The time came

jon.bda · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:09

MikeHiow said:
Because I know what it costs and you don't have a clue, evidently. List price is £119.99 at Renault.

It is not just a "fanbelt", it is the belt, tensioners and idler pulleys. You'd have to be a sub89er (HI THERE!) to only change the belt.

Well it sort of goes, you take the old belt off, check everything for play or any roughness when spun, save yourself £100-odd if its all okay and fit £5 fanbelt. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' i think the saying goes...also a saying about a fool and his money springs to mind...but i'm sure that doesn't include Mr Maximum Discount here...

DM · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:10

-Ad- said:
I think mine is worth 6k+, doesn't mean anyone will ever pay that.

The market is dictated by what buyers will pay, not what sellers think and hope they are worth.

Yes it is, but my point is this.

There are people out there that will pay a premium for a perfect car, see that car there

I got 3 people happy to pay 7k for that car on file because its perfect, you can buy a similar **** box for 2500 quid.

It just takes a bit of patience.

MikeHiow · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:16

jon.bda said:
Well it sort of goes, you take the old belt off, check everything for play or any roughness when spun, save yourself £100-odd if its all okay and fit £5 fanbelt. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' i think the saying goes...also a saying about a fool and his money springs to mind...but i'm sure that doesn't include Mr Maximum Discount here...

When auxbelt failures on these seem to almost always take the cambelt with them, I'd say a small investment of £100 is well worth it.

DM · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:23

jon.bda said:
Well it sort of goes, you take the old belt off, check everything for play or any roughness when spun, save yourself £100-odd if its all okay and fit £5 fanbelt. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' i think the saying goes...also a saying about a fool and his money springs to mind...but i'm sure that doesn't include Mr Maximum Discount here...

Thats harsh i gotta say.

Anyway anyone know anything about pork chops on a barbecue, i got some tasty lean ones for tomorrow

jon.bda · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:25

MikeHiow said:
When auxbelt failures on these seem to almost always take the cambelt with them, I'd say a small investment of £100 is well worth it.

Given the time you've kept the car, i say not...if it was a keeper fair enough...

-Ad- · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:28

MikeHiow said:
Sure, but it isn't dictated by the members of Motors, either

None of us have said that, we ate just offering you some advice and common sense.

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:32

DM's sold Fox's car for him already? Lad!

Antipasti · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:33

MikeHiow said:
I didn't bother. The warranty company wanted the car stripped down with the pulley off ready for inspection at a VAT registered garage, with no guarantees of how long it'd take them to come out - it was far too much hassle.

I mentioned the issue to the supplying dealer, they offered me £100 as a gesture of goodwill.

Why would the dealer offer you £100 goodwill gesture when you bought it cheap because it sounded like it had 'terminal top end failure'?

Just for the record, I struggled to sell my 05 plate 182 with belts done by renault, 59k for £3950.

I wish you all the luck in the world, you may just need it!

-Ad- · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:34

DM said:
Yes it is, but my point is this.

There are people out there that will pay a premium for a perfect car, see that car there.

I got 3 people happy to pay 7k for that car on file because its perfect, you can buy a similar **** box for 2500 quid.

It just takes a bit of patience.

Good job!

Not saying it doesn't happen across the board, but a nice JAG is very different to an old clio sport with 140k.

On the integra side there is an immaculate phoenix yellow Import with low mileage and a lot of good load of aftermarket parts on it up for over 8k. It will sell due to the condition, mileage and rarity, things a maintained high mileage clio doesn't have.

[TW]Fox · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:36

reevsy said:
Why would the dealer offer you £100 goodwill gesture when you bought it cheap because it sounded like it had 'terminal top end failure'?

Great isnt it? Nothing he ever says adds up

MikeHiow · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:53

-Ad- said:
It will sell due to the condition, mileage and rarity, things a maintained high mileage clio doesn't have.

The Clio is in very good condition, even by my anal standards.

reevsy said:
Why would the dealer offer you £100 goodwill gesture when you bought it cheap because it sounded like it had 'terminal top end failure'?

Because the warranty was ****, essentially.

jon.bda · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:02

MikeHiow said:
The Clio is in very good condition, even by my anal standards.

The mint Clio, that you say packed up 'on the drive home' from whats been posted earlier in the thread???
:confused:

Morba · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:05

No harm in asking for £3.5k. Better place to be moving down from and bartering with than an on the money advert asking for market price

Looks nice, wouldn't get my money though!

DM · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:09

MikeHiow said:
The Clio is in very good condition, even by my anal standards.

Because the warranty was ****, essentially.

But thats cos you got a cheap car at trade money, shape up man just knock it onto some other swine and buy the car you like

-Ad- · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:16

MikeHiow said:
The Clio is in very good condition, even by my anal standards.

jon.bda said:
The mint Clio, that you say packed up 'on the drive home' from whats been posted earlier in the thread???

This ^

It isn't mint though. Not being harsh it does look good from the photos but it is still high mileage car, that's what I'm trying to get through.

You have done work on rope example, that doesn't mean everything else not worked on using mint condition. There are plenty of other bits that will need to be looked at if you want it to be truly anywhere near mint. How about the suspension bushes, how is the alignment, it has different tyres on not single type on all 4. Just a few examples there.

[TW]Fox · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:20

MikeHiow said:
Because the warranty was ****, essentially.

The warranty wouldnt have covered it if even if it was the most amazing warranty ever - it was a pre existing fault!

MikeHiow · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:22

-Ad- said:
This ^

It isn't mint though. Not being harsh it does look good from the photos but it is still high mileage car, that's what I'm trying to get through.

You have done work on rope example, that doesn't mean everything else not worked on using mint condition. There are plenty of other bits that will need to be looked at if you want it to be truly anywhere near mint. How about the suspension bushes, how is the alignment, it has different tyres on not single type on all 4. Just a few examples there.

Alignment is spot on now, wishbones have been done recently thus bushes are fine, ARB bushes are tight, all tyres are PE2s (OEM spec'd tyres).

If you are being fussy, the rear arm bushes could do with replacing, but they are by no means dead.

Philz0r · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:23

in all seriousness, the car does look nice. but check out rivals with a quick look on autotrader.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...312xb/radius/1500/keywords/clio 182?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../keywords/clio 182/postcode/ne312xb?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...postcode/ne312xb/radius/1500/page/1?logcode=p

jon.bda · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:27

MikeHiow said:
If you are being fussy, the rear arm bushes could do with replacing, but they are by no means dead.

It has a rear axle, not arms...sure you know that already though...

DM · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:31

jon.bda said:
It has a rear axle, not arms...sure you know that already though...

and Johns out fighting with a sharp left, Mike is worn down after an afternoon of fighting, he's off the ropes and out the corner but he's looking tired to me, how do you see it Frank, "Mark he's looking tired but he needs to draw down from that inner strength, ya get what i mean" I do frank, lets go over to Harry at ring side.....