R.I.P clio 172 cup

[hilldawg172]

Well after 5yrs, 90K+ miles and lots of of great memory's its time to retire her.

final resting place.....

As a replacement i fancied another gti as i absolutely loved my last one, they are great little nippy cars that handle extremely well. I wasn't to bothered about straight line performance as i have my nova turbo for that lol. So my mind was made up and i went to see a few, all of which turned out to be munters even though most were described as immaculate etc etc lol. Then i found this about 40 miles from my house, agreed a price with the seller and drove her away the next day.

Here she is....

Only current mods are:

Slightly lowered about 35mm i believe
Gti-6 front calipers and discs
206 gti rear calipers and discs
Aftermarket wheels

Other than that its in very good original condition.

Future mods:

4 branch manifold
decat pipe
Possibly pugsport catback but im liking it quiet atm so will see about that.

 

[Inequality Street]

Lol @ the 1.2 bullets!

 

[JAParker]

cambelt snapper?

 

[.GAZ.]

Callum Watson's old GTI.

 

[Djw John]

Aye renclio used to own that.

 

[hilldawg172]

cambelt snapper?

Engine is actualy quite sweet for 140k. Tbh not a great deal wrong it just need some tlc and new leads and coil pack. Just going to break it for parts, keep the subframe wish bones, cup alternator setup etc etc so i can convert a ph1 to cup setup when i find a decent one.

 

[Gally]

Indeed. Cracking little thing.

Do you mind me asking how much you paid for the Gti? I'm out of touch.

 

[hilldawg172]

Indeed. Cracking little thing.

Do you mind me asking how much you paid for the Gti? I'm out of touch.

A little under a grand

 

[Dan...]

It looks immaculate

 

[hilldawg172]

The paint work is stunning bar a few small stone chips but its 17yrs old so gotta expect a few lol.

 

[Andyman]

Seems a shame to break the Cup seen as there wasn't much wrong with it

 

[AlexW]

Post up pics of your Nova. I probably knew of it back when I had a few.

 

[Gally]

I'd have been happy at that price although I prefer the facelifted ones per se.

 

[hilldawg172]

She's a bit rough round the edges atm but mechanically spot on, drives like a dream tbh. Will be getting a respray when my mate gets round to doing it for me. will probably start the prep after summer as she always comes off the road for wnter anyway so a perfect time really.

 

[hsustyle]

I have a slash tip Pugsport lying around if needed,

£120+ postage, super raspy and plenty of pops and bangs.

 

[Dan@Greenlight]

O my! That Nova!

 

[rdoxenham]

Got a REAL soft spot for 106 GTi's, lovely car mate

 

[hilldawg172]

O my! That Nova!

Yeah she is a beauty 347bhp @5k and similar torques. Bit of a monster to be honest lol

 

[Dan@Greenlight]

Just showed Will that works here, he wants it!!! He is a mega nova fan.

Good work matey

 

[hilldawg172]

Just showed Will that works here, he wants it!!! He is a mega nova fan.

Good work matey

How does that old saying go? Everything has its price....

 

[Dan@Greenlight]

I will relay that to him

 

[Matt_90]

106 looks so clean and by far the best colour... wish mine looked that good but considering the amount of cones, barriers and kerbs I have bashed it off sprinting in the last few months I don't see the point in having a clean one considering it might end up going forest rallying next year.

As for the Nova that is stunning, I have just finished helping my friend put a 106 gti lump in his nova for rallying. Much cheaper than Vaux engines to tune if you only want around 160bhp.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Pug looks good mate. Always had a soft spot for them since my mate had a moonstone blue one. Very capable little cars with the right mods

 

[hilldawg172]

106 looks so clean and by far the best colour... wish mine looked that good but considering the amount of cones, barriers and kerbs I have bashed it off sprinting in the last few months I don't see the point in having a clean one considering it might end up going forest rallying next year.

As for the Nova that is stunning, I have just finished helping my friend put a 106 gti lump in his nova for rallying. Much cheaper than Vaux engines to tune if you only want around 160bhp.

I find the issue with xe/let motors is finding the parts rather than price of them. I always try and buy any tasty spares i can that pops up ready for the imminent failure of vaux parts lol.

 

[hilldawg172]

Pug looks good mate. Always had a soft spot for them since my mate had a moonstone blue one. Very capable little cars with the right mods

Moonstone is a very nice colour! my fav prob has to be sundance though! awesome colour when well looked after.

 

[Iain C]

Think I'd have saved the cup rather than have the other two. Never got on with the 106.

 

[GavC]

Great looking GTI as a replacement Keep us posted with updates to it!

 

[hilldawg172]

I could be persuaded to let the cup go to a new home if someone wanted to save it. Bring some wheels coil pack and leads and she would drive away lol. Not really a tempting proposition for a potential buyer though lol so will most likely just get broken.

 

[LiamR172]

I'll take your bullets for the price of postage if you want rid of them?

 

[gudger12345]

So much love for the Nova

Any video's??

 

[scotty10]

that nova is a beast ! i had a 106 gti showing me they had a loud pedal the other day. nice car fella it looks good.

 

[Feirny]

JoeyD also used to own that 106.

 

[H182]

Agree'd on the cup. Stick some wheels on and sell it. Shame to see it broken.

 

[JoeyD]

Wow, awesome to see it on the forum again. Was absolutely mint when I bought and owned it. Seriously, properly mint. The only car I've ever really regretted getting rid of.
Make it standard again ffs!

Interesting that someone has upgraded the already upgraded brakes though...
Had essentially brand new 206 GTI callipers, discs and pads when I sold it.

 

[Diagro]

Stick some wheels on the cup man! sell it!

 

[hilldawg172]

Wow, awesome to see it on the forum again. Was absolutely mint when I bought and owned it. Seriously, properly mint. The only car I've ever really regretted getting rid of.
Make it standard again ffs!

Interesting that someone has upgraded the already upgraded brakes though...
Had essentially brand new 206 GTI callipers, discs and pads when I sold it.

Not sure why the brakes have been changed to gti6 tbh if they were already uprated, all i know is it stops likes there's no tomorrow lol. I want some raptors for it but the gti6 brakes wont fit under so will have to see about that one.

 

[JoeyD]

Yeah, TBH even the standard setup was more than enough to stop the thing, I just liked how big the 206 brakes looked behind the tiny wheels. How many miles is it on now? Think I sold it on roughly 80k

 

[hilldawg172]

Yeah, TBH even the standard setup was more than enough to stop the thing, I just liked how big the 206 brakes looked behind the tiny wheels. How many miles is it on now? Think I sold it on roughly 80k

Nearly 95k. how long ago did you own it? got any horror stories for me? lol

 

[JoeyD]

Bloody hell, must have been 2011 when I sold it! Exhaust fell off when I had it, but it was fine other than that. Had a new passenger side hub iirc and some arb drop links, and possibly track rod ends, can't remember now! Oh and I renewed the gearbox oil too. Owned it for around 6 months before moving onto something RWD. Was an awesome car though!

 

[hilldawg172]

Seems to be one of the few good ones left out there! Drives and looks like a dream still.