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Yeah I'm only going to buy privately, using a dealer for such an old car makes no sense. There is one on Monaco owners group on FB but it has had the drivers door replaced due to a side impact that looks to me like it has crimped the sill just above the side skirt so that's another one to avoid

Well that's panned out well, deposit back in my account. There seems to be some pretty high mileage rough cars about at phenomenally high prices.

Yes exactly, I'm at fault for not checking but not stating it is a bit...well you know. Anyway I've asked for my deposit back and he's been good about it.

Thanks for all the help, he's agreed to refund my deposit so here's hoping he does without me having to get angry. I've kept it very civil as although he didn't tell me about the cat c I also was foolish enough to not research it till now. The search continues...

Iv Ive struggled to find one but I am looking for flame red or Monaco only, not interested in any other colour ph2 172. I may be interested in you Monaco 172 then if you did.

He's offered it back or even reduction in sale price, what's it worth as a cat c?

I take it you read the whole thing? I've admitted I didn't realise it was a cat c as the seller didn't disclose it. My bad for not checking.

Ah bugger, I'm so pi$$Ed off with myself. I've put a small deposit on it too, I will call the bloke I think and just say look if I'd have noticed the cat c or you had been honest and admitted it I wouldn't have gone ahead. Lesson learned

No pic No photos sorry, somones been prepared to have had belts/dephaser etc. done with a receipt.

The v5 simply states states 'the estimated value of repair exceeded the estimated market value' where as the hpi check I did says cat c dated 30.4.2017

Other than that though it's had the belts done last October, 87k and in pretty good condition. Drivers bolster and steering wheel are in good condition in fact the steering wheels very good. Mot's confirm the mileage etc. Still I feel stupid as I've never made this mistake before

Probably not cheap enough, £1400

I'll start by saying I've used the search and read a fair bit on this but I just want to have my thoughts confirmed by a human being. I've kind of agreed on the purchase of a fairly low mileage Monaco 172 which it turns out was a cat c in April last year for a smashed bumper. Now to me that...

This has made me need a 1*2 again rather that want one

Thanks for the suggestions, just need to find a tidy 1*2 in my budget

Ah that's a bargain!

Rather than my own insurer?

Potentially going to look at a 172 that will need work so don't want to put a full years insurance on it for it to be off the road. It's over an hour away so not really in the 'it'll be alright to nip home' bracket. I've got van and motorbike insurance and am named on our family car policy so...

Rub it in mate, I had to sell my 182 [emoji24] Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

How do i ammend my for sale advert to sold in the cars for sale section? Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

The ecu is going to be tested, if no fault with it there will be no charge. I'm pretty much at the mercy of them other than taking a day off work to limp it somewhere which I can't easily do at the moment Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

Appears to be a faulty ecu, does that seem likely? Can I not just replace it with a 2nd hand one? Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

No seriously he's quite a respected auto electrics guy Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

Any tips I can give him? [emoji38] Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

Got the bu##er off! Nut back on and a copper hammer, not sure how much abuse the bearing can take like that though? Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

Well in desperation I took it to a local auto electrics specialist, he had a brief look while I was there but is going to have a more involved look today. He was a bit puzzled by it but thinks it's a loom issue, quite a few faults came up one being throttle potentiometer, if it turns out to be...

A few things I've noticed today, the fan is no longer permanently on and the cc no longer displays set on the dash. I've reset the brake pedal switch which changed nothing. It still struggles to start first time but runs a bit rougher than usual smelling very rich with a bit of a leak around...

Feel your pain mate, I'm in a limp mode quandary too Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

That's what I'm thinking, tried unplugging the throttle plug but got no extra codes. Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk

Would help if that one pin wasn't pushed in! I've been reading that it may be a Renault specific code. Thanks for the help but I had the limp mode before I had fitted the shocks but I does seem abs related. However it really doesn't like starting which makes me wonder from go ogling it if it's...