Hey,
Just a bit of background on my purchasing anyway before the pictures
It was coming up to my 21st birthday in July, and i had been saving like mad for a couple of years (handy student finance when living at home ), and after a friend having a 197, and frantically browsing around and making sure it's the car i want i decided to go and look at a few. Some were good some were bad, noticed a lot of the common pitfalls on some of the cars such as the leather trim going a bit gash etc even on the newest 55 plates. By pot luck i found this one in Swindon (it was only by chance we visited Fish Brother's Renault) and took the plunge and put the deposit down straight away after viewing 4 or 5 182's previously and never being completely satisfied compared to this one. The test drive seemed solid, couldn't hear any noises or see any issues with the car at all.
Here's a bit more on the car when we found it; only 2 tiny marks on the rear bumper where i guess shopping had slightly dinged it, and then the smallest car park dent on the drivers side i've seen (can of course only see it at certain angles!). The interior was much the same, the back seats look like they've never been sat in, very very minor wear on drivers side (just one scuff nearer the top of the seat where it looks like a zip scraped on it) and all the leather trim was perfect with no bubbling or anything.
The alloys were completely spotless (no curbing or bubbling), though there was a small scratch on the NS but it was right on the rim so it was not noticeable.
Anyway i wont bore you anymore, here's just some detailed info when i bought it;
1 owner, 41k miles, non-cup (searched all local main dealers and found none) cambelt done less than 6months ago, FRSH, Renault dealer with the 2 year advanced extended warranty (covers most things so couldn't refuse!), clearly looked after!
Here's some pics:
Bit of a delay on the post as i kind of forgot about posting, from all the lurking and being completely amazed by some of the projects on here!
Currently it's still completely stock except:
The plan is to keep it stock to keep the warranty (obviously filter is questionable), so i really don't have major plans until warranty is out), but until then i plan to do the following:
Hope you like it!
More pics to follow, of interior etc, but lack of effort before back to uni! (hence this post being nearly 2months late)
Just a bit of background on my purchasing anyway before the pictures
It was coming up to my 21st birthday in July, and i had been saving like mad for a couple of years (handy student finance when living at home
), and after a friend having a 197, and frantically browsing around and making sure it's the car i want i decided to go and look at a few. Some were good some were bad, noticed a lot of the common pitfalls on some of the cars such as the leather trim going a bit gash etc even on the newest 55 plates. By pot luck i found this one in Swindon (it was only by chance we visited Fish Brother's Renault) and took the plunge and put the deposit down straight away after viewing 4 or 5 182's previously and never being completely satisfied compared to this one. The test drive seemed solid, couldn't hear any noises or see any issues with the car at all.Here's a bit more on the car when we found it; only 2 tiny marks on the rear bumper where i guess shopping had slightly dinged it, and then the smallest car park dent on the drivers side i've seen (can of course only see it at certain angles!). The interior was much the same, the back seats look like they've never been sat in, very very minor wear on drivers side (just one scuff nearer the top of the seat where it looks like a zip scraped on it) and all the leather trim was perfect with no bubbling or anything.
The alloys were completely spotless (no curbing or bubbling), though there was a small scratch on the NS but it was right on the rim so it was not noticeable.
Anyway i wont bore you anymore, here's just some detailed info when i bought it;
1 owner, 41k miles, non-cup (searched all local main dealers and found none) cambelt done less than 6months ago, FRSH, Renault dealer with the 2 year advanced extended warranty (covers most things so couldn't refuse!), clearly looked after!
Here's some pics:
Bit of a delay on the post as i kind of forgot about posting, from all the lurking and being completely amazed by some of the projects on here!
Currently it's still completely stock except:
- SilverVisions
- BlueVision Xenon effect sidelight & fullbeam
- K&N filter
The plan is to keep it stock to keep the warranty (obviously filter is questionable), so i really don't have major plans until warranty is out), but until then i plan to do the following:
- better wipers
- either anthracite or turini's (as it's not cup)
- xenon white interior lights
- silvervision rear
- clear side indicators
- skoda splitter
Hope you like it!
More pics to follow, of interior etc, but lack of effort before back to uni! (hence this post being nearly 2months late
)
