Renault Clio 1.2 3-door

Well my poor old Micra has been replaced, as yet she retains her space on the drive and in my affections but she is no longer my mode of transportation, that honour now falls to a P reg Clio. No less scruffy looking than the Micra it cost me less to buy, and hopefully will last me as well over thenext 12 months as she did before it. The model I have is the 1.2, 3 door Oasis. It has in common with the Micra that it has a sunroof which is by far my preference over air con which to my mine remains an expensive and silly thing to have (unless of course you suffer from asthma or similar due to traffic fumes). It used to have remote locking but at some point in its ...

My son has just turned 17, and so I decided to get him a car to learn to drive in. I didn't want anything too fast or powerful that he couldn't handle, or something too flashy or expensive (he'd simply scrape it/bump it etc). So, after much deliberation, I settled on a pristine 1999 Renault Clio 1.2. The inside is a long distance away from the cars that I'm used to, but it's not unbearable. There are lots of plastics, but, with teh heating on I find it quite cosy, and the seats are very comfortable. Space in the rear is perfectly acceptable, and I can happily fit there (I'm 6') for a journey of a couple of hours if I need to. Wind noise at motorway speeds ...

"New Shape" Renault Clio 1.2 16v Dynamique, first launched April 2001 ------------------------- I decided to buy a new car in September 2001, after having saved up. I was initially looking for something in the region of £7000, but ended up spending a little more. I wouldn't normally buy a car from new, as we all know about the huge drop in value as soon as you drive out of the showroom. However several factors persuaded me that it isn't such a bad thing to buy a brand new motor. Firstly, every major car manufacturer has started offering three year warranties on new cars in the last couple of years. This is because they had to ...