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Been thwarted by other stuff so not managed to get there yet. I do have a chance to go tomorrow afternoon but the car may have gone as the auto trader ad has vanished. It is still on their website though so worth a call. I think I would have to really love it to buy it. keep changing my mind on...

Don't worry, my wife has a 16 plate Hyundai as a family car so 99% of the time it's only me in my car. Having said that I do use it daily so it does need thinking about!

Blimey it's amazing how big the rs200 looks next to the 172!

It's the difference between private and dealer sale though. The dealer did not give the previous owner £6k for that R27, it'll have been more like £4K. But I understand that used car dealers have to make a profit in order to live so I'm fine with it. Also if, as the ad states, it comes with 24...

I've searched posts by the former owner johnny and he was last active November 2009 when he was talking about having the whole car wrapped for £900. There are some more pics of the car on some of his old posts but none show the roof clearly, however it does appear that there were no roof decals...

The mileage is an odd one and I'm hoping it may just be a misprint so the car has slipped under the radar of people put off by it. The clock readout is 60800 and on checking the online MOT history it had 58000 last August when it was tested.

Good info thanks. By the looks of it most of those mods never happened so I wonder if he didn't keep hold of it very long. I was going to ask about price. I have no idea really. Been looking at 09/10 plate 200's at that price but they are just standard with no recaros. Maybe high price as its a...

hi guys, I'm thinking about giving this car a look as it's not far from me. Pics look nice, I like the colour. No roof decals but that doesn't bother me too much. I would think it needs another cambelt as its 10 years old. Mileage on the ad says 78k but in the pic it's 60k which matches the...

I also think that cars can look fantastic in pics on the internet but when you get up close the reality is often much less satisfactory. I found an FN2 civic that I really liked the other week, late model with low miles and full history. The photos looked mint so I left a 500 quid deposit and...

Hi Ben, I'm on the lookout for a Clio as well although I've decided not to buy just yet unless something fantastic comes up. More than likely to be in the summer as I want to sell my civic privately and it needs a few things doing first. I did have a test drive a few weeks back but...

Thank you guys, very informative stuff. When I had my celica there was a forum bloke down the road who liked to fix them for fun on a weekend. That was a rare find! Just shows how useful the forums are though and how for the sake of £5 membership you can save a fortune.

Thanks cossers, honesty is always appreciated. The purchase price wouldn't clean me out and there is money in the bank but dipping into it left right and centre wouldn't be popular with the wife! What about aftermarket warranties? Does anyone have one and do they offer any kind of protection...

Okay so I know that nobody buys these cars because they are cheap to run! And I also know you lot are going to get fed up with me asking questions and just tell me to go out and get one bought!! The thing is that I've always valued reliability in a car and in 27 years of motoring I've been...

Cheers for that Matt, and also Christopher for your rather blunt response hehe! By pure coincidence I had a test drive in an FN2 today as it was sat on a forecourt on my journey home from work so I thought.....why not? Now this may not be too popular but I did actually like it a lot. You have...

Hi Matt, I still haven't taken the plunge yet as it takes me ages to reach a decision! But I'm very interested to hear your perspective on Honda as I currently drive a Civic 1.8 and have narrowed my search down to the FN2 civic type r or the Clio RS200. As of yet I haven't managed to drive...

That's good advice turkie. I don't think I'd buy one that hasn't already been done. And I'd certainly be checking the receipts carefully. Gordini, it was in fact a Gordini that I looked at. Nice car but probably not for me. I'm torn at the moment between something racy like white/blue with...

So if a car is slightly overdue the cambelt change is it worth trying to negotiate a price to reflect that or better to just move on to another car that's been done on time? I suspect that this is not so rare given that many 200's are just over 6 years old now. Budget around £500 for the...

I went to look at a car yesterday, 10 plate with 50k miles. It was advertised as one owner with full Renault history which turned out to be partly true, there had in fact been two owners. Condition was okay but nothing special. There were a few cosmetic details inside and out which put me off...

It doesn't necessarily matter about cup or not. It's just that if I drive it I'll have no idea as I've never driven one before. It'd be nice to know.

There are 17 on auto trader! Although some are 1.6 and even a 1.5dci. The 2.0's range from 7-15k in price depending on mileage. Cup chassis - is there any other way to check than just red callipers?