N111JST/R500BRT - My 5 months with it.....

[robbie1988]

Well I bought N111 JST as a random buy back in July and had alot of fun with it.

Built it up into the spec I wanted and used it nearly everyday.

I wasnt planning on breaking the car initially and was offered swaps and cash but in the end I thought it was worth my while breaking the car for parts and scrapping the shell.

I bought the car like this;

After completing my mods it looked like this;

And now its been ravaged and it is off to be scrapped;

I did like the Clio but didnt love it. Was great fun and liked the driving experience but didnt bond with it like I did my previous Focus ST.

This car has been owned by a few members on here;

- Piers
- PORTY
- Nixxy

Is being taken to be destroyed next week so that will be the end of what was a cracking little car

Rob

 

[Cub.]

Sad to see it all stripped and forlorn looking

Was a lovely flamer.

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

Shame the see it stripped and scrapped but needs must unfortunately. I've followed this car when Pier's had his Project Thread going, such a great well looked after car it was

 

[Bluebeard]

Why was it stripped and scrapped??

 

[Sir_Dave]

Why was it stripped and scrapped??

Worth considerably more in parts than as a whole i would imagine.

 

[RDH]

What a waste.

 

[Fletcher]

Oh no. I don't think I could do that to mine, even if it is worth more in parts.

 

[MartinR]

What a waste.

+1

 

[Borstii]

Why not selling it in one piece?

 

[Lawro]

Looked far to nice to scrap!

 

[Daz_RT_04]

Thats an utter shame tbh, looked like a tidy car! :S

 

[Sir_Dave]

Oh no. I don't think I could do that to mine, even if it is worth more in parts.

I thought that about the Trophy, but as a whole, i couldnt get rid of it for £2.5k, so i sold the car without wheels/interior for £1200 and sold the rest of the modded parts for £3k. Total price = £4200, ie more than most considerably lower mileage ones lol.

 

[Ash87]

looked awesome in the middle pics, shame to see it end like that.

 

[dezmondo]

What an utter, utter waste, feel sad when lovely looking clios get into the hands of those that are happy to destroy them.

 

[Gaz85]

I can see the point in the value you get back from it but it looked such a good looking car with the turinis on it. Do love a flamer.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Seen this in the flesh once and it did look in really good condition. Shame to scrap it.

 

[Tunst]

I had that car sitting on my driveway for about a month and a half... before you bought it off ash!

 

[Bluebeard]

I thought that about the Trophy, but as a whole, i couldnt get rid of it for £2.5k, so i sold the car without wheels/interior for £1200 and sold the rest of the modded parts for £3k. Total price = £4200, ie more than most considerably lower mileage ones lol.

True, but it depends how you value your time. I certainly couldn't be bothered to waste time breaking another car, especially one that was as nice as that.

 

[Šįk]

Such a shame, epic car tbh. My first car and tbh I wish I'd kept it.

Here it was when I owned it.. (sorry for the pish quality!)

172 by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

172 by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

172 by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

 

[Fletcher]

It looked great when you owned it Piers :dapprove:

 

[JustinS]

Poor flamer!!!! I Dont think i could ever break my flamer...
Rarely see them anymore round the northwest

 

[Feates172]

Another flamer off the road. Ppl should be saving them, not sending them to the grave. Imo.

 

[jesus]

I loved this car, there was just something about it that stood out. I'd never have broken it for spares unless something had gone seriously wrong with it.

 

[MartinR]

One of the best flamers i have seen, and only seen it in a picture

 

[robbie1988]

I bought the car from a local garage in Sunderland. It had airbag light flickering on and off and engine management light on.

I spent time getting these creases worked out but finding holes in the rear arches, boot and floor which had turned rusty and flimsy as well as a gearbox that needed attention I really didnt see the cost effectiveness of repairing it when I can easily break the car for more and move on to my next project. Ontop of all this the belts and dephaser would need doing in the near future.

The car has no service history and now the bumper is off it is clear it has been in a minor bump as the radiator is flapping in the breeze on the bottom and also showing signs of bending on the crash bar.

It was very simple to me - £1500-£2500 for the car as was and it needed taxing as well at end of December or £3200+ breaking it. I did offer it back to previous owner but didnt want to spend that much and passed on it.

Rob

 

[Cub.]

One benefit, the photos from piers have confirmed I need to get some white oz f1s 15"s on mine as track day tyres.

 

[Cliotoby]

jesus christ its only a Clio you can pick these up for all of £3000.

 

[scotty10]

i would of sold it on.......sad that

 

[Fletcher]

jesus christ its only a Clio you can pick these up for all of £3000.

It's not about the money though is it!

IMO it's sad to see a great looking car, end up this way.

 

[01chris02]

jesus christ its only a Clio you can pick these up for all of £3000.

Naughty Step! Now!

 

[Edd]

I think you did the right thing. If it was rusty, needed a gearbox rebuild and the belts were due you wouldn't have got more than a grand for it. Some people might have sold it on not mentioning the issues and got closer to 2k for it, but if you got 3k for it in bits then fair play to you.

 

[Cliotoby]

It's not about the money though is it!

IMO it's sad to see a great looking car, end up this way.

It isn't no, but at the end of the day its only a Clio. Christ.

Cracking looking little car sure ive seen this before and its probably one of the better looking 172's going. But youre making out as though he just broke a rare 100 year old Bugatti even though there wasnt a lot wrong with it.

 

[not normal dan]

looked good on the white f1's

 

[Fletcher]

. But youre making out as though he just broke a rare 100 year old Bugatti even though there wasnt a lot wrong with it.

Hardly.. All I said was it sad to see it end up this way.