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Good pics. Realy like the Z4MC's. Must be pretty nippy with 343bhp.

realy realy nice car this mate, perfect example of a modified cup.

Fantastic pictures mate. Car speaks for its self tbh.

Mint car mate. I'm not normally a euro fan tbh but this is a realy special car. Yellow tints FTW.

Gutted mate, with hindsight hitting the bin liner wouldn't have been a problem, however hindsight is a wonderful thing. Chin up mate, as you said would have been worse this time next week. You going to get another.

A girl can always be replaced with a car mate. Plently more fish n the sea.

Nothing a set of coilovers and PE2's won't sort out. However I think its slightly ott to say a run of the mill car will handle better than a car that "took hot hatch's to a new level" only 5 years ago. A Ph1 172 is supposed to be one of the best handling RS Clio's and they're 9 years old...

I've heard this also, its this reason why I will be going for a ph1 172, and they're cheaper than a 172 cup lol Wish the ph1's had a nicer interior though :( only let down on them for me, well the rear bumper isnt great either.

Looks fantastic adam realy improvement with the coilies. How good are you at the colour coding? Is it hard? I think i'm going to have to re do my rub strips because ones damaged and was thinking of doing it myself.

Looks like a fantastic meet. Huge turnout and some stunning cars.

Looks good mate.

If i get a ph1 172 I will be putting a ph2 rear bumper on it, my only exterior problem with a ph1.

What tuition have you had? track day tuition? Its only around £20 with a trackday isnt it?

Go to birchdown they are very reasonable by all accounts

I'd of though you'd of known winston, so have taken most valvers/williams produced apart and rebuilt then etc ;)

Just buy the cup spoiler second hand and then get it sprayed in RB at a bodyshop. There are plenty of splitter options aswell there are loads of threads on here about it because they always get broken.

+1 his first post was you should have got a 172 cup.... Stupid post tbh, followed by further crap.

Stunning car and location.

I think that is a very informative post. I'm not sure what people say about the engine in the 1*2's, the ones i've been in all seem to be nice and smooth to me. However maybe if i drove one I would feel differently.

lol at JDM Winston. He has some mad projects.

Legend. You always get there first. Realy nice car though, your mum has great taste in cars.

Nice comfy cruiser, not my cup of tea personally but certainly an upgrade from the clio.

Nice car mate, love the functionality of the car, every mod is to make the car more drivable, win tbh.

Realy nice car that mate, like it a lot, would love to find one in that condition in 6 months time.

This isnt a 172 cup v 197 thread mate. This is exactly how they get started and threads ruined. If he'd of wanted a 172 cup he would have bought one, he didn't he got a 197 because its a new car, the most up to date rs clio etc If you have nothing good to say about his purchase......

Re: value my car I'd have to agree, its a mint car, however I can't see anyone buying a modded one for over 5K with 182's of a similar age going for around that price. Putting it back to standard I think you will get 4.5K-5K and you can get a fair amount from selling the parts.

What you after next then? Are the golfs realy more boring to drive than a 1.2 clio.

To be fair, Ph2 172's are also now between 5 and 8 years old. You could think about it as the ph1 has had 1K spent on it already on engine mounts etc where as the ph2 will need it soon. Age wouldn't worry me tbh. Plenty of older cars on the road still running well.

Silvervisions, Coilies and Turini's needed Mark ;) Love this car, ultimate track ****. I love how everything about it is functional. Whats your ultimate plans for it now then? Drive it untill it eventually dies?

My next car will 99% be a 172. However if my finances would allow I would have a 197 over any other RS Clio. Far more rounded product imo. Hopefully own one in a few years.