Renault Clio 182 Trophy | evo DIARIES
Discussion
Still love my Trophy - albeit I'm having terrible thoughts of chopping it in for something I can actually lug my guitar/gigging gear around in (thinking a fast estate like a Volvo T5 variant or Saab 9-5 Aero HOT).
Surprised that you didn't like it that much clarki - I came via Focus ST, Civic Type R and lastly an R26 (not an R admittedly) but found it much more capable than any of my previous cars. Mind you, the shocks on mine had been rebuilt so can't comment on ride and I'm running decent Brembo discs/DS2500 pads/fluid/lines etc. and that made a noticeable difference to when I first got it. Normal rubber it hauls up fast but on AD08s with the brakes it hauls up faster than anything else I've experienced.
Only thing that grates is the fact it's also my daily, hence the thoughts of changing... it can't carry stuff to my gigs and although the Orbisound exhaust sounds amazing, it grates on a longer journey as it's just loud enough to be intrusive, but not loud enough to be obscene. Thing is... it's about to hit the magic 100k... and it's worth so little (in reality) that for the money it'd be a shame to change it!
Needs must though, and potentially a bike or race car in future, so I'd be getting my thrills that way instead (plus the estate would see me able to tow something sensibly).
Growing up sucks but perhaps I need to garage it and come up with money for a cheap estate elsewhere...
Surprised that you didn't like it that much clarki - I came via Focus ST, Civic Type R and lastly an R26 (not an R admittedly) but found it much more capable than any of my previous cars. Mind you, the shocks on mine had been rebuilt so can't comment on ride and I'm running decent Brembo discs/DS2500 pads/fluid/lines etc. and that made a noticeable difference to when I first got it. Normal rubber it hauls up fast but on AD08s with the brakes it hauls up faster than anything else I've experienced.
Only thing that grates is the fact it's also my daily, hence the thoughts of changing... it can't carry stuff to my gigs and although the Orbisound exhaust sounds amazing, it grates on a longer journey as it's just loud enough to be intrusive, but not loud enough to be obscene. Thing is... it's about to hit the magic 100k... and it's worth so little (in reality) that for the money it'd be a shame to change it!
Needs must though, and potentially a bike or race car in future, so I'd be getting my thrills that way instead (plus the estate would see me able to tow something sensibly).
Growing up sucks but perhaps I need to garage it and come up with money for a cheap estate elsewhere...
Anatonic said:
Surprised that you didn't like it that much clarki - I came via Focus ST, Civic Type R and lastly an R26 (not an R admittedly) but found it much more capable than any of my previous cars. Mind you, the shocks on mine had been rebuilt so can't comment on ride and I'm running decent Brembo discs/DS2500 pads/fluid/lines etc. and that made a noticeable difference to when I first got it. Normal rubber it hauls up fast but on AD08s with the brakes it hauls up faster than anything else I've experienced.
Fair enough. I'm comparing stock with stock, both from more or less new.
Dont get me wrong i'm a massive RS fan but tbh an R26 will run rings around a clio trophy, road or track, and not just because of the extra oomph, making it IMO a much more capable car.
I bought my Trophy after reading a lot of hype, but it just didnt live up to it. Bought the R26 just to get away from the clio - wow!! what a car that turned out to be. So good infact i bought another, which after nearly 5 years is still my pride and joy.
But hay, if you read all the press articles then what do I know, so just ignore me, i'm clearly completely wrong, lol.
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