Bye Bye Gti...............

mk4 glx 1.6 · Post by **mk4 glx 1.6** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:32 pm

A CTR won't fit in my garage without hassle, and that is a must, otherwise it would have been considered.

Chris, the cup chassis cars are great fun to drive as Si will confirm.

I am not interested in tuning or modifying, that is why I am after a 172 cup as they are so good out of the box. No ABS is the only slight worry!

I am having trouble finding a 172 cup with climate right now. There were only 139 uk registered 172 cups with climate control, 106 of those mondial blue and 33 silver, so no wonder!

Travelling to see one on Saturday if it is still for sale, I hope it's as described as I really need to get a car this weekend or I'll have to start hiring something, which eats into my capital.

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:49 pm

mk4 glx 1.6 wrote:A CTR won't fit in my garage without hassle, and that is a must, otherwise it would have been considered.

Chris, the cup chassis cars are great fun to drive as Si will confirm.

I am not interested in tuning or modifying, that is why I am after a 172 cup as they are so good out of the box. No ABS is the only slight worry!

I am having trouble finding a 172 cup with climate right now. There were only 139 uk registered 172 cups with climate control, 106 of those mondial blue and 33 silver, so no wonder!

Travelling to see one on Saturday if it is still for sale, I hope it's as described as I really need to get a car this weekend or I'll have to start hiring something, which eats into my capital.

Whaaaaaat?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:13 pm

The Cup came without luxuries to keep the weight down Alun.

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:24 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:The Cup came without luxuries to keep the weight down Alun.

I see .. makes sense .. but still

Talking about ABS, my ABS light is on and off almost every day now

mk4 glx 1.6 · Post by **mk4 glx 1.6** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:33 am

Well I hunted high and low and just couldn't find a 172 cup with climate, with FSH, no mods and within my budget in the two weeks I have been searching

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So, instead it is bonjour to a 182 with both cup packs. not quite as raw as the 172 cup and I still prefer the looks of the 172, but the 182 is still a very capable and great handling car, just a tiny bit more sensible.

Luke'sGti · Post by **Luke'sGti** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:17 am

congrats on the new car mate get some pics up when you can

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:09 pm

have you actually bought it mate? pics?

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:40 pm

good luck finding your next car mate, not a massive fan of the 172/182's but thats my opinion, its true alot of cupras are modified but thats because they are so ridiculously tunable & you see such gains for little money! I felt the same about buying modified cars but best thing i did was buy a cupra already modded!..never looked back! saved me 1000's..and the car owes me practically nothing in 6 months!

Type R's are definately a good shout...dont jump into anything, get alot of test drives and make sure you are 100% its for you!

mk4 glx 1.6 · Post by **mk4 glx 1.6** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:49 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:have you actually bought it mate? pics?

Yes. Pic from sale advert:

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:55 pm

ah missed that! haha

looks nice! i thought the 182 was less refined? and quicker (being 182bhp?)

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:00 pm

That's nice

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:28 pm

I've always liked the look of them cars!

It's screaming out for black b-pillars though