Still got the Cup, but am open to offers. Not really making any effort to get rid yet, but will do come the spring.
The Ignis wasn't cutting it as a daily anymore, and it pained me that the Cup sat there 3 weeks at a time sometimes without turning a wheel. Then two lots of insurance and tax came up in quick succession, I winced and then thought...why not?
So I did. Got the absolute perfect spec in my opinion...
- Black paint - the front bumper/wing, rear diffuser, wheel-arch vents, all the bits that mark them out as RS Clios, just blend in. So it isn't shouty...looks to the uneducated just like a black Clio.
- Non-cup suspension - my current commute is 52 miles a day along swooping, narrow, blind and generally f***ed country roads. I have two children who sometimes like sleeping in the back. The lack of red calipers and amphasite wheels means it's not shouty, silver wheels and black body = normal car. I love driving on track, I love driving full stop, but of the 17,000 miles I do each year, 500 tops are done at Goodwood. Q.E.D.
- Standard chairs - Goodwood no longer permit any kind of suction mount as they become projectiles if the glass cracks/gets smashed in an impact. So the only camera mount option for me is headrest struts.
- Cost - no one wants Cup suspension so the odd trader that takes one can end up stuck with it for a while. The guy I bought this from had had it two months. It had less than 18k miles and 8 months Renault warranty remains. Cost to change was £8k. Bargain.
- Rear parking sensors - err?
On track it's almost light years away from my Cup in terms of its sure-footedness. I only troubled the ESP a few times throughout the day, so there's still a fair bit to come there once I dial into it. It just feels so friendly, really eggs you on then laughs hard at your lack of commitment.
As a comparison I was doing circa 1:40 vs a best in my Cup of 1:37. But the Cup was stripped and running track rubber. I think vs a standard Cup it would be a good second or two quicker around Goodwood.
Brimmed the tank again this morning then ran a few errands, trip meter currently says 38mpg. WTF? I thought they were meant to be useless on fuel?
After it's thrashing yesterday I gave it some TLC earlier...it's a keeper, going for at least as long as the current Cup so am going to try to take good care of it.
