Your views on this?

[172 Dave]

Well, what to do... In my garage resides a 96 Clio 1.4 RT Auto.
White 5 door
Factory standard
16000 miles
Just had full new belts etc
It works, everything works and it's a well documented car.
When I say it's mint I really am not kidding.
So what would you do with it and why?

 

[bampot]

Post pics of it for a start.

 

[172 Dave]

Tried but failed. Bloody links

 

[Knuckles]

I'd put it on a classic car page for £32,670

 

[ilovewilly]

Too many doors, wrong engine, wrong gearbox.

It just isnt desirable.

A collector probably wouldn't be interested, and a new driver wouldn't want to pay much at all for it.

 

[Bluebeard]

Sell it. It's probably (apart from a 3 door 1.6 Rxe mk2 ph1 Clio automatic) the least desirable clio going.

Somebody would love it though, so stick it up for £1,999 and see what happens.

 

[iimushroomzii]

I'd probably rag it round the fields for a bit, smash it up and set it on fire. What you do with it is upto you.

 

[172 Dave]

 

[ilovewilly]

What was your reason for purchase?

 

[172 Dave]

Through family was sat about wasting away.

 

[Randy Marsh]

I'm no expert but you could try flogging it to a tv/film company for period cars, if they were filming late 90s it'd fit right in...just a thought

 

[Jekyll]

Keep it. It's paid for and I doubt you'd get decent money for it and it seems a decent car so I'd be using it.

 

[Bluebeard]

If it was me, and I had somewhere to keep it, I'd do just that. Keep it. And keep it absolutely mint.
Bit of sentimental value, something different to drive to a country pub on a hot summers day, and something a bit different.

 

[car.crash]

Stick a body kit and halfords wheels on it.
Ruin it like we all did as kids

 

[Mr Plums]

Id keep that, id rather have that than a few hundred quid to blow on beer and johnnys!

 

[MarcB]

Even tho its not a minted Ph1 16Valver or a V6 i would still have that covered up and hidden away in a garage.

 

[172 Dave]

Strangely enough that's where it hides under a duvet ! Apart from a recent service, new belts and a detail it's not moving...

 

[joebloggz]

Great little motor stick it away and bring it out in another 15 years.

 

[ilovewilly]

A mid 80's base model 205 isn't worth squat today 30 years on, so if you live on a suburban estate with limited garage space, I wouldn't be storing that for a decade the hope it will be worth a ridiculous amount.

Granted the mileage will still be low as I gather you don't intend on using it, but I just can't see a market for it in years to come.

Sell now as a useable, low mileage car with a ticket.

All IMO of course!

 

[iimushroomzii]

It's worth peanuts now, it'll be worth a few less peanuts in ten years time and in 20 years time it probably won't even be worth the bag the peanuts were in.

 

[172 Dave]

Garage space is no issue, having owned most hot hatches of the 80s and early 90s along wth dozens of bkes I generally get my kicks out of the Caterham stable now. That aside this little car is in such cracking condition it kinda makes me chuckle. I'll drop it into 'P' and put away

 

[N4TH4N]

Imo it aint worth f**k all. its an old clio in good condition and low mileage! Or am i missing something. Just sell it before it costs you far more than it's worth.

 

[172 Dave]

I don't recall saying it was?

 

[N4TH4N]

You asked for views. And that is mine.

 

[ilovewilly]

If you want to start a collection:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251857872553