Clio 197
Hi,
I have a clio 197 08 plate that I have had from new. A couple of months back I had the car serviced at my local garage, all seemed fine. Last week on my motoway run home from work the engine cut out and would not restart. I had the car recovered to my place to try and find out what could be wrong. After a quick look I couldn't see anything wrong so called out a mobile mechanic to have a look. Turns out the engine has seized, electrics work fine but does not turn over, he tried turning by hand but no luck. He had a quick look at the oil level and the level is about 2 inches above the max fill line. I have not topped this up since it had it's service so it is the garage that has over filled it and done it in. Oh joy. I'll be having a chat with them shortly, but get the feeling they will just blame me for it.
I was due to part exchange the car in a couple of weeks as I have a new car on order. I'm now looking at selling the car privately in it's current state, the car had done ~110k could do with a new exhaust and pads and disks at some point, the body work is not bad just a couple of small knocks on the doors and one of the alloys has seen better days.
How much do you think it might be worth? I'm thinking it would make a excellent track day car, or good option for an engine conversion if somebody is up of a bit of a project. Is £2000 hopeful thinking?
I have a clio 197 08 plate that I have had from new. A couple of months back I had the car serviced at my local garage, all seemed fine. Last week on my motoway run home from work the engine cut out and would not restart. I had the car recovered to my place to try and find out what could be wrong. After a quick look I couldn't see anything wrong so called out a mobile mechanic to have a look. Turns out the engine has seized, electrics work fine but does not turn over, he tried turning by hand but no luck. He had a quick look at the oil level and the level is about 2 inches above the max fill line. I have not topped this up since it had it's service so it is the garage that has over filled it and done it in. Oh joy. I'll be having a chat with them shortly, but get the feeling they will just blame me for it.
I was due to part exchange the car in a couple of weeks as I have a new car on order. I'm now looking at selling the car privately in it's current state, the car had done ~110k could do with a new exhaust and pads and disks at some point, the body work is not bad just a couple of small knocks on the doors and one of the alloys has seen better days.
How much do you think it might be worth? I'm thinking it would make a excellent track day car, or good option for an engine conversion if somebody is up of a bit of a project. Is £2000 hopeful thinking?
