What do you think - Clio to buy or not to buy?

saintjanet

Have you seen the watchdog reports on clio bonnets flying open at speed?Very worrying if you are buying one,Renault deny there is a problem!!

Poppy9

saintjanet wrote:

Have you seen the watchdog reports on clio bonnets flying open at speed?Very worrying if you are buying one,Renault deny there is a problem!!

The watchdog report also showed that the newer clios had a modified bonnet clip.

5alive

clios came up 1 star out of 5 for safety in european safety checks, apparently not that durable in crashes.

Poppy9 wrote:

I'm thinking of buying one of these. Good price for new car me thinks.

Pros?
Cons?

5alive

go onto http://www.euroncap.com/ for results of Reno clio crash test





QUOTE=5alive]clios came up 1 star out of 5 for safety in european safety checks, apparently not that durable in crashes.[/QUOTE]

saintjanet

Poppy9 wrote:

The watchdog report also showed that the newer clios had a modified bonnet clip.

Sorry ,i must be getting confused,i thought you were buying the last model,not the brand new model which is not modified but has a different type of catch.As i said earlier Renault will not admit there was ever a problem so they will not do a recall on the older models.

rikbar

Hi poppy9,

I would steer well clear of this vehicle, you are thinking of buying a Clio II which is the vehicle with the dodgy bonnet clip and the one that came last out of 10 super minis for reliability, the reason it did really well in the next report was because the Clio III was being tested instead, which is a much much better car.

My girlfriend has a Clio II, bought brand new when they released the next model at a great discount. The discount was deserved though as the car has had faults, one after the other, and even left her stranded on the side of the M5 for hours whilst less than a year old (electrical fault). Renault are improving slightly but some models are still old and therefore unreliable, if you want a good deal buy anything but French, they are cheap for a reason.

Poppy9

I was in work today and everybody told me not to buy their model/make car with the exception of the Toyota & Scoda owners:o Does nobody like their car or do they want to keep it exclusive in the car park:rolleyes:

Need_More_Money_2

Everyone I know who's had a Renault car has had loads of problems with them. They also rate fairly badly at http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/

pinkfluffybabe

5alive wrote:

clios came up 1 star out of 5 for safety in european safety checks, apparently not that durable in crashes.

Rubbish! :rolleyes:

It has a 5 star Euro NCAP safety rating. One of the safest small cars on the road!!

I have just traded in my mark 2 clio for a mark 3. The mark 2 never broke down on me once and so far, one month in, the mark 3 is excellent.

Yes, the car does score badly on the reliability index and yes many drivers have problems. But when I was deciding what car to buy at new year, I didn't find a single make/model that no one had had a problem with. Sometimes it is the luck of the draw.

It is safe small car, it is well designed and enjoyable to drive. Beyond that it is really down to personal preference. Take a test drive and see what you think.

Need_More_Money_2

pinkfluffybabe wrote:

Rubbish! :rolleyes:


Yes, the car does score badly on the reliability index and yes many drivers have problems. But when I was deciding what car to buy at new year, I didn't find a single make/model that no one had had a problem with. .

I'm sure that is true to some extent. You'll always find someone who's had a good experience with a particular car and others who've had bad experiences. However, I've never heard as many people say bad things about a make of car as I have about Renault. The reliability index seems to back that up as a larger sample.

It seems that Japanese cars are the way to go! For small cars, the Yaris always seems to get great reviews. Although, I think the new Corsas are now getting good reviews too, so maybe the non-Japanese manufacturers are catching up