Clio v Colt

|MarK|

which car do u guys think would be a better buy
There both 02s and around the same price nct tax ect, even the miles are the same,
only difference is the clio is sold by a dealer and the colt is private.


Any ideas guys, anyone had any experience with either.

cynos

Colt for reliability

Steve

Disregarding the relative merits of each car, if you buy from the dealer then you have the protection of the sale of goods act when buying from a dealer - basically means that there is an implied warranty with the car regardless of what they say.
There's no such protection when buying privately.

If all things were equal though, I'd go with the mitsi for reliability.

starbelgrade

They're both either cars for women or souped up tins for hormaonaly driven teenage boys.

Take yr pick.

|MarK|

starbelgrade wrote: »

They're both either cars for women or souped up tins for hormaonaly driven teenage boys.

Take yr pick.

Right cheers for the lame comment there you steam boat keep ur hormone talk in a relevant thread , cheers for the 2 comments from the other lads though i was thinking more so towards the mitzi as everyone says there reliable, anyone ever had any problems with them.

The Big Red Button

When I went looking for a car, the Clio was my first choice. Other possibilities were Starlets, Civics and Corollas.

I ended up with a Mitsubishi Colt and do not regret it for a second! It's a 1998 but it flew through an NCT in August 08 and another service since with no problems. People literally do not believe me about how little petrol it uses - it's actually ridiculous.

One flaw - if you have things/people in the car, then the acceleration (especially for overtaking) is sh1te.

But for me, I couldn't ask for more in a first car. I honestly cannot pick out one other problem with it. I do have a friend with a Clio, and (yes it sounds silly, but) it just has no character compared to my Colt

That's just my own experience, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the Colt to anyone.

Graham_B18C

The colt is a super lil car, I'd always rank it above all the other smaller cars, i'd put it up with the Civic. Well the older ones anyway.

I don't think you can go wrong with the Colt

AlanSparrowhawk

i'd rather have a bit of both and have a clit.

Steve

Easy up on the comments lads, none of us wants to get banned

I'm driving '97 mitsi FTO at the mo and she's sweet as a kitten, reliability is good but it also depends on how well it was looked after.

Renaults are Renaults, IMO you can get good ones or you can get bad ones - you can never tell. I've yet to find a good one reliability wise. I reckon they the had a controls designer who had the adage 'if it aint broke, add more features'

|MarK|

AlanSparrowhawk wrote: »

i'd rather have a bit of both and have a clit.

Ur in the wrong thread mate ill redirect your here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=255.

apparently colts have a better resale value as well. I think im sold on the colt, im going to see it tomorrow hope im not disappointed.

The Big Red Button

|MarK| wrote: »

which car do u guys think would be a better buy
There both 02s and around the same price nct tax ect, even the miles are the same,
only difference is the clio is sold by a dealer and the colt is private.


Any ideas guys, anyone had any experience with either.

I have to say, I'm surprised that a private 02 Colt would be sold at the same price as a garage 02 Clio? I would think that you should be able to argue the price of the 02 Colt down quite a bit.

As per my previous post, I'm very much pro the Colt

|MarK|

yeah im pretty sure i could knock 200 maybe even 300 off the price if iv got cash in hand, its hard to refuse cash when its being handed over to you.

Graham_B18C

chatterpillar wrote: »

I have to say, I'm surprised that a private 02 Colt would be sold at the same price as a garage 02 Clio?

I always thought that Colts were a lil bit more expensive than the likes of Clio's and the like. Same as Civic's

And try get more than 2 or 3 hundred off! It's worth a try, better in your pocket than theirs

civildefence

Get the colt

colm_mcm

Strange one, I too drive a Mitsubishi, same as Steve, but in this case I'd probably go for the Clio.

Clio is safer
Nicer interior
Nicer engine
Seats are more comfortable
Colt hasn't got electric windows
Colt is niosier than the Clio
The Colt is a reskin of a 1991 model

The Clio is actually quite reliable. Now so is the Colt, but I'd still get the Clio given the choice of the 2 cars.

On the other hand, I'd probably buy a Mazda 323 or Toyota Corolla before either of them.

Cosmo K

Colm is 100% right, +1 for the Clio!

EPM

Another +1 for the Clio. It's pretty reliable, maybe not as reliable as the Colt, but has a better image, is nicer to drive and basically a more modern car

Biro

The Colt is bullet proof, but the engine is poor. It's thirsty for a 1.3 and very under powered. It won't go wrong though.
The Clio has a better engine, and would be more comfortable and better sound insulated. Either car is good, you won't really go wrong with either. Personally I'd go a class up and get a Civic.

|MarK|

cheers for the help everyone..
anyone have any experience with the Renault clio expression model, is it better than the normal model or is it the same.

colm_mcm

That's a basic model, try and get an Extreme, Sport, Sensation or Dynamique model.

|MarK|

The dynamic pretty much looks the same as the expression apart from the interior, is there any real difference in a 1.2 expression and a 1.2 dynamic.

SV

starbelgrade wrote: »

They're both either cars for women or souped up tins for hormaonaly driven teenage boys.

Take yr pick.

I'm 21 and drive a Clio with just shy of 180bhp. Does this offend you?


Op, i'm slightly biased here but get the clio.
My first car was a 99clio, I wanted a colt but they were too expensive at time.. Looking back on it i'm delighted I got the clio.
Re:reliability comments, the clio is very reliable, despite what everyone thinks.

colm_mcm

|MarK| wrote: »

The dynamic pretty much looks the same as the expression apart from the interior, is there any real difference in a 1.2 expression and a 1.2 dynamic.

Pretty much all the clios have electric windows, remote locking, CD etc. but the higher models get things like remote stereo, front fogs, leather wheel, silvery bits on the dash, sunroof and elecric mirrors.
Renault always introduce special edition models. some overlap others. As far as I know Dynamique has most of the things listed above.

Some of the older Renault special editions were based on the expression models.