Anyone know this 172 Cup?

[ex-Chinese Dave]

It's been owned by a Ferrari repair place. Seems cheap. Are we looking at a car that was used as a curtesy car or something thats been tracked and been recommissioned?

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[gez 172]

At that price I don’t think it really matters.
It’s gone through an MOT and looks lovely. lack of rust in places like arches and fuel cap.

 

[koksracing]

That looks decent in fairness Dave - looks clean from the pictures and even has a spare turini wheel which would suggest it’s been looked after

It’s been off the road for a few years which is worth investigating but other than that it looks good

 

[Crybert]

f**king wish I kept mine. Sold it for much much less a few years back with about 50k less miles🤣

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

That looks decent in fairness Dave - looks clean from the pictures and even has a spare turini wheel which would suggest it’s been looked after

It’s been off the road for a few years which is worth investigating but other than that it looks good

Looks like it'll need the belts, dephaser (?), water pump and a full service. Needs a radio. Maybe the springs and dampers will need to be renewed, too. Anything else that should be done?

Hopefully the engine is ok but how to tell? (It's on 125k)

Waiting for some more pics tomorrow from the seller....

 

[koksracing]

125k isn’t bad on these cars and if you think back it was first on the road in 2003 that’s only 6k a year

I had a Clio 182 trophy that I had up to 160k miles and it never missed a beat

As long as you get the belts / dephaser etc all done it should be fine. You need to factor the £800 into your budget either to do on the car when you buy it or find a car with that work done and it will be £800-£1000 more expensive

Radio - easy enough. £25 or I have about 4 so cover the postage and one is yours

Dampers yep might need doing but they are pretty cheap. Around £70 each

Overall car looks straight. Get some details and then share so we can see if we can help at all

Thanks

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Any opinions on these shots of the jacking points ?

 

[Louis]

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Looks like every other clio

 

[cjgower]

Looks like every other clio

Exactly this. Hard pushed to find one that isn’t mullered. At least the back jacking points are ok

 

[koksracing]

Yeah agreed. They are all screwed

 

[gez 172]

You can beat them back out in a couple of hours and treat them.

 

[SuperCinq]

It's my car!

Front dampers and springs look pretty new as I remember, I can whip a wheel off and send pictures.

Original front wheel arch liners are all in good condition and all properly attached.

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

It's my car!

Front dampers and springs look pretty new as I remember, I can whip a wheel off and send pictures.

Original front wheel arch liners are all in good condition and all properly attached.

Are you the guy I’ve been speaking to via eBay?

 

[SuperCinq]

dave-in-manchester?

 

[Mr Squashie]

dave-in-manchester?

It's actually Dave-upon-Manchester now 😏

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

dave-in-manchester?

Yes....at least you can see on the other thread my troubles finding a decent car.

 

[SuperCinq]

Is that the fussy focker thread? LOL

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Is that the fussy focker thread? LOL

Most likely lol

 

[koksracing]

so have you bought it Dave?

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Hoping to see it on Thursday. Will have to travel down on Wednesday evening after starting work at 5am

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Bought! Finally I have a car.
Pissing it down when I arrived so not the best conditions to buy. Car looks great, exactly as described. Driving back it didn’t miss a beat and returned 49mpg at an average 45mph. Drives as it should and the gear change feels amazing.
It needs belts doing, the blower I got from Bob fitting and maybe a little fettling.
Many thanks to Bob.

 

[Mr Squashie]

returned 49mpg at an average 45mph

f**king hell, was the entire journey downhill?

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

f**king hell, was the entire journey downhill?

Mostly on the A49/M56/M62
Almost like Partridge driving barefoot.