Big mistake?

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Yo,

I have a Mazda Mx-5, NC 2.0 which I love.

Kind wanted something more practical, to live along side the Mazda.

I might have bought a Renault Clio DCi, 1.5 88bhp.

I;m sure things wont be that bad, will they?!

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

Yes

 

[Rroff]

What age? I learnt to drive in one many many years ago and it was OK nothing great, nothing terrible.

IIRC there are a few common problems, across several generations of that model, that manifest usually by ~8000 miles so if those have been done it should be OK.

 

[On Holiday]

 

[Rroff]

88bhp from 1.5? What year is it?!

One of my colleagues has (or probably more like had) IIRC 300BHP in a Clio... the engine is ****** (was probably pushed too far) so sounds crazy but it still goes.

 

[adidan]

We had a Renault once. It died.
A friend of mind had a Renault Clio. It died.

That's my only experience of Renault.

 

[Jester*]

On balance. I had a Renault Clio.

Rock solid for the 3 years I owned it.

 

[adidan]

On balance. I had a Renault Clio.

Rock solid for the 3 years I owned it.

TBH i think most manufacturers have their own horror stories although some models in some particular years may have more than others.

 

[Demon]

It’s probably not a bad idea to have a small underpowered diesel, it’ll make your mx5 feel like a rocket ship when you jump in it!

 

[BUDFORCE]

Guys guys really, going over the top a little???

Surely it all depends on how much they paid the OP to take it?

 

[Diddums]

You’re gonna die, soz.

 

[Nasher]

Renault engines are usually ok. With French cars it's usually dodgy electronics

 

[wedrum]

just be prepared for things like when you indicate your wipers come on

 

[adidan]

You’re gonna die, soz.

This tickles me.

 

[King4aDay]

My mother has one of these. It's awful.

 

[kindai]

Drive it into a lake, you'll thank me later.

 

[adidan]

My mother has one of these. It's awful.

My mum can be the same

 

[tom_nieto]

You’re gonna die, soz.

Diesel Clio = RIP

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

Well it's done.

It was £2400, over 3 years its just about £3200.

 

[Stephanie Peterson]

Wait a min... you paid to have it?? i thought it was being given to you along with a nice fat wad of folded pictures of her Maj for the inconvenience.
I mean, its powered from the wrong end by a black cloud making tractor engine built by the second worst assemblers of car electronics ever known.


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