Right, well I am afraid my test drive never happenned.
Went to the dealer, and he took me out to see some of the cars. The one he seemed REALLY keen on selling me was a 1.6 special edition of some sort. I told him I was only interested in the 1.8. However, the special edition one looked VERY nice with really good alloys, a decent colour and a lovely interior. He remarked it was "fast enough". Hmmm.... well maybe to the average joe in the street, but someone who is used to a 180 bhp french hot hatch, I think not!!!
So he pointed me next towards a 1.8... he told me it was green on the phone so I had a picture in my mind of british racing green... but no... snot green would have been a more appropriate description. The alloys were small, and it really didnt look very nice. I told him I thought this.
Next he pointed me in the direction of a black 1.8 Sport 6-speed - now that was more like it, that DID look nice, black didnt look quite so efemenate, especially with its chunky 16" alloys. I had a bit of a sit in it, and have to say it was quite cramped, but then I am a bit of a fatty.
Anyway, before he would take me out for test drives he wanted to talk figures. OK thought I.... he asked me how much I wanted for mine so I told him... so he disappeared off, had a look at the car, and came back.... £7k was his offer! I told him no chance in gods earth. He clearly wouldnt budge on that, so basically I walked out without the test drive.
£7k though for an 11,000 mile silver 182 (54 reg) - is he taking the piss or what?
I'm not too pissed off though, as I do like the clio and had been having second thoughts about it anyway.