mkyboy

Hi All

Im thinking of buying one of these just for FUN!

Is there anything i should look out for? Any help would be greatful!

TA

bluenose172

iTrader: (2)

www.cliosport.net

There's some usefull info on there, as well as some clued up people on the forum!

mkyboy

Thanks!

philz

Brilliant cars!

My girlfriend has a normal 16V Clio and I love driving it, you can chuck it around and it just sticks.

They're a bit rattly but sooooo much fun to drive!!

The Zohan

My other half had one for around 2 months as a company car.
It looked the part, handled well but i thought the performance was pretty average, it never felt fast. At the time she had a mk1 MR2 and i had a Vectra 2.0l CDI (chipped to 160BHP) neither of which whereo flying machines but felt a match for the Clio.

The interior had all the quality of an airfix kit and made from the same grade and thickness of plastic.

IMHO i felt it was overated, i liked the looks and wanted to be inmpressed but was not.

mkyboy

Thanks Paul

I know what you mean about the plastics!

philz

If you're not worried about the build quality, then they are *fun* cars.

Fair enough they're not blisteringly fast but fun isn't just about that, test drive one and see what you think

TurboMav

Any 1 got any pics of a clio willaims, and stats?

Tim-Grove

ENGINE

Induction capacity 1998 cc
Bore x stroke 82.7 x 93 mm
Cylinders 4
Valves 16
Injection fuel injected
Compression ratio 10:1
Maximum power 108 Kw ISO
150 bhp DIN
(at 6100 rpm)
Maximum torque 175 Nm ISO
18.2 mkg DIN
(at 4500 rpm)

WEIGHT

Kerb vehicle weight 990 kgs
Gross vehicle weight 1410 kgs

BRAKING SYSTEM

Servo-assisted, diagonally split braking system with disk brakes all round.

SUSPENSION

Front: Mac Pherson struts with coil springs,
telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers and anti-roll bar.
Rear: Trailing arms, 4-transverse torsion bars,
telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers and anti-roll bar.

STEERING

Rack and pinion. Power assisted steering.
Turning cycle: between kerbs 37.4 ft / 11.4 m
Turning cycle: between walls 38.4 ft / 11.7 m

TYRES

Size and profile 185/55/R15V

CAPACITIES

Luggage capacity 9.4 to 37.3 cubic feet
Fuel tank 50 litres
11 gallons

PERFORMANCE

0-100 kph / 0-62 mph 7.7 secs
Maximum speed 134 mph
215 kph
Drag coefficient 0.33 Cx
FUEL CONSUMPTION
at constant 56 mph 44.1 mpg
6.4 litres/100km
at constant 75 mph 34.9 mpg
8.1 litres/100km
Urban 25 mpg
11.3 litres/100km

SERVICING INTERVALS

Minor service interval (whichever is the soonest) 6,000 miles or 1 year
Major service 36,000 miles

COLOUR OPTIONS

449 'Williams' Sports Blue (Supergloss metallic)

WARRANTY

Williams clio's were sold with a 12-month unlimited mileage warranty, an 8-year anti-corrosion warranty and one year RAC membership. 2-year extended warranties were available as an optional extra

Carlos The Jackel

Hi mate, I bought a Willie 2 back in March.

You get quick ones and get slow ones. Mine is standard and will hit 100mph in about 17secs which isnt too shabby (checked many times with a AP22 performance meter & GPS). Handles superbly on the back roads and thats where it really is top fun. Quite boring to drive on the open road after a turbo but I get 30mpg+ which is nice. My lowest mpg is 27mph for constant town driving and some AP22 runs.

The interior isnt great but not terrible - cheap plastics (bit like a scoob). Only one rattle and it will be sorted soon.

The biggest downside is getting stuff done - they like to take the engine out for everything! im pretty sure they would take the engine out for a tyre change Having owned a Ford as my last car the cost of things are a bit of a shock.

Just have to get a good one - mine has just hit the 30,000 mile mark and is immaculate but I looked at some horrors fro big money. Rear arches like to rust BTW.

EvoAardvark

I had a 16 v clio for 3 years, and the a Williams 2 for 3 years. The Williams was lots more fun, more torque, with much shorter gearing, and different suspension set up.

The small difference on 0-60 is misleading, in the williams you change to 3rd at 56 and even top gear was very short c/w the 16v which could do 60 in 2nd. This makes the car quite buzzy on motorways - but an absolute laugh everywhere else. The rear suspension has a degree of passive rear-steer effect like a skateboard truck so the turn in for corners is amazing, however i suspect this is why i noticed suspect stability on fast sweepers and a feeling that oversteer was just round the corner!

I had no major faults in all that time, but 2 broken clutch cables.

I still regret selling it.....

TurboBoost

"The rear suspension has a degree of passive rear-steer effect like a skateboard truck so the turn in for corners is amazing, however i suspect this is why i noticed suspect stability on fast sweepers and a feeling that oversteer was just round the corner"

This all sounds familiar to us 306 Rallye owners! I might have been tempted by a ***** but for the fact you can pick up a hot 306 thats 4-5 years newer for not much more cash. Given that French cars don't age too well I think some of the higher mileage ****** will be shagged by now.

iain atkins

I used to own a Willi 3 before i traded it in for the impreza.

It was a great car, handling was superb, engine seemed bullet proof (had a custom map and full de-cat yielding 190bhp - was featured in Performance Car).

Only downside was the drivers side rear wheel arch started bubbling a little (quite common), yet one visit to the renault dealer and it was booked in and sorted no questions asked !!

In some respects i wish i hadn't sold it



Iain

PS, still on the look out for a good willi 3 as a run about