Clio 182 Trophy or 200 Cup

[LordHaveMurci]

Gibbo205 said:

Got myself a 1 owner, 50k miles 172 cup in the end, I am now fully restoring it.

Good work, you won't regret it!

When you say restore it, what are you planning to do if the cars only done 50k mls?

[evojam]

majorjoy said:

Jethro Bovingdon has just got himself a 182 Trophy too...Check out last months excellent Modern Classics magazine where there's a whole feature on all the fast Clio's written by Jethro...
I have the 172 and it's the most entertaining b road weapon!

Read the august Modern Classics with great interest..after owning a Ph1 172 which was great fun out of the box on track currently thinking about another Clio,the 182 Cup is at the top of my list,they mention the engine in the 182 is the F4R738 and does'nt feel like it's in the cabin with you and not as loud as the 172 Cup which is interesting,always found my Ph1 very boomy in the cabin and it was on the stock exhaust,can anyone confirm this with the 182 engine having added refinement or are we splitting hairs here...?

[EC123]

200... if you want to form a close relationship with a garage for seeing them so often.

[majorjoy]

evojam said:

Read the august Modern Classics with great interest..after owning a Ph1 172 which was great fun out of the box on track currently thinking about another Clio,the 182 Cup is at the top of my list,they mention the engine in the 182 is the F4R738 and does'nt feel like it's in the cabin with you and not as loud as the 172 Cup which is interesting,always found my Ph1 very boomy in the cabin and it was on the stock exhaust,can anyone confirm this with the 182 engine having added refinement or are we splitting hairs here...?

A bit more soundproofing in the 182 but no, definitely not refined.. Not a car i’d Like to daily!

[Salamura]

I've had one as a daily for 2 years. I haven't got either deaf or mad (as Crarkson said). It's fine. It's not a Rolls-Royce, obviously, but it's completely livable.