Well, he's arrived. My brand spanking new 182 Cup - the Aussie Special edition - is now in my local showroom, waiting a few months until I can pick him up.
The Aussie Special refers to an offer by Renault advertised for November as a Cup with racing stripes on it - and availability of a colour that is not normally an option on the little Clio (Megane has it tho): Blood Orange, or "Inferno". See, unlike you UK and other Euro fatcats
, we only get a small subset of options available down here. Australia is V8 territory for the most part, with a large WRX contingent, so the little hot hatch market and after-market is quite small.
As of last week there was only 1 blue and 1 inferno Aussie Specials left.
But I was pleasantly surprised by some of the other differences from the standard Cup:
I was happy to see he got the "real" Cup wing, proudly standing with an arched back (the "standard" Cups have the standard, ridged wing).
The stripes actually look better in person than in pictures. I thought it might look tacky, and had planned to paint the stripes in the same colour as the wheels - but I think I'll stick with white for a while.
The great thing about the colour is it has a little more "life" than the others:
With the flash, you can see hues generated. Oh, those hues! Can't wait to see it in the sun.
Oh, and you probably can't see it, but the speedo is in MPH. "Cute retro racing ... err, thing" I thought initially, but then the speeding fines flashed through my mind. Luckily, when you turn the key, smaller red KPH numbers light up around the bigger white MPH numbers.
Still, I wonder if I'll think it cute when I get my first 110 Mph speeding fine / license cancellation. :approve:
And finally, the peice of resistance (*spit*) some artsy type at Renault decided to do this:
That's right, the racing stripes taper off into a chic, frenchy, chequered flag motif. I like it. I like it a lot.
And - FAR more importantly - the Missus likes it. She likes it a lot.
Anyway. I'm a bit suss on the 19 miles it's been driven already (WTF? ) - and I hope I can change the trip computer et al to KM. Otherwise I'll have to think-and-drive, which mates don't let mates do.
So anyway, I'm gdanjo, and that's my Clio story. Seeya.
The Aussie Special refers to an offer by Renault advertised for November as a Cup with racing stripes on it - and availability of a colour that is not normally an option on the little Clio (Megane has it tho): Blood Orange, or "Inferno". See, unlike you UK and other Euro fatcats
, we only get a small subset of options available down here. Australia is V8 territory for the most part, with a large WRX contingent, so the little hot hatch market and after-market is quite small.As of last week there was only 1 blue and 1 inferno Aussie Specials left.
But I was pleasantly surprised by some of the other differences from the standard Cup:
I was happy to see he got the "real" Cup wing, proudly standing with an arched back (the "standard" Cups have the standard, ridged wing).
The stripes actually look better in person than in pictures. I thought it might look tacky, and had planned to paint the stripes in the same colour as the wheels - but I think I'll stick with white for a while.
The great thing about the colour is it has a little more "life" than the others:
With the flash, you can see hues generated. Oh, those hues! Can't wait to see it in the sun.
Oh, and you probably can't see it, but the speedo is in MPH. "Cute retro racing ... err, thing" I thought initially, but then the speeding fines flashed through my mind. Luckily, when you turn the key, smaller red KPH numbers light up around the bigger white MPH numbers.
Still, I wonder if I'll think it cute when I get my first 110 Mph speeding fine / license cancellation.
:approve: And finally, the peice of resistance (*spit*)
some artsy type at Renault decided to do this:
That's right, the racing stripes taper off into a chic, frenchy, chequered flag motif. I like it. I like it a lot.
And - FAR more importantly - the Missus likes it. She likes it a lot.
Anyway. I'm a bit suss on the 19 miles it's been driven already (WTF?
) - and I hope I can change the trip computer et al to KM. Otherwise I'll have to think-and-drive, which mates don't let mates do. So anyway, I'm gdanjo, and that's my Clio story. Seeya.
