Clio Diesel

[dancook]

My girlfriend is soon to pass her test, I currently drive a 04 182 which will not be suitable for her.

I'm thinking of buying an ~06 Clio 1.5dCi, thinking that it will be a very cost effective solution.

Is this a good way to go?

I will certainly miss my 182...

 

[Magic Johnson]

So you'd be the owner and main driver, she'd be a named driver? Go for an 80/100, 65 is too much of a drop coming from a 182.

 

[dancook]

So you'd be the owner and main driver, she'd be a named driver? Go for an 80/100, 65 is too much of a drop coming from a 182.

That's right, I will sell my 182 and be the main drive on the diesel. I'll definitely be on the look out for the new model, I just hope my budget will stretch to afford it.

 

[mat-nos]

buy a mk2 ph2 dci 65 for her....
f**k selling your 182 and sharing a car if its her first, garentee it will be bumped/scraped in the first few months which would piss me right off...

 

[Magic Johnson]

FLOL as cheap as the dCi is, it'd still be expensive running two cars.

 

[dancook]

She can't afford a car on her own, and we're in the process of buying a house together. It would be a nice money break for me to be paying less on the car, since I've just bought a road bike for commuting I'm not driving as much as I used to anyway.

I understand the bit about scraping a newer car, but I might just like to take that risk as a compromise to have a nicer car - for my sake.

 

[Malky]

I've got a 56 plate 1.5DCi mate. Cheap to insure, cheap road tax and most importantly fantastic MPG.

 

[Magic Johnson]

700 miles to this tank. :approve:

 

[Martin_172]

my mrs managed fine at 17 in my 190bhp 172! was only £200 a year or something to add her on too!

however, if your buying a house then the dci is a good step. personally id look to find a Dynamique S DCi 106 as that way you get the 6 speed box, plenty torque and 106bhp, however i beleive they are £90 a year to road tax, if you go for a DCi 86 you get the 5 speed box, still resonable amount of torque but £30 a year road tax. coming from a 182 though id go for the 106.

whats your budget?

few mk3 owners on www.cliodci.net

 

[Malky]

I've not been able to get any better than 600 in mines. Don't know if it being the DCi 86 makes the difference?

 

[Martin_172]

were talking mk2 i beleive the mk3 isnt as good on fuel due to the extra weight, however if its low miles it will get better over time

 

[Malky]

currently sitting on just under 60k, so its had a good run in period.

Most of that is about town, a decent motorway run would most probably have it up near the 700 mark

 

[Magic Johnson]

Mine is COMBINED. 700 miles to a 50 litre tank! Madness!

 

[dancook]

my mrs managed fine at 17 in my 190bhp 172! was only £200 a year or something to add her on too!

however, if your buying a house then the dci is a good step. personally id look to find a Dynamique S DCi 106 as that way you get the 6 speed box, plenty torque and 106bhp, however i beleive they are £90 a year to road tax, if you go for a DCi 86 you get the 5 speed box, still resonable amount of torque but £30 a year road tax. coming from a 182 though id go for the 106.

whats your budget?

few mk3 owners on www.cliodci.net

I declared the stainless steel exhaust, and they see that as a mod and won't insure anyone under 25.

My budget is roughly what I get for my 182, the more the better! I may add a few hundred if I find the right car.

 

[Xanda73]

buy a mk2 ph2 dci 65 for her....
f**k selling your 182 and sharing a car if its her first, garentee it will be bumped/scraped in the first few months which would piss me right off...

Before I got my 172, I had a 1.6 8v Si and when the GF passed, I put her on insurance. In no time at all, my lovingly cared for car had become sh*t tip, and I couldn't stand to be in it, never mind drive it. And I deffo wasn't about to clean all her rubbish out of it every week, so I got another car (172).

Soon, she wrote it off. Now she has a 50 horse power Lupo.

I could never share a car with her, in fact as I told her the other day, if it came down to us only having 1 car, I wouldn't bother driving anymore. Your experience may vary / have GF that isn't so messy, but just thought it might be something else for you to consider.

 

[yAbx]

The dCi is a real good car

i'm do about 50000km/s by year, and it's just 5L/per 100kms.

Very economic and nice, the engine is "funny" not like an HDi or other.

 

[Slinkey]

shes a girl, she wont drive your 182 fast. Also its not like a 182 is a crazy aggressive Ferrari or something, she will be able to drive it fine. If you get rid of the 182 you will regret it.

 

[daydotz]

ive never pushed mine futher then 500miles the weight kills mpg though someone on rs claims upto 70mpg an 56mpg commuting on a couple of dci86s

 

[Magic Johnson]

700 miles to a 50 litre tank...hai.

EDIT: Just realised I've already posted that lol! Whoops

 

[Martin_172]

If you get rid of the 182 you will regret it.

not if you get a 100 and get the best of both worlds!