What would you rather?

[Lewis_S]

Yo,

Just got round to renewing after a time away from the site with my 106 rallye. Glad im back now tbh!

Sold the rallye before xmas im looking to buy a 172 at the weekend.

Been looking at a couple got 3.5-4k to spend i know its going to limit me a little mileage/age wise but ive seen 2 new ones come on today. what would you rather have?

1) a monaco on a 51 plate 23k miles (defo worth checking i think though) its up for 3k

or

2) an iceburg on a 53 plate with 65k miles for 3.5k

Obviously ive just come from a R reg 98 car with 80k on it so i would probably have a different view on it than others. just wondering what u lot think.

Lew

 

[The_Pirate]

Service history would wing it for me tbh

Miles are nothing on the F4R, so long that is, its been looked after

 

[Lewis_S]

Service history would wing it for me tbh

Miles are nothing on the F4R, so long that is, its been looked after

The 51 plate with the 23k on it claims to have full renault service history which would usualy mean the renault stealers would have had that cambelt done obviously il confirm that! the 53 plate with the 60odd miles on it has proof of cambelt being changed 10k ago and also claims full service history.

is it more of a novelty thing driving me towards the newer car?

 

[The_Pirate]

Is there a reason why the 51 plate has such low miles, im suprised its up for 3k tbh.

If the cambelts been done get the low miler, it will be easier to sell on

 

[Lewis_S]

Im going to investigate that. HPI will show me if theres any discrepancy aswell. Seems a good deal if its legit of course!

 

[Luke20]

Im going to investigate that. HPI will show me if theres any discrepancy aswell. Seems a good deal if its legit of course!

DONT TRUST HPI!!

Ill find you my thread from a week or so back,basically i bought a car that had 70k on the clock,did the HPI check that came out with no discrepancy,then one of the members on here noticed the guys ebay feedback,hed bought a set of clocks for a 172 with 70k on the clock.

I got the v5 number and Registration plate number off him,put it into the online MOT check service which came up as almost 150,000 miles on the clock at the last MOT.

Be carefull,if it looks too good to be true 99 times out of 100 it will be!

 

[Luke20]

Oh and suffice to say i pulled out of the deal!

 

[The_Pirate]

Im going to investigate that. HPI will show me if theres any discrepancy aswell. Seems a good deal if its legit of course!

www.mycarcheck.com

Its a decent site, ive used it for my past 3 cars with no issues (not saying its certain)

 

[Lewis_S]

www.mycarcheck.com

Its a decent site, ive used it for my past 3 cars with no issues (not saying its certain)

Cheers bud. im going to use HPI so i can get the 7 days free cover for the weekend i buy a car.. hopefully this weekend!

 

[Luke20]

Like i say,do an online MOT check aswell as the HPI check.

 

[Ralphizzle]

The Gris Iceberg ftw!