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Great cars. Sold loads of 172s and 182s when I was in the trade and would thoroughly recommend one. My dad also got my mum a 182 Trophy when they first came out so I use that a fair bit and and I can say that it is one of the best hot hatches I've ever driven. Felt really special, was quick and capable but could be used daily by my mum. Clean 172/182s are getting a bit harder to find. Trophys are starting to go up in value. Coincidentally, my dad just sold a really tidy 182 Trophy that was sub 100k miles for £6,995.
Try and look at a few and you'll start to see the difference between good ones and bad ones. Time hasn't been too kind to the build quality of them and the interiors were a bit plastic-y from new but it was part of their charm. I'd probably go for a 'full fat' 182 for daily use but having seen how Clio 197s and 200's have come down in price, I'd also be tempted to try one of those too to see the difference.
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I've had a 197 a 200 cup and now 2 ph1 172, i love them to bits the 200 cup was the best to live with daily but i really enjoy the rawness of the ph1's they just feel quicker, no traction control, throttle cable etc, around town i can get around 30mpg and on a steady run at 70 around 43mpg and parts apart from the cambelt job are cheap and plentiful and easy to work on, running costs on the 197's and 200's are alot higher and the suspension is more complicated to work on, if you need more info just let me now.
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ricky2slicky
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My S5 goes back in a couple months and given (1) the lease market is pretty terrible right now and (2) I'm struggling to justify having an (expensive) second car in the family I'm thinking about getting a clio 182 as a cheap fun runabout.
Discuss.
Does anyone have one? I've read all the normal buyers guides etc. but interested to hear owners experiences living with one. I live in surrey so it would mainly be driven on country A and B roads.