after looking at clios for circa one year i finally decided i wanted a blue 172 cup. saw one on ebay with three days left and ending on a weekday at 9.03am. so stuck it on my watch list. got to 8am that day and it was only £1020, 9am still the same. thought sod it i`m having it so pulled over whilst driving to work and banged in £1469 max bid, only bloody got it for £1200 so had quite a decent day at work, haha.
basicly it was just short of 80k mileage, 9months test and 5months tax, had receipts for gearbox and dephaser/cambelt, aftermarket exhaust and 182 alloys. when i went to pick it up and sat down in it whilst waiting for the lad to bring v5 out i read through the receipts it had which totalled just under 2k`s worth from last 4months! i actually felt sorry for the kid as he was an apprentice welder with a pregnant girlfriend.
anyhoo, drove it back approx 80miles to york and it felt fine apart from tracking and an extremely bald tyre ( he`d been driving with tracking out to the point the wires were showing from the tyre!!!!). had a good look round it and apart from exhaust, cone filter and wheels it was bog standard and fairly tidy.
now i never really liked the 182 alloys but they kind of grew on me but having the bald tyre and the other front quite low i decided to purchase some yokohama ad08`s, wasn`t going to pay the price for 16`s so got 15". really wanted some turini`s in 15" but not easy to come by so opted for some williams alloys. picked a set for a good price and as i`d heard good things about cas coatings on here took them over to cas for a refurb and colour change.
fairly pleased with them but forgot to pick up the centre caps and judging by the customer service at cas doubt i`ll be getting them sent back (will be phoning and asking this so may do though).
done about 150miles on the yoko ad08`s and they`re spot on tyre. coped really well in torrential rain and have alot of limit in the dry but don`t give way without warning.
only prob now is that car looks "jacked" with the 15s and they don`t seem to fill the arches aswell as the 16s (obvious maybe), so hopefully by payday cooksport will have some springs left.
so far i`ve been impressed with the 172. great turn in and decent b-road car, straight line isn`t quite what i`d expected but then the factory map is terrible. already got few electronical niggles to sort out, crappy leccy window switches and central locking not unlocking the drivers door
basicly it was just short of 80k mileage, 9months test and 5months tax, had receipts for gearbox and dephaser/cambelt, aftermarket exhaust and 182 alloys. when i went to pick it up and sat down in it whilst waiting for the lad to bring v5 out i read through the receipts it had which totalled just under 2k`s worth from last 4months! i actually felt sorry for the kid as he was an apprentice welder with a pregnant girlfriend.
anyhoo, drove it back approx 80miles to york and it felt fine apart from tracking and an extremely bald tyre ( he`d been driving with tracking out to the point the wires were showing from the tyre!!!!). had a good look round it and apart from exhaust, cone filter and wheels it was bog standard and fairly tidy.
now i never really liked the 182 alloys but they kind of grew on me but having the bald tyre and the other front quite low i decided to purchase some yokohama ad08`s, wasn`t going to pay the price for 16`s so got 15". really wanted some turini`s in 15" but not easy to come by so opted for some williams alloys. picked a set for a good price and as i`d heard good things about cas coatings on here took them over to cas for a refurb and colour change.
fairly pleased with them but forgot to pick up the centre caps and judging by the customer service at cas doubt i`ll be getting them sent back (will be phoning and asking this so may do though).
done about 150miles on the yoko ad08`s and they`re spot on tyre. coped really well in torrential rain and have alot of limit in the dry but don`t give way without warning.
only prob now is that car looks "jacked" with the 15s and they don`t seem to fill the arches aswell as the 16s (obvious maybe), so hopefully by payday cooksport will have some springs left.
so far i`ve been impressed with the 172. great turn in and decent b-road car, straight line isn`t quite what i`d expected but then the factory map is terrible. already got few electronical niggles to sort out, crappy leccy window switches and central locking not unlocking the drivers door
