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Anyone Owned A Vel Satis

  • 06-11-2014 9:47pm
    #1
    dbrunson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭


    HI, has anyone on here owned a velsatis? im toying with the idea of buying one and was curious about ownership experience's.. ( would be petrol model ). Many thanks


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  • #2
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,760 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Not me but if it's good enough for the President of France.....


  • #3
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    The only one I ever knew of in Ireland was a black 2.0t and sat in a garage I worked in for about a month waiting on stuff from Renault. To drive it was fairly comfy and well spec'd but the reality that it a was just a megane on steroids would put me off what was suppose to be a luxibarge. For the money I'd have prefered a Citroen C6, if I had to buy a frenchie.


  • #4
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    My old vice principal had one. He looked stupid in it, because, well he was a stupid c*nt

    Fairly comfy though, if you can live with the exterior. Fancy the 3.5 version?


  • #5
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,154 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Not me but if it's good enough for the President of France.....

    He has to have one. Could you imagine the chaos in France if he was in a German or English car.


  • #6
    dbrunson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭dbrunson


    dgt wrote: »
    My old vice principal had one. He looked stupid in it, because, well he was a stupid c*nt

    Fairly comfy though, if you can live with the exterior. Fancy the 3.5 version?
    I sure do. But reality dictates the 2.0...


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  • #7
    dbrunson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭dbrunson


    dgt wrote: »
    My old vice principal had one. He looked stupid in it, because, well he was a stupid c*nt

    Fairly comfy though, if you can live with the exterior. Fancy the 3.5 version?
    I sure do. But reality dictates the 2.0...


  • #8
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,297 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Saw one today. A lad in Ballinamore, co Leitrim has it. He's had it three or four years now, never heard him complaining about it, anyway.


  • #9
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,617 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    I've been in several of them. None have been fully functioning but all have been comfortable


  • #10
    Hachiko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    sounds about right, whenever you are behind a car from a distance that has various lights missing or malfunctioning, good chance its french.


  • #11
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    porsche boy wrote: »
    The only one I ever knew of in Ireland was a black 2.0t and sat in a garage I worked in for about a month waiting on stuff from Renault. To drive it was fairly comfy and well spec'd but the reality that it a was just a megane on steroids would put me off what was suppose to be a luxibarge. For the money I'd have prefered a Citroen C6, if I had to buy a frenchie.

    The Val Satis was in no way related to he Megane. Nothing wrong if it was do as they are both good cars. It might have been relaed to a Laguna maybe but certainly not the Megane. The French Ampassador in Ireland used to have one and I have seen a few others about but not hugely popular.
    The front certainly could have looked better and Renault had even designed a better looking front too it but for some reason propably safety reasons it was designed to look not as good as it could have looked. Or maybe because they thought it looked more classy the way they designed it to look. I think it looked great from most angles except from the front. A pity as there might have been more of them sold then.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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  • #12
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    Hachiko wrote: »
    sounds about right, whenever you are behind a car from a distance that has various lights missing or malfunctioning, good chance its french.

    How does the distance of the observer affect the car's nationality Hachiko?


  • #13
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,418 ✭✭✭Dartz


    They are unusual looking things.

    Go for it OP. There is value in being unique.


  • #14
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Hachiko wrote: »
    sounds about right, whenever you are behind a car from a distance that has various lights missing or malfunctioning, good chance its french.

    http://wallpaper.imcphoto.net/renault-rally-cars-pictures.html

    :D


  • #15
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,378 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Hachiko wrote: »
    sounds about right, whenever you are behind a car from a distance that has various lights missing or malfunctioning, good chance its french.

    Or a Golf


  • #16
    noelf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭noelf


    Much prefer the look of the Renault avantime .. not that I have ever seen one


  • #17
    mossy50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭mossy50


    noelf wrote: »
    Much prefer the look of the Renault avantime .. not that I have ever seen one

    theres one on done deal at the moment for 4k


  • #18
    mossy50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭mossy50


    AMKC wrote: »
    The Val Satis was in no way related to he Megane. Nothing wrong if it was do as they are both good cars. It might have been relaed to a Laguna maybe but certainly not the Megane. The French Ampassador in Ireland used to have one and I have seen a few others about but not hugely popular.
    The front certainly could have looked better and Renault had even designed a better looking front too it but for some reason propably safety reasons it was designed to look not as good as it could have looked. Or maybe because they thought it looked more classy the way they designed it to look. I think it looked great from most angles except from the front. A pity as there might have been more of them sold then.

    it was meant to replace the safrane but it was based on the laguna as u said


  • #19
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    alias no.9 wrote: »
    Or a Golf

    Or any unmaintained car on Irish roads.
    Couple of winters ago I counted the number of cars with wonky lights whilst driving from Sligo to Galway late one Sunday evening, had inexcess of 70 cars:eek:


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