Clio 197's
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Glad to see lots of people excited over a proper wheel drive car from a proper car manufacturer for once!
Fundamentally reliable cars, had a problem with the gearbox on mine which was fixed under warranty, no other trouble though in the 36k miles I did in it.
Not expensive cars to run, but not cheap either, likely to average around 30mpg in mixed driving, will barely crack 35mpg on a run, servicing is about average (£160-£300 or so), tyres aren't bad, £90 a corner for Contisports or Eagle F1s etc, £180-200 for a set of front pads and discs, errm thats about it really! Great fun car, really miss mine.
Fundamentally reliable cars, had a problem with the gearbox on mine which was fixed under warranty, no other trouble though in the 36k miles I did in it.
Not expensive cars to run, but not cheap either, likely to average around 30mpg in mixed driving, will barely crack 35mpg on a run, servicing is about average (£160-£300 or so), tyres aren't bad, £90 a corner for Contisports or Eagle F1s etc, £180-200 for a set of front pads and discs, errm thats about it really! Great fun car, really miss mine.
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How much do I earn? Do I really have to repeat myself again, read my replies to the others who have asked the same question.
Did you replace it with the Megane and if so any issues with that? Gear box isses sounds worrying but could just be unlucky, i'm going to have a noisy round the Clio forum
Running costs seem practically the same as my Corolla
Obviously not enough if you are selling a car to scrape up 4k.
Gearbox issue was only with very early ones (mine was a 2006 on a 56 plate) with the third gear synchomesh...tbh I'd expect that any that have had a problem by now would've had it sorted and those that haven't will be fine.
I had a few cars inbetween the clio and megane but have had no problems with the megane now after nearly 19k miles in it, aside from a vibrating backbox which is very intermittent.
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Thanks for that, describes perfectly what I was saying before about how arrogant people are on here and you've just proven that perfectly.
No I am not a particulary high earner in all honesty which is why I will have to sell my car for this apparent £4k which I have not mentioned once in the whole thread only Fox has given that valuation. As i've already said where you might just pop outside and pluck £4k off your tree to me its a significant amount of money and i'll need to use it as my flat deposit, hopefully thats ok with you and i'll do my very best to make sure you dont accidentally stand in me in the future
Now, do you have any relevent information on the car thats in the subject title?
Exactly
Thanks, you got any pics of it already hosted?
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He mentioned what he earns i just commented on it.
If he wants to sell a car to pay a deposit then thats great, but why in the next breath would you want to strap yourself up with another debt?
Anyway forget that, didnt want to upset you Relentless, crack on and enjoy.
Fair enough, just came across as a little arrogant.
I'm not in agreement with the more debt part but I don't see why he seems to be getting stick for selling a car for a deposit.
Anyway, back on topic - Be sure to try a 172/182 at half the price before you buy anything. Theres no way you'll get twice as much enjoyment out of your ownership of a 197 IMO.
I'm not in agreement with the more debt part but I don't see why he seems to be getting stick for selling a car for a deposit.
Anyway, back on topic - Be sure to try a 172/182 at half the price before you buy anything. Theres no way you'll get twice as much enjoyment out of your ownership of a 197 IMO.
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I will, many thanks for your always valued input.
Because these are people that tend to spend their time knit picking at things to look for confrontation in an effort to grow e-peen. Admittedly its frustrating when you're on the receiving end but when you step away from the keyboard its actually quite amusing how these people assume so much and know so little
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Always here for you mate, you know that.
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Also any finance you take on a car will count against your available credit for a mortgage so will be more counter productive than the deposit.
OP, good choice of car though.
OP, good choice of car though.
Enjoyment? Perhaps not, but the 197 is a much more complete car the the 1*2.
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Oh a black one with Recaros, utter filth. Thanks for the pics.
How come you sold it then did you just want more power or did something about it annoy you or was it just at that age you usually get rid?
How come you sold it then did you just want more power or did something about it annoy you or was it just at that age you usually get rid?
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Cool, thanks for all the info you've posted, hopefully things go to plan and I can seriously look at one next year I really do think they are a great looking car
Noooo, stop it. I shouldn't like a tinny little french hatchback with it's Fisher Price interior!
But, that does look really nice!
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It's not the selling the car for a deposit thing. It's the doing that then taking out finance to buy a more expensive car. Doing this when you look at what he will get for the car and what he will use as a deposit on a new one makes the the whole thing pointless.
I totally get selling assets to get money for a house deposit. But not when you realise not a lot through doing so because you refuse to compromise with a much cheaper car.
It makes total sense if you bin a 10k car for a 1k car and 9k in the pot. But that isn't the case here.
What's more complete about it?