Project Oddessey

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Right, its not very retro i know, but, still.

heres my clio 172, sorry for the pics its pissing it down so i cant get any descent pics so its the ones off of ebay!

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:19 am

Nice!, any plans for it? or keeping it as is?

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

well, i think first is lowering, but i have to save some money 1st! then an exhaust and im going to see if i can make my r19 k+n fit it.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Dont lower it mate, you'll fuck the handling.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

righteo.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

looks shit don't it. Could be a 1.2!

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Don't sugar coat it Chris please Laughing

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Chris H wrote:

looks shit don't it. Could be a 1.2!

Thats the beauty of it Wink

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

indeed! had a 'race' with a c2 vtr on a private track last night, i think he thought it was a 1.2

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I quite like the citroen C2's!

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

loo nice, seem a bit of a ladies car in my eyes, mainly because my nextdoor neighbour, shes 40 and own a c2 vts lol

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I would rather been seen in a C2 than a clio tbh!

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

mk1 ph1 all the one im affraid.

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Call me an old git but I'm amazed that your parent's are letting you drive such a powerful car so young. I've seen to many inexperienced young drivers lose their lives on a single road near here to allow my Son to drive anything above a 1.2 when he's old enough, until he has gained some real driving experience.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

yea, fair dooes, i completly understand and respect your point. my dad knows my capabilities, i know, i have no road experience etc, but, my parentrs aswel as teaching me the basics, my dad is teaching me all the class 1 police stratagy driving, and my mum is teaching me all the iam stuff, im not trying to be big headed and say i can handle the car, as i know if something goes wrong, i wont be able to. but i dont go racing round country lanes in unsuitable conditions etc. i am a careful driver.

Site Subscriber Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 728

Good man!

Site Subscriber Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 342

Bit off topic, told Chris this before. When i was 17 and had passed my test it was snowing heavily so went to the school car park at night and did a lot of doughnuts and handbrake turns etc.
Went back to school a few days later (when the school reopened) and was hauled into the janitors office by the rector and found two janitors sitting there watching me spin around on CCTV. Detention for two weeks.

moral of the story is make sure nobody catches you. On a serious note though if you drive carefully on the roads and leave all the fannying about to private areas then you can still learn how to control the car without learning from mistakes on the roads.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

yea, been using an airfield for my high speed runs, and slaloms etc

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

thing is some of us have natural ability, I was ragging a 450bhp cossie RS500 about when I was 15 on my private test track.

I never thought anything of it.

So you can't say well your not getting this size of engine, I could go out, but a 1.4 fit a shorter stroke crank to make it a 1.1 or 1.2 (nice and oversquare then), slap a turbo on it and make 200bhp.

However if the person is clearly a retard that cannot drive then yes limit them.

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Speaking from personal experience. I was also taught the police driving strategy, IAM and ADI (my dad was a driving instructor) and I only know now what I've gained from 10 years + experience of driving daily (city - I haven't always lived up here - and scottish winters)! I am pleased that you are a responsible driver but always remember, it's not only your own life on the line if you do have an accident. I can think of 3 familys that I know who have lost children in accidents on the same spot on the same road where their kids were passengers not driving.

If you are going to be "fannying about" somewhere private, make sure you have someone with you but not in the car, just in case Wink

Strangely, at least 2 of the accidents involved Clio's.

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Lindsey wrote:

Speaking from personal experience. I was also taught the police driving strategy, IAM and ADI (my dad was a driving instructor) and I only know now what I've gained from 10 years + experience of driving daily (city - I haven't always lived up here - and scottish winters)! I am pleased that you are a responsible driver but always remember, it's not only your own life on the line if you do have an accident. I can think of 3 familys that I know who have lost children in accidents on the same spot on the same road where their kids were passengers not driving.

If you are going to be "fannying about" somewhere private, make sure you have someone with you but not in the car, just in case Wink

Strangely, at least 2 of the accidents involved Clio's.

yes mummy