So, how much did the Insurance give for my 172 you think then?

[Jamie]

Renault Sport Clio 172
Returned and valued as standard.
2003
44k miles.
2 keepers including me.
FSH.
Paint work was VGC.
Mechancially very good and a quick one - not that they would know that.

So how much did I get...?

 

[Martin_172]

3200

 

[Jonff]

£3250

 

[disco87]

1200?

 

[DrR]

age?

 

[Jamie]

Sorry it was a 2003 plate.

 

[Jamie]

Well, you are all at least 1k off yet.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Ill say £4400

 

[Martin_172]

£4475

 

[Jamie]

I thought this game would be amusing but it's s**t.

I got £4,250.

I was relativley happy with that. When I wanted to sell it a few months ago I wanted £4,250 for it so couldn't have really argued.

Their initial offer was £4,000 but because of the evidence I provided it was upped a little.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

I got £3850 for my 2001 Phase 1 with 59k on it...

 

[Martin_172]

credit crunch, what credit crunch lol

 

[Jamie]

Tbh, from my calculations which were fair I averaged out all 172 adverts on PH and Trader for the same spec car, i.e. 2003 172 and the mean price was £4,200.

I thought they were a bit inflated and most were low £4k's and been for sale for ages.

I think £4,250 was very fair.

I think £3,850 was nothing short of miraculous for a ph1 172.

 

[DrR]

I'm still convinced there only cheap on CS, look on autotrader etc.

 

[Jamie]

Yeah, CS prices seem to be very cheap.

Trader & PH were alot higher. Some of the 172's were up for £6k in my fact sheet.

The lowest price was £3.8k.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Tbh, from my calculations which were fair I averaged out all 172 adverts on PH and Trader for the same spec car, i.e. 2003 172 and the mean price was £4,200.

I thought they were a bit inflated and most were low £4k's and been for sale for ages.

I think £4,250 was very fair.

I think £3,850 was nothing short of miraculous for a ph1 172.

If you had seen mine you would have probably seen why.

I was the second owner, there was every single receipt (and i mean every receipt) for any parts ever bought for the car, totalling in excess of £6000

I even had the original sales receipt for £15,800 (iirc)

Not that hard to believe tbh

 

[Jamie]

Yeah, tbf mine had alot of reciepts and original invoice to.

I don't think it had £6k spent on it though, it didn't break that much tbh.

But that's really good for you.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Yeah, tbf mine had alot of reciepts and original invoice to.

I don't think it had £6k spent on it though, it didn't break that much tbh.

But that's really good for you.

Break...?

lol, In my ownership (18 months) I spent 2k on it and not a thing broke!

A service,cambelt and tyres/exhaust topped £1600....

 

[realnumber 1]

I'm still convinced there only cheap on CS, look on autotrader etc.

Same here. Seems to be a noticeable difference in price between later 172's and late 182's on here for very little extra.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Tbh i never listen to what people think/want it to be worth, if you think its cheap itll still be dear to someone else!

 

[p@blo]

Aye that silver 02 ph2 172 in chester earlier that i said wbout was £5.5 with 60k miles on it!

 

[sideways danny]

Local specialist clio dealer that i do some work for had an 03 plate 172 in recently, I said probably worth £4800-5k, He put it up at £5995 and it sold in 10 days. CS definitely drives down the values

 

[Ian_182]

I think you got a good deal there...

 

[Jamie]

Break...?

lol, In my ownership (18 months) I spent 2k on it and not a thing broke!

A service,cambelt and tyres/exhaust topped £1600....

Lol.

I was just winding you up.

 

[Ali]

2700-3k? If you're lucky.

 

[Fletcher]

Good deal.

I wrote my van off in March, i got much more back then i expected.

 

[Gally]

I got £3850 for my 2001 Phase 1 with 59k on it...

Oi thanks to who!

2700-3k? If you're lucky.

Pmsl!

I wish people would stop trying to value write offs on auto trader and pistonheads!
Yous are costing yourselves a fortune.

Your car just so you know is worth this....

Evaluator Edition: September 2009

.......Retail (£) Trade (£)

Basic 5300 ----4225
Mileage 265---- 265
Extras 0 --------0
Dealer 0 ---------0

Total 5565 to 4490

They should offer you the retail value of your car mate, so in the end you didn't get that good a deal and cost yourself 1k.

At the very least I would have accepted 5k depending on scratches, dents and general condition of the car

 

[Jamie]

No, not really.

£4,200 was market value. Tops was £4,600.

I bought mine private and all sales comparisons were private too. I wasn't trying to screw them, just wanted fair value.

It cost me £4,200 this time last year.

 

[Gally]

Okay mate, you seem happy with it, it's a good reminder to folk when settling with insurance companies.

 

[Lewb]

It's a good price tbh, my 172 with 32k on the clock IMO is only worth what I paid for it - 3700, in near mint condition. A big number of 172 and 182s seem to be very overpriced.

 

[Gally]

It's a good price tbh, my 172 with 32k on the clock IMO is only worth what I paid for it - 3700, in near mint condition. A big number of 172 and 182s seem to be very overpriced.

So because you think it's worth £3700 on pistonheads then you would accept that settlement if it was written off?

Oh my.

 

[geesus69]

i'm with gally here

i ran it through evaluator and assuming it is an 0303 plate retail is at £5565 and unless there was any reason to devalue it (ie body damage etc) we value all our vehicles at retail figure

 

[Gally]

Lols same price I must be using it right for a change!

 

[Timmay]

Local specialist clio dealer that i do some work for had an 03 plate 172 in recently, I said probably worth £4800-5k, He put it up at £5995 and it sold in 10 days. CS definitely drives down the values

good skills that!

 

[Jamie]

Private sale and specialist dealer sales are different...

 

[Lewb]

So because you think it's worth £3700 on pistonheads then you would accept that settlement if it was written off?

Oh my.

No.. 3700 is roughly what i'd be happy to sell the car for, so it's what I would accept if it was written off. Unlike others, I wouldn't google a 'retail figure' which is a couple thousand higher and expect that just because some generic car website told me so.

 

[Gally]

Lols. I'm an assessor by the way, google is not what I use to value cars.

So you'd happily lose out on 2k just because that's what you'd be happy with.

 

[smok1n]

I wish i could buy one for that price in portugal.