Potential Trophy buyer

[Dangerjoseph]

Hi Guys and Girls,
I'm in the market for a Trophy to replace my Octavia vRS. I've got a couple of questions so feel free to give me some pointers. I will only be driving my car at weekends as I have a works van during the week, my Skoda's brakes suffer by not been used and so I was wondering if any of you have experience of using the Clio as a part time car, I have no garage to store it in so it will be outside all the time. Have any of you owned a Trophy and a Cup? Obviously due to it's rarity the Trophy is harder to come by but is it worth the extra money and hassle of finding one over the Cup version? And finally I'm looking for a low mileage (under 50,000) unragged Trophy in original spec with no tweaks to either set-up or powerplant with cambelt changed and recent dampers check. So if any of you are looking to sell in the near future let me know (I'm in East Yorkshire but am happy to travel to find a good car). Thanks in advance for all your comments

 

[BoroGTI]

im looking to sell mine and im probably not too far away from you, mine is totally standard

 

[Renaultsport]

If you leave the T or a Cup standing for that matter, you will probably need to replace the rear discs more often as they are poor even when used... They tend to rust quite quickly as the bias is mostly on the fronts meaning the braking surface on the rears is not used as much so rust builds.

I had a 172 Cup before the T, and I did notice a difference between the two in the handeling department. The T felt as if it gave more feedback then the Cup. But I do miss the Cup as it was more raw and because it didn't have ABS or Traction control, meant it was a handful at times!
Cost worth it between the two? I would suggest driving a Cup (either 172 or 182) and a T to decide as they are both similar and down to your preference. If you purchased a Cup, there's no reason why you couldn't get a set of decent suspension with the money saved from buying a T. The other reason I purchased the T was because I liked the Recaro seats and also the fact it was limited edition but I would deffo say try both to see what you like the most out of the two.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Depends on your budget tbh.

A cup is an utter bargain these days, ie £3k max.
A good Trophy is still £6.5k

Up to you whether you think its worth the extra. Bear in mind that a Trophy still has a lot to loose in depreciation!!

They are pink though, which is a pretty colour :wink: