Should I buy an 06 Clio for £3000?

I am not interested in cars, so I get my mum and dad to go around looking for me. They recently found a black Clio somewhere local at a garage (my dad is too scared to go and buy from people's houses, idiot) that is selling for £3000.

Is an 06 Clio with 94,000 on the clock worth 3k? I feel it's a bit steep.

No point buying a car that's nearly at 100K. You might as well buy something over 100K you'll probably get it for a fair bit cheaper.

I assume its the newer shape Clio (MK3)? and not the older shape

Like this:

French cars are made of cheese, don't go near them!

You're a ****ing tool.

Come on then, clever clogs. How am I a ****ing tool?
I didn't mean it literally, just in case you are dense enough to think that. It means that they are badly engineered, made of low quality materials, very difficult to work on, unreliable and expensive for what they are. I've been working on cars for over 10 years.

For example, to change the top strut bushes on the old generation laguna, you had to take the fuel tank off. Which wouldn't be too bad, but the fuel tank bolts are on the underside, and on a 10+ year old car made of pig iron, are rusted to ****, so you have to grind them off. Just next to the fuel tank. Great. And then, as renault don't do new ones, you have to fabricate new fasteners, and weld them on. All to get to a bush that takes the best part of 10 mins to do on an equivalent Mondeo/Accord.

So, aye, I'm a ****ing tool.

Nearly all makes of cars have awkward jobs on them, but do you base an entire brands reputation on one car?

Do people stop buying Civic type R's, because it's a whole sub frame off job to change the clutch? Do people stop buying Lotus' or Alfa Coupes, because to change Cambelt's it's an engine out job?

Expensive? Really? French cars are renowned for depreciating like stones........meaning a brilliant 2nd hand market. Compare a equal spec Clio to a Polo and see wh

Unreliable? 10 years ago, maybe, but look at current stats clicky. Not a mention of Reno.

The interior plastics are crap, I'll give you that though, but no worse than a Eastern car.......

Yes, all cars have awkward jobs, but most manufacturers do their best to engineer out the awkwardness, but from all the french cars I've worked on in the last decade, I really don't think they do.

Yes, they depreciate steeply, thus making them expensive. You don't really seem to understand this. French cars are worth less, because they are less reliable, less desirable, and in general, a substandard product.

Well done on the link, of the top 5 most unreliable cars, 2 were french. Just google "frenc car reliability" and see for yourself the terrible reviews they get.

Yah, that's the one, but the one I want is black.

No way is that worth £3000. You should be able to get the mk3 clio for that which is a much better car.

Decent spec one here for £3500 with lower mileage and in bllaaaccckkkkkkkkk

http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201305236917685/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_10_years_old/model/clio/make/renault/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/40/postcode/nope/page/5?logcode=p