One just cropped up on eBay

[Big Dave]

Well girls and boys.
Back on topic..
Ive mailed the person selling the car TWICE, and so far no reply. Im sure they dont want to sell it....
I was going to have a look to seriously consider it. But no response....
Its around 6-8 miles away from me, so yes just round the corner...
I didnt realise there was another in the Blackpool area...

Looking at the pics they have now posted, it looks a bit rough anyway, missing the "costly" front splitter, and the a/c panel looks badly scratched...

 

[Rik Perry]

Get it bought Dave .. Better than money in the bank ..

 

[Ashtons99]

Most of them do have splitter and heater panel problems don't they. Easily sorted but as you say the gen splitter isn't cheap


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[Braddaz1]

I'll give you 500 quid and take the Sierra off your hands... you don't have to worry about it then... :wink:

In fairness, if I sold the Cossie, I could probably get a Trophy, Williams 1 and possibly a 182 (liquid yellow).

I like your caring thoughts of taking it off me for £500 though

In all honesty I'll have to get my hands on a fun Clio at some point.

 

[Miller]

If its a three door you could have a Clio V6 and a trophy :hearteyes:

But I wouldn't, not over a cossie anyway.

 

[jasonkay]

I was very interested in this, sent 4 emails and no reply so I gave up!

Pictures don't look to good so I shall keep on looking [emoji56]


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[Braddaz1]

If its a three door you could have a Clio V6 and a trophy :hearteyes:

But I wouldn't, not over a cossie anyway.

Sadly mine's a 4 door one. Still, it's standard so at least it's one of the good, unabused ones

I was very interested in this, sent 4 emails and no reply so I gave up!

Pictures don't look to good so I shall keep on looking [emoji56]

It'll definitely need a few £££'a spent on it to get it nice. It's still on eBay, so is it a case of the seller trying to drum up an over the odds offer? Who knows???


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[Big Dave]

Not too sure if this car is legit. Just checked the redg on MOT checker an it comes back,
"Vehicle details could not be found as it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled."
All seems a little fishy too me.....
Sent them another mail tonight, but im not holding my breath....

 

[Ashtons99]

Shown as first reg sept 05. MOT April last year 72,366 miles.

 

[Big Dave]

MMMM fair enough...
BUT its looking like a poss money pit,
Front splitter, heater panel, steering wheel replacement, brake discs, tyres, engine light.?? could be lambda fault. Who knows, Windscreen chips, ...... The £££ are adding up....
And that's just what we know at the moment....
NOBODY can get to view the thing.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Either that or it needs to be cheaper in the first place...

 

[Ashtons99]

If the bodywork is nice Dave and the service history is right all the other bits are easily sorted really. Steering wheels, splitters, heater panels are common failings on all of these cars as you will know. The seats look good. If you could get it for under £6k you could sort the little bits at your leisure.

 

[Big Dave]

Ok so heres the FULL list of MOT,s its had,,,,
This is public accessable info, so im sure itl be ok posting it here...

Check the MOT history of a vehicle
Registration number: SY55MRO

• Vehicle make RENAULT
• Vehicle model CLIO
• Date first used 1 September 2005
• Fuel type Petrol
• Colour Red

MOT history of this vehicle

• Test date 5 April 2016
• Expiry date 4 April 2017
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 72,366 miles
• MOT test number 5647 9531 4259
• Advisory notice item(s)
  engine light on.
  rear wiper blade split.
  front chips on windscreen.
  front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
  nearside front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
  offside front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

• Test date 4 August 2015
• Expiry date 3 August 2016
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 71,653 miles
• MOT test number 6670 4611 5288
• Advisory notice item(s)
  Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)

• Test date 4 August 2015
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 71,653 miles
• MOT test number 6169 3681 5278
• Reason(s) for failure
  Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (7.1.3)

• Test date 19 September 2014
• Expiry date 18 September 2015
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 70,586 miles
• MOT test number 8187 7226 4267
• Advisory notice item(s)
  Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
  Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

• Test date 13 September 2013
• Expiry date 12 September 2014
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 57,670 miles
• MOT test number 1385 7625 3244

• Test date 7 September 2013
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 57,661 miles
• MOT test number 9974 1015 3236
• Reason(s) for failure
  Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (3.4.1c)
  Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
  Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)

• Test date 13 March 2012
• Expiry date 6 April 2013
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 39,192 miles
• MOT test number 7876 2307 2062

• Test date 10 March 2012
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 39,159 miles
• MOT test number 2696 6077 2032
• Reason(s) for failure
  Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive (7.3.D.4)
  Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)
  Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)
  Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)

• Test date 7 April 2011
• Expiry date 6 April 2012
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 34,734 miles
• MOT test number 4476 5779 1008
• Advisory notice item(s)
  Offside Outer Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f)

• Test date 25 March 2011
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 34,725 miles
• MOT test number 9461 4438 1084
• Reason(s) for failure
  Nearside Front coil spring fractured (2.4.C.1a)
  Offside Front coil spring fractured (2.4.C.1a)
  Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect (2.7.5)
  Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect (2.7.5)
  Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
  Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
  Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
• Advisory notice item(s)
  Offside Outer Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.2.B.1f)

• Test date 26 March 2010
• Expiry date 25 March 2011
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 28,050 miles
• MOT test number 1219 9558 0464

• Test date 3 August 2009
• Expiry date 1 September 2010
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 24,471 miles
• MOT test number 6704 2581 9233
• Advisory notice item(s)
  Nearside Front Shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
  Offside Front Shock absorber has a slightly reduced damping effect (2.7.5)
  Front brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)
  Rear brake disc slightly pitted (3.5.1h)

• Test date 15 August 2008
• Expiry date 1 September 2009
• Test Result Pass
• Odometer reading 18,327 miles
• MOT test number 5014 9862 8225

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It seems to have been laid ide for a few years only doing @2000 miles since Sept 2014....And im betting itl need the shocks doing, its done @40K miles on the refubed versions...
It could be ok,, maybe, but as I said before , I cant get a response from them....

 

[Braddaz1]

I think it's a £4k car all day. It needs work to get it immaculate and it deserves to be immaculate.

 

[hoolio]

I think it's a £4k car all day. It needs work to get it immaculate and it deserves to be immaculate.

I'm not sure you can say very many but the worst high mileage part missing shitters are £4k cars now considering a crashed Cat C just fetched 3.3k

 

[Braddaz1]

It's worth what someone will pay. I've seen recent 90-100k milers going for circa £5k. This needs a minimum £500 for the dampers before starting on the other niggles.

Just an opinion though. Yours might be different.

 

[BenG]

• Test date 4 August 2015
• Test Result Fail
• Odometer reading 71,653 miles
• MOT test number 6169 3681 5278
• Reason(s) for failure
  Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (7.1.3)

Nice try.

 

[hoolio]

Just an opinion though. Yours might be different.

Lol, yep indeed.

 

[SharkyUK]

I like your caring thoughts of taking it off me for £500 though

No worries, just helping you out buddy... Hahahaha!

 

[Miller]

Easy fix for a mot then.

 

[Ashtons99]

I think it's a £4k car all day. It needs work to get it immaculate and it deserves to be immaculate.

Sorry mate but I can't agree, I'm struggling to understand why there is such a downer on the car.
As far as I can see this is a 73k mileage car, 4 owners in 10 years with a claimed comprehensive service history. The bodywork looks good or certainly no worse than most. The seats and interior are very good.

There's nothing to suggest the dampers need doing, there's certainly been no recent MOT comment and there's a lot of hot air talked about the need for them done every x years anyway.

The items a potential owner would want to spend money on are the heater panel £30. Front splitter £100 used if you want a genuine one. Steering wheel, loads of them for £30.

The tyres are consumables, looking at the pic they are getting low but drivable, the rear discs get an advisory but no doubt perfectly serviceable. The engine light is the blight of any Clio, possibly a lambda sensor.

SO.......when 70k cars are selling for £7k+ why is this car worth 3 grand less.

Just my opinion, at £5500 I think the price is spot on