I have also been looking at them for the past 12 months; I also like the look of a C6.

Currently the C6 prices are a little high for something which will be expensive to put right and hard to move on.

Back to the Vel Satis, I think they sold less than 1,500 in the UK so parts, knowledge and spare availability will not be great. But at the prices they are now at, it should not matter.

I think its a beautiful car, but what puts me of is the fact it was built by Renault right in the middle of their reliability demise. And the Vel Satis is meant to be every bit as unreliable as the Laguna, Megane, Espace, etc they churned out at this time.

I still intend on buying one, but it will have to be sub £1,000 and have reasonable tyres and MOT left.

I will aim to run it until something major goes wrong; then to the scrap yard

I do enjoy bangernomics with luxury cars, some last weeks - others refuse to die.

Edited by daveyK_UK on 04/05/2013 at 21:49

there are a few to be aware off

nissan QX and hyundai XG30

they both refuse to die.

My friend tried to bangernomics with a Nissan QX, 4 years later it runs with everything still working.

He desperatly wants to change car but refuses to get rid of the QX until it has a major failure which looks unlikely.

He self services the car and doesnt want it to die through neglect.

Another friend tried the same with a Kia Magentis 2.5 v6 top spec.

After 3 years it still runs perfectly. He recently had the cam belt done as its often the only thing which kills these cars in the USA.

Again, car is serviced and is proving increadibly good value for money only costing £700.

Edited by daveyK_UK on 04/05/2013 at 22:32