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Title: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 05 June 2009, 22:57:38
i needed to punnish myself for buying that hunk of french crap called a laguna, i miss my v6, i miss my mig. so for the next week or so i am changing my name to the above. dont get me wrong its a nice car, but in no way does it compare to the mig.
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 June 2009, 23:17:45
one very close friend bought yesterday..and today I was in..nice car but not a mig..and I like the talking lady.. saying somewhat similiar emissions failure.. (have LPG OMVL)

and the triptronic gearbox was practical.. :y

model 2003 privilege package..price 8000£ aprox..and that was cheap!
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 05 June 2009, 23:26:27
may get use to it, the lack of comfort, power, quality, street cred, indivuduality, also the color is a bit gay
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 05 June 2009, 23:43:49
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may get use to it, the lack of comfort, power, quality, street cred, indivuduality, also the color is a bit gay

all costs will be lower ..at least your wallet will be happy  :)
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: nick v6 on 06 June 2009, 07:11:18
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may get use to it, the lack of comfort, power, quality, street cred, indivuduality, also the color is a bit gay

all costs will be lower ..at least your wallet will be happy  :)

not when things start to go wrong ::)

they are nice cars
ive driven a few and do find them quite comfy
its a shame its not a v6
 :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: unlucky alf on 06 June 2009, 10:19:51
are these cars [loose terminology ;)] the ones that have a coil thing on each of the leads that go on average every 12 months?, i recall a friend of mine that works in a motor factors telling me the coils are one of their no1 best sellers, but dont panic in case ive got it wrong :-/, but i think i`ll stick to a lovely comfy non french mig, :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Del Boy on 06 June 2009, 14:01:40
They do have a few major reliability probs, tyre pressure sensors and the card that starts it costs overa grand to fix so a m 8 was telling me, nice looking though and the V6 model does shift.
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Andy B on 06 June 2009, 14:13:49
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are these cars [loose terminology ;)] the ones that have a coil thing on each of the leads that go on average every 12 months?,  .....

Could be :-/  A work mate has a Renault Scenic and that's had a few ignition coils while he's had it.
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 06 June 2009, 14:48:19
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They do have a few major reliability probs, tyre pressure sensors and the card that starts it costs overa grand to fix so a m 8 was telling me, nice looking though and the V6 model does shift.

the card only costs 150 quid, or apparently old cards can be reprogrammed to a different car, have just bought oine for a tenner to try it

Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Del Boy on 06 June 2009, 15:20:15
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They do have a few major reliability probs, tyre pressure sensors and the card that starts it costs overa grand to fix so a m 8 was telling me, nice looking though and the V6 model does shift.

the card only costs 150 quid, or apparently old cards can be reprogrammed to a different car, have just bought oine for a tenner to try it

He took his to Renault
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 06 June 2009, 15:37:00
the 150 is renault price for a new key card, supplied n coded. my spare will cost 130 from local locksmith if the recoding of the one off ebay doesnt work
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 06 June 2009, 15:42:48
today we were in the mechanic shop for friends car (laguna)..

there were a leak from water pump, rear bushes need change..one drop link needs change..but good news the renault parts shop said those tiptronics dont break easily only solenoids make problem from time to time..

and to our friends surprise - as my friend bring the car from another city (to buy cheap which I didnt agree ) the car was clocked  >:(
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 06 June 2009, 17:23:32
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one very close friend bought yesterday..and today I was in..nice car but not a mig..and I like the talking lady.. saying somewhat similiar emissions failure.. (have LPG OMVL)

and the triptronic gearbox was practical.. :y

model 2003 privilege package..price 8000£ aprox..and that was cheap!

Renault autos and semi autos are very bad news....basicaly really shite and unreliable
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: miggcddave on 06 June 2009, 17:30:00
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one very close friend bought yesterday..and today I was in..nice car but not a mig..and I like the talking lady.. saying somewhat similiar emissions failure.. (have LPG OMVL)

and the triptronic gearbox was practical.. :y

model 2003 privilege package..price 8000£ aprox..and that was cheap!

Renault autos and semi autos are very bad news....basicaly really shite and unreliable
very well siad  :D :D :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 06 June 2009, 19:17:45
this is manual and very smooth really, the old mig was aut, o so was my passat, so not actually owned a manual car since 2002, starnge getting used to it again ;D ;D, theres a lot of oops wrong gear
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 06 June 2009, 21:21:04
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one very close friend bought yesterday..and today I was in..nice car but not a mig..and I like the talking lady.. saying somewhat similiar emissions failure.. (have LPG OMVL)

and the triptronic gearbox was practical.. :y

model 2003 privilege package..price 8000£ aprox..and that was cheap!

Renault autos and semi autos are very bad news....basicaly really shite and unreliable

his only solution is to pray then ;D :-/

 >:(  I forced him to buy manual as his previous mazda was auto and the auto was on the way to go..
sell one trouble buy another :(
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: crazyjoetavola on 06 June 2009, 21:59:45
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one very close friend bought yesterday..and today I was in..nice car but not a mig..and I like the talking lady.. saying somewhat similiar emissions failure.. (have LPG OMVL)

and the triptronic gearbox was practical.. :y

model 2003 privilege package..price 8000£ aprox..and that was cheap!

Renault autos and semi autos are very bad news....basicaly really shite and unreliable

his only solution is to pray then ;D :-/

 >:(  I forced him to buy manual as his previous mazda was auto and the auto was on the way to go..
sell one trouble buy another :(


......one of life’s' rich stories cem  ;D :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: James Q on 06 June 2009, 22:03:57
i had a renault once, never ever again!! spent longer in the garage then it did on the road!
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Vmax on 08 June 2009, 09:54:23
My Laguna's auto box went bang at 70K  >:(
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: James Q on 08 June 2009, 22:25:40
my turbo kept going bang on me! hence why i'll never have another turbo car!!
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Vamps on 08 June 2009, 23:28:24
Well I have a Citroen C4  Grande Picasso, 7 seater thing. Very comfortable and so far, nearly 2 years old, totally reliable. Semi Auto high 40's mpg or into 50 if drive like Loo Knee............ :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: omegadti on 09 June 2009, 10:44:07
my brother has a laguna - one of his xenons has gone - he took it to Renault and they told him they have to dismantle the front of the car to take the headlamp out and with parts it's about £450 to fix.   Then there is his passenger window that keeps falling down, the lady with the nice voice has been turned off 'cos she kept telling him his car was rubbish and all his tyres are apparently flat!!!
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Andy B on 09 June 2009, 12:05:07
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my brother has a laguna - one of his xenons has gone - .....and with parts it's about £450 to fix.    .....

  :o :o :o And I thought Vauxhall's HIDs were expensive!  :-?  :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: omegadti on 09 June 2009, 19:31:59
at least WE can get to the headlamp without removing the bumper, the front panel, the radiator and who knows what else - I changed a sidelight bulb for him and was lucky not to lose a finger or two!
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 09 June 2009, 19:42:11
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Well I have a Citroen C4  Grande Picasso, 7 seater thing. Very comfortable and so far, nearly 2 years old, totally reliable. Semi Auto high 40's mpg or into 50 if drive like Loo Knee............ :y

What do you want.......a badge saying I bought a poorly screwed together, non ergonomic, shite handling, noisey french car?   ;D :y
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 09 June 2009, 23:18:10
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Well I have a Citroen C4  Grande Picasso, 7 seater thing. Very comfortable and so far, nearly 2 years old, totally reliable. Semi Auto high 40's mpg or into 50 if drive like Loo Knee............ :y

What do you want.......a badge saying I bought a poorly screwed together, non ergonomic, shite handling, noisey french car?   ;D :y
i did!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: my penance for buying a french car
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 June 2009, 09:41:10
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Well I have a Citroen C4  Grande Picasso, 7 seater thing. Very comfortable and so far, nearly 2 years old, totally reliable. Semi Auto high 40's mpg or into 50 if drive like Loo Knee............ :y

What do you want.......a badge saying I bought a poorly screwed together, non ergonomic, shite handling, noisey french car?   ;D :y
i did!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o
Comes a time in everyone's life. I got over it. Onwards and upwards. :y

Kevin