Casual, random & alcohol fueled EBay 'win'

[appletonn]

Erm, woke up this morning to an email congratulating me on the winning bid on EBay...

Wtf??!

Oh yes, remember that silly bid you threw on for a LHD '83 Renault 4, in BEIGE??!

That!

Well at least it's a bargain price (true), appears solid (fingers crossed) & local (erm, nope it's 200 miles away!)

Morale of the story is stay away from the keyboard on a Friday night after a couple of glasses of fermented grape juice...

Doh

[zed4]

You have my condolences

[balls-out]

LHD '83 Renault 4, in BEIGE

GOOD EFFORT - RESPECT DUE

[Swampy1982]

Get the link up, lets have a look at it then....

Your almost obliged to start a thread about it also, the journey to collection, first eyes on it, drive home, one week of ownership etc etc...

[gareth3685]

Is this it?

Link

[Stickyfinger]

If it is this

? then can I direct you to
http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?si...
where you will be most welcome

Nice one

[appletonn]

Yep, that's the one!

Had two R4s as first cars as a student & had been looking for a solid base to play with, but perhaps not just yet!!

[balls-out]

I am liking that -
Needs yellow headlight bulbs

[Blackpuddin]

even has authentic French dents, very nice

[appletonn]

balls-out said:

I am liking that -
Needs yellow headlight bulbs

Yep, was thinking the same thing!

[appletonn]

So I've finally spoken to the vendor this morning, who turns out to be both a gentleman & a petrol-head of the highest order & has a barn in France where he now resides, that contains a further 2 R4s along with another 5 or 6 french cars that he is gradually clearing out & selling on as he settles down to retire.

If the car is as clean underneath (bar the piece of welding on o/s sill) as he is telling me & the pics seem to indicate, then I've actually fluked a great little example of an R4.

He has run through all of the faults as he sees it, most are tiny cosmetic issues & needs an oil change but he's already got the filter in the boot for me!

Needs a pair of tyres (£30 each!) & the welding, so should see me about a further £150 all in for the MOT.

A shiny & tidy R4 for less than £1500 on te road & registered in the UK? Happy days, as most I've been watching in France & here are around the £2.5k plus mark these days.

The vendor has even offered to deliver it (ie drive it up from Suffolk!) for the price of some fuel & his train fare. Now that demonstrates some confidence in the car!!

Updates to follow...

Edited by appletonn on Thursday 13th August 07:53

[LordFlathead]

That's fantastic well done

More pictures when you get her

[Butter Face]

Very cool!! I would go for a bit of that!

[EggsBenedict]

Dammit, I was hoping the car was alcohol fuelled.

[grkify]

EggsBenedict said:

Dammit, I was hoping the car was alcohol fuelled.

Exactly what I clicked on it for thought Still Bargin fancied on for pottering around town

[Hooli]

My word I was hoping all of these had rotted away.

[LordGrover]

Stickyfinger said:

Splendid!

[appletonn]

Hooli said:

My word I was hoping all of these had rotted away.

Bit harsh, some of us have feelings!

[vinnie01]

theres something really charming about old french cars

[Stickyfinger]

Hooli said:

My word I was hoping all of these had rotted away.

Great retro looks, totally practical, economical in town, classic car tax, you can find it in a car park, ..... 5 out of 5 over a Nissan Leaf