Hi guys. I joined the forum a while ago, but have finally got round to buying a Renaultsport Clio, in the end I got a 172 Cup as it seemed the best value out of what I was looking at. Here she is:
I paid £2,000 for a Blue 2003 (53) plate, 82.5k miler. It came with FSH (6 stamps all well timed, latest one was a few k out), 10 months MOT, 4 months tax. Looking at the receipts it came with, it's been well looked after over the past few years with regular oil changes and parts renewed (inc. cambelt mid 2010). It came with a refurbished steering wheel and the anthracite Turini alloys in good condition. It came with the original manuals, wallet and spare key too. HPI checked, clean.
On the test drive I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of rattles and how the ride felt, the engine also didn't seem to move / vibrate much and it idled pretty nicely. The bodywork on the car is mint, apart from a tiny dink on the drivers door which you can't see unless you try, the interior is also in VGC.
To be honest, when I saw it, I was very surprised that it was as described in the Auto Trader advert and thought that it was a steal at this price. The bad parts are: it seems to be sitting pretty low, but I haven't seen other Cups, so maybe they are all this low, it has had recently replaced Eibach shocks and replaced springs and bushes, the guy reckoned they were all the same spec as the standard ones and not lower. It also has a "competition clutch" apparently, I don't know what that is, it could be good or could be bad, but seems alright over the few hours I've used it (if a bit heavy). It will need a couple of tyres in a month too.
The car was previously owned by a ClioSport member, as I found his member card in the glove box - ChrisW from Wales. Let's hope there are no horrors lurking beneath CP53 UKA
. I'm very pleased with it so far, great noise and quick too!
What do you reckon?! My plans are to slam it, tint it, shove a...... ah, only kidding. My plans are to look after it, the only things I'm considering doing at the moment are a rolling road test and remap, just out of interest really. Oh, I also need to replace the stock CD player as I want to have an aux input.
I paid £2,000 for a Blue 2003 (53) plate, 82.5k miler. It came with FSH (6 stamps all well timed, latest one was a few k out), 10 months MOT, 4 months tax. Looking at the receipts it came with, it's been well looked after over the past few years with regular oil changes and parts renewed (inc. cambelt mid 2010). It came with a refurbished steering wheel and the anthracite Turini alloys in good condition. It came with the original manuals, wallet and spare key too. HPI checked, clean.
On the test drive I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of rattles and how the ride felt, the engine also didn't seem to move / vibrate much and it idled pretty nicely. The bodywork on the car is mint, apart from a tiny dink on the drivers door which you can't see unless you try, the interior is also in VGC.
To be honest, when I saw it, I was very surprised that it was as described in the Auto Trader advert and thought that it was a steal at this price. The bad parts are: it seems to be sitting pretty low, but I haven't seen other Cups, so maybe they are all this low, it has had recently replaced Eibach shocks and replaced springs and bushes, the guy reckoned they were all the same spec as the standard ones and not lower. It also has a "competition clutch" apparently, I don't know what that is, it could be good or could be bad, but seems alright over the few hours I've used it (if a bit heavy). It will need a couple of tyres in a month too.
The car was previously owned by a ClioSport member, as I found his member card in the glove box - ChrisW from Wales. Let's hope there are no horrors lurking beneath CP53 UKA
. I'm very pleased with it so far, great noise and quick too!What do you reckon?! My plans are to slam it, tint it, shove a...... ah, only kidding. My plans are to look after it, the only things I'm considering doing at the moment are a rolling road test and remap, just out of interest really. Oh, I also need to replace the stock CD player as I want to have an aux input.
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