I bought a pre reg Renault Clio 1.5 diesel dynamique in march 2017, Honestly apart from a engine fault after buying the car with water getting into the engine that got repaired and given 4 years free service plan for compensation, Its the best car we have bought.

The car is comfortable to drive and cheap to run, We got the nice deeper red with the nice black trim and we paid £11,000 for the car.

After reading all the reports on diesel cars loosing money , I feared the worst for the 2nd hand value, or in my case 3rd hand since its pre reg, I have had a offer from we buy any car for £6500 which i thought was good for a car that we have now owned for 3 years 9 months, The car is getting 58MPG with Free road tax plus free service. The only thing we pay for is diesel and insurance plus a MOT.

I was suprised how many manufacturers have now stopped producing diesel cars including renault and i have worked it out that its going to cost me a lot more money to run if i was to change cars, even if i bought another pre reg car,

Ok, My last free full service is coming up and renault have offered me a 3 year service contract for £450 which i dont think i will be taking and i will use a local garage thats cheaper.

The clio is only doing 6000 miles a year and the debate was 4 years ago, Is it worthwhile buying a diesel car if your not doing the miles, I am saying , Its the best decision that i have made , Zero car tax and more miles to the gallon, OK Unleaded is cheaper, But i am getting more miles to the pound.

Regards the value of the car , I expected maybe £4000 from Webuyanycar so suprised how much they have offered and i got it checked over and did not reduce the price, So i am not sure how the value of the car will drop over the next few years or will the car still hold up its value since its zero tax and you cannot buy clio diesels no more. (when i say hold its value, I mean i expect it to drop each year, but by how much)

I guess the next car will be electric, But the price would need to come down by quite a bit and battery life would need to improve, plus charging areas need to improve, at the moment, there is no value in buying electric cars, But i can imagine the gov offering incentives to change to electric in the coming years.

Anyways , I thought that i would give you my thoughts on our clio .