Surprised by a Clio 197
 

One of these things really surprised me yesterday.

The thing raced off the line, hammered it around a tight bend and was gone...........................
I was half asleep at the time but hey..........fair play, this thing was quick and handled like it was on rails.

You girl ... you don't deserve a Scoob :nono:

TX.

LOL at TX


The clio is no match for your 330 bhp rb5 in the right hands....or wrong hands, whichever way you view it.

almost 200 bhp in a shoe box...dont be surprised..

i had a 172 and that was quick..handled quite well too so i can imagine another 20bhp would make it go very well

Agree .........in theory.

I must admit though, dial the revs round and dump the clutch and it's neck snapping, not much comes close, but as I say, 6am is a touch early for me.:sleep:

Cmon, 172bhp is poor, 197bhp is not much better ... there's diesels out there that would woop your ass ;)

TX.

Edit - any time is the right time Bob!

Ive seen a few of these on track and they are indeed quick! to be respected but no competition for the scoob :)

I've driven one and its good fun but it wasnt as quick as my old 280 bhp uk turbo.....straight line or twistys

Saw a video of one on I think Autocar Podcast and a Focus RS couldn't get away from one

my mate had one of these .these are quick and rev hard again should be no match to the scoob but were let you off this time lol

little pocket rockets!! very good round the twisty abd they will surprise a lot of higher spec cars

wiley

i think he was expectin u to chase him mate.

I don't do things like that. Honest :D

i work as a technical expert for renault so i know these car quite well, they are quick.

not quite scoob quick though

whenever anybody sees a subaru they cane it coz its a sports car. dad had a race with audi tt. was up his a*se so dad caned it an tt couldnt keep up. 96 wrx btw but dunno what tt car it was

I usually find that it's a classic Impreza doing the "keeping up"....

:norty:

dunx

u had a real match for your car yet dunx

Nathan's? Mine when rebuilt?:D If ever........:(

Back to Clio's: my eldest has a 197, it IS quick and yes, he's surprised a few people in it, I HATE it when he does it with me in;)

I raced a white one with black wheels round some country lanes down here, I was disappointed it was nothing, I thought the 182 looked and went better

;/

Darc

i would pull my own pants down and smack my own ass if one even come close to my classic 350/343 lol

:wonder::wonder::wonder:

Not really sure why folk with modded cars bother to post that they expect to beat an unmodded one?

I can tell you all for CERTAIN, my lad's Clio would have kept up with my standard UK classic, 218bhp.

it prob overtake th scooby. the weight of them to a uk scoob is a hell of a difference an not far off the power

because its an open forum freedom of speech my friend and the original post was by someone with a modded rb5 if u look

I whooped one so bad in my old 172 he gave up.

IMHO its only the straights they loose out on........
They gain on brakes and handling as std.

But face it most Impreza owners are purely straight line merchants, show them a corner and they'll run a mile :thumb:

lol at this thread, we owned a 197 last night in a vectra 1.9CDTI and with 4 lads in the car. All four of us are on cliosport and three of them still had clios and i sold mine for a wrx. we owned his arse big time.

This is the same lad who bullied a blobeye sti in his stripped clio 172... and yes the sti was trying lol.

It could have been on throttle bodys or cammed up or anything mate dont feel too bad. (this is what i tell my self if i get beat lol)

Look on some clio owners clubs for "rb5?? dont make me chuckle" lol

which fourm is it on pikey? I wana giggle at that one.

Mate i was joking. But wonder if it is on any

Look at the OPs bhp ... you'll see why this thread went the way it did ;)

TX.

just had a look on cliosport, nothing on there lol.

I got owned by my mate in his 172 while in my std wrx he just properly had my pants down lol. Which is why im going to sell mine in decemeber and get something else.