The time came

DM · 9 Mar 2011 at 15:50

Dont listen to these doubting swine, you enjoy that mate, and thrash it mercilessly !

Skeeter · 9 Mar 2011 at 16:05

You have to thrash the Clio to have fun. You need to keep it between 5 and 7k revs if you can.

While to some this might be annoying, it does mean you can average high 30's MPG when not hooning it and keeping the revs down.

godinman · 9 Mar 2011 at 16:07

Got any better pictures yet? Nice one

ScarySquirrel · 9 Mar 2011 at 16:07

MikeHiow said:
Somewhere around the 75k mark, it's due around now and will be done by next week.

Sounds good

You got a seriously good bargain there mate, hope you enjoy it. If you haven't already get yourself over to www.cliosport.net, pay the £12 membership fee, and enjoy. I assume you've sorted insurance already, but if not, as a paying ClioSport member you can get 20% discount if you mention you're a member when using www.skyinsurance.co.uk. Definitely worth a call

MikeHiow · 9 Mar 2011 at 16:50

Skeeter said:
While to some this might be annoying, it does mean you can average high 30's MPG when not hooning it and keeping the revs down.

I was averaging around 40 on the run back (according to the trip computer).

Now averaging 28, and that includes a lot of thrashing!

ScarySquirrel · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:30

I did a motorway journey the other week and just sat in the slow lane with the cruise control on 70, and I was getting about 41mpg. I couldn't believe it. I'll definitely do that more often on long journeys.

DM · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:37

ScarySquirrel said:
I did a motorway journey the other week and just sat in the slow lane with the cruise control on 70, and I was getting about 41mpg. I couldn't believe it. I'll definitely do that more often on long journeys.

cruise control is for tight wadds,

Ev0 · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:55

Will be a good car, keep it properly serviced and should provide plenty of smiles for a while to come.

loltim · 9 Mar 2011 at 17:56

DiamondMark said:
cruise control is for tight wadds,

It's handy in 50 limit zones with specs.

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2011 at 18:12

mattyprice4004 said:
I have nearly 200,000 miles on my engine, and that's turbocharged.

Stop worrying.

Given that every Rover you've had has ended up in a snotty heap in piles of bits (I notice you are selling the fantastic ZS for spares or repairs?) I wouldnt go around posting things like that as you invite people to laugh

MikeHiow · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:17

Tim said:
It's handy in 50 limit zones with specs.

It's also fun setting it at 120mph and letting it accelerate through each gear (re-enabling it each time, obviously)

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:23

MikeHiow said:
It's also fun setting it at 120mph and letting it accelerate through each gear (re-enabling it each time, obviously)

You need a newer car, more modern cars now don't disengage the cruise when you push the clutch in so you can accelerate from 20 to 120 through the gears

mjt · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:29

[TW]Fox;18636469 said:
You need a newer car, more modern cars now don't disengage the cruise when you push the clutch in so you can accelerate from 20 to 120 through the gears

Uh, are you sure?
Or do you mean that it re-engages when you lift off the clutch?

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:33

mjt said:
Uh, are you sure?
Or do you mean that it re-engages when you lift off the clutch?

I think its pretty obvious what I mean, try thinking about it a bit harder.

Hint: I don't mean as soon as you put your foot on the clutch the cruise control revs the car to the limiter.

mjt · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:34

[TW]Fox;18636576 said:
I think its pretty obvious what I mean, try thinking about it a bit harder.

Hint: I don't mean as soon as you put your foot on the clutch the cruise control revs the car to the limiter.

Well if it doesn't do that then the cruise control had been disengaged, hasn't it?
Perhaps you should try harder.

MikeHiow · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:35

I understood what you meant perfectly. I'm shocked it doesn't already do it, tbh. My VXR was the same.

ScarySquirrel · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:36

DiamondMark said:
cruise control is for tight wadds,

Well, it was only an experiment really. But it was quite relaxing just sitting back and steering.

Besides, not everyone is loaded, and if I was I wouldn't be driving a Clio 182.

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:36

mjt said:
Well if it doesn't do that then the cruise control had been disengaged, hasn't it?

You know very well I mean that it doesn't force you to turn cruise back on after using the clutch :rolleyes:

ScarySquirrel · 9 Mar 2011 at 20:46

Fox, that's pretty cool. I've only had the Clio which has cruise control, so I've not experienced anything better. I can imagine it's pretty fun setting it really high and just helping it through the gears

alexisonfire · 9 Mar 2011 at 21:27

My 182 is the quickest car i've driven with cruise control, i enjoy accelerating with the speed increase button, its like forza, just with the added chance of dying 9 out of 10 times.