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Oh God help me.....son is buying a new car
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:45 pm
by SXLancerMum
And it's not something I would even look at
A new Renault Clio RS 200 Trophee. God help me. I did everything I could to talk him and his girlfriend out of it but they just wouldn't listen. They love it. I hate French cars
14/12
Woo hoo he decided not to go ahead with it yayyyy
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:48 pm
by The X
If it was a Megane, i'd be all
- but it's a Clio. It. Must. Be. Destroyed.
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:49 pm
by bd-850
good fun little car, good choice
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:49 pm
by ofey
*shakes head*
Lost cause... .
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:51 pm
by WTR
Hope he's not driving it on the roads up your way, Jaq .....
won't last 5 minutes .....
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:53 pm
by aspir3
Didn't you drive a Mazda bubble?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:54 pm
by LZY_EYE
SXLancerMum wrote:And its not something I would even look at
A new Renault Clio RS 200 Trophee. God help me. I did everything I could to talk him and his girlfriend out of it but they just wouldnt listen. They love it. I hate French cars
As long as they are happy... I am glad they went with what they want.
Renaults have come a long way....
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:57 pm
by lancervr
Yeah but their resale values havnt
..... i really wanted to get a megane rs 250 cup but the resale value is what is turning me away....
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:04 pm
by jerryme
Looks like a fun little car. Would be funner then a stock lancer..
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:10 pm
by LZY_EYE
It would handle like a go cart. It is a very quick little car...
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:15 pm
by Mr Charisma
Well as they say, lots will fall off the car in the first few months then it will be solid as a rock for the rest of its life.
Golf GTi is a safer choice but might not be as fun!
Their choice, people said the same when we bought the Lancer.
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:59 pm
by dannyboi
Megan RS250 is pretty hot; the Clio is a bit meh.
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:07 pm
by SXLancerMum
ofey wrote:*shakes head* Lost cause... .
My views exactly mate
WTR wrote:Hope hes not driving it on the roads up your way, Jaq ..... wont last 5 minutes .....
Nah they live in Brissy.
aspir3 wrote:Didnt you drive a Mazda bubble?
Yes and I still do sometimes. It was our second car when the kids were growing up. It was great. Still is. Our 17 year old has it now. The Clio is the same size yes. The size of the car isn't the problem really. It's the resale in the future and the fact that it's French.
lancervr wrote:Yeah but their resale values havnt
..... i really wanted to get a megane rs 250 cup but the resale value is what is turning me away....
That's my main problem. I'm worried if they want to sell that they'll end up owing more than they can get for it. I saw an RX8 on carsales that was $10000 more than the others of the same age because that's what he still owed on the car.
jerryme wrote:Looks like a fun little car. Would be funner then a stock lancer..
Yeah he doesn't like Lancers anyway.
LZY_EYE wrote:It would handle like a go cart. It is a very quick little car...
That's what he said too
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:13 pm
by SXLancerMum
dannyboi wrote:Megan RS250 is pretty hot; the Clio is a bit meh.
The Megane is way more than the Clio. So was the Golf GTI. The damn Clio is $40,000. Lot of money to be laying out at 22. He was looking at a WRX but the Subaru guys were treating his girlfriend like shit.
They're buying it together. It's their first big commitment and joint debt
Her car got written off officially yesterday after some jerk sideswiped her 323 Astina last week. His car ran out of rego because he couldn't get it home in time. Now he's going to sell it.