In light of all the above what recommendations would anybody make re what new car to go for. Do very small mileage i.e. 8kp.a. and looking for something along the lines of the size of the megane i.e. 24k approx.
In light of all the above what recommendations would anybody make re what new car to go for. Do very small mileage i.e. 8kp.a. and looking for something along the lines of the size of the megane i.e. 24k approx.
Can't agree with that. Depends on where you do your reseach. For example:
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Also, the comment about Italian or Franch cars is a bit out of date. Some of the least reliable cars are German (Mercedes and VW in particular), but because of their marketing (and historic, very different reputation) they manage to keep people buying them.
That link says it all really.
Reliability and Quality 4 stars - should cope with the rigours of family life well
Reader review rating of 2 stars out of 5 compared to whatcars 4 out of 5. These reviews are always done before the car has been launched. They are not retrospective like you will find on www.peachorlemon.co.uk
...I'm not claiming that their reliability is the best: far from it. But for people buying new with two and three year warrenties, maybe it isn't their highest priority. As for resale, you can mitigate against poor resale by getting a good discount when buying. Just try getting 20% off a Laguna. You can't.
By the way, anecdotal evidence is pretty useless for judging a car's reliability: you really need proper stats from surveys or hard evidence from warrenty claims. You can always find someone to say their car's brilliant or a dog. Likewise, people who post reviews to places like Whatcar will tend to be those either hugely delighted with their car (unlikely for run-of-the-mill stuff that Renault makes), or who've had very bad experiences. I agree on this point
Just catching up with this thread now....I've had no direct experience with Renault but I noticed the OP's reference to Citroen....Since 1988 I've had a Citroen AX (and my wife had one as her first car somewhere around 1995), I've also had a BX GTi and a Xantia......Haven't had a Citroen since I started to go for more expensive cars and was therefore more concerned about residuals but I liked the unusual nature of Citroen. I loved the hyrdropneumatic suspension (was that what it was called?)....And, I never had any mechanical or reliability problems (save the situation with the Xantia handbrake issue).....
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Just had an 04 megane go wallop 2 weeks ago. Gearbox, clutch, bearings all went!!! Only had it serviced a couple of weeks ago and its just outside warranty!!
Useless!!
Its pretty much numerous testimonies like this that have seen Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat sales plummet in Ireland this year. They are currently at their lowest level for nearly 20years. You can only fool so many people before the quality of the car catches up with you. People talk and in most cases the phrase once bitten twice shy applies.