Highest milege 172

[clio valver7]

Hi,

Im looking at a mk1 172 tommorow, full reno servive history, one owner from new extremely well looked after blah blah, and i will also get a 1 years warrenty with it.

The only thing im worried about is the high milege (89,000) i was just wondering what the sort of milege they are capable of before they are just falling apart and basicly f**ked? Whats the highest milege one you know of still running on the same box, engine etc, oh and also whens the cambelt due for a change i know first is around 60/70.

Also thinking of chipping it, but im worried its going to shake its self to bits, any help, advice would be great. In an ideal world i would get one with lower millege but this ones popped up and its within my budget.

thanks

Aaron

 

[Djw John]

Theres been a couple at over 100,000. I would expect any modern engine to get at least 150k fairly trouble free. How much is it if you dont mind me asking?

 

[Alan]

Save a little longer and buy a mint low mileage one matey, there are plenty about, and as Johh said how much is the car?

 

[clio valver7]

Theyre asking £3995 which seems to me bit of a bargin. dont know what to do

 

[Alan]

Ah fair point, but as i said, save a little longer matey IMO.

 

[donsrno1]

I would tend to agree with waiting a bit longer because if you go with the high milage one you may end up paying the extra in repair and maintenance costs.

 

[Djw John]

f**k that, Id get it if its been looked after. Check the usual like fsh etc, most of those miles may have been very easy motorway mile, 3-4000 revs on a warmed up engine wont put much wear on anything.

 

[R20 CWH]

worth a look mate, id get an aa or equiv report done on it and see what it casts up.

HPi it as well

 

[Fred@BTM]

id rip their arm off, 89K is nothing, thats a test session for one of our engines!!

 

[jongsr4]

mileage is absolutely nothing to worry about, as long as its been service and looked after, you will see double that before you have any problems

id go for it

 

[clio valver7]

Cheers for all the advice lads, much appreciated, im goin up later today to look at it so ill let you know the out come cant wait

Aaron

 

[Clarkie172]

id get it at that price especially with a years warranty!

 

[JayGTT]

ive got 84k on mine. cant fault it in anyway, if its been looked after then it will be fine.

 

[ChrisO182]

Id go look else where if you can afford to get a lower mileage one, other wise get it if its every thing you want, just remember there are loads of cars out there and there will be the ideal one for you. There is nothing wrong with high mileage cars, ive had one, but you gotta remember how much its realisticly worth, how much itll be worth once you want to sell it and its probably gonna have a bit more ware than usual.

 

[3000GT_PILOT]

remember it aint just the engines that wear, all the electrical items, suspension and steering parts (bushs etc) interior will have 89000 miles worth of use too. extra £1800 gets u this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-CLIO-SPORT-172-CUP_W0QQitemZ4575112687QQcategoryZ9861QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem2003 172

 

[Gilbert_Ratchet]

Way look at it the engine is in I presume lagunas and what not and they need to do big miles on the fleet circuit.

 

[Mondial172]

Cant believe how cheap these buggers are getting now!! I love the mk1s!

Bargains!

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/cars_search.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=RENAULT&model=CLIO&variant=172&keywords=2.0&min_pr=3000&max_pr=5000&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=cr0+2nh&miles=200&max_records=50&source=0&photo=1&sort=3&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCHhttp://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/cars_search.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=RENAULT&model=CLIO&variant=172&keywords=2.0&min_pr=3000&max_pr=5000&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=cr0+2nh&miles=200&max_records=50&source=0&photo=1&sort=3&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH

 

[GarethM]

some really good bargains there they are all good value

 

[Djw John]

And nearly all of them silver!! But yeah, great bargains to be had.