speed too.

Im sure I could break the ton if I took it on a bigger road, but I cant be arsed and dont see the point risking my licence.

 

[Dansta]

oh and its spelt jealousy and nowhere btw.

education will get u everywhere. lmao

 

[clio_172]

If uv never takin ur clio over 70 the i think ur a woman!U shud sell ur car!

 

[Dansta]

thats all it does.

and dansta is short for danielle. foolio

 

[clio_172]

Oh im really sorry!

 

[Dansta]

thats ok i forgive you.

xxx

 

[bsimmer3000]

180 mph in my clio 1.1 was racing me mates nova 1.1. these post piss me off. my old 205 gti 1.9 would only do 130 and theirs people on here doing mach 10 in their 1.2s lol i would recomend getting ya speed calibrated if i was u lot. must say ur doing 30 mph when infact ya parked.

 

[nev_172]

140 in my cup while racin my mate in his focus RS.

 

[Pete]

Yawn!

120mph on the long straight at bedford autodrome.

[Edited by Pete_172 on 27 July 2004 at 10:12pm]

INDICATED ON SPEEDO!!!!!

 

[Dansta]

Quote: Originally posted by bsimmer3000 on 27 July 2004

180 mph in my clio 1.1 was racing me mates nova 1.1. these post piss me off. my old 205 gti 1.9 would only do 130 and theirs people on here doing mach 10 in their 1.2s lol i would recomend getting ya speed calibrated if i was u lot. must say ur doing 30 mph when infact ya parked.

they may be runnin 22s! might explain the generousity of the out of sync speedo.

 

[Roamer]

148 on the flat and still pulling, clocked by gps, Fred was in the car, so was the spare wheel/toolkit and some random crap - so not striped bare, and it was pulling like a train - still another 1000 on the revs to go too - if only I had a bigger private strip to run it on.

 

[Fred@BTM]

as above i was witness (slightly scared witness!!!)

 

[Dansta]

Quote: Originally posted by Roamer on 27 July 2004


148 on the flat and still pulling, clocked by gps, Fred was in the car, so was the spare wheel/toolkit and some random crap - so not striped bare, and it was pulling like a train - still another 1000 on the revs to go too - if only I had a bigger private strip to run it on.

altho its not a normal 1.2.... haha

 

[JPW172]

132*coughs* racin a mini cooper s on the m62*coughs*

 

[Roamer]

Nah Dan, it was in my 172 with the sneaky little throttle bodies conversion dude!

 

[Dansta]

szszsszhhhhhh!

your ruinin the illusion dude.

and its not pushin out 212bhp at all guys. honest!

 

[Tiger]

hate to be a halfwit but whats this gps yous are all on about?

 

[Boz]

Its the speed indicator on their radar detector (e.g. origin b2) but sounds like sh*te to me. The readout is pretty small and if you were driving a clio at 130+, the last thing youd be doing is looking at the GPS ... the road more like, if your daft enough to do that speed not on a track!

 

[Tiger]

lol, dam right, i sh!t it just looking at my speedo for a split second!!!

 

[Roamer]

Quote: Originally posted by BozM on 27 July 2004

Its the speed indicator on their radar detector (e.g. origin b2) but sounds like sh*te to me. The readout is pretty small and if you were driving a clio at 130+, the last thing youd be doing is looking at the GPS ... the road more like, if your daft enough to do that speed not on a track!

OMG are you for real? it takes a split second to look at it, and mine is in a very easy to view spot and is a large display, anyway, Fred was reading the gps had to give him something to read in order to distract him from the cars rushing by us LoL

 

[Gav_T]

I have had my 172 on the rev limiter (7000rpm) in 5th so that makes it something like 143mph ish doesnt it?

It felt totally solid at that and like it could have gone more .

Gav.

 

[daz182]

125 ish, still had loads more to go, would never have thought i was doin 125mph felt like i was in a cruiser(bmw/merc) the car felt solid

 

[mark266]

Quote: Originally posted by Roamer on 27 July 2004

Quote: Originally posted by BozM on 27 July 2004

Its the speed indicator on their radar detector (e.g. origin b2) but sounds like sh*te to me. The readout is pretty small and if you were driving a clio at 130+, the last thing youd be doing is looking at the GPS ... the road more like, if your daft enough to do that speed not on a track!

OMG are you for real? it takes a split second to look at it, and mine is in a very easy to view spot and is a large display, anyway, Fred was reading the gps had to give him something to read in order to distract him from the cars rushing by us LoL





LOL as long yours hands dont move the steering wheel when your turn your head you should be ok

 

[blink172]

LOL as long yours hands dont move the steering wheel when your turn your head you should be ok

You mean like women (Not all) when they are playing GT3 on PS3 and when the car turns they develop this need to learn and steer their hands in that direction

 

[mark266]

ha ha! yeah then when it comes to packing the thing away somehow there are knots in the cables!

 

[y0z2a]

ummm...

dunno, wasnt looking at that part of the screen.

/y0z

 

[Newms]

!30 and still going of course........ Mmmmmm that sound

 

[Ali]

118Mph, Hummm i love hills (Steep 1´s!)

 

[MAC30L]

143 on the flat in the Cup. GPS at 138mph

 

[Nick Read]

LOL GPS is the future, everyone knows you cant trust a dial speedo. My wifes Yaris T-Sport supposedly does a ton in fairly short order when youre on the dual carriageway - until side by side comparison with my Clio and GPS as well shows that its actually more like 92mph. When youre doing 145mph the needle doesnt go round that quickly that you cant glance at the GPS readout to see what youre doing. Its only below 100mph where it doesnt really update quick enough to be any good. Once youre over the ton, and acceleration is a little bit more of an effort, GPS is perfectly accurate.

 

[Chad]

I got to !40 indicated (speedo) once in my 172 and withouout a fat bloke or a couple of bags of sand in the boot I wouldnt have wanted to go much quicker tbh. It started to feel very light, but there was a bit of a cross wind which probably didnt help.

[Edited by Chad on 28 July 2004 at 7:39pm]

 

[MAC30L]

The speedo on the 172s is fairly accurate. Anything up to about 120mph speedo reading, it seems to be about 3mph out. At 140mph its about 4 - 5mph out. Not that bad IMO