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• scenic II 1.5 dci - few problems including injection fault 7 May 2015 (Forum)
  I noticed that the panel under the armrest panel stuck. It won't move anymore. My scenic came back from renault garage in September and haven't tried to move the panel until few days ago. Any ideas?   4) Not a problem, just a question. According to tables, fuel consumption for 1.5dci is 4.4 extra-urban.
• Looking for a new motor - feedback welcome 22 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  Honda Civic - (older shape) seem reliable but HJ didn't seem to rate them that highly? Also apparently prone to rust, which I'm keen to avoid. Peugeot/Renault - would not touch with a 10 foot pole, seem to have far too many faults. Corsa 1.3 CDTI - boot maybe a bit small and a bit dull inside. Also common as muck. Astra - really doesn't appeal. I drive an 05 plate 1.7 diesel at work and don't like it.
• SEAT Altea (2004 - ) - Altea in Provence (Road Test) 8 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I was quite curious as to what I would get, suspecting it might be a Kangoo, since it was not much more expensive than the cheapest category, and Europcar normally seems to give out Renaults - so I was a little surprised to get an Altea. Does anyone have any idea what Europcar in France usually give out in this category? (Oh, and I did see a couple of Citroen C6's on the move - and the same number of DS's.)
• Three more test drives - Lexus, Peugeot and Skoda 27 Jul 2020 (Forum)
    My overriding feeling is that the forthcoming Octavia PHEV will be a very strong contender; as is the Ford Kuga which i tried a few weeks ago. Hopefully this, and PHEV versions of the BMW X1 and Renault Captur, will be with us later this year.  I'm sure people will point out any obvious contenders that I'm missing.  
• VW Passat/ Skoda Superb - VW 1.6 and 2.0 TDI Reliability? 9 Oct 2015 (Forum)
    Checked Nissan Qashqai, but feel a bit cheap (i have tried previous model, and not impressed at all). Also i saw Renault Kadjar.. I didnt know that is highest level of equpment and look nice, except the price (30000 eur), and when i checked more base version, very cheap looking inside.   Anyway, in this moment the best offer it is from Volkswagen and Skoda.
• Buying 2nd hand - Overpriced dealers or is it me? 5 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  has loads of very reasonable/cheap priced low mileage cars - I phoned them, NONE have any history! How dodgy does this sound?! EG Renault Laguna tourer DCi, 54 plate, 60,000 miles = £1695. "I'm sorry Sir, the car has no history with it, but the mileage is genuine....." Yeah right on mate...Am I being rightly cynical, or unrealistic in my expectations?!
• Pay up or involve insurance? 29 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Coughing up for a repair bill or coughing up more for insurance. I've been trying to get through to the local Renault garage to get a ball park figure of how much it would cost to replace a Laguna bumper panel but the desk was constantly busy and I can't get a hold of anyone. Help? Anyone got any advice please?
• My Recent Driving Trip to France 17 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Also thanks to all the hospital staff at Compiegne who were absolutely magnificent. Compliments must also go to Renault for building such a strong car, it was the new shape Scenic so possibly 5* NCAP rating but I am not sure if rollover tests are done but that certainly held strong. I personally believe that perhaps they were fortunate that the car rolled and took some ?
• qashqai 1.5dci .. no dpf version - high pressure smoke from oil filler with cap on 3 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  (sort of)...will run you through what happened. car is a 1.5dci nissan qashqai +2 ,non dpf bought from new. its not a 4wd (has the renault 1.5dci engine) 2010 reg im a very carefull driver, dont push it hard, and change gears at around 2k revs, just for your info in case that helps. cars been serviced from new at the intervals in service book. by an indy.
• New car - making a shortlist 28 Feb 2016 (Forum)
    But the steering seems curiously remote from the car as a whole.  Good acceleration from the 1.6 pwetrol turbo but no fun to drive. Renault Kadjar     I haven't tried one but the only petrol engine is a 1.2 and the top 1.6 diesel has only 130 bhp.  Not a ball olf fire, I suspect. Subaru Forester    I will be trying the XT Turbo: I'm no environmental freak but emissions of 197 g/km are a bit much even for me.
• Saab - Time running out to buy one of the last 21 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  New 1 hour 24 min ago Shame that SAAB went under, they have the Swedish cool Volvo could never have. Would prefer to see Renault or Peugeot (I like Citroen) go under rather than SAAB, but who knows, maybe now they are in bed with GM they could be next! reply Flag as offensive Nissan X-Trail (2007 - ) - J D power 2009 xtrail 14 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  But i appreciate that many did have problems, so the xtrail was never in the top 5. Prior to that with my two primeras, i never saw a oil leak! Now the new x trail has a renault engine, and to be honest i would prefer nothing French, having said that the 171bhp dci i have is a peach, constantly getting over 40mpg. Further i have had absolutely no problems, no recalls, the car has performed brilliantly, my wife loves it more than the old one!
• General poor driving nowadays in Blighty 1 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I've not long returned from a long weekend in France (and very enjoyable it was too) and the thing that struck me quite noticeably was the vast difference in driving standards between the two countries 'er indoors was quite vocal on the subject too and she's one of those people that very much prefers to sit in the passenger seat and let me get on with it (fortunately) some examples are: when you're catching someone up on the m/way, who they themselves will need an overtake shortly i.e. they also are catching someone up (2 lanes for them, 3 for us which ought to be to our advantage, but due to the CLOG isn't) the accepted practice over there is for the vehicle in the middle of the equation to throttle off a bit and wait for you to pass, then pull out and do their manouevre...yet over here it is pull out early and make you wait absolutely everyone pulls back into the nearside lane after an overtake, whereas over here they dawdle along in the o/s lane mirror usage in France is more than acceptable, over here it seems to be optional when I got back to good old Blighty, pulled out of Dover and went up the hill on the A2, for the whole length of the up hill dual carriageway, some woman in a blue Escort did the whole length of it at 55mph in the o/s lane, thus preventing a queue of us 'popping off' the lorries before the single lane bit at the top, she could have quite easily moved back to the nearside but couldn't be bothered...doesn't happen in France on several bits of dual carriageway and m/way up the M2 there were a number of people unnecessarily staying in the o/s lane (i.e. nothing directly in front of them), to the extent that some motorists started under taking, which although i'm not a fan of I had a degree of sympathy with the final straw was the coach that did a sudden 'signal, manouevre, mirror' despite not being that close to the vehicle it wanted to overtake (thus not giving me much of a chance to realise it was a possibility) and when he realised i was having to brake quite well, swerved back into the nearside lane, then gave me a load of main beam once i'd gone past...marvellous, try checking your mirrors first pal, i wasn't going that fast, had headlights on in the dusk and was fully loaded with my kid in the car, so not willing to push it that much there were others too, like the fool in the green Audi A4 estate that felt it was reasonable to do 4 lanes of the M25 in a high speed swerve from the slip road to the o/s lane in one mad blast ..heaven alone knows what would have happened to a filtering m/c, as the lanes were fairly congested (approaching the toll bit)... and the blue Renault Clio with the young chav that accelerated as hard as he could away from the toll (saw it in my nearside mirror) and thought he could do the double white line lane markings and barge in front of me, but misinterpreted the situation, because by then i'd become Mr Grumpy and closed the gap..which had him accelerating right up to my bumper, revving like hell, then dropping back all the way through the tunnel (the temptation to dab the brakes at a critical moment was severe, but I managed to resist it).
• Protection from rear impacts 13 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  d be interested to see the comparative rear-impact performance of say Fabia and Focus hatches against their saloon and estate versions. I see Fifth Gear are to (frontal) crash a Renault Modus into an old Volvo (240-ish) on tonight?s programme. I?m betting that the Modus will be deemed to ?have done well, and have minimal deformation of the passenger compartment?, ?but what G-forces would its passengers have been subjected to?
• Best van for up to £4000 please 7 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  OK - was driving twoards Liskeard this afternoon when the Renault Trafic came to a sudden stop - and I mean sudden! The front wheels locked for no apparent reason (tyre marks on the road bear testament to this) and the van screached to a halt - from around 40 mph.
• Transporter, Vivaro, Transit - Small Motor Vans: What you need to know! 14 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I have chosen the following vans because I have extensive personal experience of them. 1.  Volkswagen Transporter from 2010 2.  Vauxhall Vivaro (Renault Trafic, & Nissan Primera are the same van) 3.  Ford Transit from 2006 To get the tedious stuff out of the way first, all of these vans are suitable for putting quite large heavy things in, driving to a different location and then taking them out again.
• News of Russian Motor Industry 29 May 2007 (Forum)
  Avtovaz's share of the Russian car market went down from 38.7 to 32 percent in 2006, while foreign carmakers like Ford, Renault and Toyota for the first time took up most of the market -- 51 percent. Even Lada loyalists fond of the car's resilience during Russia's harsh winters and the ease with which it can be repaired are giving in to a flood of foreign models that are becoming increasingly affordable.
• (my) Autotrader gems 25 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  postcode=ab421nh&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=year-asc&price-to=10000&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&include-delivery-option=on&radius=1500&make=Renault&page=1">202208048483732  Not usually a fan of leather but in the case of this hi spec Renault 5 Monaco, the beige leather along with the metallic brown paint, well it makes the car!. With a garage to keep it, this would make a great distinctive urban runabout. Cars with soul 21 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  Rover 220 Turbo Tomcat - Never lift the bonnet, these were always covered in oil and often suffered from horrible gearbox problems. 200bhp in a chassis designed to handle 100 did result in tyre smoking understeer but it was attractive and fast which was good enough for me. Renault 5 GT Turbo - Terrifyingly fragile and refused to start when hot but so much fun when it was working well that it was worth the pain. Citroen BX GTi 16v - Not many left now as most have seen their engines pinched for 205 GTi transplants but these were a joy to drive back in the day.
• Bangernomics 22 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  However to list cars I’d recommend is complicated by the fact that condition is of much greater importance than make and model at this money. I wouldn’t for example walk past a tidy one owner Renault Clio with history to get to a tatty Honda Jazz that hasn’t seen spanner’s in years. That said some are obviously better than others from the outset so if we assume similar condition, history and mileage a list of bargain bucket favourites does present itself.