Hi guys

can someone talk some sense into me?

im think of trading my vrs skoda octavia for a clio 182.. both cars have similar milage (33k)

both have full service history , both are excellent


can someone kick some common sense into me?? and convince me that this is a STUPID IDEA? (or is it?)

 

If your convinced its a stupid idea does that not tell you something

 

Its a stupid idea, don't do it.


Cheers,
Grant

 

It's a fucking moronic idea

 

Don't do it !!!

 

A clio 182 is a brilliant toy. All depends what your going to do with it

rick

 

Its a totally ludicrous idea !!!!






















You should sell it and buy a Cosworth

 

Dont be a dingbat

 

lol,whats wrong with being skint and worrying about a meltdown when you nail it .
I was only kidding

 

Im with everyone else

 

You spaz... there's no way I'd be trading a German car for an unreliable piece of French shite!

 

Absolutely fucking LOL!

Firstly, although owned by vw, skoda aren't German. Secondly, 182's are by no mean's 'shite'!

 

Keep the skoda!!I can't believe I just said that!!!

 

depends what you need out of the 2 cars, if its a family car then keep the skoda but if its just for some fun deffo get a 182 over a vrs.

 

Lee, the 182's handle nicely but the driving position is horrendous, the electrical gremlins spoil things, the fragile interior bits dont wear well and if you're really honest a 182bhp car would bore the arse off you! I'd much rather have the Octavia VRS personally.

 

At least the 182 is sporty,doesn't look too shabby either,bite the bullet and buy it,if it doesn't suit you then punt it on...........

 

MASSIVE LOL at all the people calling the clio shite!

I wonder how many people have owned one, (not my sisters friends, dog walkers brother had one)

I would not think twice about trading in a VRS for a 182!

The 182 is just a far better bar!

All this german build quality rubbish just makes me die!

Keep the 182 well serviced and it will Never let you down mate.

 

I loved my clio, it was the phaze 2 172 but really the same as the 182, nothing in it really , bloody loved the thing, never missed a beat.
What colour is the one u r lookin at

I would rather have the clio over a octavia RS IMO

Not bad on fuel either

They are about as quick as the Old shape civic type R. Ive kept up with many scoobys when rolling , alot of people unestimate the clio ( which i love )

 

My 172







My 182

 

My mother had one for 2 years from brand new, I had lots of opportunities to drive it and can honestly say I did not like it. She treated it like all her cars (very gently) and had nothing but problems with it.

Two of my close friends also had 172's, so i'm not just spouting random thoughts.

Each to their own but I'd have the Octavia, but that's just my opinion.

 

Had experience of the Clio (172 Cup) and the Octavia VRS and if it was my cash I would be keeping the Skoda. The Clio is a hoot to drive, cracking little handler and reasonably nippy. But the interior cabin is hideously plasticy, fuck me it makes my stripped out 20 year old Escort interior look refined. Also had a lot of issues with the stupid thing breaking engine mounts which the dealer was non to helpful about sorting.

If the Octavia is boring you get it remapped as it makes a big difference on these engines.

 

If i had to choose between the two, i'd take the 182 over having a dishwasher sat on the drive any day!

 

Get your Octavia remapped, meant to change how the car drives and improves it a lot

 

Well mate i have owned both and both great cars in threr own rite but all depends what you are using it for as said above i was only doing about 40 miles a week and ended up getting rid of my vrs and bought a 172 for some summer fun great little cars and very fast for what they are.I got bored of mine very quick though.

 

My mate has a 240 bhp octavia vrs, and it can keep with my escort to 125 if that was a Clio id have passed in and been off, but if you want something sharp to nip around in and play with bigger faster cars in corners Clio is great, just need some more power,

The area I live it half mile bursts so I'd have bigger more powerful car for day to day and having a play

 

About 6 months ago I moved on an A3 TDI Sport DSG with all the extras for a 2004 182 cup as I was simply bored of the Audi!

The Clio has been a great car and awesome to drive straight out of the box, the handling is very well matched to the power and will give you endless amounts of fun when driven properly.....

I'm moving mine on now as I want something a little bigger with a bit more luxury, if you can live with the French build quality you'll be very happy with one.....

 

but what spec is your escort ?

dont under estimate the clio's

 

Nothing special 250 hp ap6pots avo coil overs, nothing special,

 

is it a full zetec turbo or ZVh then ?

nice BHP btw

 

French = shite.

 

Ta! Just a 1.6 cvh

 

vrs any day although 182s are good my mate had one all he used to do was ragg it never let him down in 4 years bar the servicing lol,

 

LOL cry:c ry:

 

got to be the vrs mate mine has just rolled over to 155 k and still hit 150 in it lol car drives like new still bet the cilo will not with them miles on it lol

 

any car from france = shite - shit build quality, shit drivability, shit reliability.

renault build theyre cars with the expectation that a percentage will fail under warranty, they are not bothered about that, as they can cover the cost for three years of uk warranty, afte that most people will have changed for another new car to prevent them from having to pay out for repairs.

Renault mentality is very strange, the same goes for Citroen and Peugeot, all crap.

 

That's all very well, but the clio 182's are built by renaultsport, which are different to the normal Renault...

 

buy a s2 best money you will spend

 

Ive got a octavia vrs tfsi and as an every day car its streets ahead of a clio to live with, decent boot, decent handling, 200bhp and very tuneable, and superbly built with fantastic dealers, but if i was after a weekend warrior or a track toy then the clio would easily win.

 

You do realise that Skoda won the last JD Power survey and the Octavia was 3rd for individual models?

Not sure where Renault was but it wasnt 1st, nor the Clio above 3rd

So yes IMO the Skoda is miles better made than the Clio

 

personally id keep the skoda and have it remapped no competition. itll surprise you mate!