Renault Modus Oasis 1.2 16v 75BHP
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Renault Modus Oasis 1.2 16v 75BHP
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Well Built, But I Miss The Under-the-carpet Storag
Well built, but I miss the under-the-carpet storage corners that other cars have in the boot. Door pockets are enormous: I can fit my wheel-wrench in one of them. Easy to get a non-metallic model off the dealer, which is rare for Renault.
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I Bet Most Buyers Of Smaller Renaults Automaticall
I bet most buyers of smaller Renaults automatically plump for a Clio without realising the Renault Modus Oasis 1.2 16v 75BHP exists!
Modus's comparative rarity means there are some great pre-reg new car deals. This brand-new Modus cost £8295 on the road. Most new Clios cost at least £3000 more, so the only Renault rival on price is a secondhand previous-shape Clio (or new, old-shape, Clio Campus). Get a new Modus! It's vastly superior to the 2001-2005 Clio.
Modus is 12ft 5ins long, new Clio is 13ft long (i.e. the same size as a Mk1 Astra). 13ft is too big for some small car buyers, Modus is a traditional small car length, but bigger inside than cars costing twice as much (a cliche I know, but true).
Modus is made in Spain, so it's ideal for people who don't like the French! The Spanish-build quality is very good, with none of the annoying glitches you get on French cars (do airbag warning lights ring a bell, Clio drivers?!).
Another Modus reviewer said the boot is small. Does he/she realise the rear seat can be adjusted into 4 different positions back & forth? Yes, the boot is small with the rear seat fully back, but it's OK in the intermediate positions & the boot is certainly big enough for a couple of full-size suitcases with the back seat fully forward and there's still plenty of rear seat head and legroom!
Performance is good enough from the 1.2 16v 75BHP engine, there's no need to spend more on a bigger engine (get an MG ZR if you want a hot hatch!).
I brimmed the fuel tank before doing a 40 mile round trip to Egham and two 128 mile round trips to Crawley and brimmed the tank afterwards: 44.2MPG AVERAGE. Why spend more on a mucky diesel when the petrol version is this frugal?
Message for Susan Day,
I'm not familiar with the "Tide" version of Audi's A4 that your partner drives. Is it a limited edition, or is it sponsored by the well-known soap-powder manufacturer?
...I am familiar with Audi's A4 1.9TDi however, because I followed one (not a ten year old model, but a "53" registration; no more than 3 years old) along the A329 between Ascot & Virginia Water this year:2006.
This late-model diesel Audi was driven along a de-restricted road at around 35 MPH, so it was being driven in a very restrained manner, yet every time the driver squeezed the throttle (e.g. on the exit of a bend, or the foot of a hill) there was a puff of black smoke (diesel muck, if you like).
Diesels might have low emissions when new, but start belching smoke very, very quickly (at much lower mileages than petrol engines give off smoke), regardless of whether they're made by a common mass-manufacturer who sells millions of cars to French farmers and Spaniards, or whether they're a 'premium' product aimed at badge-obsessed car-snobs with more money than car knowledge, who perceive mass-market and smaller cars as inferior and unrefined.
“Mucky diesel” I think you are possibly living ten years behind everyone else. My partner has an Audi A4 1.9 Tide, and it pulls like a train, much stronger than the petrol version we had before, and no muck in sight. I suppose on a car such as a Modus Oasis the diesel version would be cruder though.
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