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Just bought a 2006 Megan £4k

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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Am I missing something here??????
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  • Kilty_2
    Kilty_2 Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Yeah....because a testing station is really going to risk losing their VOSA ticket to save a few bob on fixing a car. :wall:
    Kilty wrote: »
    +1

    Picked up a car with a full MOT (that morning) with faulty wiper linkage and no handbrake to speak of :cool:

    ...............
  • thelawnet
    thelawnet Posts: 2,584 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    :huh: But you have no idea how much KK9000 paid, what year or variant the car is. :huh:

    Direct eyes to top of thread, read title.

    " Just bought a 2006 Megan £4k "

    I bought a 1997 Megane in 2004, it was a rubbish car really, but I only paid £1k for it, £4k for a 5-year-old Renault seems a bit excessive to me.
  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Am I missing something here??????

    Yep, the title of the thread :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.

    Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)

    Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
  • bigjl
    bigjl Posts: 6,457 Forumite
    Nice to see that not reading the thread properly doesn't stop people being opinionated.

    OP, please pull out of the sale, it is an expensive Megane, one thing there is no shortage of is used Meganes hatchbacks, if the price you mention is for a diesel Megane Scenic then the price is about right.

    For a run of the mill petrol 5 dr then I would expect to pay £1500 less, unless it is from a Renault main dealer, but I wouldn't buy used from a main dealer either.

    Plenty of Meganes in Autotrader.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    cyclonebri1 wrote: »
    Yep, the title of the thread :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Okay, I missed that bit. :doh:

    But how can can anyone say that it was or wasn't value for money, without knowing which variant it is?
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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    thelawnet wrote: »
    Direct eyes to top of thread, read title.

    " Just bought a 2006 Megan £4k "

    I bought a 1997 Megane in 2004, it was a rubbish car really, but I only paid £1k for it, £4k for a 5-year-old Renault seems a bit excessive to me.

    Was it the same variant as the OP's?
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Kilty wrote: »
    ...............

    Then that was a bad tester. There is no way that any station will jeopardise their ticket, to save a few bob on fixing a wiper blade and a handbrake. If they are that stupid, then it serves them right, but it is in no way widespread.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Then that was a bad tester. There is no way that any station will jeopardise their ticket, to save a few bob on fixing a wiper blade and a handbrake. If they are that stupid, then it serves them right, but it is in no way widespread.

    No offence buddy, ordinarily youd be correct of any MOT station.... But an awful lot of people buy a 2nd hand car and totally ignore (or are oblivious to) any faults it may have, especially if the salesman says something like "oh that noise is because we changed the cambelt, it'll go away in 3 months time" (when the warranty has run out).

    Then 12 months later the next MOT tester turns off the stereo and finds the wheels hanging off, the wipers broken, the exhaust knackered and the brakes shafted, it fails it's MOT and the owner is left unable to prove a damn thing about the selling garage.

    The fact is, they rarely if ever get caught out.
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  • Kilty_2
    Kilty_2 Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Then that was a bad tester. There is no way that any station will jeopardise their ticket, to save a few bob on fixing a wiper blade and a handbrake. If they are that stupid, then it serves them right, but it is in no way widespread.

    Funnily enough the MOT station was about a mile away from the dealer - possibly MOT-by-phone :rotfl:

    Wasn't just a wiper blade, the linkage itself was gubbed. Interestingly when I returned with the car they claimed from the warranty company - saving money on prep? ;)
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