Got my 182 coming....

[TiG]

Sorry guys but this is a cars and bikes forum i don't see much point to it if thats all the conversation we are going to get.

Thanks
TiG

[CocoPops]

Sorry guys but this is a cars and bikes forum i don't see much point to it if thats all the conversation we are going to get.

Thanks
TiG

What does that mean?
Does it mean that you have a preformed opinion that cannot be changed?

[Lowe]

Sounds like it

[Russ]

lads lads!! calm down a tad, not to every ones fancy, and i can see why, the clio has been labbelled as a bit of a shopping carrier for your mam sort of car, and is most cases, its true. but as you get into the Renault Sport range, the clio's are bloody good VFM, lot more sturdy than there other french rivals, and same sort of price for equalish performance, the 172/cup/182 are all very nippy hatches, faster than ctr's over a 1/4 is no easy task, but its bloody close though incase you wondered

would i get one? would i buy french hatch? a peice of tin crap rivetted together in a warehouse? YES! there a special french, like, Alsatian, not quite french not quite german, a perfect match of nippyness and sturdyness and reliability without the Yen like price tag. top cars imho

[J4MES]

Ditto,

Sort of car my mum would drive, with a bigger engine.

says the man who drives... a Rover!!!

[Crazy Cricket]

Errr.

It's a shopping car with more poke, isn't that the whole point?

The modern hot hatch started with the Golf GTI, a backroom special that made it into production.

It too was just a small car, that went and handled better. It was quick, but it was no sports car.

What it was however, as so often in life, far greater than the sum of it's parts.

By being based on a shopping car, it retained all of it's plus points, i.e a small practical car that you could use everyday, for the mundane stuff like commuting and shopping. But it was also capable of being driven for the simple joy of driving, and it delivered. In short it offered most of the sports car without all the drawbacks.

The clio is, despite being heaver and bigger (as are all modern hatches ) true to this formula, and it too succeeds.

The pug too seems close on paper, but in RL it falls short IMHO, haven't driven either but I know those who have, the pug isn't' supposed to be as quick. And I have had the 'joy' of a run of the mill 206, and the pedal offset is a killer for me.

Anyhow, back on topic, hope you have a blast David

[spazman]

I would not take a 206 180 over a Clio 172/182/Cup etc.

Awful pedal position and a slightly skew whiff seating position makes for an uncomfortable driving experience.

The only other car I would consider is the Civic Type R, but it's too much wonga for me and insurance is higher.

Technically the Focus RS is competing against the Megane 225, and the Fiesta Sanitary Towel 150 is the competition for the Clio.

But like Lowe said, go drive one (hell come to reading and drive mine) and then tell me it's not a fun, well spec'd pocket rocket.

Can i drive it LOL

[DR]

says the man who drives... a Rover!!!

Love ya bruv

[TomWilko]

Too many armchair critics here. Go drive one..

If only it was that easy for 19 year olds to get a drive in any of these cars