Clios Cheap frills? Rubbish!

[Steve2004]

I thought my clio was a heap but it seems I've been one of the lucky ones.

- Car cost = £6k (was back in Oct 2004 though!)
- Insurance, petrol and tax are needed on all cars so shouldn't really be included.
- Same with MOT (never had to pay any extra than the standard MOT cost)
- Services cost about £90, so no more than any other car would cost.
- Cam belt = £250
- New exhaust (old one broke bang on 40k miles) = £300
- New front brake pads = Only cost about £30.
- A belt tensioner needed replacing = £150.
- New headlight bulbs = £10

That's it for costs in 2.5 years and 20k miles.

It hasn't been faultless though; I've had to call the AA man out twice, but neither time cost me any money. An electric window mechanism broke but managed to fix it myself.
It's even still on the same tyres which came with it (plus I've got two unused spares too).

So I think it's a cheap car. Although saying all this, I bet the engine drops out tomorrow! Then the wheels will fall off.

 

[Martin_172]

air filter £35
4x new dynamique wheels - £200
4X speedline turinis - £400
FK Coilovers - £700
new interior - £400
ICE - £1200
couple of exterior bits - £200

You didn't need theser though did you.

Most of the other stuff was down to the age of the car brakes etc you have to change on any car so that not the cars fault.

as i said they wern't needed but thats what it cost me for cheap thrills, that wernt so cheap

 

[RichMcc]

Well name me a performance car that is cheep to run?
The higher the performance the lower the reliability and the more expensive it is to maintain!
Look at an Evo, needs servicing every 4.5k to 6.5k!!!!
RX7... engine rebuild every 60k and drinks fuel like a fish!

The clio rs is probably "the" cheepest performance car out there imo and anyone that says it doesn't give them a thrill is a full of it

 

[chris_p]

Well name me a performance car that is cheep to run?
The higher the performance the lower the reliability and the more expensive it is to maintain!
Look at an Evo, needs servicing every 4.5k to 6.5k!!!!
RX7... engine rebuild every 60k and drinks fuel like a fish!

The clio rs is probably "the" cheepest performance car out there imo and anyone that says it doesn't give them a thrill is a full of it

Mg zs180 is also very good value for the money, not to be underestimated

 

[Matt@Stealthsport]

Well name me a performance car that is cheep to run?
The higher the performance the lower the reliability and the more expensive it is to maintain!
Look at an Evo, needs servicing every 4.5k to 6.5k!!!!
RX7... engine rebuild every 60k and drinks fuel like a fish!

The clio rs is probably "the" cheepest performance car out there imo and anyone that says it doesn't give them a thrill is a full of it

Mg zs180 is also very good value for the money, not to be underestimated

Err no there rubbish.

 

[chris_p]

Mg zs180 is also very good value for the money, not to be underestimated

Err no there rubbish.

lol, whys that?

 

[AlexS]

^^^Head Gasket central.

 

[chris_p]

^^^Head Gasket central.

It's rare on the v6, unlike the shite 1.8 vvc!