Renault Clio

[PaulMacC]

I'm tempted to get a 2004 Dynamique for my first car. The engine size is 1.1. The car has 60k miles on it and is up for sale for £1800. I'm bringing my Uncle who is a mechanic with me just to check it out but I've heard people tell me Clio's are accident machines waiting to happen. Is this true? Like if I crash in it, am I ******?

[Zyzz]

Hey.

Pretty much all small cars aren't generally the best things to be in when a collision happens but I wouldn't say Mk2 Clios are particularly dangerous.

[awelsh]

MK2 clio's hold up very well in a crash. I flipped my first one at 50 into a bank and it came out like this:



Only injury I had was a bruise on my hip from the seatbelt buckle hitting it and a bleeding nose from hitting the steering wheel.

[danzooo]

It can't be a 1.1 because the smallest engines Clios came with in Mk2 guise were 1.2 8v.

I'm on my second Clio, a 59 plate mk3 with the 1.2 turbo and I love it. I don't exactly know what you mean by "an accident machine waiting to happen", surely that description would only apply to something like this?

[PaulMacC]

Tempted to get this.
Any thoughts?
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-m...cheap/86074113

[GoldenMerc]

Not really keen on Clio's but for a learner its not too shabby!

[Robbie]

Not really keen on Clio's but for a learner its not too shabby!

how dare you

[GoldenMerc]

sorry wobbie, i dunno there just too small for my liking, although a clio 192 or what ever that would float right up my street.

[myke]

I don't understand why it's so cheap to have such a low mileage.. hm.

[GoldenMerc]

I don't understand why it's so cheap to have such a low mileage.. hm.

Clocked back possibly, i only found out last week my first focus was clocked back when i baught it, even though it only had 1 previous owner. bit disapointing.