Search results

I have driven them a few times at bedford, only difference in power is different exhaust system - good for 180bhp lower weight 900+KG (i think) Stripped out interior but weight of full roll cage, but i think the reason for such quick acceleration is the sequential box just floor it and punch...

Count me in! Just out of interest as i notice mine a lot but only use the car on the road - how do 172/Cup owners fare when the guys who regularly 1/4 mile get on? As all thats down to getting power down off the line? Surely they must suffer the knocking quite bad?

£540 fully comp on my Cup.... e-sure, but did just turn 30....he!

Saw anRX8 on the way to work today, in Red very subtle... ANYWAY...last night I took out th mk2 V6 from Lookers in Stockport... with one of the salesmen , for about half an hour, didnt get too far really well as far as you can around Stockport at 5:40pm a week from Christmas, up and down the...

Should have a Cup none of your fancy digital malarky - Air con pah..!!! you only need it in the U.K for 3 days ayear when sunny (OK this year was an exception!! but i just dropped the windows) Good ol standard heater controls.. They actually do work quite quickly joking aside , in my car...! I...

Ive got a test drive on Monday 15th of a MK 2 V6 at Lookers in Stockport, they have one that the manager drives but he is never there at the weekend how crap is that.. Its only available in the week sir!! He lives in Stoke! So i said to the salesman i would like to try it out Monday - eer i will...

Try e-sure if you have over 4 years NC - but age might be a problem...

Quick question will a 205 tyre (16" 45) fit on to the std Cup wheel Standard tyre 195, 16" 45.. Any one know?? Cheers folks

ive done 8k and my fronts are fine, & i drive pretty darn quick! so how the fac do you wear the tyres out so fast, are you driving like starsky & hutch guys!?

When my Cup was delivered on the 4th March (1 day late) i was not a happy chap. I ordered it direct from Renault through work in January (i work for a leasing co & got it veeerrry cheap! Despite me wanting to wait so it had an 03 plate they tried to deliver it in Feb on a 52 plate. i politely...

its the same on all new Clios delocked driver door whatever model, bugger all to do with a build fook up! So yes your mate is talking bollards!

I like my Cup but if i am honest its got too MANY comforts. Compared with my old 106 Rallye (when compared to the 106 GTI, The Cup should have!! none of the following.. no electric windows - no rear wiper - less stereo speakers (ie fronts only, well its only me in there) LESS sound deadning. er...

I have a next door neighbour who has a 2.8 4motion at the Mo - he refuses to believe my Cup is quicker.. i smugly think to myself what does he know!! I know for sure as a mate at the Golf Club has one & says its not as quick as his old 2.0 valver.. BUT when i was on my way in from work tother...

Have you been leathering it? They are waz when cold & then spongy when worked hard cos they get too hot... I noticed this ther other day in a wee tussle with a guy in an 850CSI BMW... he was steaming down the handforth bypass with me up his ricker around 100 mph then he didnt like it when i...

Bedford is just an old airfield as the photos from the air show, personaly having been a number of times i think it is an excellent facility. But having also been to one or two circuits, Oulton park mostly i can see where pepole difference of opinion lie. Bedford is flat large run off areas ...

STD 172 CUP O-60 6.5 0-100 16.9 (EVO) std VTS 0-60 7.7 0-100 21.5 (EVO)...... BYE BYE VTS . & before anyone starts i dont give a monkeys jism about modded VTS that 1/4 mile in 14+ so what... STD vs STD no chance... and if i want more i will get an even faster car... rather than strap some mods...

Eza Cup... is it the lose engine mount under hard acceleration in 1st / 2nd??? i think i have the same problem...?

See the thread about Clio sport model prices, residuals are affected already!

i had a series 2 106 Rallye before the Cup & there were ONLY 500 built for the UK. They have quite a cult following now. Wish i could have kept it as was a great drivers car. Sold it private in March to an enthusiast who knew of its rarity. Got £4.5k for it as was mint & mine from new. Not bad...

I got mine through work direct from reno retail. Including my finance due to the discount our comapny gets my car all paid up over 3 years cost well under 11K Brand new! its 6 months old today!! so i am on the lookout for NEWER 53 plate Cups, as mine aint so new no more!!

With a new plate out today (53 reg) i just had a quick look on CAP guide at work for Sport Clio models. (i have a live vesion of this as i work for a leasing company) I noticed something interesting. On a 52 plate 2003 year of sale with 6k on the clock a Cup is worth £11495 same age normal 172...

biekman.. Use Lookers in stockport. i went to lookers in alti for some minor warranty work on my Cup & they were wa*k. however Lookers in stockport were far more helpfull. They fitted the lower front grill on my Car properly after alti fitted it wrong & they were only too happy to replace the...

29...going on 17

Not sure depends how old you are... Try phoning them the online quoting is a bag of...K

Use e-sure if you have more than 4 yrs n-claims... i am 29 my Cup is £620 fully comp, i expect it to go down in Dec when i turn 30...

Has anyone with engine mount shudder under very hard acceleration in 1st 2nd actually had it put right?? Any ideas guys i know its quite a common fault... It makes it awkward to get very good starts off the line..

This thread is not about clunky gearchanges mines ok BTW... Its about Slideshowbobs smiley happy feeling from his Cup, I like mine too v good little motor... But for the money what do you get next..? Glad your enjoying it BOb... !!

Shopping trolley! either way.

Mike did you get a time in the Clio? did you run it in the dry? Just wondering...As i had 85.50 secs... (Oh feel the old competative Dad streak in me there...!)

Tom, Basically it’s a 3.0 X Type engine in a car weighing just over 600kg… power to weight is awesome.. It is honed just for trackdays modelled on a le man racer, its 2 seats sequential box. 0-60 3.2 secs 0-100 6.8 top speed 180mph+…. And you drive it on the day for about 15 mins or 10 or so...