Worth doing anything to my car?

[CRowe840]

Just wanted a general opinion, my car now has done over 90k miles, was hoping at looking at making her a bit nicer to look at, and possibly add a power box? but is it worth it on such high mileage?

 

[iimushroomzii]

Whats a power box?

 

[CRowe840]

one of those diesel tuning things, that "remaps" the ecu.

http://dieseltuning.uk.com/

not sure if there any good? advice anyone.

 

[iimushroomzii]

You're better off having a one off remap mate, As for the mileage I wouldnt worry, the dci's normally go on for ever aslong as they're looked after.

 

[alanc1000]

I guess it all depends on how much longer you want to keep it for, I wouldn't mod it too much, if you maintain it well it will go on for many more miles, but do you also have upgrading your car in mind somewhere?

 

[CRowe840]

That's music to my ears.
to be fair, she need's a good service.
i know how to drive a car, but got no idea about modifying or proper maintenance.
but, i'm buying all the gear etc, for a service on friday.

 

[CRowe840]

Not looking to get rid of it anytime soon, as it's so cheap on tax and fuel, compared to other car's i've owned, and still has a lot of humph for a small engine!

 

[Fletcher]

I'd keep the engine standard.

 

[Hutchie]

a re-mapped diesel can return more bhp, but you will loss mpg, its your choice

 

[CRowe840]

Ah
probably keep it standard, and just modify the look (tastefully) tho.

getting some new black alloys, and lowering

 

[16v_paddy]

90k! It's barely even run in man! My car's done 128k and I've just had it resprayed and I'm dropping a 2 litre turbo lump in it

It's a modern diseasel, just keep it serviced & it'll run forever

If you intend to keep it a long while go for it, nothing wrong with making it a bit nicer :approve: who says cheap & cheerful has to look horrible?

 

[CRowe840]

yeah, by nice, i mean, just subtle, did see a rather gastly one on here, no offense lusty....

 

[Pettsi]

Diesel - True workhorse!

 

[scott1205]

not that bad the milage for a diesel

 

[W17GLE]

Not a clio but i got better mpg out of my diesel with a remap plus 25-30% more power.

 

[Tupps]

a re-mapped diesel can return more bhp, but you will loss mpg, its your choice

I was running a golf tdi before, remapped and i got better mpg than standard

 

[Ian_182]

In the same conditions they will return slightly more mpg once mapped.But booting it everywhere will return less than standard mpg

 

[CRowe840]

Ah so maybe that box, or a remap will be alright?
It depends on what mood i'm in as to if i boot it.

Thing is, booting a diesel, will still get you more mpg than a petrol ha

 

[W17GLE]

i got a tuning box of a company called t-tuning they do stuff on ebay as well as a shop. basically same idea as the dieseltuning uk boxes but a lot less expensive. have a look if they do it for yours mine only cost 70 quid and made a massive difference

 

[CRowe840]

Just checked there ebay shop
got no clio stuff in stock :-(