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Advice on buying a Renault Megane
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18-01-2009 11:24pm#1
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I wouldn't buy one and I wouldn't buy a Focus either, sick of them
Mazda 3 walks over both.
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=12899060 -
Tony Broke wrote: »I wouldn't buy one and I wouldn't buy a Focus either, sick of them
Mazda 3 walks over both.
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1289906
Breaking news:
The Mazda 3 is a Ford Focus underneath.
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OK, I bought 2 x new scenic's (1.4 petrol), and 1 used RX4 1.9 diesel (4 x 4 Scenic).
The petrol 1.4's only ever gave one problem - coil packs. Now, it so happens that half the Opel and VAG cars have the same issue, so 6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other, really. New coil packs on the 'net for Eur100, and 10 mins to fit yourself if/when they fail. No garage needed.
The 1.9 RX4 was a really, really beautiful car, but an old-fashioned diesel, so slow. But of the 3, it's the one the SO preferred. Me, I preferred the 1.4 petrol. With 98bhp, it's no slouch, and outperforms a lot of other 1.6's too, whilst being cheaper to tax. I used to drive the nuts off it, and it never, ever consumed any oil in 90k miles. The EGR valve went in the diesel, so that was annoying, but not a big deal, either.
Now, preface: I have a 19 year old Mazda MX-5, for years. It is singularly the most reliable car I have ever owned, barring, possibly, a Cinquecento (:) )...so, when our NEW 07 Galaxy 1.8Tdci threw electronic and turbo problems, at 918kms from NEW....I deigned to change to a Mazda, but a diesel one, basing my decision on the reliability of the MX-5. Big, Big, Huge, mistake.
Fast forward a bit, and we changed to a (cheaper :rolleyes: ) Mazda MPV with the 2.0RF common rail diesel. This is the same engine as in the 6, btw. A complete and utter mechanical disaster. And don't just took take my word for it.....have a look HERE I know someone else in Galway now, also with an 02 Mazda diesel now experiencing the same problems. Huge, extortionate spare part prices as well. Avoid like the plague. I've had to write off a car I paid 13k for, after 4 months over it, and then buy another car AS WELL, to replace.
I wouldn't take a Mazda diesel if I got it for free.
Petrol, different matter.
Me? We should have kept the Renault petrol's. I still see the one we sold running around, still in ex condition.........and I kick myself everytime I see it.
All, as they say, my 0.02. Well, actually, Eur 13,500.02.......:mad:
Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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OK, I bought 2 x new scenic's (1.4 petrol), and 1 used RX4 1.9 diesel (4 x 4 Scenic).
The petrol 1.4's only ever gave one problem - coil packs. Now, it so happens that half the Opel and VAG cars have the same issue, so 6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other, really. New coil packs on the 'net for Eur100, and 10 mins to fit yourself if/when they fail. No garage needed.
The 1.9 RX4 was a really, really beautiful car, but an old-fashioned diesel, so slow. But of the 3, it's the one the SO preferred. Me, I preferred the 1.4 petrol. With 98bhp, it's no slouch, and outperforms a lot of other 1.6's too, whilst being cheaper to tax. I used to drive the nuts off it, and it never, ever consumed any oil in 90k miles. The EGR valve went in the diesel, so that was annoying, but not a big deal, either.
Now, preface: I have a 19 year old Mazda MX-5, for years. It is singularly the most reliable car I have ever owned, barring, possibly, a Cinquecento (:) )...so, when our NEW 07 Galaxy 1.8Tdci threw electronic and turbo problems, at 918kms from NEW....I deigned to change to a Mazda, but a diesel one, basing my decision on the reliability of the MX-5. Big, Big, Huge, mistake.
Fast forward a bit, and we changed to a (cheaper :rolleyes: ) Mazda MPV with the 2.0RF common rail diesel. This is the same engine as in the 6, btw. A complete and utter mechanical disaster. And don't just took take my word for it.....have a look HERE I know someone else in Galway now, also with an 02 Mazda diesel now experiencing the same problems. Huge, extortionate spare part prices as well. Avoid like the plague. I've had to write off a car I paid 13k for, after 4 months over it, and then buy another car AS WELL, to replace.
I wouldn't take a Mazda diesel if I got it for free.
Petrol, different matter.
Me? We should have kept the Renault petrol's. I still see the one we sold running around, still in ex condition.........and I kick myself everytime I see it.
All, as they say, my 0.02. Well, actually, Eur 13,500.02.......:mad:
My missus is on her 2nd Scenic now (moved from a 00 1.4 to an 05 1.6 Grand Scenic) both great cars and the only issues we've had so far was the Grand Scenic was making a grinding noise on start up, which was fixed in a day under warranty, which included them doing the timeign belt at the same time seeign as it was coming off anyway
, andthe rear drivers side quarter panel seems to be magnestised because it's been crashed into 3 times (once on the first scenic and trwice on the new one). Only on the first scenic was the missus in the car at the time. The 2 times the new ones been hit was by anonymous people in car parks .****. 0 -
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Well done - a car for the price of a wheel weight ?
Winning nomination for Bangernomics Hall of Fame methinks. A pic....and a receipt for the wheelweight should get you a prize ! Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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