April 2015
The Trophy has put on very few miles since late last year, mainly owing to the outstanding performance of the 330i Touring, but now the sun is coming out it's time to get back in the Clio! Oh, and the fact that the BMW has been sold.
It was an impulse buy - I already had the Clio and my other half has her Focus to ferry my daughter around in. I walk to work too, so 3 cars between 2 was an unnecessary extravagance so I decided to sell up. I'm pleased it's staying on the forum, it was a bloody good car that excelled at everything... Everything except hustling down a windy B road at 65 leptons.
If I wasn't so attached to the Trophy then the 3er would have stayed and the Clio would now be elsewhere, but maybe one day I'll own it again. I was surprised how much I missed it a day after it left.
Anyway, the Trophy has recently had it's usual service courtesy of MWM, and remains in rude health. It's got another year on its MOT and I'm really looking forward to this summer and driving it in anger again.
Before that, there's been a few purchases... Thanks to Gus
@optical for the demo, I've purchased an Alpine SWE-1200 underseat subwoofer. Music is pretty important and the setup in the Trophy needed a little more bass. Of course, I'm not expecting the kind of sub-bass you get from twin 15in cones, but the mids just needed a bit of freeing up with lower frequencies.
The next purchase is a set of 2118s. Detail My Car in a Newbury (
@nickg123 ) are now an authorised Speedline dealer so sourced me an anthracite set.
The white ones have sold so I'll get the tyres swapped over ASAP ready for a new look this summer - sticking with the awesome AD08Rs. The new wheels have already been treated to a couple of coats of DLUX and are ready.
A few plans are in the pipeline for the coming few months. First up is the Spring Action Day at Castle Combe - thanks
@Brian, ticket received with thanks.
After that it's a Welsh Weekender with a few South Central friends in May, then there'll be my first CSS in August and another weekend in Wales after that.
To celebrate the Trophy being 10 years old I'm organising a driving weekend in Wales on ClioTrophy.co.uk - 11th/12th/13th September. The plan is to get as many Trophys together on roads they were built for. Can't wait.
So that's where we are, I'll be making a concerted effort to post more photos in future, starting with the new wheels once they're fitted.