High mileage trophy

[The Chubby Pirate]

I dont see why it should be an issue if the service history is religious, if it breaks so what, not big money for what once would have cost you £15,500 4-5 years ago....!

 

[D1CKY]

f**king hell !!!!

Thats what you call being in the right place at the right time

Get it bought as said before.

If they replace the shocks with standard ones , just make sure they don't drill out anything hub wise etc to make them fit (as i can't remember if cups and trophys have different bolt spacings). And ask to keep the old struts/shocks that way you can get them rebuilt

The exhaust rot is a common thing on 172/182's so don't wprry about that, one thing i would have said is he was chancing it running it to 80k with no cambelt change :S

Good Luck keep us updated.

 

[Fletcher]

Rusty back boxes are common. it looks in pretty good nic TBH.

 

[gashead1105]

Looks right. Bargain at £1900 as others have said, perfect track toy. I'd bite the seller's hand off, take it to Mark Fish for a once over and even if it costs a grand or whatever to get the shocks right etc, still a bargain.

 

[jordan172]

looks nice i wouldnt worry abot the miles

 

[JayR]

Not bad but i want to know why anyone would chose one as a company car!?

I used to use mine on a 120 mile round trip once in a blue moon (2 weeks a year max) and absolutely hated it but 170k in one is probably doing that every day!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

lol @ the amount of fuel that must have went in it over the years!

 

[JayR]

^Indeed, especially if he was running it on the best stuff through the expensive times!

 

[nby]

Not bad but i want to know why anyone would chose one as a company car!?

I used to use mine on a 120 mile round trip once in a blue moon (2 weeks a year max) and absolutely hated it but 170k in one is probably doing that every day!

no idea, the company cars we have here aren't your run of the mill sales reps/diesels!

 

[scott1205]

telll me where it is and i will buy it if you dont

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Lets say he was getting 330 miles to a tank which is a rough average to the 182's @ around 32/33mpg (ish)

That would work out @ around 515 full tanks of fuel from the 11g/50l tank

Lets say the price of fuel the entire time he had it was £1.02 (i know it was alot higher at times but lets say so...)

Very roughly, £25,000 worth of fuel found its way into that fuel tank.....

Jesus Wept

 

[nby]

Lets say he was getting 330 miles to a tank which is a rough average to the 182's @ around 32/33mpg (ish)

That would work out @ around 515 full tanks of fuel from the 11g/50l tank

Lets say the price of fuel the entire time he had it was £1.02 (i know it was alot higher at times but lets say so...)

Very roughly, £25,000 worth of fuel found its way into that fuel tank.....

Jesus Wept

:lolup:!!, I think i'll pass that info on and see what they say

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

:lolup:!!, I think i'll pass that info on and see what they say

Thats very quickly me working it out, i think you might be shocked to see what actually went in when fuel was £1.20 a litre lol....

It would be considerably more than this had he been using V-Power or higher octane fuels as there around 7p dearer a litre, thats frightening!

 

[D1CKY]

no idea, the company cars we have here aren't your run of the mill sales reps/diesels!

So what do you 's have ?

 

[JayR]

Lets say he was getting 330 miles to a tank which is a rough average to the 182's @ around 32/33mpg (ish)

Very roughly, £25,000 worth of fuel found its way into that fuel tank.....

Jesus Wept

^I worked it out based on what mpg mine was getting (38/40) on a similar daily milage (i worked it out at 130 a day) using the motorway which would work out £3640 a year, £18,200 over five!

Still an absolute fortune mind!

 

[Martin_172]

no fuckin way!!!!! its genuine lol ill get in the que if you dont buy it i will, id pay much more than £1900 for that!!!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

^I worked it out based on what mpg mine was getting (38/40) on a similar daily milage using the motorway which would work out £3640 a year, £18,200 over five!

Still an absolute fortune mind!

Aye that must be not far away then...!

I dare say it would have been a mixture of driving at those miles, thats round the world 6 times lol...

 

[Fletcher]

no f**kin way!!!!! its genuine lol ill get in the que if you dont buy it i will, id pay much more than £1900 for that!!!

I can't work out why it's not just put on Pistonheads for at least 3k??

 

[Martin_172]

guy obviously just thinks its a 170k clio and doesnt really realise the money thats in it! he would kick himself if he read this lol

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Dare i say the OP's inbox is packed to the gunnels with Pm's...?

Id tell absolutley no one where it is personally lol

 

[D1CKY]

guy obviously just thinks its a 170k clio and doesnt really realise the money thats in it! he would kick himself if he read this lol

+1

 

[Fletcher]

guy obviously just thinks its a 170k clio and doesnt really realise the money thats in it! he would kick himself if he read this lol

Knowsit..lol

 

[nby]

Thats very quickly me working it out, i think you might be shocked to see what actually went in when fuel was £1.20 a litre lol....

It would be considerably more than this had he been using V-Power or higher octane fuels as there around 7p dearer a litre, thats frightening!

even so that's over £5k a year in fuel!!

as for the company cars they range from rx8, lexus, merc sl's, audi tt 3.2 & q8, db9's etc

so quite varied compared to others!! and theres me in an 8 year old focus 1.6 :rasp:

 

[Martin_172]

haha i was thinking of pm'ing him and bribing him with cash to send on the details but realised hes probably had it 1000 times

 

[nby]

guy obviously just thinks its a 170k clio and doesnt really realise the money thats in it! he would kick himself if he read this lol

who me or the current driver? I hope he doesn't read this or I've lost the deal of a lifetime here!

 

[nby]

haha i was thinking of pm'ing him and bribing him with cash to send on the details but realised hes probably had it 1000 times

only received 2 pm's

 

[Martin_172]

the current driver/seller

 

[nby]

well I think he sort of does, hence all the confusion and frustration on my part I mean the car is registered to the company directly (1 owner) and he effectively rents it off of them for who knows how much!

 

[Darren85]

I just stumbled onto this thread.. This is epic! You NEED to buy this motor, no two ways about it, do it or someone else will and will be laughing all the way home.. I have never seen one of these sell for less then 6k.. £1900! I'm shocked.. Well and truly!

 

[nby]

looks like i'm a proud new owner of a 55 plate trophy guys

deal done, gotta get it through mot on wednesday so a bit of a push!! :dead:

 

[jordan172]

good stuff what did u get it for?

oh yeh KEEP the original suspension

 

[Guppy]

Thank god someone grabbed a bargain!

Nice one lad

 

[Budgie]

Good job.

Bargainous price.

You could easily make a couple of k there..

 

[nby]

good stuff what did u get it for?

oh yeh KEEP the original suspension

original suspension is on there, no idea what state it is in..

other huge bonus is that it has a full renault dealer service history... needs another doing this month

as for price ... lol I didnt get it for £1900 sadly

its mine as of Friday morning so I might need some help getting various bits and bobs sorted if anyone is near SP10 Andover Hampshire and is willing to lend a hand .. paid of course!

pics to follow

 

[matt200vvc]

as for price ... lol I didnt get it for £1900 sadly

Been nosey, what did you get it for in the end?

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

where about are you located, nby?

 

[matt200vvc]

where about are you located, nby?

near SP10 Andover Hampshire

 

[nby]

Been nosey, what did you get it for in the end?

have a guess

@T5PHY; I am in Andover in Hampshire, SP10 near basingstoke/salisbury etc

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

near SP10 Andover Hampshire

Cool, just wondering.

 

[caput]

Nice one fella got yourself a bargain there