My Clio has died at 259,300 miles

Ben Cole

Ben Cole

Ben Cole

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It's been a great servant but the end has come.

Couple of threads for some background.


Value Thread

Cambelt discussion

Broke down on the way to work a couple of days ago. Turned out to be a failed injector. Injector was £180+VAT from Renault, similar if not more from motor factors. This took the bill up to £570 with the other stuff it needed.

Decided to take a punt with a used injector from eBay which would have saved £150. Thought that made it worthwhile.

Turns out, all the injectors are seized in the head and the failed one snapped leaving the bottom half in the head (probably not helped by the sea air causing extreme corrosion all round the engine bay). At this point, potential labour costs skyrocketed and that was that.
Glad now that I put off changing the cambelt, at least that gamble paid off.

Two offers from scrappies so far...£10 and £30 :(

Just thought I'd share for my own therapy :)
 
You'll make WAY more selling it for parts. £10 for a mirror, £20 for a wheel, it soon mounts up :P
 
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How on earth can you tolerate so many miles on a clio!

Yeah eBay auction. No reserve, you'll get more than £30 and they'll have to pick it up
 
French crap ;)

As above I'd take a punt on ebay, it's pretty much worthless anyway sadly. So any money made, would be a bonus.
 
Still miss my '04 dci I sold last year, was better on fuel than the '15 plate dci that replaced it. Hope you find a good replacement.
 
kefkef said:
Still miss my '04 dci I sold last year, was better on fuel than the '15 plate dci that replaced it. Hope you find a good replacement.
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This is the question. I like the look of the new clios but they tend to be slower than the dci100. The economy figures often claim to be bette though.
 
I do/did like the car but things were definitely starting to fail. I'd recently done the window regulator and heater fan. Always seemed to be a job to do so I think the time was right.
 
Ben Cole said:
I do/did like the car but things were definitely starting to fail. I'd recently done the window regulator and heater fan. Always seemed to be a job to do so I think the time was right.
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Then the next question is...what's are you getting to replace it?
 
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