reno megane van

conor1234

hi everyone im thinking of buying a reno megane van 1.5 diesel.anyone have any experience of these.im thinking of buying a 04 or 05 probably going to be about 100000 miles on the clock. ive heard that the window motors are dirt and the fuel pumps give trouble.does anyone know if a citroen xsara van would be better?

Drummerboy08

Focus van would be a much better buy. Stick to the newer TDCi engine though, the ol 1.8TDDi isnt much good.

If you can stretch, A golf van might be slightly better.

I'd steer clear of both the Xsara and Megane as commercial.

conor1234

the focus and golf seem expensive though.i like the shape of the megane but if its a pile of scrap ill steer clear of it.i only would be using it for lite work and as a car aswell.ill check out the price of the focus van now

conor1234

seems like you would get a 04/05 focus or golf for about 5 to 6 grand.but you could get a megane van/ xsara van for 3 grand easy.thats a big saving.anyone have any experience in meganes

Drummerboy08

conor1234 wrote: »

seems like you would get a 04/05 focus or golf for about 5 to 6 grand.but you could get a megane van/ xsara van for 3 grand easy.thats a big saving.anyone have any experience in meganes

There's a reason they're cheap buddy. Nobody wants them. What does that suggest?

Seriously, fork out for the Focus or Golf. Even an Almera van would be better, although they are rare.

Buy an old 306 for small money

slimjimmc

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

There's a reason they're cheap buddy. Nobody wants them. What does that suggest?

Seriously, fork out for the Focus or Golf. Even an Almera van would be better, although they are rare.

That they fall for marketing hype?

http://www.die-auto-experten.de/blog/2009/04/16/die-adac-pannenstatistik/

ADAC breakdown statistics (the lower the index the better)
2004
Focus 22.2
Megane 41.9
Golf 17.5

2005
Focus 30.6
Megane 23.2
Golf 11.5

2006
Focus 15.8
Megane 8.9
Golf 7.6