ricky_2006

time to say bye to ford.

as much as a LOVE my 2 escort rs's that i have owned and still own one of them i have finally had enough with little problems they always fucking get.


next car will be either

peugoet 206gti or
renaultsport clio 182 cup (2005)

Staffi

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See ya.................








You,ll be back TRUST me......................

Mike C

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206 GTi's are godawful!

Clio 182 is badly built, but a lot of fun

ricky_2006

cheap good hot hatchs though mate???

Harris.

Both FRENCH crap

Mike C

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The Clio, yes very

The 206, no chance!

Glenn_

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You silly boy.Stick to fords mate.

fuzzy

youd be better with public transport.

Fiddy

Like arnie, ' you'll be back '

ricky_2006

all fords do it fucking break. i love them but just always something wrong with the cunts. know what i mean

DAN-Saff

99.9% of the fords that break its to do with people messing arround with them not knowing what they doing (sunday mechanics)

john_p_b

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so you're getting rid of a ford as it breaks down yet buying something french to replace it? How ironic!

sambo170588

why buy an clio cup.. get a williams if owt!

MattyRST

Ive had a golf v5, fiat coupe 20v turbo, bmw 325i, xsara vts and i came back to my 5th S2......

As people have said you will come back, i was the same as you i got fed up of niggling little problems so i got rid, im now in the final stages of completing a resto on the underside of my S2 !!!!!

saphycozzie-adz

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At least when a Ford breaks the parts are easy to identify and get. Ever tried getting French parts? Thet seem to revise every part 10 times but never let you know for sure which of them was fitted to your car! Im personally never getting another one.

Mk1-stu

If your worried about your car breaking constantly, fuck off all the other makes, buy yourself a mondeo. They are bullet proof, the only things that go wrong with them are the wishbones and eventual mechanical wear and tear.

m4tt274

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if u drive fords hard they break, but so do everycar. but how r u gunna feel walking into the garage and seeing a peugeot 206 or a clio after havin an RS. just when abit breaks on the RS ... make it stronger so it wont break again.

155lee

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buy a good 1 to start with.you think you wont get any bother with those french cars you are very mistaken.i have seen clios 172s that have split the bellhousing,and the 206s are crap and there would be more protction in a crash in a wheelbarrow.

DanRSturbo

If you take the rear bench, passenger seat and the carpet and door cards out it's possible to do a 14.1 at Santa Pod in the clio.

That is the only positive bit of advice I can give you about your choice of cars there.

BM08

You cant really compare a 90's ford to a newer 206 or a clio can you? certainly on the reliability side of things anyway. Not saying the old ford would be breaking down alot but i really think long term you'd have less wrong with a newer french car than you would an old rs ford.

Ive owned a clio older shape and my dads had a 106 years ago, cant really say either was a bad car, never broke down either.

But out of those 2 cars definatly the clio, its quicker and better handling i believe.

Barry R

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Im thinking of selling my 3 door aswell but I want a x5 so not all bad

stevenebm

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my rs turbo days are numberd also.tho i will always be in rs ownership but will be something newer i reckon.might have one for kicking about in but this spending every penny i have on it is just about by.

jameswrx

I'd personally avoid the 206, I've driven a lot of cars and the 206 sticks in my mind as being one of the worst (and it was only 2 years old)

Less.

People always come back to fords damm things

matts1

lol@ going French!!! Clio looks a very nice little car, more so than the 206 imo.

Often for some reason the higher end models are less problematic from experience.

After years of Fords I went jap with the ctr, 2 years of driving with little more than the odd oil top up. Now german and all is zegood viv the Audi.

ricky_2006

Thank you mate. Finally someone with some truth and sense.

And it's not the Sunday mechanic you cheeky cunt. I alwAys get my car fixed properly. Any1 that ain't an aarogent ford owner would say the exact same thing. I don't think an 05 Clio 182 would break down more than a Fucking 90spec s2. Be real yeh

ricky_2006

Defo looking for the renaultsport 182 Clio cup 2005

morto

hi mate i had a drive in a willams clio and was very disappointing not very fast at all

RST

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I do like the look of the Clios, but as for now the Rs is staying lol.

ricky_2006

what the old williams.


coz every1 that i know that has fords says they have either been in on or driven one and all said they are really fast? the renaultsport 182 though

Benni

The 182 is a completely different car to the Escort RS Turbo. The handling differences will be miles a part. I can imagine on a track the Clio would lap it without too much problem.

Benni.

Little Vik

Bottom line is sooner or later all cars of all makes will break. I had a clio brilliant car to drive so much fun, but had to have a new gear box (it was 2 years old) and its cv joint was on its way out so i chopped it for an S3.
the pug is nothing special to drive so personally i wouldnt bother with that, but hey its your car and your money so drive them both and see what you think. Out of the two id go 18poo. But like i say all cars break, you get good and bad of all of them. But your not helping your chances with a french car.
When i was looking at the clio i also looked at a lupo gti, ive now got the lupo and wished id never bothered with the clio.

GTi-R23

I'm going French too, Megane Renaultsport 225 though, but I do enjoy fixing things

Clio 182's are nippy, handle well, shouldn't have too many problems as long as you're not an animal behind the wheel, a mate has one, decent car.

You were always going to get a biased opinion posting on here, post the same thing on a Clio forum and you'll get the exact opposite.

Enjoy whichever way you decide to go

Oh yeah and don't bother with a 206 GTi, they are heavy lumps and don't even deserve a GTi badge, not a 'hot hatch' in the slightest.

Mike C

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ooooh, the irony!

BM08 and sense just do not go together in the same sentence!

cozmeister

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Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

And oh yes, you'll be back, as soon as the Clio starts munching coilpacks, and the 206 will become all French and constantly want to go home to make Cheese.

NEIL A

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I bought a 182 cup off a mate as i needed something to run around in while my cossie was in bits, a year and a half later i still have it. One of the best cars i have ever owned good fun to drive gets hell everywhere and loves it.

ricky_2006

What colour you got mate? The 05 or 04

ricky_2006

I ain't gna buy the Clio to go on track.

And as for the electrics, starter motor, battery problems, constant fuelling issues and much more on the rs turbos and cozzies

BM08

More sense than those folk on here who take me too seriously sometimes.

BM08

People keep saying williams? thats a older car and also slower than a 182 cup, well id guess it was looking at specs on paper.