Black Market
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Hi !
Joseph here, born in Bedford, raised mostly and living in France.
New to the board, I'm kinda getting back into Clio V6, I was mad about the idea of owning/driving one back when the Ph2 was in production but of course being young and pennyless kinda stopped those ideas
A few years down the line and a kind of decent income makes me want to jump in and buy my Ph2.
I'm in France, by the way, so you're probably wondering why the hell I'm looking at RHD Vees... I've been looking at the ads on PistonHeads and on here, and, I've seen lots of debates about prices, not selling too low, etc.
Here are a few examples of whats available in France... I frankly don't know whether to "laugh" or cry when I see the price tags...
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/291174067.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/277402698.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/298948107.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/282088783.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/296773577.htm?ca=12_s
(there's a joke in there
)
Anyways... the f***ing prices for second hand cars over here is just bollocks, seriously... I mean, lets not forget that the price in france for a new one was 39 000 euros... so seeing a nearly 10 year old car, granted low mileage, for 28K€ - 36K€ just makes me piss myself, however nice and clean they look...
Hence the much more affordable prices in UK that are seriously making me obsessional about buying one this year... :race:
RHD is not so much a problem for me, I currently use this quite a bit :
1000cc bike engine in a 1973 bond bug... 160 HP for 395 kilos... [cmilie=iconcheers.gif]
And I'm also rebuiling a Reliant Robin Mk1 SuperVan that going to be my Daily. I love these tripods, they are to me the perfect equation for old school motoring in modern day roads and traffic : light, performant (40 BHP/395 kilos in standard form), reliable, spares are readily available and being fiberglass, no rust to worry about. anyways, enough about my yoghurt pots
iolin:
Problem with the Bond Bug is that it is in no way street legal, and as much as the performance and looks are awesomely insane (0-60 in 3,7 sec, 125 MPH estimate, tested successfully to 195 until I run out of road), it is, neither comfortable/driveable long distance/and hardly safe, with no doors or such. So I'd definitely be interested in a Clio V6 for performance and GT comfort, not to mention the cult status it has/will have as it is the last real adventurous Renault Sport vehicle.
This example definitely seems to tick all my boxes :
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16240
Just landed a bit too early for my cash to be high enough, but damn you have respectable rides at decent prices over your way.
Joseph here, born in Bedford, raised mostly and living in France.
New to the board, I'm kinda getting back into Clio V6, I was mad about the idea of owning/driving one back when the Ph2 was in production but of course being young and pennyless kinda stopped those ideas

A few years down the line and a kind of decent income makes me want to jump in and buy my Ph2.
I'm in France, by the way, so you're probably wondering why the hell I'm looking at RHD Vees... I've been looking at the ads on PistonHeads and on here, and, I've seen lots of debates about prices, not selling too low, etc.
Here are a few examples of whats available in France... I frankly don't know whether to "laugh" or cry when I see the price tags...
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/291174067.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/277402698.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/298948107.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/282088783.htm?ca=12_s
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/296773577.htm?ca=12_s
(there's a joke in there

Anyways... the f***ing prices for second hand cars over here is just bollocks, seriously... I mean, lets not forget that the price in france for a new one was 39 000 euros... so seeing a nearly 10 year old car, granted low mileage, for 28K€ - 36K€ just makes me piss myself, however nice and clean they look...
Hence the much more affordable prices in UK that are seriously making me obsessional about buying one this year... :race:
RHD is not so much a problem for me, I currently use this quite a bit :


1000cc bike engine in a 1973 bond bug... 160 HP for 395 kilos... [cmilie=iconcheers.gif]
And I'm also rebuiling a Reliant Robin Mk1 SuperVan that going to be my Daily. I love these tripods, they are to me the perfect equation for old school motoring in modern day roads and traffic : light, performant (40 BHP/395 kilos in standard form), reliable, spares are readily available and being fiberglass, no rust to worry about. anyways, enough about my yoghurt pots
Problem with the Bond Bug is that it is in no way street legal, and as much as the performance and looks are awesomely insane (0-60 in 3,7 sec, 125 MPH estimate, tested successfully to 195 until I run out of road), it is, neither comfortable/driveable long distance/and hardly safe, with no doors or such. So I'd definitely be interested in a Clio V6 for performance and GT comfort, not to mention the cult status it has/will have as it is the last real adventurous Renault Sport vehicle.
This example definitely seems to tick all my boxes :
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16240
Just landed a bit too early for my cash to be high enough, but damn you have respectable rides at decent prices over your way.