If there was a 172 FF and a 172 Cup, same year, same condition, etc etc i'd pay more for the Cup. Maybe I'm a mug!
Is it this the cup your looking at http://pistonheads.com/sales/1377431.htm
its a 53 reg, this car has been on pistonheads before for quite a few month and it never sold and now its back on, for that spec and that price it should have been snapped up when it was first put on, id just be a bit cautious as i suspect they might be a few lurking problems
I just paid £3800 for an absolutely MINT 53 plate Cup but with slightly higher mileage but FSH and all Belts done etc. Also has Ktec coilies, Ktec stealth exhaust, he chucked in a mint spare speedline turini as well as 2 spare 16" tyres!
Good deal that.
I'm more than happy with it yeah! The car is minty mint apart from one tiny tiny tiny lil dink in the rear 1/4 but you really wouldn't notice it until it's pointed out.
The suspension is brand new as are the tyres.
Lovely car.
just got my cup and it's on 48k, just had all the belts done and de-phaser pulley as a precaution with 4 matching tyres and 2 owners from new, completely standard.£2600 on a 2003 plate.
If its exactly what you're after then only you can judge if its a good deal.
I personally would rather pay over the odds if its as good as he's saying. As for him being blunt, Pistonheads attracts the most insane number of dickheads so he's probably just a little bit pissed off with all the ''Would you swap for my bodykitted 1.1 saxo'' emails and calls.