Silver ph2/Mk2 Clio 172
Hi, I am looking at buying a Clio Renaultsport 172 and joining the 'club' on this forum if I do.
The car is a 2002 '01' Plate, 81,000 miles and has full service history up to 50,000 miles nothing after that. It has a years MOT, decent life left on tyres, bigger alloys though all heavily scuffed.
Paintwork is in very good condition hardly only one or two very minor stone chips or dents, definitely good for its age. No scuffs on bumpers or side skirts.
I have a few questions if anybody can help answer any of them.
1. It has no aerial, the moulding is, can I just get a new one and screw one in, are they standard screw in fitting.
2. The spare is just a spare alloy; there is not tyre on it, what’s the typical cost for a 1 new tyre?
3. Despite the exterior paintwork being very good the interior needed a good clean! However there was some slight rust inside on driver and passenger seat rails (the fixed part-not the bit that goes forwards and backwards), is it me or is this a little bit odd? Anybody else had these show a bit of rust at that age? There were also some slight signs of dampness an almost maybe slight mould on some of the seats. Interior carpets seemed fine; there were any signs that the car had been flooded at any time. Do these Clio’s suffer from leaky windows? Could this be the source of dampness perhaps?
Other points in terms of conditions are the steering wheel grip being flappy (believe this is common but imagine it can just be glued down), a couple of nicks to the fabric of one seat, and leather scuffed on the drivers outboard side of bucket seat.
The window price was £3195 but before I had expressed interest the dealer said he would take £2795. Bearing in mind no tax, not full service, no aerial, no tyre on spare and the condition points mentioned is this price a bit too good to be true. Glass's price has this as a £4260 'Dealer Retail price (the window price prior to haggling) and £3601 for private sale in good condition - both assume Full Service History, comes with tax and a spare tyre obviously
Its bugging me a bit because I like the car, the paintwork says its been looked after, I can help be suspicious about the interior thought and the price-maybe I'm scared of a bargain. It has also had 5 owners which for a car its age I think is high, though the dealer thinks this is average for a hot hatch where most who like that sort of car change regularly. The dealer did say if I wanted to buy he would do a HPI check for me for £15 and if there was a problem with it I wouldn’t have to purchase. I've asked the question has it been in an accident etc and he said not that he is aware of.
Seemed to drive fine and couldn’t detect any issues with engine, gearbox etc.
I have heard the following too "the cam belt needs to be replaced every 72,000 miles or every 5 years whichever is the sooner.” - no idea if this has been done
"Clutches can last as little as 30,000 miles if abused but can last up to 60,000 if treated properly." no idea if this has been done.
Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated
The car is a 2002 '01' Plate, 81,000 miles and has full service history up to 50,000 miles nothing after that. It has a years MOT, decent life left on tyres, bigger alloys though all heavily scuffed.
Paintwork is in very good condition hardly only one or two very minor stone chips or dents, definitely good for its age. No scuffs on bumpers or side skirts.
I have a few questions if anybody can help answer any of them.
1. It has no aerial, the moulding is, can I just get a new one and screw one in, are they standard screw in fitting.
2. The spare is just a spare alloy; there is not tyre on it, what’s the typical cost for a 1 new tyre?
3. Despite the exterior paintwork being very good the interior needed a good clean! However there was some slight rust inside on driver and passenger seat rails (the fixed part-not the bit that goes forwards and backwards), is it me or is this a little bit odd? Anybody else had these show a bit of rust at that age? There were also some slight signs of dampness an almost maybe slight mould on some of the seats. Interior carpets seemed fine; there were any signs that the car had been flooded at any time. Do these Clio’s suffer from leaky windows? Could this be the source of dampness perhaps?
Other points in terms of conditions are the steering wheel grip being flappy (believe this is common but imagine it can just be glued down), a couple of nicks to the fabric of one seat, and leather scuffed on the drivers outboard side of bucket seat.
The window price was £3195 but before I had expressed interest the dealer said he would take £2795. Bearing in mind no tax, not full service, no aerial, no tyre on spare and the condition points mentioned is this price a bit too good to be true. Glass's price has this as a £4260 'Dealer Retail price (the window price prior to haggling) and £3601 for private sale in good condition - both assume Full Service History, comes with tax and a spare tyre obviously
Its bugging me a bit because I like the car, the paintwork says its been looked after, I can help be suspicious about the interior thought and the price-maybe I'm scared of a bargain. It has also had 5 owners which for a car its age I think is high, though the dealer thinks this is average for a hot hatch where most who like that sort of car change regularly. The dealer did say if I wanted to buy he would do a HPI check for me for £15 and if there was a problem with it I wouldn’t have to purchase. I've asked the question has it been in an accident etc and he said not that he is aware of.
Seemed to drive fine and couldn’t detect any issues with engine, gearbox etc.
I have heard the following too "the cam belt needs to be replaced every 72,000 miles or every 5 years whichever is the sooner.” - no idea if this has been done
"Clutches can last as little as 30,000 miles if abused but can last up to 60,000 if treated properly." no idea if this has been done.
Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated