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Sat 10 Feb 2018 13:56
Worth a punt for someone? - Cheap motoring? - oldroverboy.

www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20180202335...1

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Sat 10 Feb 2018 14:37
Worth a punt for someone? - Cheap motoring? - SLO76
Cheap little car but no mention of service history (recently been serviced by selling dealer but has it ever seen spanners before?) and from the pictures of the interior and scuffs on the centre console it’s had a hard life. I’d sooner pay more for a good low mileage example which can be had for not much more or an older Mazda 2/Fiesta/Yaris/Swift. Otherwise perfectly acceptable wee cars but as with any Renault they don’t take kindly to neglect.
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Sat 10 Feb 2018 14:40
Worth a punt for someone? - Cheap motoring? - catsdad

The price looks about right for a Dacia Sandero - putting the details back into AT suggests a private sale price of £3100.

Coincidentally my son's partner is picking up a black 0.9 Laureate this afternoon from a Renault dealer. She had already decided on getting a Sandero so I didnt confuse issues with alternatives but I did steer her to the 0.9 as it seems to be the better of the two petrol engines given her mix of country A roads and motorways.

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Sat 10 Feb 2018 14:46
Worth a punt for someone? - Cheap motoring? - FiestaOwner

www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20180202335...1

Strange one this!

Registered 30th April 2013

Failed 1st MOT 6th June 2016, 46606 miles

Failed next MOT 16th January 2017, 52657 miles. It's done 6000 miles after failing the previous MOT. Without passing one in between time.

Passed next one 25th January 2017, 53137 miles. Another 480 miles with no MOT.

Also failed this year's MOT, but has now passed.

Quite amused that it is advertised as tyre condition good. The reason is that it failed this Year's MOT on 2 tyres.

Looks nice in the photo's, but think this is one to steer clear of.

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Sat 10 Feb 2018 15:03
Worth a punt for someone? - Cheap motoring? - FiestaOwner

As the previous owners didn't feel the need to have a valid MOT, it's very unlikely that it has got a service history (apart from the one in 2018 by the selling garage).

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