Clio 197 with the works!!!

[yellow182jon]

Been looking into the clio 197 with all the options.
I would be looking at getting the renault sport steering wheel trim, clio cup stickers, and the Cup spoiler an side an front carbon effect body styling. To me this car would look special but is it all worth the money.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]My Clio Renaultsport 197[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Exterior:
i.d.: Glacier White

Interior:
Recaro Reaultsport front seats

Options:
i.d. Paint£150Recaro Renaultsport front seats£850Climate Control (includes Automatic Lights & Automatic Windscreen Wipers)£425Double Distance Xenon Headlamps and Headlamp Wash (includes Dedicated Cornering Lights with black headlamp surrounds)£500Cup Chassis with 17" anthracite alloy wheels and red painted brake callipers£400Electrically Folding Door Mirrors£100Extra Tinted Rear Windows£200

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Total Price[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]£18,620.00[/FONT]


Do you think this is worth it or just go buy a second hand Megane 230 F1.

 

[cat171]

I think you can get it for a few k's less tbh.

 

[trailerparktrev]

Scrap the climate, ditch the folding mirrors and the rear tints and look for a good deal off one of the traders on the renaultsport.co.uk forum

 

[kully]

i'd go for the megane tbh

 

[Beef-Mc]

Folding door mirros would be removed from my options.

Could prob getting it a bit cheaper from someplace.

 

[Iridium]

RenaultSport.co.uk - forums > dealer section. Post up what you want, and see what the dealers on there offer you Probably get that spec for closer £16k - maybe less.

Dan

 

[Riad]

There second hand R26 going for 12-13k plus you have a good budjet get a remap etc

There was a glacier white on piston heads 1.600 miles whent for 16k

 

[Chili Red]

Have a look on www.nicenewcar.co.uk, that'll be the cheapest deal you'll get for a new one. Either that or 2nd hand R26

 

[The_Pirate]

Id forget both mate and get yourself a Focus RS itll do the exact same thing the megane can do, better!

IF you buy either the Clio or Megane, what can you expect to sell it on for once you have had enough of it>? Probaly alot less than your going to buy it for!

The focus RS's will go the same way the Escort Cossies did, they were expensive new and more so when 10 years old, to use the old cliche "it will be a future classic" is deinatley the case with them. For the same kind of money you can easily pick up a well cared for example. Keep it nice and itll sell like a hotcake come the time of change!

But then again its just what your after i suppose!

 

[Middo]

^ much older car though so not really a comparison, as i assume he will be wanting a new car for the waranty and reliabilty

I'd save up for the meggy, but depends what you wnat the car for in all honesty!

 

[Iridium]

He speaks sense though re: resale, 197s and Meganes just seem to shed value at an alarming rate. There is a 197 on PH for £9.5k ffs!

Dan

 

[The_Pirate]

^ much older car though so not really a comparison, as i assume he will be wanting a new car for the waranty and reliabilty

I'd save up for the meggy, but depends what you wnat the car for in all honesty!

Much older?!?!? Mate the last ones were registered in 2003, old? :S

To be honest mate just look at Fords History, infact just look on the roads round about you, how many Fords @ 8+ years old have you seen? Millions! There everywhere and the reason is down to reliability!

The RS is iconic and you will find that many that were bought would have been owned by Enthusiasts (People who owned Escort Cosworths) and kept them mint, never seen the rain always garaged bla bla.

I know what id be buying if i had 14-17k to spunk on a car, and i tell you it wouldnt start with Renault and it wouldnt end in Megane!

IMO!

 

[evolution]

imo,

if u r considering a 197, u'd be better off going as cheap and cheerful as possible.

on cars like these, there's no point going for "fully loaded".

Cup in white with recaros and maybe A/C...... all you need!

 

[Kneel]

You would defo get the price down from the internet quote, I saved around £3k when I got my 197 by going the the dealer section at renault-sport.co.uk

 

[yellow182jon]

You would defo get the price down from the internet quote, I saved around £3k when I got my 197 by going the the dealer section at renault-sport.co.uk

Cheers mate done this, an the dealer quote with all the options was 16,250,00, thankyou very nuch for showing me the way to spend less an get more.

 

[polarbert]

Go to some of those online car supermarkets and you can get a brand spanker R26 230 for 14.5k Scandelous price!

 

[paul g]

well thats almost wat i ordered, i didn,t go for the folding mirrors or tints, not really worth it but everything else spot on there

 

[CabinFever]

I bought a brand new 08 Nimbus with Black speedlines, Bluetooth car kit, ipod tunepoint, dedicated cornering lights double distance headlights, 6 multichanger folding heated mirrors basically every option available for nowhere near 18k... nowhere near!

 

[paul g]

did u get xenons,cup suspension or recaros for that?

 

[Iridium]

IMHO the only option that will be worth anything come resale will be the cup pack, and AC on the Cups. Trying to shift one without AC would be a nightmare heh.

Dan

 

[CabinFever]

did u get xenons,cup suspension or recaros for that?

Yes but not Recaros. I chose not to have them!