SOLD - Renault Vel Satis

Here's your opportunity to own the rarest car on the block. 'How many left' shows just 20 examples of this two litre powerhouse model remaining. 16 valves, turbocharged and coupled to a six speed manual box, this is no slouch - it truly offers Velocity and Satisfaction!



Good points; In over 15,000 miles I have only had to be recovered once, it is wearing a set of excellent Hankook tyres all round, it has a ticket until October, the EPB has been totally rebuilt in my ownership - twice, it has absolutely no rust, the majority of it being built from aluminium and GRP, and there really is no reason why it won't pass another MOT with ease. The interior is truly one of the nicest places to sit, in a car, or just anywhere. The seats are almost infinitely electrically adjustable, thick, sumptuous leather and heated. The cup holders and concealed Beretta storage are the stuff of legend and the radio/CD playing device is other worldly. Even the sun-visors are things of beauty, as you pull them down, a light in the headlining illuminates, as if by magic and the room in the back is palatial.



Sadly, from all angles it is as ugly as a pig that's been beaten half to death with the ugly stick - twice.



Bad points; It's done 270,000 miles and the air conditioning doesn't. Although I am led to believe that 'It will just need a recharge mate'. The dual mass flywheel is rattling the rattle of impending doom, although it's got no worse in the 2 years I've had it, and it has an electronic parking brake. This device is the stuff of nightmares. I have replaced three callipers and countless pads, both cables, discs and the control unit itself - twice. It works perfectly* in traffic and in normal use. If however, you park it up overnight, it will occasionally display an error message in the morning, although there is clearly nothing wrong with it. There's a teeny tiny and inaudible exhaust leak, which from time to time chucks up a 480 error code - 'O2 sensor not working at peak efficiency'. And there's an intermittent message warning of an empty washer bottle. There's a spare washer bottle complete with working sensor which comes with the car. I would have fitted it myself, but it appears that the OSF wing will need removing along with the inner wing, the bumper, slam panel and much, much more besides. It has reversing sensors, one of which doesn't work, although again, a replacement is supplied. There's even a replacement for the cracked rear lamp cluster which, given what I paid for it, is made from unobtainium. I'll also chuck in a cheap and slightly dodgy Chinese copy of a Delphi code reading device, to reset all these intermittent and by now frankly, entertaining warning lights.

So, the rarest, most comfortable, but ugliest car you will ever come across.
It's in Castle Donington and I'd like £800 please. I say I'd like £800, but am obviously open to derisory, if good natured offers. I am able to collect the potential hordes of interested buyers from either Loughborough or Derby railway stations, or from East Midlands Airport if you are from further afield. It will remain taxed to get you home.

 

Do any pies come with it?

 

I wouldn't be surprised if someone offers you £600 so they can break it for the seats and alloys to put on their T2

 

"I sink you vill be Vel satispied!"

 

I can do pies...

All offers will be gratefully received, have an alternate view of those 'opera style' (curved down in the middle to provide a better view for rear seat passengers) front seats. See how the seatbelts are built in, the top and bottom of the back rest adjust independently of one another, the squabs tilt back and forth, how they raise up and down, even the lumbar support is adjustable...

 

"Aaaaaaaahhh!" *said in the voice/s of the grab game aliens in Toy Story

 

Car now comes with a full Leicestershire picnic; a proper pork pie/bag crisps/apple/bottle beer.

 

What no pickled egg

 

No, because the yolks turn grey, and this may put folk off.

 

I think it depends on your level of skill

 

As in,

You thought it would have been snapped up the moment it was for sale

or

You thought it was weighed in 15 mins after it arrived?


To be fair my brother is a RTE for Motorline in Ashford and I don't think he's ever seen a Renault with nearly 300k on it, fair play.

 

Yes.

 

I know, you'd think it utterly w@nk, but it is actually 'an car' and it just works, admittedly with a shed load of garlic oddity.
Curious?
Insult me with an offer.

 

The scrapman couldn't believe that it weighed nearly 2.5 tonnes!

 

List it on AutoMarmitee .......

Who manufactured the engine ? Impressive mileage ...