My Car for a Clio 182 - MINI Cooper Forum

ollie20016 · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:09 PM

Can do a direct swap and 500 for a top spec clio 182. Whats your views. Should i or not???

m1les · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:14 PM

Whats a clio 182?

CooperID · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:16 PM

Depends on what you're after... pure no frills fun driving, then the 182 will be a good buy. However, if you want to do that with some style then, I'd say the clio isn't great. I've got a clio as a second car and it just feels so light and flimsy compared to the mini... I know mine is bottom of the range, but the build quality will be on a par I would have thought... Are they not bring out a new Clio soon anyway??... The residual value on the clio will also be very poor... I remember seeing one of them about a year old or so going for £9k

ALD0 · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ollie20016

Can do a direct swap and 500 for a top spec clio 182. Whats your views. Should i or not???

That the 2.0 init?

Do it, they are nice cars

Tonyt3 · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:22 PM

Sounds like a good swap if your not completly Mini mad.... its a truely great car by all accounts.

Is it new? Are they doing an insurance deal too?

jason2025 · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 09:44 PM

Just did a search to look for pics of the 182 and from what I can see, it's a no brainer. The 182 looks extremely boring and generic, an average looking small car with no personality. Mind you I've never seen one in person over this side of the pond except perhaps when I was over there in May so I don't really know...

Cheers.

J\

MaTTy_P · #7 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 10:42 PM

fast and fun, but not a mini

i personally like how nice the mini is, and how non chav/ricerish its image is.

chip ur ONE, get an induction kit, and forgo the 182.

Olly. · #8 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 11:02 PM

I went through a very similar train of thought when I bought my Cooper. For the money I was spending a 182 was actually cheaper.

So I took a test drive in one, first impressions were wow, it is fast and not just slightly fast ridiculously fast, i hit the rev limiter quite a few time on the test drive, just because it goes through the gears so quickly. At the same time the huge amount of power in such a small car did worry me a bit, as I put my foot down accelerating off a roundabout the steering wheel snapped out of my hands

I get the impression you have to treat it with quite a bit of respect when driving it quickly, where as the MINI is so chuckable you can drive it flat out everywhere if you want

Anyway basically its a good car, EVO magazine reckon its the best hot hatch you can buy and one of the best performance cars you can buy (they rate it better than an S works

)

But it doesn't have the looks, style, build quality and general feel of a quality product that the MINI does.

Good luck with you decision
Olly

Paul · #9 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 11:05 PM

The Clio will be quicker by far and if you get your kicks from speed alone in a small (ish) motor then that's got to be the choice, but we've owned one Clio, and we'll never go there again, horrible quality and materials, not nice to live with, and from what others have said, they've not moved on much in the few years since we finally got shot of ours.

CooperID · #10 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 11:17 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ollymale

Anyway basically its a good car, EVO magazine reckon its the best hot hatch you can buy and one of the best performance cars you can buy (they rate it better than an S works

)

From memory, EVO only rated the golf GTI and 182 higher than the works, because of value for money... which is totally fine because it is almost £10k cheaper, which you have to take into account... but that doesn't mean it's a better car..... IMHO anyway

MaTTy_P · #11 (**permalink**) Jan 12th, 2005, 11:32 PM

build quality of clios is awfull like. The side panels bend sooo much, its like plastic. But hey, what ever he decides, i hope he enjoys.

jcbroad · #12 (**permalink**) Jan 13th, 2005, 12:09 AM

Click on it to enlarge

Only if you can get it to look like this...

LMB · #13 (**permalink**) Jan 13th, 2005, 12:24 AM

Bang for buck you can't beat the 182. But have a read of this forum before you commit. It put me off buying one.

http://forum.cliosport.net/

Not only have they got faults, they're expensive come service time and from the sound of it the dealerships aren't too hot either.

The thing about the Mini is your buying a package. Yes they are more expensive to buy, but you do get more back. The servicing costs you next to nothing and you get the BMW customer service. My dealership are excellent.

ollie20016 · #14 (**permalink**) Jan 13th, 2005, 08:41 AM

Thanks for all the replies. The Clio would be brand New and is up at about £12,900. Full spec including Leather, Air con, Cup Pack. I just feel that my car will be worth about 9k in 6 months. I am also considering a Lupo GTI. Not too sure tho.

Paul · #15 (**permalink**) Jan 13th, 2005, 08:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ollie20016

Thanks for all the replies. The Clio would be brand New and is up at about £12,900. Full spec including Leather, Air con, Cup Pack. I just feel that my car will be worth about 9k in 6 months. I am also considering a Lupo GTI. Not too sure tho.

Check the value of your car (guessed) in a year, and the value of the Clio in a year. That's probably a more fair comparison. The Clio will never hold it's value like the MINI.