Hi all,

Im currently on the hunt for a for 2 cars. A Subaru impreza sti mileage under 60k budget upto 8k, and maybe a clio 182 trophy as a daily car/bit of fun car

any feedback on the clio 182 trophy?

cheers

 

Spuerb cars. Ive had a phase 1 clio and a phase 2, would have a trophy any day of the week. Oh and cliosport.net or obviously the trophy forum are the best people to ask mate

 

as above ive also had both, personally i wouldnt pay the extra for the trophy, yes they have the sachs dampers, but these need regular rebuilds and arnt cheap. seats are nicer also and obviously there limited edition. I think you will get a very very nice 182 with cup packs for far less. And in my opinion in the road they are superb. Hell of a lot of car for the money

 

what Joe said...I'm on my second 182 daily hack; paid £2200 for a 55 plate Full Fat with both Cup packs with 64k on the clock. You won't find a more fun car to drive for so little. There is a buyers guide on cliosport.net but you have to be a member, well worth stumping up the £15 as it gives you access the to site only classifieds

 

£12 as far as i know? Im a memeber on there and have been for a fair few years. By far the best forum tbh, apart from this one of course

 

i agree with trails. mine came off cliosport, theres all sorts come up on there. money well spent in my opinion. with the best intentions im going to sell my 172 track car, but it owes me so little, why bother. Ive never needed a daily but if i did id get one over anything else.

joe

 

My mate had 182 Cup. The chassis is amazing. And coupled with Michelin Pilot Sports and Ferodo DS2500 with Brembo Maxx discs, the car was a real weapon!

I was uber impressed.

 

Amazing cars, Im still very much after 1 again for a track/daily car great value for money aswell

 

The only issue is shows up the impeeza chassis in spades...Frayz will be along shortly to comment no doubt

 

I have had 2 clio sports. Great fun. Has for the trophy nice car but overpriced in my opinion. I would get a 182 ff.

 

I had one too
Clio cup with miltek lowering springs and uprated brake pads
Did everything well

 

Mine had full miltek decatted. It screamed when on the upper cam.

 

Got an rs192 decat and an ITG Maxogen carbon airbox on mine...not subtle anymore but grin worthy

 

The induction noise on them is crazy. I really enjoyed my 182

 

Clio 182

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Can't go faster or drive a sharper chassis for less money... Period!
Best out of the box FWD chassis I've ever driven with a gutsy engine to exploit. Makes Impreza handling look like an amateur attempt.

I've a 570+ BHP impreza and and a stock 182 ff. My Subaru gets mugged by my Clio in the "fun" stakes every day of the week.

Forget the Trophy, just get a 182 with both cup packs. Job done

 

Few pics of the ones i had

Inferno 182, superb car.











Phase 1, again superb.

 

Mine is also inferno on gloss black speedlines.
Awesome colour in the sun IMO.

 

Yep a stunning colour, and too think that some people dont like it. Are you on cliosport?

 

Ahh there you are

 

Yeah I'm on CS. Although my membership has expired and I've been lazy renewing it lol.
Here

 

Same username? I'm on there all the time lol

 

Yeah, my username is the same on every forum. Lol

 

Ah right I only asked as I didn't recognise it. Anyway op get one, they are great cars

 

I've had the two best colours though; Liquid Yellow and now Racing Blue

 

Need to sort out a bat signal or something for these threads

 

I'd love a racing blue one

 

I had a 182 a few years ago. Not bad at all, good spec - air con, cruise control etc.

A little peaky IMO, didn't really get going until the timing changed (about 5250rpm if I remember).

Personally I prefer decent torque to peaky power so I'm more than happy with my Subaru.

Also the cambelt needed changing every 36k miles which is a bit gash. Engine needed to be lifted and tilted slightly to do it. That's about the only downside

 

RB Was the colour I really wanted but when I was told about the LY car I had to do it! Only changed cos the LY car didnt have the cup chassis despite the seller teller me it did...only lost £50 in 18 months motoring though

 

That's good going. I kind of miss mine and the community helps alot, bit like on here. Doubt I would go back to one, well maybe

 

I was so close to buying one the same as that a few years back, in the end settled on my WRX instead.

Of all the small cars I have driven, the Clio is my favourite, The Missus has one too.