RE: Shed of the Week: Renault Clio
Discussion
My thoughts:
1. I really never liked these.
2. The R5 that went before always looked better to me.
3. Hasn't aged well.
4.I suppose it's cheap to buy and might be cheap to insure.
5.I still don't like it.
6. Probably better than a moped. I guess.
Nah... nah... there has to be something better than this...
1. I really never liked these.
2. The R5 that went before always looked better to me.
3. Hasn't aged well.
4.I suppose it's cheap to buy and might be cheap to insure.
5.I still don't like it.
6. Probably better than a moped. I guess.
Nah... nah... there has to be something better than this...
Dafuq said:
Drive Blind said:
hang on, I have managed to think of something likeable about the clio
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Zammy said:
My sister had one of these as her first car, it was awful the suspension felt like it was made of concrete, the sunroof never stopped leaking which then would play havoc with the central locking. Surely there was something else for SOTW???
gotta have some variety otherwise it'd be nothing but barges, saabs and volvos.Had a black 1992 phase 1 1.4 RT as my first car.
It was in 1999 so 7 years old with 50k miles, it cost me £4,400 and, at the time, was way ahead of the Fiesta and Nova. The 206 didn't exist and the 205 looked 10 years older.
It was well equiped by comparison too. Remote central locking, sun roof, velour trim (mine was plain grey, dunno what this one's playing at), remote radio function. I didn't find the gearshift any where near as long a throw as the mk3 Fiesta either.
As mentioned, it seemed quite torquey and I had it up to 95mph on my test track once. I lowered mine and put 17's on it, it looked bad ass.
I think if you want a mk1 easy investment though you need to find a tidy 16v model and keep it. They're getting really rare now and are brilliant little cars at a fraction of the cost of a Williams.
It was in 1999 so 7 years old with 50k miles, it cost me £4,400 and, at the time, was way ahead of the Fiesta and Nova. The 206 didn't exist and the 205 looked 10 years older.
It was well equiped by comparison too. Remote central locking, sun roof, velour trim (mine was plain grey, dunno what this one's playing at), remote radio function. I didn't find the gearshift any where near as long a throw as the mk3 Fiesta either.
As mentioned, it seemed quite torquey and I had it up to 95mph on my test track once. I lowered mine and put 17's on it, it looked bad ass.
I think if you want a mk1 easy investment though you need to find a tidy 16v model and keep it. They're getting really rare now and are brilliant little cars at a fraction of the cost of a Williams.
Edited by PHMatt on Friday 4th August 15:34
My old barried up one i sold 13 years ago
top of the range 1.4 the champes elleyse
Edited to add this was back in the day when base spec poverty low end cars came with orange side repeaters horrible alloys if you were lucky bare plastic body bumpers etc.
Unlike today when a 1.2 comes looking really sporty so the modifying scene was massive back then and you could make a base level car such as sheds find look semi respectable.
top of the range 1.4 the champes elleyse
Edited to add this was back in the day when base spec poverty low end cars came with orange side repeaters horrible alloys if you were lucky bare plastic body bumpers etc.
Unlike today when a 1.2 comes looking really sporty so the modifying scene was massive back then and you could make a base level car such as sheds find look semi respectable.
Edited by slipstream 1985 on Friday 4th August 15:53
Gribs said:
I just don't get the point of this. My dad got a 3 door 15 years ago after a taxi wrote off his 5 Gtx. It was rubbish even then, to the point that even the 1.4 mk3 Astra merit I owned was better to drive.
Hateful cars, with no redeeming features.- Poorly built
- Horrible driving position
- Dreadful ergonomics and refinement
- Useless rear seats
- Slower than a glacier
- Wobblier than my mother's trifle
C70R said:
Gribs said:
I just don't get the point of this. My dad got a 3 door 15 years ago after a taxi wrote off his 5 Gtx. It was rubbish even then, to the point that even the 1.4 mk3 Astra merit I owned was better to drive.
Hateful cars, with no redeeming features.- Poorly built
- Horrible driving position
- Dreadful ergonomics and refinement
- Useless rear seats
- Slower than a glacier
- Wobblier than my mother's trifle
C70R said:
Gribs said:
I just don't get the point of this. My dad got a 3 door 15 years ago after a taxi wrote off his 5 Gtx. It was rubbish even then, to the point that even the 1.4 mk3 Astra merit I owned was better to drive.
Hateful cars, with no redeeming features.- Poorly built
- Horrible driving position
- Dreadful ergonomics and refinement
- Useless rear seats
- Slower than a glacier
- Wobblier than my mother's trifle
PHMatt said:
C70R said:
Gribs said:
I just don't get the point of this. My dad got a 3 door 15 years ago after a taxi wrote off his 5 Gtx. It was rubbish even then, to the point that even the 1.4 mk3 Astra merit I owned was better to drive.
Hateful cars, with no redeeming features.- Poorly built
- Horrible driving position
- Dreadful ergonomics and refinement
- Useless rear seats
- Slower than a glacier
- Wobblier than my mother's trifle
These are dreadful.
I inherited my wife's grandma's one. It had been doing 600 miles for the last few years so after 15 years finally got up to something like 30k. One of the original tyres was still on the front ...
Hearing about Clio handling from car magazines ( Williams et al ) I once drove it around a roundabout for 20 laps just to try and get that back wheel in the air. I just got dizzy and the car just sagged into sadness....
Finally it lost a cylinder. On the upside the rear light bulbs are easy to replace.
I inherited my wife's grandma's one. It had been doing 600 miles for the last few years so after 15 years finally got up to something like 30k. One of the original tyres was still on the front ...
Hearing about Clio handling from car magazines ( Williams et al ) I once drove it around a roundabout for 20 laps just to try and get that back wheel in the air. I just got dizzy and the car just sagged into sadness....
Finally it lost a cylinder. On the upside the rear light bulbs are easy to replace.
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