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• Big Brother?s Garage - Round five. 20 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  TVR Tuscan. 4. Ford Mondeo. ****** EVICTED VW Golf, Lada Samara, Vauxhall Vectra, Renault 5, Austin Allegro, Perodua Nippa, Citroen 2CV, Toyota Landcruiser, Peugeot 405. EVICTED ****** All votes have been reset to zero. Same format as before - nominate two cars for eviction.
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round one. 6 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  The 12 cars are as follows:- 1. VW Golf. 2. Toyota Landcruiser. 3. Lada Samara. 4. ****** EVICTED Renault 5. ****** 5. Ford Mondeo. 6. Alfa 156. 7. Peugeot 405. 8. Seat Leon. 9. Vauxhall Vectra. 10. TVR Tuscan. 11. Perodua Nipper. 12. Citroen 2CV (was formerly a Cit Dyane) Next Tuesday (6th July), I will attempt to tally up the scores.
• Cars which don't attract prejudice 30 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Alternatively a Mk1 Golf GTi could maybe swing it if it was completely standard and in a dark colour, but that's a bit old for reliable driving and modern service intervals. One friend eventually went for a Renault Safranne because it isn't "aspirational", wasn't expensive as a 2 year old car and most people wouldn't remember what it was. Over to you guys for some ideas! Gareth
• Not getting top speed mph 27 May 2003 (Forum)
  This question is probably "how long is a piece of string" but I'll give it a go anyway. I have a 2.1 diesel Renault Trafic van which was converted to a Camper Van from new. It is 1992 and done 48,000 miles. I have been told the van is under powered for a 2.1 diesel. I can get 60mph out of it but I presumed this was because it was a heavy vehicle.
• Sloshing water in passenger footwell 6 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone help please! I could hear water sloshing around in the passenger footwell of my Renault Megane (1.6, 4 yrs old). I could hear this for a few weeks, then I noticed that every time I pressed the accelerator the water seemed to churn, again in the passenger footwell & even if the car was stationary.
• Insurance 17 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I've just spent the last hour or so looking at various brokers' websites online. I am male, 24, living in zone 2 SW London, with a 1989 Renault 19 TXE, driving 10,000 miles per year SD&P only. I have one year's NCB, a 7 year old licence and no claims or convictions. The lowest quote was from Zenitih, through Budget Insurnace Services, at £630.94.
• Seized Clio Water Pump 24 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  A few days ago I mentioned my son's 1994 Renault Clio 1.9d in answer to a query. He bought this car about three years ago with 100,000 miles on the clock and I said that it had now reached about 165,000 miles with very little trouble. I should have kept quiet!
• Holiday Hire Cars 29 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Did anyone have any interesting experiences with holiday hire cars? I'll tell you about mine: HJ now has me so paranoid about Renaults that I was a bit taken aback when our Seat Ibiza hire car turned out to be a Clio! But I have to report what a pleasant experience it was. After the surprise of it's arrival and my initial fears about having a long journey ahead of us and WILL IT GET US THERE....
• Blasted French car manufacturers 15 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  The garage who normally service the car (non Citroen) apologised and said they were unable to do it because there is no central hole on the wheels on this car and apparently I believe on one of the other French manufacturers cars (Renault or Peugeot, which one escapes me). What this basically means is that these cheeky buggers are trying to force people to go to a Citroen garage to have tyres fitted at what can only be described as extortionate prices (we spent 55% less than Citroen quoted).
• Renault Megane 99/T - Central locking not listening..? 25 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  Apologies for the long story for context. Pierre needed to be parked up after a water leak (sunroof drains blocked).  Everything was fine apart...
• Renault Clio II - Sold a "not fit for purpose" 16 year old clio 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  HI, i am a part time motor sole dealer and i sold a car to a woman who after two months sent me a letter saying she had been onto trading standards who...
• Dacia Sandero 1.2 Access - Dacia Sandero 1.2 Access Review 7 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  Build quality is on a par with the Fords and Vauxhalls I have owned before, and is better than the Skoda, and MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES better then the Hyundai and Peugeots!  This Sandero is a solidly built vehicle and feels very robust (despite its Renault underpinnings).  Reliability has been sport on over 14k miles to-date.  My uncle who owns an accident repair centre is similarly impressed with its reliability. You might have guessed that I'm pretty stoked with this car.
• Renault Laguna - AA Breakdown Repair Cover - Dont Waste your money 24 May 2014 (Forum)
  I’ve been a member of the AA now for some years.  It’s only this year that I’m disappointed with the service I have received. ...
• Renault - hope you can give me some advice.. gutted 19 May 2012 (Forum)
  hope you guys can help.. you actually seem to talk sense.. been looking for days! I bought a car from dealer.. called him first confirmed over phone...
• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - The joys of selling a car 4 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  As some of you know, I'm selling our old Espace at the moment, and it's turning out to be a real trial of my patience. I had the car on ebay which turned...
• 4 years with a Scenic 14 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Just thought i would post 4 years of Renault Scenic experience for the benefit of others consdering this car. Renault Megane Scenic, 1.6 RT Alize. Specified with twin electric sunroofs. Ordered as a company car, delivered May 1st 1999. Faults on delivery, slight rattles from dashboard, large glue mark on rear headrest. 10,000 miles, front sunroof jammed. 12,000 miles, first service, no extra items found, dealer ok - fixed sunroof 15,000 miles, rear sunroof sunroof blind comes apart, back half disapears under roof - rear sunroof jams. 24,000 miles, Second service, no extra items found, dealer fixes sunroof blind and leaves home made tool on back seat (its a length of brazing rod with a hook bent in the end..... 30,000 miles Rear sunroof problem reappears.
• 2001 Mk2 1.2 16v Petrol - 2001 Mk2 1.2 16v Petrol - turns over, won’t start. 13 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  I have never had to bleed a petrol system. Maybe bleeding is needed with Clio. I have zero experience with fault diagnosis on Renault Cars. If this was a 40 year old car with a carburettor and points I would be able to quickly diagnose the issue. I believe this diagram is correct for a 2001 Clio , but I have no idea where to find the various components Please suggest what I need to check to eliminate some issues and find the problem.
• Saving the day 3 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  I don’t rate them as reliability is poor but they caught the mood of the moment brilliantly with a small affordable family SUV that drove well. Sadly it’s no more reliable than the Renault’s they’re based on but strong sales effectively saved Nissan in Europe and secured their UK manufacturing. Fiat 500, the modern one. Fiat were in a sorry state before these gorgeous and quite well made wee cars appeared.
• Land Rover Range Rover - Proper Reliability Test by Brand.. (Guess who is b 12 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  v=sUIK7K_q8eY&t=538s">8:58 11: Mazda 9:30 10: Renault 9:56 9: Ford 10:19 8: Kia Hot Hatches - which one 28 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  But for me, never really having had a hatchback, it is a question of which ones are reliable? My choices seem to revolve around the Civic Type-R GT, Renault Megane Renaultsport, Seat Leon Cupra (or just the FR), Alfa Giulietta, and perhaps also the Golf GTI - unless there is another I am missing but really should consider?  In terms of the Honda - I have had a bomb proof Accord for 6 years and would like to think the Civic is equally bomb proof - yet the odd website seems to refer to the known issues they have.