Bought my first car

So I've finally bought my first car, she's a lovely 2003 '52 plate Renault Clio Dynamique, she's gorgeouusss! Going to pick her up with my dad either Monday or Tuesday, I'm so excited! In the meantime I have a couple of snaps that I took with my phone when we bought it yesterday...

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Perfect! Now I have something to practice in in between lessons and I'm sorted for when I pass! :D

Looking nice! Grats on your first car! :D

Why is the numberplate "52"

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Originally Posted by Pos

Why is the numberplate "52"

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rest has been scrubbed out lol, same car as mine but mines is an 05 and black, nice car enjoy :)

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Why is the numberplate "52"

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Because he rubbed it out obv.. only leaving the 52 :S

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Originally Posted by dinasaw

rest has been scrubbed out lol, same car as mine but mines is an 05 and black, nice car enjoy :)

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Haha i only glanced at the number plate didnt look closely at it :rolleyes:

Its alright how much did you pay for it

How much did you pay?

Not bad for a first car tbh

Scrubbed out the numberplate for security reasons. Left the 52 to show what reg it is.

Cost me £2100 and it has a full year's MOT, just been serviced and has 6 months tax and according to the receipts, previous owner spent about £700 quid on various new things like a timing belt and new springs. I'm so lucky to find one this decent for that price as people were charging upwards of £2k for 'Y' plate base models.

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Scrubbed out the numberplate for security reasons. Left the 52 to show what reg it is.

Cost me £2100 and it has a full year's MOT, just been serviced and has 6 months tax and according to the receipts, previous owner spent about £700 quid on various new things like a timing belt and new springs. I'm so lucky to find one this decent for that price as people were charging upwards of £2k for 'Y' plate base models.

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Jw how old are you? and wht litre engine is it

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Jw how old are you? and wht litre engine is it

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I'm 17 tomorrow.
And it's a 1.2

£2100 :O
My dad's selling his 02' Peugeot 307 for £2000 and its a in excellent condition.

Anyway, yeah it sounds good! Happy birthday for tommorrow :D

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I'm 17 tomorrow.
And it's a 1.2

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You got a quote on insurance yet? Cos thats gonna be roughly 1600£

Cheers stalin! good luck to your dad on shifting his Pug ;)

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You got a quote on insurance yet? Cos thats gonna be roughly 1600£

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Yep I'm all insured on it and it's costing me around £1000 a year. Got added to my mum & dad's multicar insurance policy and had my dad as the main driver of my car and me as a named driver of it, brought the premiums right down. Still a hell of a lot of money though for a small car like that!

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You got a quote on insurance yet? Cos thats gonna be roughly 1600£

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My insurance was £2700 lol, they wouldn't let me pay it in installments either, had to be full amount. Lucky i have a mummy who loves me (A)

Very nice!

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My insurance was £2700 lol, they wouldn't let me pay it in installments either, had to be full amount. Lucky i have a mummy who loves me (A)

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Mine was 1700£ when i had my first car but i was 18, 1.6 civic which wasnt too bad.

Pretty good car for a first car :) It'll serve you well.

for your first car. Brilliant

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Cheers stalin! good luck to your dad on shifting his Pug ;)



Yep I'm all insured on it and it's costing me around £1000 a year. Got added to my mum & dad's multicar insurance policy and had my dad as the main driver of my car and me as a named driver of it, brought the premiums right down. Still a hell of a lot of money though for a small car like that!

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Nice car man, but you really cant be only a named driver on your cars insurance unless your dad will be driving it more than you. This is called "Fronting" and is classed as fraud therefore if you have an accident your insurance company wont pay out which means your technically driving un-insured.

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Nice car man, but you really cant be only a named driver on your cars insurance unless your dad will be driving it more than you. This is called "Fronting" and is classed as fraud therefore if you have an accident your insurance company wont pay out which means your technically driving un-insured.

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Cheers!
Well to be brutally honest I'm not entirely sure how he did it, my dad sorted out all the insurance and then came to me and said "right that's you all insured on it now".
My mate gave me the idea of being just a named driver of my car therefore explaining why his premiums are so low, but I reckon my dad hasn't done that seeing as mine are significantly higher.
I'd no idea it was fraud anyway!

My cousin bought one exactly the same as that, but 51 plate. Cost him £1400 I think, sorry to piss on your fire :P
But yeah it's really nice :)

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My cousin bought one exactly the same as that, but 51 plate. Cost him £1400 I think, sorry to piss on your fire :P
But yeah it's really nice :)

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Haha well some are just luckier than others I guess! Mines is about 2 years newer though! ;)
But cheers anyway haha, I got her today, been out the front sitting in, cleaning the inside :P
it's kind of sad, I can't even drive it myself yet |-)

my first motor was a clio, RIP! :(

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my first motor was a clio, RIP! :(

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I am certainly not a fan of those wheels! i would like a nice black Cup though :(

they used to be graphite grey:

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they used to be graphite grey:

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Verrryy smart I like that alot ;) what happened to it? And where did you get the lights? I do like them!

nice for a first car lol i iwsh i was old enoguh to drive another year left :(

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Verrryy smart I like that alot ;) what happened to it? And where did you get the lights? I do like them!

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the engine seized so i broke it for spares

the lights are from '**' in germany, £130 a set just so you know lol

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the engine seized so i broke it for spares

the lights are from '**' in germany, £130 a set just so you know lol

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Ahhh shame! Very nice car aswell, I love all the subtle tweaks you done to it aswell, kinda small things I'd like to do to mine too. Looks like I'll be saving for the lights then! They got a website?

Oh and I also joined that ClioSport forum you have the sticker of in your window :P looking forward to my tax disc holder and keyring!

That's very nice for a first car.

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Ahhh shame! Very nice car aswell, I love all the subtle tweaks you done to it aswell, kinda small things I'd like to do to mine too. Looks like I'll be saving for the lights then! They got a website?

Oh and I also joined that ClioSport forum you have the sticker of in your window :P looking forward to my tax disc holder and keyring!

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i'm a mod on there, jesus i'm called.

did you do an engine swap in the clio dude?

Very nice! I love Clios! :D

I thought maybe I'd like a Clio as my first car, but I've got another 2 years to go yet before I decide so I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :D

Drive safely! :D

P.S 1000TH Post! :D

Why is a 52 plate good?

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Why is a 52 plate good?

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Who said it was?

Just the way it was included when he said i got a 52 plate made it sound as if that was a good thing i was just wandering

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Just the way it was included when he said i got a 52 plate made it sound as if that was a good thing i was just wandering

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It's not spectacular, but by putting what year it was I suppose you could acknowledge that the car is in 'good nick' for what year it was made in (2002). :)

Nice, :) Looks good for the price.

The car looks good, my dad has a car similar to that one. I love them sort of cars anyway!

yeah nice drive boi :D