RE: PH Heroes: Clio Trophy
Discussion
Welshbeef said:
mccabe1983 said:
I love the Trophy. I am 24, so it is not cheap to me. I m only a tracher so not rich!!
I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
Let me guess you got the "nice" car but are still renting... I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
If thats the case then thats £10k deposit for a house in a depreciating asset, when you could have spent £1-3k and got a decent fast car.
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
mccabe1983 said:
I love the Trophy. I am 24, so it is not cheap to me. I m only a tracher so not rich!!
I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
Let me guess you got the "nice" car but are still renting... I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
If thats the case then thats £10k deposit for a house in a depreciating asset, when you could have spent £1-3k and got a decent fast car.
Welshbeef said:
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
mccabe1983 said:
I love the Trophy. I am 24, so it is not cheap to me. I m only a tracher so not rich!!
I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
Let me guess you got the "nice" car but are still renting... I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
If thats the case then thats £10k deposit for a house in a depreciating asset, when you could have spent £1-3k and got a decent fast car.
Riknos said:
Never been a fan of clios, or french cars for that matter.
Heard people raving on about these, but are they actually any good?
Ok, so they probably handle better then your run of the mill FWD shopping trolley, but is it actually good at handling? Is it as much fun on the twistys as say an elise or a scooby, while still having some pace unlike say an MX5?
Heard people raving on about these, but are they actually any good?
Ok, so they probably handle better then your run of the mill FWD shopping trolley, but is it actually good at handling? Is it as much fun on the twistys as say an elise or a scooby, while still having some pace unlike say an MX5?
Welshbeef said:
Flimsey french tat IMHO. How many NCap stats does it have??? How many air bags & curtain air bags does it have? And doe sit oddly have ABS omitted???
vino187 said:
french cars are whoop! you may be able to sling a lightweight cardboard car around a corner which is lots of fun, (and can be catastrophic in the wrong place with police, pedestrians and granny drivers round every turn) but in the real world of motorways and long winding roads a clio will get trounced by anything with a bit of power. it may have a good 0-60 pace when thrashed but thats where it ends and more power wins when the wind resistance kicks in . torque steer? u only get that from a standing start. an alfa gta, focus rs or vxr or anything like that will just whip it in everyday use. oh and u can chuck all cars round bends fast which is fun. but if ur too optomistic or shite u`ll crash whatever car ur in. + kids drive clios.
I'm astonished at some of the posts here, like these three. I assume welshbeef is joking, please someone reassure me that he is. I'm sure he is, but this is PH, and with those other two posts, well, you just never know.But i continue to be really genuinely shocked at some of the stuff i read on PH, its just frightening sometimes.
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
mccabe1983 said:
I love the Trophy. I am 24, so it is not cheap to me. I m only a tracher so not rich!!
I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
Let me guess you got the "nice" car but are still renting... I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
If thats the case then thats £10k deposit for a house in a depreciating asset, when you could have spent £1-3k and got a decent fast car.
And just in case that's aimed at me, to buy a house and stay in my current job (Training Management and Consultancy - not exactly poorly paid!!) with sensible mortage repayments, I'll need a deposit of about £100k - £130k. Whilst I'm saving for that, spending the odd £10k or £20k on a car or two makes absolutely bugger all difference RobM77 said:
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
L100NYY said:
Welshbeef said:
mccabe1983 said:
I love the Trophy. I am 24, so it is not cheap to me. I m only a tracher so not rich!!
I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
Let me guess you got the "nice" car but are still renting... I ve drove lots of other cars and for me the Trophy is awesome for cost/power ratio.
The Trophy also stands out against any charv chariot.
If thats the case then thats £10k deposit for a house in a depreciating asset, when you could have spent £1-3k and got a decent fast car.
And just in case that's aimed at me, to buy a house and stay in my current job (Training Management and Consultancy - not exactly poorly paid!!) with sensible mortage repayments, I'll need a deposit of about £100k - £130k. Whilst I'm saving for that, spending the odd £10k or £20k on a car or two makes absolutely bugger all difference Also just because you may be in the position to have a car worth at the time £10k doesn’t mean you could have realistically bought and maintained a property instead. If you’re not that well paid you probably cant survive with a £600 mortgage with enough money left over to support your other out goings whether that a £3k car or just the basics like food, water and gas.....
Very small minded some people.
Welshbeef said:
£600PCM MORTGAGE !!!!! Try £2.6k & going North when the deal ends.
Depends on what you’re going into. I've looked into it ever so slightly due to my OH in the near future becoming a full fledge teacher. But realistically with a deposit of 25k (between both of us) and our income looking at a small 2 bed apartment for 180k isn’t going to cost the earth to mortgage. But I suppose I may be unrealistic in what I think we'll end up paying I think around 1k mark might be the right ball park figure. But all this is very dependent on where the market is on mortgages etc.My point was that just because you have a decent car doesn’t translate into missed opportunity in investing in bricks and mortar
Yugguy said:
My mortgage is a grand a month. It hurts.
Sorry to hear that, but I'm also glad to know that I've made the right decision in avoiding it. That's what I was quoted with a £50k deposit on a £180k house (I think those were the figures). I've decided to keep my current lifestyle up (contracting and just renting where the work is or commuting from my parents' house) until I've got a six figure deposit.RobM77 said:
Yugguy said:
My mortgage is a grand a month. It hurts.
Sorry to hear that, but I'm also glad to know that I've made the right decision in avoiding it. That's what I was quoted with a £50k deposit on a £180k house (I think those were the figures). I've decided to keep my current lifestyle up (contracting and just renting where the work is or commuting from my parents' house) until I've got a six figure deposit.
-witted we may as well talk about housing.
Premonition: Next week's feature will be about the Caterham 7 Superlight. The article will praise its incredible nimble handling and raw driving experience, and punters will then be able to post their own valuable opinions - including useful nuggets of information and experience like "it isn't as roomy as my Volvo estate..." and "it would be much better with a twin turbo V6, power steering and traction control...."
the article proudly said:
These are the PistonHeads Heroes and today sees the start of a new weekly feature by the same name. First up is the Clio Trophy...
Two weeks later, front page still showing the Clio.
C'mon PH - get it together - this has the promise of being a really good regular feature...
RobM77 said:
An amazing car. No mention of the fact you need to look like this to get comfortable in one though:
Which is a shame, as the Trophy and the V6 are very high on my list of favourite cars.
Agreed though that the car is amazing. I recently bought number 007/500 and love every mile
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