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I have a video of the whole thing, but it's best I didn't post it.
Clio Trophy
Yeah i did mate, it was a week after i brought it! Was it you in the other trophy? I cant remeber that much had a chat with you if it was you with the T! Kind of put me off cs meets though, everyone drove like nutters! Everytime i went round a bend, iexpected see a clio on its roof!
Guessing thats your t?
Megane r26
Yeah i did mate, it was a week after i brought it! Was it you in the other trophy? I cant remeber that much had a chat with you if it was you with the T! Kind of put me off cs meets though, everyone drove like nutters! Everytime i went round a bend, iexpected see a clio on its roof!
Guessing thats your t?
Nah I was in me old icelandic ph2 172, it may have even been the one just to the right of yours. I'd only had it a few weeks, was me first CS drive out. I quite enjoyed it, shame there don't seem to be as many meets like this.
This is my T
Think a friend of yours owned it at one point
182 Trophy
Yeah i did mate, it was a week after i brought it! Was it you in the other trophy? I cant remeber that much had a chat with you if it was you with the T! Kind of put me off cs meets though, everyone drove like nutters! Everytime i went round a bend, iexpected see a clio on its roof!
Guessing thats your t?
Oh hello yes we were driving like nutters. My trophy has been completely unreliable to run and I dare not add up the costs but I still love it four years on
Megane r26
MINI-R32-integrale
Thanks Dan.
I've done 37,000 miles in my Trophy since I purchased it in Oct 2009, now sitting at 63,500. I've needed to change nothing but consumables in that time. It returns 40 mpg with ease on my 90mile a day commute which is mix of A roads, dual carriageway and town, plus consumables are cheap.
My dampers have done 36k since being serviced at BG & were confirmed today to still be spot on. I've no secrets to this apart from jet washing them regularly to stop build up of grit and dirt around the adjuster and body. I've yet to find any car that has an everlasting damper though & find the fact they can be rebuilt a bonus not a hindrance.
I've spent way more on things I didn't need but wanted, for example the Sparky (through Arran 2years back) beautifully retrimmed steering wheel, StreamLine carbon splitter, foglamp surrounds, dash strips, mirrors, rear bumper insert etc etc, Mark Fish springs + Koni rear dampers, WhiteLine rear anti-roll bar, poly bushed front anti-roll bar, Eiback camber bolts, 15" winter alloy wheels & tyres, port matched inlet etc than the consumables did.
Great car, but with the lengthy commute which came about May last year, plus an 18 month old daughter we're looking at possibly changing our daily drivers. Hers being an EP3 Civic Type-R Premier, so far a Mitsubishi EVO X & Fabia vRS PD130 combo has been considered as both offer 4 door practicality, one returning 55mpg & £130 tax to cover my daily slog, the other only needing to do approx 3k a year as a stay at home mum car, so costs not so much of an issue.
But I'd miss the Trophy, so reluctant to move on, so the miles keep pilling on and keep putting off a decision.
They're 7-8 years olds now, so be mindful of perishable rubber mounts, gaiters, bushes etc.
Other than the obvious dampers, it's just the normal 182 checklist.
(FYI the first 50 were press cars). You can do a bit of homework on some of them through the cliotrophy.co.uk owners register.
Other than the obvious dampers, it's just the normal 182 checklist.
(FYI the first 50 were press cars). You can do a bit of homework on some of them through the cliotrophy.co.uk owners register.
Clio Trophy
Mine is good realy mate, i keep thinking about changing as i think i should try some more cars and before the trophy i was always changing cars. But like i said its hard to replace for the same money, everything i fancy seams to be 2-3 more times expensive to insure so its hard to justify. Especialy with me saving for a house. I have done about 19k in mine
My 182 has gone from 76-97k with me and 97-108k with my GF. Just over 30k in 2 years this coming Friday.
They are fantastic mate, pretty reliably and cheap if stuff goes wrong.
Problems with mine:
I purchased it (unknowingly) with a broken power steering pump - wasn't clued up as much as I should have been when I bought.
Cruise control never worked.
Things that have broken/consumables over 30k ownership:
1 set of discs and pads - £100
Seat recline function on one side - never bothered to fix.
4-6 odd tyres (due another 4 now) - £75 quid each for rainsports
1 thermostat - £90
1 ball joint - £13
Lambda plus fitting £70
1 rear shock so I refreshed the whole lot - second hand 30k set for £40
1 front coilspring - sportlines at £60
1 leaky driveshaft - patched up with hopes and dreams
Exhaust by choice
Pretty reasonable in my opinion, and I love it!!
Av MPG for me was 34-35 and for my GF is 37-38.
Is this replacing the TT?
They are fantastic mate, pretty reliably and cheap if stuff goes wrong.
Problems with mine:
I purchased it (unknowingly) with a broken power steering pump - wasn't clued up as much as I should have been when I bought.
Cruise control never worked.
Things that have broken/consumables over 30k ownership:
1 set of discs and pads - £100
Seat recline function on one side - never bothered to fix.
4-6 odd tyres (due another 4 now) - £75 quid each for rainsports
1 thermostat - £90
1 ball joint - £13
Lambda plus fitting £70
1 rear shock so I refreshed the whole lot - second hand 30k set for £40
1 front coilspring - sportlines at £60
1 leaky driveshaft - patched up with hopes and dreams
Exhaust by choice
Pretty reasonable in my opinion, and I love it!!
Av MPG for me was 34-35 and for my GF is 37-38.
Is this replacing the TT?
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FLOL, I'm not so sure either... He popped up in the Oldtimers thread but never came up with a pic!
Chris205
ClioSport Club Member
Many Things
I hope he has had one, would be a bit sad having 30,000 + posts on a forum that you've got no reason to be on lol
Owned a 1.2 a while back iirc
sbridgey
ClioSport Club Member
disco 4, 182, Meglio
Gally's new member thread.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?342908-new-member-(eventually)!
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?342908-new-member-(eventually)!
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Subjective, alot of non Clio RS owners on here now!
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Love the fact my post was the second one in LOL.
It's like "This is your life" for a Clioless Scotsman.
Chris205
ClioSport Club Member
Many Things
I wasn't having a dig, just always wondered as I only remember him having the FRP, maybe a 1.7 one before it or that was his avatar.
Good times. I had a sort of 172 rep. It was a 1.2 Extreme in Pearl Black. Xenons, 172 rear bumper, all colour coded. I'm an assessor so everything was done for free through work at the time.
It was a 52 plate but I had the facelift front bumper, mouldings, grille etc oh and some shocking rear tinted lights.
My ex actually has 2 or 3 pictures on a old memory card/camera. I will ask her to look it out. No doubt lost. but alas I did own one once.
Still miss Rich16v's White cup racer style 172! It made me drool.
How times have changed eh!
It was a 52 plate but I had the facelift front bumper, mouldings, grille etc oh and some shocking rear tinted lights.
My ex actually has 2 or 3 pictures on a old memory card/camera. I will ask her to look it out. No doubt lost.
but alas I did own one once. Still miss Rich16v's White cup racer style 172! It made me drool.
How times have changed eh!
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Just get one gally, you know it maes sense. id love to see a thread of it and once you have detailed it to the nines
Titanium 182
Gally mines been the most reliable car I have ever owned, infact all 3 182's I have had have been the same. Mind you saying this watch the belt slip on the way home :-(
Not sure you could handle the pink though
P.S You can feck off getting one and trying to make it look better then some of the decent ones on here :rasp:
Not sure you could handle the pink though
P.S You can feck off getting one and trying to make it look better then some of the decent ones on here :rasp:
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Titanium 182
There is one or 2 decent ones for sale ***Cough eeerrr mine! Cough***
Titanium 182
It's a bit above what I want to pay.
I fell honoured to hear that from you lol
What's ya budget?
I would say I've had no real reliability problems - but, the suspension can be hard work having to get the dampers refurbed etc. I've just had mine done for the 2nd time as the seals failed first time round after only 8k.
I find it a bit of a chore to drive too, it's quite noisey with all the rattles etc and with the firm suspension and michi's the ride isn't pleasureable - but, I rarely ever drive it for more than commuting tbh.
I would like to get rid of mine tbh.
I find it a bit of a chore to drive too, it's quite noisey with all the rattles etc and with the firm suspension and michi's the ride isn't pleasureable - but, I rarely ever drive it for more than commuting tbh.
I would like to get rid of mine tbh.
Surely you must of had the Sachs rebuilt the second time for free? As 8k from a refurbished set of Sachs is a disgrace.
Is yours worth quite a bit mate?
Nah - none of the Trophy's are worth that much any more. Mines on 59k, 3 owners - pretty reasonable. I'd want £4,750 for it with the plate and the Yozza - but, I'd got to £4.5k to sell it. (It's standard other than the exhaust)
As for the Sach's being free - haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I know most ppl like those guys at BG, but, I don't. They did do an element for free but it still cost me about £300.
As for the Sach's being free - haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I know most ppl like those guys at BG, but, I don't. They did do an element for free but it still cost me about £300.
Jesus! I would of pursued that more.
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