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2010 renault megane hatch - any good?

  • 18-02-2010 2:15pm
    #1
    ciaran75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭


    hi guys,

    i'm seriously thinking about the new renault megane hatch 1.5 Dci
    there is an excellent scrappage deal so for around 15K you can have a brand new car. there are several 2008/2009 going for 14-21K on carzone/cbg etc.so seems a good deal to get a new car. its the new model minus the horrible boot of the older kind.

    does anyone have experience driving these, experiences good/bad?
    they claim 62mpg, is this realistic?
    any other info would be greatly appreciated.

    thanks,


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  • #2
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Theres a couple of very recent threads about this with good opinion and price info.

    EDIT heres the most recent http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055828121


  • #3
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    The 2008 model would probably be the old model which had a terrible rep for being unreliable. The newer model has apperently put alot of that right and comes with a 3 year warranty. At €15k including scrappage it is very good value.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    you can get a 5 year warranty on them for around 400 quid.


  • #5
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    Is it the 3 door or the 5 door you're considering OP? Wouldnt like the styling of the 5 door model at all, especially not the Royale spec model you'd be getting for 15k, very bland. The 3 door doesnt look too bad i guess but nothing special. My main reason for not liking the new megane though, is that it does nothing better than the current focus did 5 years ago.


  • #6
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    My main reason for not liking the new megane though, is that it does nothing better than the current focus did 5 years ago.

    Having a 2008 Focus I'd have to say the Meganes interior, fit and finish and feeling of solidity is leagues ahead of my car. The door 'thuds' when closed, unlike my 'clang'. The interior packaging should be better, rear legroom is not great, but having looked at one I can certainly see the appeal, which extends beyond it bargain pricing.


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  • #7
    ciaran75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 338 ✭✭ciaran75


    thanks for the info guys,

    i looked first at the focus but it is over 18K with scrappage and way outside my budget.

    i would be looking for the 5 door, used to have a 3 door few years back and wasn't worth the hassle. personally also prefer the look of the 5 door.


  • #8
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    ciaran75 wrote: »
    i would be looking for the 5 door, used to have a 3 door few years back and wasn't worth the hassle. personally also prefer the look of the 5 door.

    What about the sports tourer (Grande Megane) - best looking of the lot imo...


  • #9
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Cionád wrote: »
    What about the sports tourer (Grande Megane) - best looking of the lot imo...

    Agree 100%, is also sits on a stretched wheelbase so that takes care of the rear legroom issue. Good looking too.


  • #10
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Cionád wrote: »
    What about the sports tourer (Grande Megane) - best looking of the lot imo...

    +1. More rear leg room too. And the same price.


  • #11
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    Stevie Dakota wrote: »
    Having a 2008 Focus I'd have to say the Meganes interior, fit and finish and feeling of solidity is leagues ahead of my car. The door 'thuds' when closed, unlike my 'clang'. The interior packaging should be better, rear legroom is not great, but having looked at one I can certainly see the appeal, which extends beyond it bargain pricing.

    Fair enough, which spec of megane did you sit into though? I was in a royale spec model, the 15k one and didnt like the interior at all, build quality did seem like a big step up on the old model though, just the whole styling of it didnt make me believe it was a car launched in 2009


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  • #12
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    Fair enough, which spec of megane did you sit into though?

    Think it was the Dynamique, was a bit all over the place though so not sure as I was buying a Clio at the time!


  • #13
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    you can get a 5 year warranty on them for around 400 quid.

    Thru Renault, but not with Renault.


  • #14
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    Probably explains it, the royale i was in just seemed a bit too plasticy for my liking.

    Noticed that too, when looking an ad in the paper for the megane that the estate is the same price, surely a no brainer? Better looking car IMO and a useful amiunt of extra space, will only make the 1.5 dci 86 slower though but probably still adequate to move!


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