Did I pay over the odds for my 182 then?!

[The Fatty]

Ok, with all the threads on here about "how cheap you can buy a 182 for" at the moment, im starting to wonder if I paid over the odds for my car?! I personally didnt thinks so (obviously), but maybe I am wrong?

Its a 04 plate, done 72000 miles, has full service history with most of the work done at renault or a renault specalist, cam belt and aux belt changed at 64000miles, 4 almost new tyres (perrelli) and so on. The only damage was on the steering wheel and on the wing mirror (slight scrape). No rust anywhere, exhaust looked rust free as well. I paid 2950 for it with 3 months warrenty. Pictures are below. So what do you think? Over or OK?

Also, im still looking for the previous owners! If he/she is still around, I would love to know if you had any problems with it in the past...

 

[The Fatty]

Also, is it possible to tell if it has the cup sus pack from these images?

 

[Fletcher]

Looks to me like it has the cup packs fitted, price doesn't sound too bad either.

 

[The Boosh!]

Yes it has cup suspension aka FF.

Decent price too

 

[sbridgey]

Has both cup packs unless someone has put cup packed wheels on it. only way to tell is measure the strut bolt spacing.

Oh i reckon that was an absolute steal.

 

[Matthew]

Over the odds? Jesus wept....

You got that cheap mate.

 

[RDH]

Sounds decent to me.

CS moan at how their clios aren't worth anything yet they more than anybody else are driving prices down by telling people they've payed too much. Retardation ftw.

 

[.Adam.]

Looks like you've got both cup packs mate.

I'd say it's a fair price considering new tyres, belts done, FSH etc.

 

[Bluebeard]

Thats a good price, especially with the belts done.

Theres some dreamers on here trying to sell these for £4750 in need of the cambelt doing.

Cs.net is its own worse enemy sometimes. They moan that clio's are worth fcuk all then bang on about how cheap they can buy them.

 

[Donny_Dog]

Good price that.
6 month warranty though pal

 

[jenic]

Sounds decent to me.

CS moan at how their clios aren't worth anything yet they more than anybody else are driving prices down by telling people they've payed too much. Retardation ftw.

Thats a good price, especially with the belts done.

Theres some dreamers on here trying to sell these for £4750 in need of the cambelt doing.

Cs.net is its own worse enemy sometimes. They moan that clio's are worth fcuk all then bang on about how cheap they can buy them.

These people know.

I find it bemusing how people talk down the value of their own cars so much :S

 

[The Fatty]

Many thanks guys, I was really starting to wonder!

 

[RDH]

Just enjoy it mate! Best colour too

 

[twingors]

Cheaper than I got mine for 2 weeks ago. I paid £3400 with 59k. Belts changed + depahser changed start of November.

 

[Steven103]

Prices are ridiculously misleading on this forum.

I live on the southcoast and within 30 miles there are 2 pikey-spec 182s between £2500 and £3000. "Proper" examples start at £3450.

Change the postcode to birmingham (which isn't even "oop north") and there's pikey-spec 182s between £1350 and £2350. There are several "proper" looking examples from independant dealers (cup packs, MOT, TAX, warranty, cambelt, sub 80k miles etc) starting at around £2700.


Now factor in people buying them privately without cambelt changes etc or with a few issues and you end up with midlands/northen members paying only a fraction of what many others pay.

 

[ch!ppen]

As said, i wouldn't believe too much on this forum about Clio prices. Forum member's seem to make them cheaper by the day with how they go on.

Nice car btw, looks smart

 

[Steven103]

I find it bemusing how people talk down the value of their own cars so much :S

I'm doing my part for genuine RS models by hatin' on all the reps

 

[Chris205]

Theres some dreamers on here trying to sell these for £4750 in need of the cambelt doing.
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LOL wouldnt say I was dreaming mate, more so reflecting the condition and mileage, @35k its quite low. Its a starting figure anyhow as I'm open to offers. Chances are I'll keep it and do the belts anyway courtesy of Fred

 

[Eddie.]

I bought my RB for £4400... on 48k belts done at birchdown, 95% excellent condition. That was in August

I thought that was a bargain, I know prices have dropped but I still think I got a good deal.

 

[TimR26]

Looks like a good buy to me.

You should be able to pick up a decent second hand steering wheel quite cheap.

 

[Steven103]

A better deal will always come up a few months after you buy yours.

Yeah I'd have liked to have paid £500 less but the fact is you can only buy what is available at the time and it was already the best deal I'd seen in 3 months of searching.

 

[Stefan.]

this is the worst site for bringing the value down on there own cars but enough of that, looks nice!

 

[The Fatty]

Looks like a good buy to me.

You should be able to pick up a decent second hand steering wheel quite cheap.

Yes I have been looking on ebay and have seen a few going for around £20. Iv also seen some carbon fibre inserts that replace just the rubber bits for £80...


After doing a bit of reading and youtubing, im wondering if it actually have a noisy dephaser :s When I got it, the first thing my gf said to me was 'it sounds like a diesel'! Im only now learning that might mean a worn dephaser!! I will have to take a video of it tomorrow and seek some more opinions!

 

[Stefan.]

if its the dephaser nice bill coming your way..

 

[alanc1000]

I'm not so sure that people in this forum talk prices down at all TBH. There is a separate world of Clio buyers outside of this forum too!

You only have to go to ebay - log in - go to advanced search - tick completed listings and type clio 182 / 172 and you'll see the real prices people are actually buying these for, not one has made more than £2,200 in the last few weeks (including dealers). There are loads and loads of unsold cars high lighted in red. Looking through the adverts there is nothing to suggest these are all s**tters at all (although some will be).

Of course there are others that sell for higher prices, but it all depends on how long you are willing to wait to get rid of it.

 

[Daz.]

Yes you can buy them cheap but why would you? some of the ones I've seen for sale make me cringe.

I would gladly pay top dollar for a top dollar car - I've bought cheap before and regretted it.

When I was looking at buying my williams I looked at god knows how many and some of the prices people were asking were an absolute joke. I think sale pictures are a curse and an omen at the same time - you look at these cheap ones and think yeah looks good in the photos, then after driving all the way there you no without getting out of the car it's a shitter!

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

To be honest guys if your happy with what you've bought why should the price matter?

 

[teamkiki]

Looks a great buy to me mate. Don't worry about price now. You bought it at what you thought it was worth at the time, if you thought it was overpriced you'd have walked away surely?

FWIW we paid £3500 16 months ago for a BG 182 with FSH, both cup packs and the only blemish I could find after an hour scouring the car was a smaller-than-5p-coin bubble on the bonnet. There were similar examples listed for £5k at the time. We deliberately didn't pay top dollar for a mint condition car, as even they can go wrong, likewise we didn't buy a shitter which we knew would need work. We bought middle-price wise knowing there was something left in the budget should it be needed.

fingers crossed on the dephaser front!

 

[Jamie16v]

I paid £6k for mine with 26k on the clock, cup packs, FSH and a 3 month warrenty

 

[RDH]

Yes you can buy them cheap but why would you? some of the ones I've seen for sale make me cringe.

I would gladly pay top dollar for a top dollar car - I've bought cheap before and regretted it.

When I was looking at buying my williams I looked at god knows how many and some of the prices people were asking were an absolute joke. I think sale pictures are a curse and an omen at the same time - you look at these cheap ones and think yeah looks good in the photos, then after driving all the way there you no without getting out of the car it's a shitter!

Finally somebody speaking abit of sense.

 

[The Fatty]

if there ws a 'thanks' button on this forum, I would have clicked it for every one of you! As there isnt, I'll just say it, Thanks!

 

[plymcl172]

I would say its a little over what I would of thought only due to the mileage

you will soon forget about that when you start driving it they are cracking cars

where abouts from devon are you ? I wanna do a Devon meet soon !

 

[The Fatty]

North Devon, Barnstaple area...

 

[plymcl172]

quite a way ok well I will try and do a meet maybe in the new year ! look forward to it ! nice example btw !

 

[BIGASH]

What exhaust is fitted to it as it doesn't look OE? Sorry if you've mentioned it but I didn't see it when I read through! Also I think you have got a really good buy! Enjoy

 

[The Fatty]

Not sure what exhuast it has on it, I will take a picture in a bit and post it up...

 

[The Fatty]

What exhaust is fitted to it as it doesn't look OE? Sorry if you've mentioned it but I didn't see it when I read through! Also I think you have got a really good buy! Enjoy

Ok heres a couple of pictures of the exhaust under the car, not sure if that helps indicates OE or not?



P.S - I have added some videos of the engine for opinions if the dephaser sounds dodgy or not here>>> http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...-for-your-opinions-on-possible-dephaser-sound

 

[BIGASH]

Ok heres a couple of pictures of the exhaust under the car, not sure if that helps indicates OE or not?

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P.S - I have added some videos of the engine for opinions if the dephaser sounds dodgy or not here>>> http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...-for-your-opinions-on-possible-dephaser-sound

It's not OE I thought it was Miltek but they are the wrong tips I think. Also looks like it has different springs fitted!

 

[The Fatty]

if only i knew what the underside of a standard clio looked like! :s

 

[davo172]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?614532-Belts-amp-Strange-Noises&p=8262637#post8262637

This thread says it all !!!