Clio 172, any good?

Building Candy · 11 Jul 2008 at 18:51

lol, there you go again with trying to blend in, big wheels are funny! besides Im allowed to have massive wheels with 300bhp

Janesy B · 11 Jul 2008 at 19:06

Adam said:
Hardly comparable

St24, 176bhp and a big car,
Clio 172 bhp and a small car.

the insurance company wont even touch me with the clio yet i can insure a barge with a massive v6 in it. do you get the point i was making now?

[TW]Fox · 11 Jul 2008 at 19:11

Janesy B said:
St24, 176bhp and a big car,
Clio 172 bhp and a small car.

the insurance company wont even touch me with the clio yet i can insure a barge with a massive v6 in it. do you get the point i was making now?

The Clio is considerably faster and is also more powerful - an ST24 is 167bhp.

danza · 11 Jul 2008 at 19:21

Building Candy said:
lol, there you go again with trying to blend in, big wheels are funny! besides Im allowed to have massive wheels with 300bhp

But it'd look more weapon-like with Compo's or similar on it!

Got any under-bonnet pics? :cool:

Begbie · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:15

Nice looking nova, I would change the wheels though. But imo a turbo'd nova without speedline alesios on it is just wrong.

Hxc · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:17

What's the nova packing to get to 300bhp?

Lopéz · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:24

Tuned LET one would imagine.

lukechad · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:35

Im looking at the 182, should be a thread by myself only a few pages back with some clio discussion. Not sure about the price of a 172 in comparison as I was looking exclusively at the 182's

The_One · 11 Jul 2008 at 21:45

Kudos for having a nova turbo

Ive always wanted one, needs black wheels and slamming

Building Candy · 11 Jul 2008 at 22:51

its my only car and has been for 3 years now, rain or shine

adjustable boost in car between 220-300bhp, 6 speed gearbox, 8 litre intercooler

full leather

what made my mind up was at work when someone parked next to my space in a silver clio, and I thought if I had bought a silver 172 i'd be hard pushed to tell them apart and to me thats just not cricket. People stare at me open mouthed on occasion, I can be driving past a shop window and catch sight of my big yellow reflection and it makes me laugh. Plus theres always someone that wants to have a mini race, they normally give a thumbs up, unless its some uptight scooby driver like the other day.

speedline alesios

just like everyone else!? your not getting my way of thinking yet!

danza · 12 Jul 2008 at 00:01

Looks good. :cool:

I still think the wheels look a bit 'Pimp My Ride', but there's obviously no convincing you otherwise! Those front brakes look pretty beefy too, what are they from?

olv · 12 Jul 2008 at 00:07

your grey nova definitely looked better

Building Candy · 12 Jul 2008 at 10:32

Yeh i loved my grey one, just rotted away, still any excuse for a pic!

Brakes on the yellow one are from a V6 cavalier, think they are 288mm, they are very good.

the wheels are from that, I kept the digital guages too