hpoolsteve

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Hey Guys

Dont you hate when circumstances change and you have to byte the bullet.

Sold my classic on. Ended up with this.

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Fun little car. Traction is a bitch and near impossible to get

You realise how handy awd is in this weather.

paulwrxboro

they might be getting there own back for hanging there monkey


is it a 182? if not.. you will be back

Jimpreza

Beat me to it Paul regarding the Hartlepool comment.

hpoolsteve

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haha they could well be....... Why would they think a monkey is a spy lol

Its a 172

zs_phil

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I got rid of my blobeye a few years back and now have endes with a civic type r ep3 i dont rate these either ,have been looking to get back in a hatchback now ....these have grown on me and look awesome

hpoolsteve

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im just waiting for a bit of dry weather to have a proper play. The thing wont stop spinning at the min

rossyboy

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You plan to swap a Civic Type R for a Clio 172/182? Are you completely mad? No offence to the OP, but the build quality and reliability on the Clios really isn't very good and they have basically the same performance

hpoolsteve

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None taken mate...

The Clio was a last resort to me, but in all fairness it aint a bad car. Granted its no STI or even in the same league. I am still pleasantly surprised by it.

I would choose the Type R all day long over the Clio, you cant beat a good VTEC.

rossyboy

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agree with all of that. We had a 172 for 4 years and though it was a good fun car, the bits breaking and falling off became too much in the end.

We've had a DC5 (basically the same as the Civic) for 3 years now and its needed a battery and some brake pads.

hpoolsteve

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I dont plan on keeping it long enough for it to start to cost me money. (touch wood). If i can get to the summer with it then i'll be happy.

paulwrxboro

at least you took it in jest mate..i think the clios are a great little fun car im sure as it drys up it will be good fun

zs_phil

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Hatchback wrx sti by the way

rossyboy

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Wasnt having a go at his car at all, just couldnt understand why zs_phil would swap a CTR for a 172.

and this explains it

hpoolsteve

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sometimes life dictates what you do. Will be looking at a new scoob in the summer. Fingers crossed.

Thats if this little F&^ker has not killed me lol

chocolate_o_brian

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Mate don't worry about it. Ibe only ever owned Imprezas or Peugeots for some reason so I'm a glutton for punishment not had my last Scoob now for 2 1/2 years and in that time I've had a 205 GTi and most recently a 1.1 106 runaround. I actually like little French cars as I'm used to working on them now!! Especially the chuckability of them as they weigh so little. No more unreliable than any Scoob I owned but guess what I wanna be in next year

Also my mums family are from Hartlepool too. Spent many a happy day at Seaton in the arcades or the annual carnival.

hpoolsteve

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The yearly carnival now consist of a million kazzuu's and lots of drums. They dont have many floats now. Not quite sure why they call it a carnival. Should be kids with noisey instruments parade.

Some of the arcades have been refurbished so not that bad now. Still get the "hoodies" hanging out there. Seaton could do with a lick of paint to brighten the place up a little.

When was you last in the area? Years ago?

chocolate_o_brian

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Yeah not been up for at least 5-6 years as over time her family have all moved down to Scunthorpe so not much need to go back up. Have some good nostalgic memories of the place though