Chi's Clio Collection

[JP83]

Lovely bloke. He took me out in his Mégane he'd not long picked up at oulton park once. When we left the tarmac I asked him to drop me off in the pits 😂

 

[imprezaworks]

Does anyone actually have an answer as to why he kept them the way he did or why he never sold them off and kept a couple ?

Just seems crazy to off load 13 clios with some good decent parts on them.

Probably a case of buying stuff and no panic to recoup money. Or rather not needing too.

Then losing interest and just move on without the hassle of selling

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Probably a case of buying stuff and no panic to recoup money. Or rather not needing too.

Then losing interest and just move on without the hassle of selling

We've all been there

 

[imprezaworks]

Not with 13 cars we haven't lol

 

[MarcB]

We've all been there

Not with 13 cars we haven't lol

Exactly what I was thinking. . . . .

13 cars (And thats just Clios) along with a mountain of parts and yet all just left to rot for months

 

[Clio_fool]

While paying to store them too. 🔥💷 🔥

 

[imprezaworks]

If you have enough cash, £600 seats become meh.

 

[MarcB]

If you have enough cash, £600 seats become meh.

Decent Recao CS seats can and I have seen them going for £1200

 

[Conor03]

i remember going to chis to look at a cup in 2016 it must have been, surprised to see he still has the mazda 3 mps mind

 

[imprezaworks]

Were their Evo seats there?

Think these guys will make a few quid tbh

 

[incy-spider]

I met Chi at EFi once, spoke to him a lot on here and FB nice chap. I’ve always wondered what happened, he was quite lively on here until he broke his back in a Clio! He was always a fan of my Clio Turbo too..


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[Clio_fool]

He sounds like a decent bloke. He's either woke up one morning and realised he needs to sort his hoarding out or something drastic has happened to trigger the big clear out he seems to be having. I hope its nothing bad that's set this off.

 

[DaveDreads]

I remember him saying he had a 'bit of an accident' in one of his Clio's, so I thought he'd had a bit of shunt and felt a bit tender from getting knocked about, then he shared a couple of photos of it, the Clio was wrapped round a lamp post like a Banana and he was in a full body cast in hospital having broke his back, which was where he was messaging us from, we have very different definitions of what 'a bit of an accident' was.

Nice bloke, I miss him he was fun.

 

[imprezaworks]

That was a nasty crash

 

[incy-spider]

Messaged him last night, I think he’s had enough of loosing money. He said he’s the worst car dealer.. bought them all cheap, waiting for prices to rise whilst spending 20k on storage, then sell them for a loss [emoji23][emoji23]

Doesn’t seem too bothered, still keeping a load of nice stuff


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[imprezaworks]

When you wipe your ass with £20's all this is just another day.

 

[jameswrx]

Messaged him last night, I think he’s had enough of loosing money. He said he’s the worst car dealer.. bought them all cheap, waiting for prices to rise whilst spending 20k on storage, then sell them for a loss [emoji23][emoji23]

Doesn’t seem too bothered, still keeping a load of nice stuff


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Yeah, paying for storage is the killer Id imagine. Hopefully he had a claim on their insurance for the roof though? Think I’d still be mad enough to jet wash those seats off and look (prob bleached)

The irony is I think the prices maybe on the move on them recently. I’ve noticed a lack of sub £1k deals.

I do say to people (that reminisce about 205/5gtt etc) that the 172/82 is a much better car & wouldn’t be a bad idea if you want a car today that’s cheap and will be expensive in years to come to grab a nice one.

Not sure how accurate the ‘how many left’ site is but there were supposedly 7000 R5GTT’s on the road at peak as opposed to 5000 182’s and only 2000 172 cups (don’t know the normal 172 numbers?)

I’m old enough to remember when the 5’s were new and wanted one back in the day but they were always knackered when a few years old in my budget. Had 205’s but the clio is a better car all round, no reason why they won’t be a classic especially with the likes of some of the motoring journalists owning them even.

The only negative for value (which is actually a positive for the car) is the cars are generally very reliable and don’t rust as bad as the older stuff so they last longer meaning they won’t get as scarce.

 

[Crybert]

That was a decent wee video, remember chi too. Lots of these folk just seem to disappear.

Some nice metal in there though, none seem to be standard mind!

 

[MarcB]

One of the haul is up for sale already

 

[leeds_182]

One of the haul is up for sale already



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3k! No mention of service history and looks w**k.

Mileage isn’t everything.

 

[Flat Eric]

Those wheels are phenomenal

 

[MarcB]

3k! No mention of service history and looks w**k.

Mileage isn’t everything.

Hate to think of the state of the fluids if its been sat for months / years without even being turned over.

There is no service history as stated and then all the belts are guaranteed to need done along with anything else that you find.
Bushes, Springs, Tyres, Wheels and anything else you find.

 

[dann2707]

3k! No mention of service history and looks w**k.

Mileage isn’t everything.

Thought the same. f**k that

 

[Crybert]

Mileage might not be everything and we all know that but everyone wants as low mileage as possible

 

[Louis]

Hes driven it straight from the workshop home? Some nice mechanical sympathy there

 

[Crybert]

Hes driven it straight from the workshop home? Some nice mechanical sympathy there

To be fair if the fluids are ok it’s not actually such a bad thing

 

[Krarl]

f**king cheap that

Worth at least 8k if they wash it 16 times a day

 

[leeds_182]

Belts, oil change, plugs, coolant change, wheel refurb, new tyres maybe, as been sat for 3 years, no mot and it needs bodywork and he wants 3k.

I mean, I love a money pit but you could be balls deep in that before you know it.

 

[Crybert]

Belts, oil change, plugs, coolant change, wheel refurb, new tyres maybe, as been sat for 3 years, no mot and it needs bodywork and he wants 3k.

I mean, I love a money pit but you could be balls deep in that before you know it.

But it’s a cup!!!

As you say though, needs a fair bit of money spending.

 

[MarcB]

Just needs this special super dooper wax thats was only made for 172 Cup's.
Cant use it on anything else.

@Gavin.

 

[Louis]

Just needs this special super dooper wax thats was only made for 172 Cup's.
Cant use it on anything else.

@Gavin.

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Csoc? Ban @Old Tarby!

 

[R-Sport.]

Its already sold apparently -

As said to mint that your looking at purchase price + ~£1500 -£2k at least.
Belts > Front end needs painting > Alloy refurb > Tyres > MOT > Steering wheel etc etc

 

[leeds_182]

Its already sold apparently -

As said to mint that your looking at purchase price + ~£1500 -£2k at least.
Belts > Front end needs painting > Alloy refurb > Tyres > MOT > Steering wheel etc etc

I know I’m a bit of a chav but I’d have to do something about the 4x4 ride height as well.

 

[Gavin.]

Just needs this special super dooper wax thats was only made for 172 Cup's.
Cant use it on anything else.

@Gavin.

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Haha! Tickled me that!

 

[DomP182]

This has made me feel good about my 172 now! dam site tidier than those even if it's a bit rough around the edges. Dont get 'cup tax' either, more were made than any other colour 172 and you get crapper spec

 

[Bluebeard]

Its already sold apparently -

As said to mint that your looking at purchase price + ~£1500 -£2k at least.
Belts > Front end needs painting > Alloy refurb > Tyres > MOT > Steering wheel etc etc

Back wing needs repairing and painting too.

 

[deanoE30M3]

I bloke selling the cars is a dodgy dealer..

Wouldn’t buy a pencil of him

 

[Crybert]

I bloke selling the cars is a dodgy dealer..

Wouldn’t buy a pencil of him

The dude in the video? What experience do you have of him?

 

[MarcB]

I bloke selling the cars is a dodgy dealer..

Wouldn’t buy a pencil of him

Seems he sells and buys alot of cars and has now a youtube channel.

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Performance cars, reviews, track days,race days, nurburgring, owners, fast roads and mental locations. If your a petrol head look no further.

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[MarcB]

Update on the Clio haul