You gotta say that road was made for driving/ riding used to ride it every morning, what a way to get to work!! In a cup it should be sublime!!! Stopped at petersfield, i'd have kept goin to billingshurst!!! lol
Well after a job shift & having to drive into central Portsmouth every day I decided that the MX5 needs to be relegated to weekend summer duty.
So I need a sensible commuting car for my 15 mile drive in to work.
So being almost 30 insurance is no longer an issue, and because I like a slightly nippy car I decided that it 'must' be a hot hatch. Lots of cars were considered, but I settled my mind on a Clio 172.
Then as luck would have it, an SCN'er posted one up on Friday night, and it was mine before lunch on Saturday
Love it, had an awesome drive home last night (even laden up with the interior & various 'bits' wedged in around the half rear cage)
Today I've debadged the 'sport' and 'Cup 172' from the car, and refitted the rear seat backrest, and parcel shelf, but left the cage in place. So I can chuck things in the boot, but also helps with NVH.
It's been lowered on eibach springs, which vastly improve the ride over the standard 172 I drove on Friday at a stealer, and apart from a noisey/loose bit of tin plate heat shield it's spot on
trip computer is showing 36mpg, even after a sustained beasting - so it's coming to Germany in 2.5 weeks for it's first outing.
Hope you all rip into me about build quality... but coming from a 19yr old MX5 this is a Rolls Royce.
is this pete's clio?
not seen his about for a week or so... just saw this thread and thought...
great handling cars are'nt they
m0rk has a blue clitoris.........
Well it's made it to the ring very happily.
38mpg all the way to the top of the A1, then 20 miles virtually flat stick saw it drop to an average of 37.1 by the time I got to the ring
looking forward to a couple of quiet laps in the morning, but it's a nice cruiser
£3.9k with cage & interior - fair price, slightly more than the cheapest - but I was happy with it. Not bad for a get to work car bought on impulse.
out of the box it kicks the arse out of any other FWD car I've driven. I was just chatting to Ian about how much more confident I've got in the car this weekend - I've not found it's limits & even doing really really stupid stuff (like braking too late, mid corner, wrong line) it will just point in the right direction without exiting backwards or careering straight on.
DS2500's when it gets back with new fluid I think.... they're overheated by Berkwerk now - so I've jacked it in now (probably)
see you in a bit