luckyseven
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Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
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Club RR Member Number: 45
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what do you guys think?luckyseven
@luckyseven
Club Retro Rides Member 45
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Aug 31, 2012 11:17:45 GMT
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Sell it (to someone who knows nothing about cars). No disrespect to any Megane owners, but they're genuinely awful cars with atrocious build quality. If you keep it, be prepared to treat parts like coils as service items (because Renault apparently build them with a 6-month lifespan) and at £60+ plus VAT per that gets old very fast. In addition the body electrical system will eat its own head on a regular basis, the suspension will fail and the entire thing will generally try to return t the soil in an eye-wateringly fast time. Even my wife vowed never to own another Renault, and she knows as much about cars as I do about crocheting antimacassars Buy a decent car instead
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Aug 31, 2012 11:47:17 GMT
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theres nothing realy wrong with the car it just looks a bit rough. and ive been getting quotes for around £2000 for insurance so not too bad. i would take it and sell it but i doubt its worth much more than £300
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
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Club RR Member Number: 108
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what do you guys think?EmDee
@emdee
Club Retro Rides Member 108
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Aug 31, 2012 12:09:26 GMT
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Take it and make it cool.
Become the Boss in your uni/college for owning the coolest and most practical car there.
Win at life, break girls hearts, life happily ever after.
The end.
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Aug 31, 2012 12:16:38 GMT
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Take it and make it cool. Become the Boss in your uni/college for owning the coolest and most practical car there. Win at life, break girls hearts, life happily ever after. The end. X2
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Aug 31, 2012 12:19:43 GMT
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ive been getting quotes for around £2000 for insurance so not too bad. £2k for insurance? Those were the days. #shudder# Thats the trade-off for freeness I guess.
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what do you guys think?Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
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Aug 31, 2012 12:24:29 GMT
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Take it and make it cool. Become the Boss in your uni/college for owning the coolest and most practical car there. Win at life, break girls hearts, life happily ever after. The end. +1 Shuttle mods applied to Scenic = huge win!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Aug 31, 2012 12:39:55 GMT
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...ive been getting quotes for around £2000 for insurance... I'm in the 'keep it' camp. Just because it has the potential for expensive problems, doesn't mean you have to repair them; you won't have lost anything if you weigh it in when something expensive needs doing.
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" East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' "
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Aug 31, 2012 13:51:42 GMT
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Take free car. Simples. What have you got to lose?
I agree, checking insurance is the next step. As already said, insurance may be a pleasant surprise as it's not your usual teenage first-car fodder.
If it's too expensive, sell it or break it.
If the insurance is OK, roll in it and remember the rule : 'Everything has potential'. [edit] £2200 is what our lad paid for first insurance at 21 on a '96 Corsa a few years ago.
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Aug 31, 2012 14:25:40 GMT
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Sports cars are cool, but you cant lay a blanket in the back and do unspeakable things to members of the opposite sex (or the same sex I guess) in most of them and from what I remember back when I were 17 that's really quite important.
I had a mk2 Escort estate as my first car, not only was it bloody useful and actually earned its keep quite often but you could fit lots of mates/camping gear/spare parts etc in the back and then still use it for procreation in the evenings.
I tarted mine up with performance bits from the saloon version, you must be able to do the same with a Megane Scenic.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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what do you guys think?Davenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Aug 31, 2012 14:26:22 GMT
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If it's gonna cost you 2K to insure, you might as well sell it and buy something awesome that's worth shelling out that insane amount of cash
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Aug 31, 2012 14:41:07 GMT
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2k is reasonable for a 17 year old these days guys.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Aug 31, 2012 16:08:56 GMT
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2k is reasonable for a 17 year old these days guys. Thats what I was thinking! Heard of people paying more than that on 1L Saxo's. I paid £2100 f/c on my 2nd car when I was 17 - 205 Rallye, was only on £3500 a year & thats going back 12 years As said before, removable back seats and dark tinted rear windows will be very useful for after dark fun. Certainly more room than the back seat of a 205 anyway
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Aug 31, 2012 18:04:16 GMT
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I would take it and sell it but I doubt its worth much more than £300 £300 (or even taking less than that) is more money than simply scrapping it. Take it, tart it up cheaply, even matt-black it, get some cheap alloys or even black up the steels, tint the windows, whatever takes your fancy. Drive it for 1 year, you've got 1 years NCB. After a year, if you want to, break it or weigh it in. At a tangent, PopUpToaster's nocturnal recommendations reminds me of a quote from Sir Jackie Stewart's book which goes something like : "I can vouch for the suitability of a Volkswagen van as a mobile bed and breakfast establishment for a single young man on the razz!". In my head I can hear him saying it in his fantastic accent. ;D
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Aug 31, 2012 19:18:17 GMT
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£Every car has potential. I'd rock it if it was free, tart it up, springs and wheels. Then go cruising for pussy.
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309jazzpanda
Part of things
so its just my pug thats rotten?
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Aug 31, 2012 19:25:08 GMT
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keep it fella they aren't as bad as everyone makes out, enjoy it, its free and if its free its for winners
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1990 309 "the pig" 1993 205 gtx "mummra"
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Aug 31, 2012 19:45:10 GMT
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Sports cars are cool, but you cant lay a blanket in the back and do unspeakable things to members of the opposite sex (or the same sex I guess) in most of them and from what I remember back when I were 17 that's really quite important. I had a mk2 Escort estate as my first car, not only was it bloody useful and actually earned its keep quite often but you could fit lots of mates/camping gear/spare parts etc in the back and then still use it for procreation in the evenings. I tarted mine up with performance bits from the saloon version, you must be able to do the same with a Megane Scenic. This is the correct answer. Your first car will never be a race car, so it's good to have a venue for doing the nasty. You're 17, this could be the car that makes you a man.
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Smiler
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I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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Aug 31, 2012 22:38:34 GMT
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Take it and make it cool. Become the Boss in your uni/college for owning the coolest and most practical car there. Win at life, break girls hearts, life happily ever after. The end. Most practical yes but coolest? That's stretching the imagination a bit. Has the car been reliable in your mums ownership? If so, and insurance is about average, I'd keep it. Add a few personal touches as suggested to make it yours and get some miles under your belt and dirt under your fingernails.
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Last Edit: Aug 31, 2012 22:40:41 GMT by Smiler
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