MarkCup
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20 years ago today, I did my first ever trackday in my 7 month old Clio 172 Cup. Google reminded me earlier, so here's a 33 year old me and some 172 Cup love 
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My Clio 172 Cup...
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43, surely?20 years ago today, I did my first ever trackday in my 7 month old Clio 172 Cup. Google reminded me earlier, so here's a 33 year old me and some 172 Cup love
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
On a bike with square wheels and 2 flat tyres
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Pre glove era
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Wheels on the bike were square also IIRC.
Some of the cars in the background, and their respective ages at the time are cool!
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Don't put up any pictures of it on the yellow 15 inch tsws. They made me wanna rip my eyes out
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Oh hai!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
On standard springs and dampers and with 117kgs of weight removed, yes it is.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Jeez. How was 117kg removed out of an already light car?
Ocsltd
ClioSport Club Member
172 Cup & 182 Trophy
Took the engine out by the look of that......
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
If it wasn't involved in making the car go, stop, or turn around corners, I had it removed.
Unsurprisingly I weighed EVERYTHING that was removed, logged it on a spreadsheet, and also weighed the differences between seat removed vs installed etc.
I completely ruined that car. It went well though LOL
Blatantly fitted to make the claim that the car has Williams F1 technology inside.
Sad story that.
He kept taking more and more weight out of it until there was nothing left but a steering wheel and he had to run around the track making brmm brmm noises. Was light as hell, but admittedly performance did suffer slightly
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Nóooooo
leeds2592
ClioSport Club Member
Bean 182 + E70 X5
He just held an air freshener in front of his face to make it feel like he was still in the car as well.
5k kick was a literal kick
andybond
ClioSport Club Member
You should be tried for crimes against humanity having those painted that colour.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
You should have seen them up close, I brush painted them with Smoothrite 😁
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
My best guess is that it's still owned by the two chaps that bought it from me (a couple of business owners with Castle Combe as their local circuit), doing what it so loved doing, being regularly beaten around a track.
It's MOT has never been renewed since a year after I sold it (2011) and it was last seen a couple years ago, on a trailer and sporting a roll-cage, and oddly enough still wearing the YE53 ZKW plates, on a motorway on or around Bristol if I recall correctly.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
@Ocsltd link to the thread when/where it was spotted in September 2022...
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The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread
Nice 997.2 in the carpark this morning. Amazing how small they look now compared to 992’s
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Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Some say they burnt the wheels@Ocsltd link to the thread when/where it was spotted in September 2022...
The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread
Nice 997.2 in the carpark this morning. Amazing how small they look now compared to 992’s
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Would you buy it back if it came up for sale? Or , f**k no! I thrashed the crap out of it!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Nah. If I kept it standard, and if it was still standard, I might be tempted though.
