Nice little quick, cheap car

Anan1

Is it just me, or does this look like a very good buy for someone?

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Renault/Clio/Sport-172/1165425/

Looks like the owner might be a bit on the tubby side and a ring-wearer, but still..

Henry Ford III

Looks great value.

unkel

Looks like a trade value. Someone will be very happy with that!

Gumbo

cracking little car there!

ninty9er

I'd love one, but for what it is, it's overpriced IMO. Who's gonna want a 10 year old 2l supermini, which is what it would be by the time I'd be done with it.

Great car, and it will sell, but seriously, you'd want your head examined to pay that much for it. (And yes I do know it was probably £22k or whatever)

Guy:Incognito

ninty9er wrote: »

I'd love one, but for what it is, it's overpriced IMO. Who's gonna want a 10 year old 2l supermini, which is what it would be by the time I'd be done with it.

Well a 10 year old 1 litre supermini is really only worth €1000 anyway so what difference does it make?

CtrlSource

Wouldn't touch it. Looks like a nice car, but it's 8 years old and is 2 litres! Furthermore it's an obsolete model.

Also "The price quoted is the figure I have been offered as a trade in on my new car" makes me wonder. Why wouldn't the seller save themselves the hassle of a private sale and simply trade it in for that price? Answer: because they've been offered less in trade. Mileage seems incredibly low too

Guy:Incognito

CtrlSource wrote: »

Wouldn't touch it. Looks like a nice car, but it's 8 years old and is 2 litres! Furthermore it's an obsolete model.

How many 8 year old car of any make or model is still current? (moreso one that came out 10 years ago)

CtrlSource wrote: »

and is 2 litres!

Thats the point.

CtrlSource

Very few. But it's relevant when it comes to value. The other cons i mentioned are probably more important to a potential buyer though

Guy:Incognito

CtrlSource wrote: »

Very few. But it's relevant when it comes to value

How much will an 01 Golf GTI set you back? (th clio is much quicker btw)

Guy:Incognito

CtrlSource wrote: »

Very few. But it's relevant when it comes to value. The other cons i mentioned are probably more important to a potential buyer though

Your other con was that its a 2 litre. Whats the point of a hot hatch that isnt hot?

CtrlSource

i prefaced all this by saying i wouldn't touch it, for various reasons but not just the price. Nothing wrong with hot hatches, but i would imagine the market for an old 2 litre Clio is limited.

Sounds to me like you should buy it!

Anan1

CtrlSource wrote: »

Also "The price quoted is the figure I have been offered as a trade in on my new car" makes me wonder. Why wouldn't the seller save themselves the hassle of a private sale and simply trade it in for that price?

Because they'll get a cash discount on their new car if they don't have a trade-in?

a2dg

"How much will an 01 Golf GTI set you back? (th clio is much quicker btw)"

Sold my gti turbo 00 last nov for 9250, clio might be quicker standard but the possibilites of the golf are much greater than the 2ltr staight clio.... not to mention the the appearence, for all the non petrol head out there ur in a 17year old girls car:D

unkel

No one is gonna buy this thinking about resale value. Drive it good and hard for three years and the Clio will owe you nothing

Anan1

a2dg wrote: »

"How much will an 01 Golf GTI set you back? (th clio is much quicker btw)"

Sold my gti turbo 00 last nov for 9250, clio might be quicker standard but the possibilites of the golf are much greater than the 2ltr staight clio.... not to mention the the appearence, for all the non petrol head out there ur in a 17year old girls car:D

You're right, chipping a Mk4 Golf is easy. Makes about as much sense as fitting nitrous to a golf buggy, though.

Rowley Birkin QC

That reminds me, I spotted a Clio V6 Renault Sport, the mid engined one, in Limerick last week, stunning car. It's on the list.

maidhc

ninty9er wrote: »

Who's gonna want a 10 year old 2l supermini, which is what it would be by the time I'd be done with it.

Well it is only €5,000. Its rarity value alone will mean you will always find someone willing to part with €1k for it so long as it is clean. That is 4 thousand Euro it will depreciate. It is a 2001 and will be 10 years old in 2011. Assuming it is now 2009, you would only keep the car 2 years. It will loose 2k p.a.

Not many cars depreciate by less than 2k p.a.

ninty9er

maidhc wrote: »

Well it is only €5,000. Its rarity value alone will mean you will always find someone willing to part with €1k for it so long as it is clean. That is 4 thousand Euro it will depreciate. It is a 2001 and will be 10 years old in 2011. Assuming it is now 2009, you would only keep the car 2 years. It will loose 2k p.a.

Not many cars depreciate by less than 2k p.a.

But trying to find someone who wants it at €1k, even if it is worth that is still going to be an issue.

Anan1

ninty9er wrote: »

But trying to find someone who wants it at €1k, even if it is worth that is still going to be an issue.

Jesus, ninety9er, don't be such a tightwad! You could burn it after three years and it'd still have cost you less than a fiver a day. And there was me thinking you were a car enthusiast...

HashSlinging

future classic. There supposed to be seriously fun to drive.

ninty9er

Anan1 wrote: »

Jesus, ninety9er, don't be such a tightwad! You could burn it after three years and it'd still have cost you less than a fiver a day. And there was me thinking you were a car enthusiast...

I don't have the type of money that allows me to go dumping 6k on a 2l French hot hatch. If it was 2k it would be a different matter.

Anan1

ninty9er wrote: »

I don't have the type of money that allows me to go dumping 6k on a 2l French hot hatch. If it was 2k it would be a different matter.

I don't want you to buy it, I just want you to get excited about it. Sure I can't afford it myself.

SV

brilliant value!

lucky person who gets that.

fletch

maidhc wrote: »

Well it is only €5,000. Its rarity value alone will mean you will always find someone willing to part with €1k for it so long as it is clean. That is 4 thousand Euro it will depreciate. It is a 2001 and will be 10 years old in 2011. Assuming it is now 2009, you would only keep the car 2 years. It will loose 2k p.a.

Not many cars depreciate by less than 2k p.a.

Yeh it's an enthuasiasts car....the type of person who is going to buy it knows what to expect. I hate Renaults but would consider buying it (in different circumstances) as it's meant to be a fast & fun hot hatch.

woop

I like them

there was a clio williams on adverts there for nice money

bitemybanger

A few well looked after 106 GTis around and IMO you wont find a better small fast hatch for the money that can do what one of theese can do.
Unfortunatly mine's not for sale:p

bazz26

These cars are about appreciation not depreciation.

But hey why stop at the Clio 172, go the whole way to a piece of motoring history for a few grand more:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=839647&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Renault%20Alpine%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=5688228&CFTOKEN=33304173

Guy:Incognito

bazz26 wrote: »

These cars are about appreciation not depreciation.

But hey why stop at the Clio 172, go the whole way to a piece of motoring history for a few grand more:

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=839647&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Renault%20Alpine%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=5688228&CFTOKEN=33304173

I've had my eye on that one for ages. Just waiting for a few grand of disposable income to drop into my lap is all.

bazz26

Stekelly wrote: »

I've had my eye on that one for ages. Just waiting for a few grand of disposable income to drop into my lap is all.

Not too many of them about the place now either.

Guy:Incognito

bazz26 wrote: »

Not too many of them about the place now either.

There was a couple of nice ones at the Terenure show last year. I was just a lotto win away from leavign there with a transporter full of Capris and Alpines.:)