Saturday Star

Needs a bit more Kwid pro... tection

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a Renault Clio. And I worry that if there is a roll over in a Kwid, the driver has had it.

I know this is the time of the year when many parents are looking at buying student runabouts for their offspring attending university. Would I buy the Kwid for my daughter? No, I wouldn’t. I would look for a betterequi­pped second-hand car for the same money.

However, whatever the price and equipment levels on a car, it makes a lot of financial (and emotional) sense to book your child in for a defensive driving course. That will do more than any equipment level to save their life on the roads.

Mind you, if, like me, you have a daughter who believes (despite the dents and broken mirror evidence to the contrary) that she is the world’s best driver, then good luck…

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