Been offered a really cheap car...

One of the lads at work has just bought himself a tasty 5 series beemer and has his old banger runaround up for sale. 1998 Clio, 3 owners including him, little 1.2 RL with about 80k on the clock. He wants £300 but its got a full years test on it, 6 months tax and just been serviced. Sounds like a good deal as Ive not seen any cars that cheap with a full years ticket & test on it. Reckon it'll be ideal for getting to work and back on the cheap and being able to sell the MX5 without worrying about how Im going to get to work.

For those interested, what you reckon to it?

go for it

french crap, but if it only lasts a few years you can just scrap it, depends how old you are, as insurance may by more than the cars worth

What Hovis said. So long as the insurance is cheap also..got to be a winner. One assumes the engine is not about to fall out the bottom of the car or anything.

I think insurance TPFT is about £150 which is more than I thought it would be (considering the mx5 is grp 15 and is only £330 FC)

buy it-mrs got rid of hers and bought a new fiat punto sport-wish she'd kept the clio.

[fizzwheel]

It breaks one of my all time car buying rules... i.e never buy a Renault. But at that price if it breaks you can throw it away.

[yorkie_chris]

Yup run it for a year and if it fails test in an expensive style scrap it

Originally Posted by robchester

One of the lads at work has just bought himself a tasty 5 series beemer and has his old banger runaround up for sale. 1998 Clio, 3 owners including him, little 1.2 RL with about 80k on the clock. He wants £300 but its got a full years test on it, 6 months tax and just been serviced. Sounds like a good deal as Ive not seen any cars that cheap with a full years ticket & test on it. Reckon it'll be ideal for getting to work and back on the cheap and being able to sell the MX5 without worrying about how Im going to get to work.

For those interested, what you reckon to it?

If you don't want it, then I'll consider having it. As the others said long as nothing is about to fall off, then its a cheap car that if it breaks then it doesn't matter. My insurance is kinda cheap having 7 years protected no claims.

Originally Posted by husky03

buy it-mrs got rid of hers and bought a new fiat punto sport-wish she'd kept the clio.

Two of my daughters have Clios (2008 and 1997 models), the other daughter has a Punto - guess which car is off the road awaiting costly repairs.

I'll give you a clue, it was made in Italy.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Two of my daughters have Clios (2008 and 1997 models), the other daughter has a Punto - guess which car is off the road awaiting costly repairs.

I'll give you a clue, it was made in Italy.

What's wrong with it?
How many miles?