When did you get your first RS and what age?

[K1NGY]

Currently have a a 1.2 clio and im 17 and lapping up driving atm, but being on here is annoying seeing all you guys/ and gals having the 2.0L machines

So just wanted to know when you got your first clio sport and what age u got it at

 

[Bluebeard]

I was about 23 I think. And the only reason I bought it was because I managed to pursuade my mrs to insure it. (In my name it was well over £2k to insure!)

 

[Fletcher]

23.

 

[*Clare*]

I was 24 when I got my 182...

 

[Matt W]

20, and I haven't crashed it LOL.

 

[jenic]

19 - I had always wanted one, i got a decent insurance quote, so went out and bought one the next week.

To be fair i had planned it all out, i did want one a year earlier but had no bonus as i had always shared cars with my mum, so got a c2 gt as a stopgap to get a years bonus on and then swapped to the 182 this time last year, about 2 months before my 20th.

 

[theduck]

23 when I got my 197.

Just hold fire, and if you really feel the need to get something quicker then get something in the middle ground. Panda100bhp would be a good shout for a newer car, or a 106 Rallye on a lower budget.

 

[Pep]

Got mine at 19, loved it!

 

[The Boosh!]

Got mine at 19, loved it!

+1

 

[K1NGY]

Ha! apparetnly my insurance now for a rs would be 21K Jokes!

 

[E11OOT]

Got mine at 19, loved it!

+1

 

[Jameo]

Got mine at 21, insurance for the first year was a healthy £1400 with no ncb, now £1k with 1 year

 

[oliver.james]

21 when i got my cup

 

[bmh.01]

19, 172 very much worth it personally.

 

[Tunst]

20 as insurance was only £150

 

[penfish4]

27

 

[bunzee]

Good Lord I feel old. I'm 34 and only just got mine! I was a slow developer obviously lol

 

[ScarySquirrel]

25

 

[FlameR]

got mine at 19, 4 years ago (ish)

 

[C2kev]

this year, age 30. £400 insurance though which pisses me off

 

[Slammed172]

19, bored now. If only I wasn't at Uni, I would be very much upgrading.

Oh well being a driver keeps my fix in the fast car world..Hello VXR8.

 

[Jamie]

Some people seem to have very nice cars very young on this forum, which is a credit to them. However, often I do wonder how some people in school/uni manage to have RS Clio's.

 

[penfish4]

People with no mortgages/rent, no commitments etc...

 

[Slammed172]

They are hardly expensive to run are they.

Luckily I did the belts when I had a full time job.

 

[Tunst]

Some people seem to have very nice cars very young on this forum, which is a credit to them. However, often I do wonder how some people in school/uni manage to have RS Clio's.

Student loan iirc..

 

[jenic]

Some people seem to have very nice cars very young on this forum, which is a credit to them. However, often I do wonder how some people in school/uni manage to have RS Clio's.

Student loan/rich mummy and daddy tbh

 

[Bluebeard]

Some people seem to have very nice cars very young on this forum, which is a credit to them. However, often I do wonder how some people in school/uni manage to have RS Clio's.

What did you drive at 18/19?

I had a Xr3i. Cost me £3k to buy it and £2k a year to insure and I felt like a celebrity driving it around!!

We all put cars first at that age didn't we??

 

[Pep]

People with no mortgages/rent, no commitments etc...

I had a mortgage a year before I bought my 182, which was paid for outright including insurance!
Some people are just more sensible with their money and can afford a nice car young.

 

[jenic]

What did you drive at 18/19?

I had a Xr3i. Cost me £3k to buy it and £2k a year to insure and I felt like a celebrity driving it around!!

We all put cars first at that age didn't we??

Jamies an accountant iirc, so no lol

 

[richard1]

26 - Black 197 R27 #023 1st September 2007

 

[Rich_172]

24 on my 172

 

[Tunst]

What did you drive at 18/19?

I had a Xr3i. Cost me £3k to buy it and £2k a year to insure and I felt like a celebrity driving it around!!

We all put cars first at that age didn't we??

My first car was a 2.0ltr diesel vauxhall vectra that cost me £150 and £90 to fix. I didnt car about my image back then plus the insurance was cheap as fook at £500 for some reason...

 

[K1NGY]

well thanks to the arses of my generation who bin their cars in the first couple of days of having them insurance now is just mental

 

[penfish4]

I had a mortgage a year before I bought my 182, which was paid for outright including insurance!
Some people are just more sensible with their money and can afford a nice car young.

I don't disagree, I had a Civic Type R @ 21, Focus ST @ 23, Impreza STI PPP @ 24. Now sold them for a house deposit and starting from scratch with a Clio 200.

I perhaps think looking back now I should have not wasted money on fast cars, numerous trackdays, several Nurburgring season tickets but... I had a hell of a time.

 

[GiT]

Good Lord I feel old. I'm 34 and only just got mine! I was a slow developer obviously lol

I'll make you feel a little better then... 34 - it's on order and i'll be 2 months from 35 when it's in my possession with the looks of it lol...

 

[Tunst]

I don't disagree, I had a Civic Type R @ 21, Focus ST @ 23, Impreza STI PPP @ 24. Now sold them for a house deposit and starting from scratch with a Clio 200.

I perhaps think looking back now I should have not wasted money on fast cars, numerous trackdays, several Nurburgring season tickets but... I had a hell of a time.

Thats what counts

 

[GiT]

I don't disagree, I had a Civic Type R @ 21, Focus ST @ 23, Impreza STI PPP @ 24. Now sold them for a house deposit and starting from scratch with a Clio 200.

I perhaps think looking back now I should have not wasted money on fast cars, numerous trackdays, several Nurburgring season tickets but... I had a hell of a time.

As they say... "You ONLY live once!"

 

[Jamie]

When I was 19/20 I had a 1.4 RT. On my 21st birthday I got my Williams. The Williams took me 3 years of saving and working in Halfords part time to afford. I did a reasonable number of shifts and earnt about £400 a month during that time (3 years) - I was also at Uni but lived at home and consequently had little out goings. I still find it hard to understand how people can have, afford and run RS Clio's.

 

[alanc1000]

I got my first one aged 24, it was a 172 and about a year old at the time, a really nice car (Monaco blue)

 

[The Boosh!]

When I was 19/20 I had a 1.4 RT. On my 21st birthday I got my Williams. The Williams took me 3 years of saving and working in Halfords part time to afford. I did a reasonable number of shifts and earnt about £400 a month during that time (3 years) - I was also at Uni but lived at home and consequently had little out goings. I still find it hard to understand how people can have, afford and run RS Clio's.

I don't see whats hard to understand tbh. They aren't prestige super cars, and on the grand scheme of things aren't expensive to run or maintain.