172 cup
I've had 3 Renaultsport clios over the years, all 172 cup's and I've loved driving every one of them! As times gone on and I've 'grown up' I've managed to blag the family car off on the wife and keep myself something I like driving.
Unfortunately, the arrival or our third (and last) child meant the clio's been in the firing line. I managed to protect it throughout the pregnancy with excuses like 'I only use the clio for work' or 'we only need one family car', but now the nippers 9 months and she's going back to work, the Cups days are numbered!
Compromise isn't always a bad thing...
Luckily for me, Renault decided to produce a 5 door Megane 225. Ta da;
It's a 2006 megane 225 with both lux and Cup packs. It's done a few miles, but is very tidy and had a fair bit done recently (that's my cup in the background). Its deffo got the lux pack, but was sold to me as a non cup. It has everything the cup pack had except the red callipers (traction stays off over 30, springs, grey options etc).
So far I've removed the stickers/fake carbon fibre and for the eagle eyed, the side exit exhaust has been replaced with a standard system. It sounded very nice, was quiet at 70 and was well made, but I can't live with the empty holes it left in the rear bumper...
Long term plans...keep it standard looking, sort the niggles- mainly a slight miss on idle (injectors) and an intermittent abs light and maybe a remap.
Compared to the cup, its a different animal. The pros are that the Megane is more refined, less twitchy, a little faster and a fair bit more practical. It feels a lot more stable in corners and I'm loving driving it. The cons are its not a Clio Cup, its not as exciting and you don't feel as much as you do in the clio...but I'm sure ill cope...
Unfortunately, the arrival or our third (and last) child meant the clio's been in the firing line. I managed to protect it throughout the pregnancy with excuses like 'I only use the clio for work' or 'we only need one family car', but now the nippers 9 months and she's going back to work, the Cups days are numbered!
Compromise isn't always a bad thing...
Luckily for me, Renault decided to produce a 5 door Megane 225. Ta da;
It's a 2006 megane 225 with both lux and Cup packs. It's done a few miles, but is very tidy and had a fair bit done recently (that's my cup in the background). Its deffo got the lux pack, but was sold to me as a non cup. It has everything the cup pack had except the red callipers (traction stays off over 30, springs, grey options etc).
So far I've removed the stickers/fake carbon fibre and for the eagle eyed, the side exit exhaust has been replaced with a standard system. It sounded very nice, was quiet at 70 and was well made, but I can't live with the empty holes it left in the rear bumper...
Long term plans...keep it standard looking, sort the niggles- mainly a slight miss on idle (injectors) and an intermittent abs light and maybe a remap.
Compared to the cup, its a different animal. The pros are that the Megane is more refined, less twitchy, a little faster and a fair bit more practical. It feels a lot more stable in corners and I'm loving driving it. The cons are its not a Clio Cup, its not as exciting and you don't feel as much as you do in the clio...but I'm sure ill cope...
