172 Climbing the Mileage, Updates *pics*

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Hey everyone, had my 172 for about a month or so no, loving every second so far
Bought it for £1500 with 48K on the clock and its a 03 plate, and its cat c so good price just for a Cat C! Im doing daily commutes totaling to about 300 miles a week just to work and back,
so not including out with mates or just personal use.

Bought car completely stock and is still remaining so for a couple more days/weeks, then the back seats are out and moar lows etc etc

So here it is!

SORRY its not Clean!! I gave it a clean later but as im in wales bring on the fuucking rain!!

DAT ASS

Running on fumes

And tonight I put these plates on the car, I did look on here and I got the wrong size and obviously its JaredHasNoBrain and the 555 is my birthday cos im born on the 5th
Thought the "uMadBro?" would be a cute touch haha!

And on my way home from being out with Joel trying to take my back seats out which ended up having a bolt end rounded and looks like im gunna
have to take a hack saw or dremmel to it, but a couple of foot from outside my house I hit these sexy figures

And I didnt want to end the night on a odd number (weird problem I got) I headed back out and get this!

And thats pretty much it, will post up some more pics as soon as I get coilovers and the back seats out in the end!!
Then ill see whats what!



Thanks for reading and hope you like my car !

 

[Siddle]

I see the usual SERV & Airbag Lights are on, ha

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

I see the usual SERV & Airbag Lights are on, ha

Dont know how to get rid of it! haha

 

[T6MTO]

Dont know how to get rid of it! haha

Check the cables under your seats and rear seats, make sure they are connected properly.

This sometimes brings the service and airbag lights up.

 

[J.B.]

No stickers on the bumper, so I'm assuming it was declared Cat C due to a front ender.

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

No stickers on the bumper, so I'm assuming it was declared Cat C due to a front ender.

Correct, just the front bumper was cracked and that was it so he declared it cat c haha

 

[Matt W]

A cat C 172 for £1500? Interesting purchase.

 

[rdoxenham]

A cat C 172 for £1500? Interesting purchase.

+1 !

 

[sven_8t4]

Cat C for a cracked windscreen these days.... but the stereotype still remains.....*sigh*

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

A cat C 172 for £1500? Interesting purchase.

Interestring in what way o.o?

 

[Daz.]

Cat C for a cracked windscreen these days.... but the stereotype still remains.....*sigh*

And it should - because the stereotype for selling on a cat c still remains as does insurance i.e a pain and expensive.

 

[Chrisgti6]

Interestring in what way o.o?

Interesting as in overpriced I would imagine!

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Overpriced? its only got 48K and light front end damage, he was asking for £2k but i got him down to £1500
Everywhere else in my area, i couldnt find any below 80K for less tha £2k
And I didn't want to drive for hours to get a car

 

[Chrisgti6]

Did you see the car prior to being repaired? When did the damage happen?

Personally I would have bought one with 80k that doesn't have accident history, mileage is less important to me accident repairs.

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Seen a picture of it yeah, like I said light front end damage was only a cracked/split bumper,
I obviously checked the slam panel and the chassis, radiator and everything like that and no problems at all, Also sounds childish but my mum wouldn't let me buy anything above how ever many miles I done on my other car as she said its a waste of money! haha

I've been driving it with no problems and its got its service history/mot's to say everythings well

 

[Chrisgti6]

I'm not trying to say there is anything wrong with it, just that £1500 (IMO) is too much for a cat c car.

I presume it's been VIC tested (should say on the V5 i think) and that you have informed your insurance company?

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

I know where your coming from, I just thought that was a good price, Cat C isn't anything major, ive had one before nothing went wrong and my mates got/had cat c cars, no problem ever occured

yeah it has

 

[sven_8t4]

I'm not trying to say there is anything wrong with it, just that £1500 (IMO) is too much for a cat c car.

I presume it's been VIC tested (should say on the V5 i think) and that you have informed your insurance company?

Cant be on the road or have a V5 if it didnt have a VIC test..... alhought the word 'test' is used in its loosest context...

Sooner we get away from the 'writen off so must be a complete mess underneath the filler' the better.....

I rebuild CAT C crs all the time... 90% are broken bumpers and one was a broken wing mirror FFS a 2003 1.2 Privilidge full renault history and 60k miles...... but ooooooo watch out its was a 'write off'

Insurance companies dont give a flying whatsit if its been a CAT C just means if you do total it again ( ie do more damage than the car is worth to repair ) then they will only pay out 75% of the PAV......

*Rant Over*

 

[UKBraderz]

Looks alright, the "UMADBRO?" is far from cute unless you live in Jersey Shore...

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Dear sven thanks for clearing it up people put write off's for stupid things and insurance went up £48 cos it was a Cat C haha

 

[sven_8t4]

Dear sven thanks for clearing it up people put write off's for stupid things and insurance went up £48 cos it was a Cat C haha

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