Bargain!!!
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To be fair, this car is not a bargain until it is fixed and working.
Is is entirely possible that it will require more than just a few valves, but even still, by the time you've bought valves, belts, head set, service items etc. then you're still looking at £200 in parts.
If you can prep, get the head off, cams outs, valves out, re-seat and cut in new valves, head back on, all back together and running in much less than a day, I'll eat five hats.
How much is an 11 year old, 4 generation old Clio worth? If you can do the work yourself then it's a good buy, but it is not the bargain of the century which the OP implies.
Is is entirely possible that it will require more than just a few valves, but even still, by the time you've bought valves, belts, head set, service items etc. then you're still looking at £200 in parts.
If you can prep, get the head off, cams outs, valves out, re-seat and cut in new valves, head back on, all back together and running in much less than a day, I'll eat five hats.
How much is an 11 year old, 4 generation old Clio worth? If you can do the work yourself then it's a good buy, but it is not the bargain of the century which the OP implies.
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Clios are strange, there is always a bit more than a facelift in it.
Ie. MK2 Phase 2 to 3, and then to 4 were facelifts, but phase 1 to 2 was a huge change, certainly more than just some different headlights and bumpers.
Ie. MK2 Phase 2 to 3, and then to 4 were facelifts, but phase 1 to 2 was a huge change, certainly more than just some different headlights and bumpers.
Plonk the VTS in and get it on track - you know you want to!
Be crap on track with a VTR box, std brakes etc! Be better off with my Xsara VTS but I'm sick of that car too, gonna stick to jap crap I think from now on!
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Was going to call that a steal but it's on par given that it's ****ed.
Cheap motoring if you know how to rebuild a head.
Cheap motoring if you know how to rebuild a head.
So it's not really a £100 car is it.
if you have the skills and tools to fix it then yes it is
The reason its £100 is because a lot of people wouldn't have the skills or the tools to fix it and would have to take it to a garage and spends hundreds to get it fixed.
If the OP can fix it himself, then he's got a bargain.
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Find me a fully working one with more than 10 months MOT for £250 then.
No it isn't.
It needs £200 worth of parts in the best possible scenario. So at best, it is a £300 car, assuming the OP can manage it all himself without paying for any labour. This is the point others are making.
It could cost much more if the car requires more than a few valves
It's cheap, but it isn't a super amazing bargain as you or the OP suggests, and that is most people's point.
You can buy a working one with below average mileage from a trader for £200 more: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...quicksearch/true/page/3/radius/1501?logcode=p
You also assume that nothing else is wrong with the car, something the OP has no idea about either as he's been unable to test drive the car.
£100 was the right money for this car given the damage.
You can buy a working one with below average mileage from a trader for £200 more: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...quicksearch/true/page/3/radius/1501?logcode=p
You also assume that nothing else is wrong with the car, something the OP has no idea about either as he's been unable to test drive the car.
£100 was the right money for this car given the damage.
No it isn't.
It needs £200 worth of parts in the best possible scenario. So at best, it is a £300 car, assuming the OP can manage it all himself without paying for any labour. This is the point others are making.
It could cost much more if the car requires more than a few valves
you're just guessing it needs £200 of parts, when mine snapped a cambelt (twice
) it took me less than 100 to fix it both times and that included giving it a service. £200 in parts is likely the worst its going to be.. and theres always the option of a 2nd hand head.£500 vs £200, 300 quid cheaper to fix the broken car
Do you have reading comprehension problems or something? I didn't say it wasn't cheap, but it's not a £100 car if you are actually spending double or treble that. That's the whole point and one that has been reiterated many times now.
Who will be next in to say "LOL BUT THATS A BARGAIN/WELL CHEAP" without actually reading what people are saying.
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