People opinions appreciated, I currently own a Clio 172 Cup which is massive fun, but Ive just turned 25 and can pretty much afford to insure most cars, should I sell up and buy a WRX STi 6 Type R V Ltd or stick with the Cup.

Have any of you people done similar and are you happy.

Er, yes!! I read this and thought you meant the uk wrx from the title and though, 'he won't gain any straight line performance' they I read what wrx you are on about. The difference between the two cars will be night and day....do it :D

Sort of done this if you count a P1 as almost an STi v6.

Owned both a P1 and Cup together for about 9 months.

Heres my view on changing

Pros

STI is a proper performance car IMHO - unlike the Cup and std UK scoobs
Feels alot faster
Requires much less effort to drive quick
Better long distance
looks
image?

etc

Cons

Sti is much costlier to run - insurance and fuel as well as spares costs - never got much above 24mpg in my P1 and dropped down to around 15mpg if pushing it. Average MPG on the Cup fuel computer this morning over the last 4k miles was 42.3mpg.

Cup is more fun at slower speeds

Cup is easier in traffic P1 was a pain in stop start

Cup is lighter and more nimble round mini roundabouts/urban roads

STi is a target car - got fed up being pulled over by plod in the P1

Cup doesnt suffer from Scoobs deteriorating image.

Which is best all round - well it depends what you're looking for but I still own the Cup.

[Edited by wilf - 9/16/2003 1:37:32 PM]

Cheers people for the positive feedback, wish I could afford both motors.

Ive got to admit the Cup is a major laugh, if only it had air con, I may just modify the cup for a bit more straight line perfomance and save for the Scoob, I suppose another 12 months wont kill me.

Nice one

I went from an STI4 to a new 172 Sport earlier this year , at first the clio seemed great but I really do miss the performance differential now. The clio is nimble and still fun but the scooby was awesome.

In the wet the clios just spins its wheels in first gear if you accelerate hard ,the STI just used to dig its tyres in and accelerate. I am in fact contemplating moving back to a Scooby now .I do miss that punch from behind from the power.

The one thing I dont miss is the fuel costs to keep the scooby , mpg was really low and having to find optimax all the time wasnt fun. The clio on the other hand rarely drops below 34 mpg no matter how hard I seem to drive it .Plus I got over £200 back on the insurance.

its horses for courses, but if you want outright power go for an STI the difference is really big. The cup isnt really much different in performance terms to the 172 sport so I still reckon you would notice a big difference.

owned a string of impreza's bought a cup for 1 month,sold it bought another wrx, case closed! cup is a great little nippy motor, too light too twitchy, & not big enough for pushchair baby seat & mini met's toys :) great little track/backroad scratcher hatchback for cheap motoring though

papa ? nicole !! nuff said imho !!

the cup does have air con, well climate control costs £695.00 as only optional extra well you also you can get them in silver but thats not an optional extra!!!!

:D

Gooner when I bought my cup it was not availble as an optional extra

opps maybe i should read posts more carefully.



[Edited by gooner boy - 9/17/2003 1:53:36 PM]

Just thought I would ring the dealor I bought my car from, and guess what it was available when I bought the car, you were right Gooner, Sorry