Show Us Your Motors!

Pete19s · 24 Dec 2014 at 18:11

A rare appearance in here, swapped the MX-5 out for a FF 182 in Black Gold. Got a melty steering wheel which needs addressing but other than that it's very tidy. Just need to bring myself to sell the Mazda.

Renault Sport Clio 182 by Pete19s, on Flickr

Relentless81 · 24 Dec 2014 at 20:25

Swapping RWD for FWD is bound to upset a few OCUK'ers

What are your thoughts on the change?

wingman · 24 Dec 2014 at 20:27

Relentless81 said:
Swapping RWD for FWD is bound to upset a few OCUK'ers

Quick! Take it back!

Relentless81 · 24 Dec 2014 at 20:37

Nahhh

wingman · 24 Dec 2014 at 21:11

I think the 182 has aged very well, tidy ones still hold up today.

Pete19s · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:32

Relentless81 said:
Swapping RWD for FWD is bound to upset a few OCUK'ers

What are your thoughts on the change?

It was a necessary evil, Mazda was becoming a little impractical and the Clio means I can have a laugh but also get other people & even things in it which is a bonus. Worlds apart in terms of driving obviously, could throw the MX5 about and happily remain within the law. Clio not so much but it gets down the road very nicely. Ideal world I'd keep the MX, especially given how much money I've thrown at it.

wingman said:
I think the 182 has aged very well, tidy ones still hold up today.

Had great difficulty finding a well loved one, they're so cheap any scally can pick one up, abuse it & throw it away.

Scottland · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:40

Pete19s said:
It was a necessary evil, Mazda was becoming a little impractical and the Clio means I can have a laugh but also get other people & even things in it which is a bonus. Worlds apart in terms of driving obviously, could throw the MX5 about and happily remain within the law. Clio not so much but it gets down the road very nicely. Ideal world I'd keep the MX, especially given how much money I've thrown at it.

Had great difficulty finding a well loved one, they're so cheap any scally can pick one up, abuse it & throw it away.

I know what you mean, winter has put the final nail in to coffin for me, will be going back to 4 seats, a roof and fwd soon.

mrk · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:42

You fools! Rwd is where it's at rain snow or shine

kieranv · 25 Dec 2014 at 09:37

I had an mx5, swapped it for a fwd hatch, and now I have that I'm buying another mx5 and going to run both.

mrk · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:14

sigma · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:17

Noice!

I hear ~£10k bags a nice one these days? Tempted myself but will probably opt for something newer.

mrk · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:32

Mine was just under 13k but that was with everything well sorted. Only thing I need to do is machine Polish it to take away the swirls in the lacquer and it's golden.

If you're on about a coupe then yeah up to 10k will fetch a good example I'd imagine.

[TW]Fox · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:37

£10k buys a good cab, too.

mrk · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:41

Ah yeah slightly older or higher miles. All the ones I saw that were in similar mileage and same age with hardtop were around the 11 to 13 range depending on condition.

sigma · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:44

Yeah, wouldn't buy a cab.

Are you going to use a warranty? I'd imagine a gearbox or something on this would be quite costly.

mrk · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:49

Weighing that up. I don't know much about BMW warranty so need to read up on it first.

[TW]Fox · 25 Dec 2014 at 17:57

mrk said:
Weighing that up. I don't know much about BMW warranty so need to read up on it first.

it gets comedy expensive at over 60k miles unfortunately.

mrk · 25 Dec 2014 at 18:12

I guess I wasn't letting the right colour combination slip past me and then potentially having to wait ages for another at a lower price to turn up. The only other one I liked was a Grey with Kiwi interior but that was SMG.

sigma · 25 Dec 2014 at 18:33

I don't mind paying a bit more as long as it represents good value, then it can be justified. I paid close to top whack for my current car and I do not regret it one bit, it was well worth it as it ticked all the boxes.

almoststew1990 · 25 Dec 2014 at 23:09

Slightly confused about the pre facelift but on a 55 plate? How come it was registered so late?