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The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
I think i speak for most on here when i say, what?
RB 182 Cup
Type R.
Worth making the move, i had my 172 for 2.5 years and chopped it in against a Type R.
I've had that now nearly 3 years and it great. Not cost me a penny other than normal servicing, which I might add is reasonable even at main dealer.
I'm not biased either, I've just bought the mrs a 182 Cup.
Steering better on Clio and it looks better imo, but everything else better on Honda. Particularly reliability.
Worth making the move, i had my 172 for 2.5 years and chopped it in against a Type R.
I've had that now nearly 3 years and it great. Not cost me a penny other than normal servicing, which I might add is reasonable even at main dealer.
I'm not biased either, I've just bought the mrs a 182 Cup.
Steering better on Clio and it looks better imo, but everything else better on Honda. Particularly reliability.
197 FF Glacier White
Clio Trophy
I went from a 106 GTI to a EP3 CTR Prem edition and i hated it purley because of the numb with no feed back steering. I had it up for sale after a week. Civic was a nice car though, well built and the engine and gearbox are brilliant, i liked the interior with the red carpet as well, just the steerin ruined it for me. Trophy with type r gear box and engine (Chipped so vtech kicks in lower) would be my perfect hot hatch
260% JCW
Type R.
I'm not biased either, I've just bought the mrs a 182 Cup.
Steering better on Clio and it looks better imo, but everything else better on Honda. Particularly reliability.
Hondas are as reliable as any other car, i know of a few CTR's, S2000 and there engine's have gone bang with reasonable miles.
The engine's better, but the handling's a bit limp. The CTR interior is just as shite as the clio, the only plus side is the standard bucket seat's. They also look dog ugly IMO, and the new one's even worse. Good job there getting shot of them. If your going for a Honda, get an Integra.
RB 182 Cup
Hardly.
I wouldnt really class the Clio interior as shite, unless you've not got a Renaultsport.
The half leather/alcantara is a nice touch imo.
The older Type R's without the red seat trim/ door cards look a bit more bland, but i think a lot of people on here will agree the pic above is not sh*te.
I thougt it was because of how people say the Civic Type-R's handle like boats.......
sailing not saling and sail
Until I saw this....
260% JCW
Take away the Red seats and mats and its horrid. Only the seat's make it slightly nice the rest of the dash is cheap quality shiny plastic made from melted down Sega megadrives, i dont think any jap cars are renowned for there quality build materials like wise on the Clio. The Half leather Alcantara seats are nice but they're to high and the plastic used again on the dash is Recycled im sure.
emmm. well i drove the car harder than i have done for some time today as ther was some xr3i was trying to over take me so i just gave it some bean and the car really did make me sit up in my sit and think s**t i why would i wont to sale it....
so looks like im gonna keep it for abit more....so im gonna have to do some more mod as im geting bord on how it looks now...
so looks like im gonna keep it for abit more....so im gonna have to do some more mod as im geting bord on how it looks now...
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Try the ctr. I wouldn't bother but the vtec is fun
Suzuki Swift Sport
I had a CTR (facelift EP3) for ... 3 weeks! Vtec was fun and gear box was awesome but the steering was rubbish in my opinion, it just felt dull in terms of handling, stiff and twitchy. I also tried an ABP Motorsport fast road set up to see if my car was duff but it was still just as bad! - Keep the Cup
535d / t5 caravelle
lol
f**k me do these things still exist, i had a good run against a nova sr the other day.
RB 182 Cup
Type R interior lol
Massey Ferguson interior oo-aarrr. lol
You're easy to please aren't you.
If you're not going to give either car any credible praise keep out of the thread.
Stagecoach Ticket
Never Driven a cup but wouldent think theres much difference between it and my ph1 (Might be wrong?) as the 172 FF was pretty similar to the ph1 tbh just not as raw. Personally i think the CTR is head and shoulders above the clio.
EK9 - Looks better, Rarer, Holds its value better, Drives better, More fun, More tunning options, I think quicker
EP3 - Looks better, Better made, Holds its value better, I think quicker can see slightly why people say there abit bland steering wise but there bigger cars and better made i think if the ph1 was german made and solid dident make alot noise after 5k and dident feel abit rough it would be the same as the civic IMO
EK9 - Looks better, Rarer, Holds its value better, Drives better, More fun, More tunning options, I think quicker
EP3 - Looks better, Better made, Holds its value better, I think quicker can see slightly why people say there abit bland steering wise but there bigger cars and better made i think if the ph1 was german made and solid dident make alot noise after 5k and dident feel abit rough it would be the same as the civic IMO
260% JCW
Massey Ferguson interior oo-aarrr. lol
You're easy to please aren't you.
If you're not going to give either car any credible praise keep out of the thread.
Sorry do you police who should and shouldn't post? No...didnt think so.
Last time i looked this was a discussion about the pros and cons of both cars, As ive owned both cars and pay my membership im entitled to post MY OPINION When i like.
clio 1.5dci
I went from a 106 GTI to a EP3 CTR Prem edition and i hated it purley because of the numb with no feed back steering. I had it up for sale after a week. Civic was a nice car though, well built and the engine and gearbox are brilliant, i liked the interior with the red carpet as well, just the steerin ruined it for me. Trophy with type r gear box and engine (Chipped so vtech kicks in lower) would be my perfect hot hatch
I found the CTR i had very numb to.
What about a dc2 integra type R? If you can find a good one they wipe the floor with both the ep3 and the cup.
On the other side the cups newer, cheeper to run, cheeper insure, look nicer, plus your not going in the unknown as you could just be buying someone elses crap with an ep3.
