corsa_rob
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Corsa got wrote off for £1195, the brought a saxo vts for £1800...suffered back injuries in the accident...hoping to get between £1000-1500 in compo and have about £1000 or so to spare saved up.
Question is shall i mod up the saxo (lower it on bilstein kit, good tyres, induction, manifold and exhaust with decat and cams looking at about £1000) or shall i sell the saxo when compo comes through and go buy myself a 172 clio instead...which im bound to lower and try to get more power out of. Hoping to get to nurburgring again next year but im driving this time also wanna go to that 15 mile zig zag down a hill gig few hundred miles off the ring too  so...saxo or 172?
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Scotty C
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Clio all the way. You'll have more power, more 'refined' and it'll be newer.
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Brett
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Clio
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Eck
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Saxo with those mods would be quicker around the track, but the Clio is more refined.
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K2 GTi
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clio
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will_ainsworth
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clio, try to get a 182 tho.
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cornish16vcorsa
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clio
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by will_ainsworth
clio, try to get a 182 tho.
I agree Clio BUT I'd rather a minter 172 the more shitter 182, just because it's a 182.
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by will_ainsworth
clio, try to get a 182 tho.
Phase 1 172 cup is quicker than the 182.
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MatthewR
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Clio all day long
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col
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clio 
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stubbsy05
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Clio 172 Ph2- you can pick these up for £2500+ now!
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JM_16v
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Originally posted by Alex.S
Clio 172 Ph2- you can pick these up for £2500+ now!
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John
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Clio is a good car for that money.
So pleased I got rid of mine when I did or it would have been worth nothing.
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
Saxo with those mods would be quicker around the track, but the Clio is more refined.
It really wouldn't
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by will_ainsworth
clio, try to get a 182 tho.
I agree Clio BUT I'd rather a minter 172 the more shitter 182, just because it's a 182.
Go for the 172. The 182 may have a little extra power and possibly torque but they don't handle as well as the 172.
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
quote:
Originally posted by Eck
Saxo with those mods would be quicker around the track, but the Clio is more refined.
It really wouldn't
So a Saxo with about 150+bhp that is lowered on a good suspension set up won't be quicker than a bog standard 182? I know you've owned both but I can't see any way the clio will be better except brakes maybe 
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Jas
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the saxo with those mods would be rob!
But id rather the clio
TBH for a good saxo you're paying similar money to the 172's anyway
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Rob B
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The saxo wouldnt, I dont want to start an arguement, but cornering ability on a Clio is better, brakes are better, and good brakes can gain about 2 seconds per lap compred to being about .5secs 0 - 100 quicker like the saxo would be.
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John
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The clio comes with a much better interior.
If you can really get ph2's for 2500 you're gettin xenons, climate etc for pennies.
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bonelorry
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clio 172 all the way, top little cars
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Neo
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*Biast*
Saxo....solely because i have been in both cars and somehow felt safer in the citroen than the renault
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John
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4 star ncap rating to a 2 star would say if you felt safer you were massively mistaken.
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nathy_87
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Clio Sport ph2
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thegsi
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If you plan to modify the car in anyway, don't get the Saxo. Whatever you touch on it, it will cry, brake and go in a big sulk.
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