So I decided that I needed a cheap diesel runaround now my commute to work increased and my dislike of putting miles on The Cup.
Anyway after a few weeks of looking about I'd decided I wanted either a 106, a Saxo or a Clio.
Tbh with the money I was looking to spend I never thought I'd get a Clio, then Daniel had a Dci65 for sale, I was about to go and view it and someone else snapped it up. So my hunt continued.
I decided to wait until after Xmas then as there was bound to be people selling and not many people buying. I found a Clio Dci65 that had been relisted on eBay not too far away from me.
Anyways a chucked in a cheeky last seconds bid and I won!!!
It was basically a rubbish advert. The woman talked more about "the amazing CD player" then the actual car, which was just the standard head unit. Its basically been to the moon and back with 147500 miles, been side swiped at some point and had creases down either side of the rear quarter panels, 4 new tyres, 6 months mot and tax air con and electric windows. I had no idea about the service history but once I looked at the service book it's got nearly a full service history.
So off I went to collect it, now I wasn't expecting a huge amount when I picked it up due to the price I paid for it but my god it was DISCUSTING. I felt sick driving it home due to the sheer amount of grime and dirt. When I got home my hand was black from the steering wheel. I was not impressed.
Thankfully it seems to run pretty sweet but there is a few problems I need to sort out. The heater fan doesn't work, going to try the resistor fix this week and take the fan out and give it a clean hopefully that will sort it, one of the fog lights is cracked, so I've got a new one on the way, and the suspension is awful. It's so crashy. I know it's not on genuine Renault springs so that might be the cause, but the car is going to have a good check over also this week so I'll find out then.
Anyway I've rambled on enough, here are some before and after photos after my big clean today.
dodgy repair to one of the headlights
so overall not too bad externally, now the bad bits
I've already cleaned the steering wheel once, the mitt ended up like this
Mould
Dirt
The state of my Hoover nozzle when I'd finished with it
so after a Hoover, steam clean of the seats and the carpet, a lot of scrubbing and interior shampoo, some apc on the inside plastics and a quick pressure was it's now all clean and unsmelly
From one of the rear wheel arches
the quality ditch finders
And finally of course with The Cup which is a bit minging but hopefully will be fully detailed by the end of the week
So my plans for The Dirty Derv is a service next month and try not to modify it lol. It's by no means perfect inside or outside but it's certainly now bearable to drive to and from work and I can tuck The Cup up in the garage.
Thanks for reading and comments always welcome
Anyway after a few weeks of looking about I'd decided I wanted either a 106, a Saxo or a Clio.
Tbh with the money I was looking to spend I never thought I'd get a Clio, then Daniel had a Dci65 for sale, I was about to go and view it and someone else snapped it up. So my hunt continued.
I decided to wait until after Xmas then as there was bound to be people selling and not many people buying. I found a Clio Dci65 that had been relisted on eBay not too far away from me.
Anyways a chucked in a cheeky last seconds bid and I won!!!
It was basically a rubbish advert. The woman talked more about "the amazing CD player" then the actual car, which was just the standard head unit. Its basically been to the moon and back with 147500 miles, been side swiped at some point and had creases down either side of the rear quarter panels, 4 new tyres, 6 months mot and tax air con and electric windows. I had no idea about the service history but once I looked at the service book it's got nearly a full service history.
So off I went to collect it, now I wasn't expecting a huge amount when I picked it up due to the price I paid for it but my god it was DISCUSTING. I felt sick driving it home due to the sheer amount of grime and dirt. When I got home my hand was black from the steering wheel. I was not impressed.
Thankfully it seems to run pretty sweet but there is a few problems I need to sort out. The heater fan doesn't work, going to try the resistor fix this week and take the fan out and give it a clean hopefully that will sort it, one of the fog lights is cracked, so I've got a new one on the way, and the suspension is awful. It's so crashy. I know it's not on genuine Renault springs so that might be the cause, but the car is going to have a good check over also this week so I'll find out then.
Anyway I've rambled on enough, here are some before and after photos after my big clean today.
dodgy repair to one of the headlights
so overall not too bad externally, now the bad bits
I've already cleaned the steering wheel once, the mitt ended up like this
Mould
Dirt
The state of my Hoover nozzle when I'd finished with it
so after a Hoover, steam clean of the seats and the carpet, a lot of scrubbing and interior shampoo, some apc on the inside plastics and a quick pressure was it's now all clean and unsmelly
From one of the rear wheel arches
the quality ditch finders
And finally of course with The Cup which is a bit minging but hopefully will be fully detailed by the end of the week
So my plans for The Dirty Derv is a service next month and try not to modify it lol. It's by no means perfect inside or outside but it's certainly now bearable to drive to and from work and I can tuck The Cup up in the garage.
Thanks for reading and comments always welcome
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