Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
**Warning essay content**
Having now owned the Trophy for a month & 2k miles, i thought i had better put a little thread up about
... i'll add some more pictures of it when i get my pc up & running in the next week or - i've recently moved house & its currently in a box somewhere in the spare room. Well i hope it is anyway
Basically, since October last year, id been rolling around in something VAG, which really wasnt to my taste & did shoddy mpg. As such, since March, i'd been commuting 30 miles a day in a track-prepared saxo - not so quiet, but not so dull either.
Things had to change though, for starters running two cars isnt overly cheap, & secondly, with me moving in with the better half and only having space for one car each, i needed something that would do a daily 85 mile commute & satisfy my urge for fun ...
After a great deal of consideration, i dismissed the idea of a 330 as whilst it was probably the best overall/sensible car i could get for my monies, it wasnt an M3, & certainly wasnt a track car. Which left me with an MCS or, wait for it, yet another clio. MCS mpg would make baby jesus cry, so i ended up deciding that it would be another clio
I decided to start looking for a low mileage 182 for about £4k, that i would subsequently fit Recaro's, Turini's, H&R's & the JMS inlet to. My intention was to change cars in July (as it was then May).
Then Jay197 put up a for sale ad for his Trophy, & Mike (Budgie) and i decided to go & have a look to see to see what all the fuss was about ... on the way there we both laughed about how we always follows our hearts & buy the 1st car we see.
30 minutes later i owned a Trophy. Oops.
Queue urgent stripping/selling of saxo, selling of golf, slight panic at having 3 cars sat on the drive & moving of house - all in 2 weeks. The cars did make for a nice photo though
Since owning it, i've done 2k miles (i think Jay did that in 6 months lol) and it hasnt skipped a beat, averaging 36mpg as well which is nice on the wallet - a gay would buy a diesel for 25-30k miles a year, but not me :star: Whack the cruise on & its a nice, albeit slightly bumpy commuting tool ...
Handling wise, it is actually amazing, you point, it goes, normally on 3 wheels!! Not as adjustable as the saxo, but a lot more ultimate grip, & definately a marked improvement on both the 182 (cup-packed) & 172 cup that i had before ...
Speed, personally i think its slower than the saxo, & the 172 cup, but according to Surrey Rolling road it may well be 10bhp down on that, so its not surprising, obviously weighs more as well, with all that faux cow on the seats.
Brakes, well, the pads are ok in day to day use, but well (& sorry Jay), they caught fire last night after a spirited half hour excursion :approve:
Mods wise, it already had:
*Ktec remap
*ITG panel filter
*Ktec Ultra silenced exhaust
*DS Performance pads, Brembo HC Discs, braided lines & Dot 4
*Alpine IDA-X200 iPod headunit
Since then, i've accumulated:
*Genuine RenaultSport mats
*Parrot CK3100 Handsfree
*Pogo Alert Speed Camera detector
*V6 airbox inc. ITG filter
*De-Cat (not fitted yet)
*15" Pro-Race 1.2's inc. PE2's/T1R's for track
*Ferodo DS2500 pads
*2 x OMP 4 point 3" harnesses
Future plans (when i eventually get bored of it) are for:
*Mark Fish -15mm springs
*Koni Adjustable rear dampers
*JMS RS2 inlet when they become available 2nd hand. Im tight.
And it needs a cambelt shortly.
First impressions. Well, its the best car i've owned. Seriously!!
A picture, apologies for the other shed:
Having now owned the Trophy for a month & 2k miles, i thought i had better put a little thread up about
... i'll add some more pictures of it when i get my pc up & running in the next week or - i've recently moved house & its currently in a box somewhere in the spare room. Well i hope it is anyway Basically, since October last year, id been rolling around in something VAG, which really wasnt to my taste & did shoddy mpg. As such, since March, i'd been commuting 30 miles a day in a track-prepared saxo - not so quiet, but not so dull either.
Things had to change though, for starters running two cars isnt overly cheap, & secondly, with me moving in with the better half and only having space for one car each, i needed something that would do a daily 85 mile commute & satisfy my urge for fun ...
After a great deal of consideration, i dismissed the idea of a 330 as whilst it was probably the best overall/sensible car i could get for my monies, it wasnt an M3, & certainly wasnt a track car. Which left me with an MCS or, wait for it, yet another clio. MCS mpg would make baby jesus cry, so i ended up deciding that it would be another clio
I decided to start looking for a low mileage 182 for about £4k, that i would subsequently fit Recaro's, Turini's, H&R's & the JMS inlet to. My intention was to change cars in July (as it was then May).
Then Jay197 put up a for sale ad for his Trophy, & Mike (Budgie) and i decided to go & have a look to see to see what all the fuss was about ... on the way there we both laughed about how we always follows our hearts & buy the 1st car we see.
30 minutes later i owned a Trophy. Oops.
Queue urgent stripping/selling of saxo, selling of golf, slight panic at having 3 cars sat on the drive & moving of house - all in 2 weeks. The cars did make for a nice photo though
Since owning it, i've done 2k miles (i think Jay did that in 6 months lol) and it hasnt skipped a beat, averaging 36mpg as well which is nice on the wallet - a gay would buy a diesel for 25-30k miles a year, but not me :star: Whack the cruise on & its a nice, albeit slightly bumpy commuting tool ...
Handling wise, it is actually amazing, you point, it goes, normally on 3 wheels!! Not as adjustable as the saxo, but a lot more ultimate grip, & definately a marked improvement on both the 182 (cup-packed) & 172 cup that i had before ...
Speed, personally i think its slower than the saxo, & the 172 cup, but according to Surrey Rolling road it may well be 10bhp down on that, so its not surprising, obviously weighs more as well, with all that faux cow on the seats.
Brakes, well, the pads are ok in day to day use, but well (& sorry Jay), they caught fire last night after a spirited half hour excursion :approve:
Mods wise, it already had:
*Ktec remap
*ITG panel filter
*Ktec Ultra silenced exhaust
*DS Performance pads, Brembo HC Discs, braided lines & Dot 4
*Alpine IDA-X200 iPod headunit
Since then, i've accumulated:
*Genuine RenaultSport mats
*Parrot CK3100 Handsfree
*Pogo Alert Speed Camera detector
*V6 airbox inc. ITG filter
*De-Cat (not fitted yet)
*15" Pro-Race 1.2's inc. PE2's/T1R's for track
*Ferodo DS2500 pads
*2 x OMP 4 point 3" harnesses
Future plans (when i eventually get bored of it) are for:
*Mark Fish -15mm springs
*Koni Adjustable rear dampers
*JMS RS2 inlet when they become available 2nd hand. Im tight.
And it needs a cambelt shortly.
First impressions. Well, its the best car i've owned. Seriously!!
A picture, apologies for the other shed:
