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around 10k, do you know if its an import or not ?
if you look on autotrader, you can get a rough idea of how much a similar car goes for.
good choice on the colour mate, as my dads got a 52 plate flmae red 172.
my dads got it on his 172 (mk2)
the only thing that goes wrong, is the clock on it i dunno if its related to the sat nav (i doubt it) most of the time its an hour in front and then about ten minutes later it adjusts its self to the right time.
hes been back to them with it, but they cant...
go for it mate !!
as said before, make sure you getr one with lots of history/bills etc
(so you know that various bit have been replaced etc) as they can be expensive,
the other thing is that, it wont depreciate much (if at all) because it already has !
i agree, there is no way its grp 12 mate,
god knows why they reckon that- a valver is grp 12 !!
a mk4 1.25zetec (75bhp) is only grp 5, as my brother has one.
a zetec s (they only came in 1.6) is grp 8 and they are 103bhp.
the hightest grp is the rs1800 & fiesta rs turbo, they are grp 15/16.
i knew that admiral and elephant were the same, so i tried both sites to see if they differed, they didnt,
i went on confused and they quoted me £50.00 more, god knows why,
i reckon it must have been their commission, as they r supposed to search out admiral, so really they should have been...
id check that they have the details from your reg correct (if u did it that way)
as my mate got a good quote on his s2000, but when he checked they quoted him an an accord !!
that was with confused.com
he he, i reckon my dad is, hes got a mk2 flame red 172, and hes....
57 !!
and he loves it, he is actually pretty sh*t hot at driving too, and he certainly scares me sometimes the way he throws it around !!
i have got him a sticker as well, put he hasnt put it in yet.
to be honest at 18, unless you drive sensibly, you would probably end up crashing it, a fast car and lack of experience - its more than likely you would ruin it.