Foglight and associated are being replaced finally, and I have an Enterprise rental car for the next few days - an 08 plate black Fiesta Zetec. It's way not as nice as the Clio inside, it's very bland and boring and has a couple of annoying intermittent rattles as well. It all looks a lot cheaper than mine, and the glovebox and stuff feels a lot less well screwed together as well. So, I guess that's just cos it's a cheap Fiesta vs a top model Clio, but it does also show that Renault have indeed upped their game with their new models - fit and finish wise.
Obviously it's a lot slower and handles a lot worse than mine - but again it is only a little engined Zetec model so it's not a fair comparison. The seats are pretty comfy - not much good at holding you in but very super soft, which is quite nice.
Not much else to say really, although Mum loves it. I didn't actually ask what engine it had, well, Mum didn't as she picked it up for me heh, and on returning she said it was a Zetec, and I said it was probably the standard
1.25 but she was convinced it was a bigger engine than that. I've only driven it round the village so it's hard to tell really, and also being used to mine it just felt slow. But as Mum is used to the 1.0 Arosa she's probably in a slightly better position to judge it. I still think it's only a 1.25 and the problem is the massive shitness of the Arosa making her think a 1.2 can't be nippy because her 1.0 is just not, at all. People who bought Polos with this engine must have been so very high and had so little interest in driving, I'm surprised they didn't just buy a bus pass instead.I know it's customary to have opinions on cars you've driven around here - but I have to admit that having driven the Fiesta, I don't really like it. It'd be fine for people who just want to tootle around slowly, which is who it's aimed at of course, but it's not for me. Can quite see Mum buying one though - she's using it instead of the Arosa to go to work and stuff cos she loves it haha!