My new track toy

[falkster]

Been toying with the idea of a car just for trackdays for a while and convinced the wife it was a good idea.
Gave myself a budget of £1000 so wasn't thinking about anything too flash but then this came up.
No reserve, 03 plate with 50k on the clock. I wasn't expecting it to be that good when it turned up but I really wasn't bothered as it's only going to be getting pasty round a track but it's actually really good!
Poor pictures but it's only had a wash and no polish!

Edited by falkster on Saturday 13th August 18:52

[mwstewart]

You can't go wrong for 1k!

[GBDG]

Can't believe you picked that up for £1k! Are you tempted to sell on for a tidy profit then reinvest?

[falkster]

GBDG said:

Can't believe you picked that up for £1k! Are you tempted to sell on for a tidy profit then reinvest?

Not really because I'd not be able to replace it with something as good for that brass!! I had won one on ebay a week earlier, with no reserve, for £1061 but he decided that he didnt want to sell it and told me it was impossible to get one for that price!

Ive already had an offer of £300 for the interior, Ive got some nice Sparcos to go in and some plain door cards.

If it wouldnt totally p1ss the wife off Id almost be tempted to drive this daily instead of the ML.

[Scuffers]

GBDG said:

Can't believe you picked that up for £1k!

+1

that's a real eye opener for what you can get for a grand....

[SlowStig]

Bloody hell, lot of car for a grand! My metro is insured for more than that and is older and less desireable!

[falkster]

Scuffers said:

GBDG said:

Can't believe you picked that up for £1k!

+1

that's a real eye opener for what you can get for a grand....

I was just talking to my friend about it. I paid £2650 for my first car 20 years ago today which was a C plate XR2 and that wasnt as nice as the Clio.

[wackojacko]

1K ! thats a decent buy sir !


the Turinis (the wheels) are worth around £300 easily.

[Chunkychucky]

Superb value, can't believe those are don't to a grand, huge bang for buck! Nice car fella, look forward to the mods you'll carry out!

[falkster]

Chunkychucky said:

Superb value, can't believe those are don't to a grand, huge bang for buck! Nice car fella, look forward to the mods you'll carry out!

I won't be doing many mods if it means spending money - I'll have my manhood removed.
If I can sell the interior and the wheels which will pay for bucket, harness, new brakes and replacement wheels then we'll leave it at that for now.
Idealy it would be caged but I might have to ask Santa for that!

[bmthnick1981]

I'd be interested in the wheels, PM me if you want to sell. Cheers.

[Codswallop]

Wow! I cannot believe you got that for a grand. Was the previous owner nuts? Easily worth double or even triple that. Hope you have fun

[SwineFluPirate]

Just echoing what others have already said - That is superb value for money! For a grand I would have thought that would have been Phase 1 territory with silly high miles, not a decent looking Phase 2 with reasonable mileage with decent wheels.

Good find, Sir.

[Jw Vw]

What a great track slag for a grand!

[Brabus Jord]

wackojacko said:

1K ! thats a decent buy sir !


the Turinis (the wheels) are worth around £300 easily.

indeed, i see them each month sell on Cliosport.net for that money.


ill give you £200 for them

[bmthnick1981]

Brabus Jord said:

ill give you £200 for them

Me too!