bowen86
ClioSport Club Member
Recently @Alastair. advertised his Clio 172 Cup and although I messaged within 10mins of it being advertised, I'd missed out. @*lee* beat me to it.
A week later I get a message on FB from Lee explaining he'd bought it on a whim and what he really wanted was an R26 Megane. He'd seen a Megane and now the Clio was back up for sale and did I want first refusal. It seemed like a scam at first, I even messaged Alastair to check and yeah, it all checked out.
A deposit left and the missus and I jumped on a train to Swindon to get it.
Lee met me at the train station and let me drive it to his.
It was exactly what I expected and what I wanted. Something, clean, fresh, OEM and usable on the road.
Money paid, paperwork done and off we went.
Took the scenic route home
The car drove great. I said to my missus "I could daily this", that's not the plan but it emphasised how nice it was on road.
Other than Cooksport springs and a Ktec exhaust it's unmolested.
My plans, keep it OEM with maybe a few small tweaks, that said it's so nice as is I may just leave it. It seems to have the sound aktor and the original cup splitter which goes to show how standard it is.
Further reading on this Cup and for my own history previous threads:
@Alastair. thread
@cliocollins thread
One last pic from Alastair's thread as I love it
More over on Instagram @its.bowz
Cheers
A week later I get a message on FB from Lee explaining he'd bought it on a whim and what he really wanted was an R26 Megane. He'd seen a Megane and now the Clio was back up for sale and did I want first refusal. It seemed like a scam at first, I even messaged Alastair to check and yeah, it all checked out.
A deposit left and the missus and I jumped on a train to Swindon to get it.
Lee met me at the train station and let me drive it to his.
It was exactly what I expected and what I wanted. Something, clean, fresh, OEM and usable on the road.
Money paid, paperwork done and off we went.
Took the scenic route home
The car drove great. I said to my missus "I could daily this", that's not the plan but it emphasised how nice it was on road.
Other than Cooksport springs and a Ktec exhaust it's unmolested.
My plans, keep it OEM with maybe a few small tweaks, that said it's so nice as is I may just leave it. It seems to have the sound aktor and the original cup splitter which goes to show how standard it is.
Further reading on this Cup and for my own history previous threads:
@Alastair. thread
Clio 172 Cup, keeping it fresh and original.
Another Clio for myself and @baysthebest Snapped this one up on ebay a couple of days ago, didnt bother viewing it, just had it recovered to my house. Its a great base for us being original with loads of recent work done including the cambelt, dephaser and water pump done at Beaniesport last...
cliosport.net
@cliocollins thread
172 Cup Restoration Progress
Hi, I thought I'd start a thread for the 172 Cup as momentum has gathered and the parts have started to arrive. The car itself belongs to my partner, she's been interested in picking up a clean one of these for a while now. After numerous days, weeks.. months. Searching on Ebay, Facebook...
cliosport.net
One last pic from Alastair's thread as I love it
More over on Instagram @its.bowz
Cheers