182 cup vs 182 ff

[Reno911]

Hey guys and gals, just wondered what your take is on the clio 182 cup compared to the clio 182 ff. And is it a myth that you can get the 182 cup standard with recaros? thanks

 

[Beef-Mc]

Cup V FF threads have been done quite a bit, try a search.

And yes, you can get a cup with Recaro's as standard.

 

[riz]

just get a ff with cup packs, you get a few toys and decentish springs! 182 cup isnt any quicker than a FF.

 

[dzm]

And if you decide to track it, you can strip 20kg out of the interior very easily, bringing it down to Cup weight.

 

[martandem]

182 cup FF ftw!!!

 

[Timmay]

* awaits paul to come say Cup is best thing since sliced bread and then post pics of his bloody exhausts again!

 

[DrR]

182 cup, why would u want one? Just buy a 172 cup

182, i imagine you'd always want it to be a FF

182 FF FTW

182 cup FF ftw!!!

A what?

 

[Stphn1985]

I'm sorry, I gotta ask. What does FTW mean? I've seen it loads but I dunno what it means......?

 

[Timmay]

for the win!

 

[Inferno]

182 cup, why would u want one? Just buy a 172 cup

172 Cups are difficult to insure due to the lack of ABS. And you get cool as f*ck silver cup badges on the 182 cup - can't believe you'd need anymore reasons to have one!

 

[JonC]

The best of the breed is the Trophy!

 

[Revels]

The 182 Cup is the worst RenaultSport Clio ever produced.

Completely pointless.

 

[Inferno]

The 182 Cup is the worst RenaultSport Clio ever produced.

Completely pointless.

Good point from admin there. You're entitled to your opinion though.

 

[Revels]

The 182 Cup is the worst RenaultSport Clio ever produced.

Completely pointless.

Good point from admin there. You're entitled to your opinion though.

Its MY opinion, nothing to do with the club.

Its not "proper" Cup like the 172Cup. You lose the good bits from the 182 but for no benefit.

What other RenaultSport Clio is it better than?

 

[paul]

* awaits paul to come say Cup is best thing since sliced bread and then post pics of his bloody exhausts again!

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh yes!

Love the Timmay almost as much as i love my Cup!

182 Cup 0.69 - 6.9 ftw
182 with cup pack 7.1 ftl!

need i say any more!

 

[DrR]

Thats odd cos on parkers it says they are all 6.9, except

 

[Inferno]

I didn't say it was better than any other RenaultSport! Though I wouldn't say that it's completely pointless either, after all it can move rubbish to the tip and take me to the shops. But there was a major benefit when it was new - the price!

I like all the RenaultSport cars, and without wanting to get into an argument about it, I just saw your post as being rather harsh.

 

[Timmay]

* awaits paul to come say Cup is best thing since sliced bread and then post pics of his bloody exhausts again!

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh yes!

Love the Timmay almost as much as i love my Cup!

182 Cup 0.69 - 6.9 ftw
182 with cup pack 7.1 ftl!

need i say any more!

ooh your're making me blush!

 

[Revels]

I didn't say it was better than any other RenaultSport! Though I wouldn't say that it's completely pointless either, after all it can move rubbish to the tip and take me to the shops. But there was a major benefit when it was new - the price!

I like all the RenaultSport cars, and without wanting to get into an argument about it, I just saw your post as being rather harsh.

Maybe, but I didnt really see any reason to sugar coat it.

As a model its pointless IMO.

Honest question, why didnt you buy a normal 182? It wasnt *that* much cheaper was it?

 

[paul]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh yes!

Love the Timmay almost as much as i love my Cup!

182 Cup 0.69 - 6.9 ftw
182 with cup pack 7.1 ftl!

need i say any more!

ooh your're making me blush!

182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW
182 CUP FTW 182 CUP FTW

thats my lines done for the day! now

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[Revels]

Paul, lets try and have a decent conversation without you ruining it with spam.

Thanks.

 

[DrR]

Surely the 197 cup also fits into this? 197 with cup packs is the better choice?

 

[Inferno]

Maybe, but I didnt really see any reason to sugar coat it.

As a model its pointless IMO.

Honest question, why didnt you buy a normal 182? It wasnt *that* much cheaper was it?

It was a couple of thousand pounds cheaper at the time and I wasn't really fussed about nice seats in the back or climate control or xenon headlights. I knew I was going to make some changes to it when the warrenty ran out to make it more focused for the track, and that involved removing most of the interior.

I also knew that I wasn't planning on selling the car for at least five years, so resale value wasn't a particular concern.

I'll freely admit that I wished they had made it as focused as the 172 cup in the first place, but as I use mine as a daily driver too, ABS is a very welcome feature.

I just saw the 182 cup as being a good basis for a fun track car. And yes, I know I could have done things so much cheaper to get a fun track Clio by buying second hand, but we all like to do things differently and I must admit it's reassuring knowing 100% the history of the car.

 

[SoA2k6]

To be honest Inferno, I think Revels was going along the lines of it being pointless in the sense it was called a Cup, rather than the benefits of purchasing it over a non-cup 182. It's still an awesome car, but doesn't quite live up to the Cup name the 172 version created. But again, it's still an awesome car, and I would have picked it over the standard 182 too

Revels can be blunt, but it sure fired up this thread nicely!

 

[Timmay]

tbh i wouldnt have minded a cup myself - but i did love alcantara / leather interuor too much

 

[Revels]

Yeh, thats more what I meant.

Its just not quite enough. The 172Cup had much more dramatic changes, the 182Cup is more a "weve got loads of shells, what shall we do"

Its lost, for me, what are key items that Id want in a Clio for no gain in speed. Its only benefit really is its price.

Which, ironically doesn't seem to make that much of a difference when it comes to re-sale.

 

[Inferno]

All fair points, and I love the alcantara door trims, but I'd not had a problem with the cheaper cup items purely because I'd never so much as even sat in a FF until last month! The seats were never an issue as I had the Recaros speced when I bought it.

The thing about the 182 cups was that unless you'd been in a FF prior to having one, you'd be hard pressed to say what's missing, and the standard spec was still pretty high.

For me, with my plans for the car, a new 182 cup was ideal. But I will be keeping my eye out for some FF door trims!

 

[paul]

ive had both and i dont miss anything the ff has!

Revels being blunt never

(now i dont want banning from the above comment! im just stating fact on both subjects )

 

[Marky_]

For some reason cups are far more abundant in the classified ads.

 

[paul]

sorry marky what there are less or more?! :S

in theory there should be less what with them making less?!

 

[Marky_]

sorry marky what there are less or more?! :S

in theory there should be less what with them making less?!

I only seem to see cups for sale. Everytime i click and see it's another cup i die a little inside

 

[DrR]

There is less inferno 182s and 182 FF than there is inferno cups

never seen a inferno 182 actually

 

[Christopher]

Another one of these threads.

AWESOME.

 

[Timmay]

prob all for sale cos they wished theyd gone for a FF with climate and leather interior

 

[Tony Hunter]

People say "Cup for sale" when infact its a ff with cup packs.

 

[Timmay]

i have notcied that a few times

 

[DrR]

People say "Cup for sale" when infact its a ff with cup packs.

Your also wrong cos FF means cup packs

 

[paul]

renault never actually called it ff though did they?!

They called it the 182 cup
the 182 with cup packs

as far as i was aware

 

[DrR]

there is 182, 182 with cup packs (the FF) and the 182 cup

 

[Tony Hunter]

Your missing the point,
182Cup
182 wth cup packs