For Sale Renault Safrane for sale - luxurious French barge

[Petrolize]

I realise its rather cheeky of me to have my first post on here as a for sale thread, but feel it might be of interest to a fellow member on the forum.
 
Apparently rocking up in a 90s Renault isn't cool but the views might be slightly different on here.
 
Anyway, its a 1994 'L' Renault Safrane 2.2 VI in Persian red and has covered a genuine 29k.
 
The car comes taxed and tested until November 2014. The V5 logbook is present and in my name.

  



All previous service paperwork and every MOT certificate is present to substantiate the mileage of 29k.
 
It was previously owned by a fat old man living in Southwest London. He doted on the Safrane and only sold it on after 19 years having given up driving. Before that it had been owned by Renault UK and was TV featured during that time.
 
Inside its almost perfect right down to the period head unit. The interior has acres of soft leather and deep pile carpets. The rear seats have rarely, if ever, been sat in.
 
The tyres front and rear are matching and all look to have been replaced fairly recently.
 
The car does have a service history, with the last service stamp at 24k, however it has been serviced since then, with the last service carried out earlier in the year. The oil remains fresh and all fluids are clean/topped up.
 
There is no rust that I can see, it has obviously been well cared for during its 20 years.
 
 

There is also a collection of previous MOT certificates dating right back to when the car was presented for its first test.

01.11.1996 @ 12,871 - 31.10.1997 @ 15,651 - 06.11.1998 @ 16,303 - 04.11.1999 @ 16,867 - 07.11.2000 @ 17,374 - 07.11.2001 @ 19,597 - 06.11.2002 @ 20,519 - 08.11.2003 @ 21,350 - 04.11.2004 @ 22,095 - 07.11.2005 @ 23,184 - 06.11.2006 @ 23,996 - 06.11.2007 @ 24,579 - 05.11.2008 @ 25,414 - 06.11.2009 @ 26,389 -05.11.2010 @ 26,851 - 04.11.2011 @ 27,251 - 05.11.2012 @ 27,527 - 04.11.2013 @ 27,960
 
Its arguably something of a future classic in this condition, and no doubt one of the best examples left. I wish I could keep the car until its actually worth something, however this may take quite some time. Who knows, I might even be retired by then, and won't have much time for the Safrane since I will be looking forward to the SAGA holidays on offer and already planning a tour of Britain using an OAP buspass.
 
I have covered between 2-3,000 hassle free miles in the Safrane. Its a lovely car to drive and returns around 38 MPG which surprised me as its quite a large car. It would suit a fellow enthusiast or just someone looking for something comfortable, rare, retro and interesting.



 
The asking price for all this exclusivity, luxury and leather?
 
£995 or nearest offer.
 
Car is located where I live in the Scottish Highlands - near Inverness - the bit that may stop anyone buying it because its a 'just too far away for me'. To combat this I may, under agreement, deliver the car for the cost of fuel and transport back home. Can't say fairer than that!
 
Furthermore, I would also be open to p/x or swap depending on what you have got. Since I will be replacing the Safrane with a more sensible Honda, I would not be averse to something a little different as a second car to run alongside.
 
At the end of the day however, my preference however is for someone to come over, kick the tyres, moan, haggle but generally have a good look around and satisfy themselves before purchase. I have a pair of ramps if anyone wishes to crawl underneath or knock themselves out. Meanwhile, I can supply an unlimited amount of tea, coffee and digestives biscuits. Depending on the offer I might even fill the tank to get you home.

[trigger]

Bloody hell, that's rather nice!

 

Also welcome along.

[Petrolize]

Bloody hell, that's rather nice!

 

Also welcome along.

Thank you! Feel a little guilty having lurked on the forum for so long, only to post a for sale thread, but to be fair it would be good to see it go to somone on here.

[Bren]

My old neighbour had one the same year in grey - i remember that it needed a back box - he had heart failure when given a price!

[Charlie Croker]

I had forgotten how much i like that shape of Saffrane.. Welcome along and GLWTS. Thats not dear for what must be the best one left.

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[hairnet]

go get it northern highlands <3

[Luckythirteen]

No, that's definitely cool. I'm surprised it would do 38mpg too, so practical as well. But since when does that matter, in here?

Good luck and welcome.

[messerschmitt owner]

that's spiffing!

[Cavcraft]

Welcome along, solid gold Autoshite on wheels you have there. GLWTS

[af1]

It's beautiful I wonder if my dad fancies it

 

I know

I'll ask

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Lovely car this, I was admiring it on Ebay. Presume you got the standard issue 'my dog bid on it' or whatever.

[Jim Bergerac]

As used in an episode of 'Lovejoy':

[Lord Sterling]

Yikes. That would be a lovely thing to own and I don't often say this but I actually can afford it. However my money has other places to go unfortunately.

 

Brilliant car, and to top that, used in one of my favourite shows.

 

Good luck with sale.

[Petrolize]

Thank you for the comments throughout the day.

 

I never heard from the winning bidder so sadly have no idea what the excuse would be...

 

Good work in finding the Safrane being featured on LoveJoy, I actually watched the episode it was featured in but cannot find the link now.

 

I have to agree with the comments on it being well priced for the best one left and is indeed prime Autoshite gold – lets hope it finds a buyer on here soon

 

It really is a much loved car and totally unique

 

Here is a full set of photographs:

 

http://s945.photobucket.com/user/h195/library/Safrane

 

Hope the link works

 

Anything else please let me know

[HillmanImp]

As used in an episode of 'Lovejoy':

 

Now, I assume you knew this because its a bit of knowledge from elsewhere on t'interweb or are you the one true geek, the geekfather, the geek of geeks? If you are a geek of that standard I praise you oh lord. 

[dollywobbler]

Corking. MPG seems feasible. My 21 Monaco would easily get 35mpg even with me driving it. 

[cms206]

I don't even like Renaults but that tickles my "hnnnng" bone. These early Safranes are proper lookers too.

[Wilko220]

What a car. Haven't seen one in the wild for a long time (in the UK anyway).

[Petrolize]

To be fair 38-39mpg is the lower expectation, it is actually quite difficult to get under 40mpg. Today I went on an 80 mile round trip in the car, and it cost just £10 in fuel - it had 150 miles of range showing, put in a tenner, and as we speak has 150 miles of range remaining. When you consider the fuel cost was £1.34, thats 48mpg. The trip computer is a little pessimistic however as the reading is lower than this figure.

 

Annoyingly I accidentally re-set the trip computer before setting off (the previous readout had been around 42-43mpg), but here is a photo showing 41.5mpg over 40 miles or so travelling back.
 

This was over a mix of A-roads, the country lanes around the house, and city driving. This was without driving particularly economically (kept up with some of the faster traffic, a couple of overtakes etc) and, had there not been so many roadworks, or had I not chosen to take the long way home, then I would imagine this figure would be a lot higher.

 

Renault put a lot of development into the Safrane in terms of aerodynamics and fitting modern engines, but even so I am still impressed with the cars fuel economy.

 

[Jim Bergerac]

Now, I assume you knew this because its a bit of knowledge from elsewhere on t'interweb or are you the one true geek, the geekfather, the geek of geeks? If you are a geek of that standard I praise you oh lord. 

 

Sad enough to vaguely remember a red Safrane appearing in an episode of Lovejoy. Not quite enough of a geek to know without double checking the reg on IMCDB. The line 'tv featured' in the original post tipped me off.

[25v6turbo]

If anyone on here buys this i have loads of Safrane spares to help out.

Persian Red is a lovely colour,same as my V6 RXE Safrane,and yes they are getting rare now,won,t be long until they vanish forever,might be worth snapping this up whilist its still on the road.

[Guest Breadvan72]

The words 

 

"It was previously owned by a fat old man living in Southwest London. "

 

make this a car of WINNAR.  Every car advert in EVAH should contain those words. 

 

I love the fact that despite its pristine luxo-ness and no doubt capable competence N shiz this is a car of stupendous dullness.  It truly is Autoshite Gold.  Welcome and GLWTS.  Offer it also to PH for shed of the week?

[Petrolize]

Yes, the all important giffer-ownership can be verified by the fact the last owner was spotted on Streetview cleaning the Safrane outside his house in London!

[Ratdat]

I can supply a free set of genuine Renault workshop manuals to the lucky buyer if they want them.

[320touring]

If breadvan asks nicely I could run this Down to him..

 

About time he had a reliable french car rather than the Italian guff he usually has.

[Guest Breadvan72]

IIRC  the technical Autoshite term for a French car is - reliable*

[Angry Sheep]

You don't fancy an old BMW E34 520i, do you? I'm off on a French road trip in August and feel this would be quite suitable.

[Volksy]

Thats really nice, the only one i've seen recently is a metallic blue one that Tatton Park use as a site hack around the park. That one has what I assume is a whiny cambelt so isn't long for this world.

[Petrolize]

Sunday bump!

[Petrolize]

Another bump, would be open to a swap or px of some description!