Clio has a better turning circle than the Punto, it is noticable.

wolfracepunto said:

Clio has a better turning circle than the Punto, it is noticable.

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WOW *rushes out to buy clio to do doughnuts*

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Yeah turning circle is the most important thing on a car you know :nutter:

dave said:

*looks with hypnotic eyes* you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto you will pick punto, you will pick punto

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LIKE I KEEP SAYING I WILL BE TEST DRIVING BOTH CARS THEN MAKE MY CHOICE, I LIKE BOTH CARS. BUT THE CLIO HAS MORE SPEC OVER THE PUNTO!!!! :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

thanks

rich

lol, calm down fella, we're only teasing! You can't expect a Fiat Forum to tell you to buy the french option

Well, Paul will. He'd even tell you that the horn played the trumpet voluntary from 'Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba' though!

Why don't you show us the specs and the price of each car, then we can see where you're coming from. In general puntos are cheaper...

i'd have the clio

nwmlargee said:

i'd have the clio

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thank you, i know the punto is the chepest but you pay that bit more to get standard remote loking and a cd player with the clio

thanks

rich

Having seen my uncle go through a spate of 1.2 Clios as a driving instructor's car, he is now sick and tired of them, and looking to move away from them soon.

nwmlargee said:

plus they are quicker and better handling and have a huge base of mods to personalise the car from the punto is good but not that good tbh

are you buying new?

my friend has a clio 1.2 16v on a pcp lease hire agreement which means he can chop it in at 1 yr or 2 yrs or 3yrs for a 182 for when the insurance goes down

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no used, it will be cheaper for me what do you think i will get with 4000 to 4500 then????????


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rich

p.s wish me good look with my first exam at 1.30pm this afternoon (I AM DREAING IT!!)

Reliability on the Renaults ain't any better than the Fiats, maybe even worse from what owners at work have been telling me.

wolfracepunto said:

Im driving a Clio and enjoying it actually- It feels better built, but it's only done 4k miles. Which spec/year would you get in both cars?

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Gotta agree here, to me the Clio felt like less of a tin can than the Punto. More like a real car.

But then again I much prefer the look of the mk3's to the clios, I'm only driving an el cheapo mk2 myself, not a sporting or anything.

I keep seeing a bright yellow mk3 (sporting?) bombing around the place here and it looks beautiful

Clio is a little common.

So my verdict, interior clio wins, exterior punto wins.

Hehe, I didn't really help at all did I

I thought the handling of the clio was better, at high speed because it was a sturdier car it didn't bounce around as much and was a smoother ride in traffic. My punto doesn't like second gear @ 10-15mph struggles. This could just be individual to my car though. My punto also has the juddering problem which is familiar to many mk2's.

I know you probably don't want a HGT but just to illustrate the point there is one on autotrader a 51 reg 30000 miles for just £4295 - that will have every toy imagineable RCL A/C and all that stuff.

Just pointing out that you can get an amazing spec punto for that price, if you're looking at a sporting you should find 'em with very low milage and much newer for the same price.

i really don't like the punto sporting (gotta think of ma insurance)

thanks

rich

So are you looking at a 1.2 8v then? If so you should get a nearly new one for your budget, they really are very very cheap.

I'm sure you can get deals on the clios too but I'm not sue what you want any more... are you comparing with a 16v clio in which case obviously it will be a lot faster or the 1.1 one?

Before I bought my sporting, I test drove the clio 1.2 dynamic, corsa sxi, and the punto. The clio felt the slowest of them all tbh. The corsa just felt boring. I knew straight away when I got out the punto I was buyin it. Just as well cos every chav in paisley has got a clio or corsa now

ps. clio's look silly with 17s (imo)

ok then give me 3 good reasions why i should buy a clio or a punto.

the reasons can be up to you!!!

thanks

rich

Buy an Astra - all devout Punto owners do

Stuart DemonD said:

Buy an Astra - all devout Punto owners do

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oi he might think your serious if he wasnt here yesterday

dave said:

oi he might think your serious if he wasnt here yesterday

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ok yes sorry about that i had an exam on that day and i was very nervious about it, so i am sorry.

When I do pass my my test (touch wood) I will be test driving a lot of cars to see which one I would like!!

Thanks

Rich