172 cup or not?

[bossko]

Hi
I'm buying a 172 cup. It seems to be a cup. However it has half leather seats. And no cup badges. And the wheels are 205 not 195.
The reg comes up as a cup. Changing seats seems to be slot of hassle to go to. Plus there's a slight whistle noise.when I half press the throttle. The cars only up for 1395 quid which I thought reasonable for 2003 with 88000 on the clock. Down side it has had 9 owners.

Cheers

 

[Andyman]

9 owners in 9 years

 

[.Ben.]

If the autocheck on the reg says it's a Cup, I'd wager it was a Cup.

Door badges are notoriously crap & will have fallen off.

Seats are a doddle to change.

Tyres have probably been changed to a wider, more common profile to save a few quid.

The price may seem like its a bargain but has it had the belts done?

 

[Gaz_]

picks/links?

 

[bossko]

On the service stamps it states the timing belt was done at 55ik. But I've not checked all the bills. The Cleo I'm driving had the timing belt done last year but ths garage didn't do the dephaser. So I was going to have to fork out anyhow. Because I hate that noise it makes. It's has a few scratches but the disks are new, and the wheels look good. seemed to,drive well. But I've bought lemons in the past. lol

 

[Gaz_]

Its Clio btw, this might be the reason you've bought lemons in the past?

 

[p@blo]

picks/links?

This.

 

[bossko]

God. I've never noticed lol and this is my 3rd one.

Cheers

 

[.Ben.]

Bless you.