Megane GT 220 Estate

[Martin]

It's French, they have a different feel, you either can or can't live with them

(Antiplastix - you forgot to mention they may have set fire to sheep - LOL)

[Tigger]

Nice and probably a great ride but not again. After having owned a few modern Renaults, depreciation, parts availability, reliability post warranty and dealing with renault dealers.

Ah, us people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.....

[zei20t]

Ah, us people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.....

amen to that. 10+ years ago people wouldn't have touched skoda. they were unreliable, and that's being nice. now look at them

what's wrong with Renault? they make some fantastic cars!

[RSOK]

To be honest I'd probably check this out if I were in the market again. I didn't know squat about Skoda and I read a heap of stuff about VW reliability, servicing etc etc before I bought my RS so I don't see "going Renault" as too different to taking the plunge on a Skoda really.

[K1W1]

what's wrong with Renault? they make some fantastic cars!

They also effectively control Nissan. Nissans these days are just modified two generation old Renaults in a lot of details.

My 1982 Feugo Turbo drive car was one of the cars I enjoyed driving most during my time in the car industry but I would never have purchased one.

[woofy]

Renaults in the 70s were pretty rock solid, as were Pugs....its really only the 90s onwards where things went south. Ironically most of the issues with Nissan cars, eg oil getting all through the air intakes in X trails are all inherited from the Renault side.

The amount of inherent faults is what worries me about them. It's not uncommon for them to have major recalls or even worse, odd gremlin type problems that they ignore....eg the example above with the collapsed cat is a common type of story.

My friend has a RS Clio, it stopped on a few occasions for no reason and nothing was ever found. It also was part of a recall where if the front passenger pushed too hard in the footwell the car would actually brake due to redundant wiring they left in the RHD models.

I have very fond memories of my parents 78 14 Wagon, the paint is still immaculate and the car was bulletproof, but they are not even close to that anymore.

[brad]

Is this really so different to Skoda? Some of the most common concerns on this forum seem to be depreciation, parts and dealers.

reliability? Generally Skodas are more reliable & better built than VWs.

depreciation? So many mixed reports on this. Some owners appear to resell for good money. Others take a bath. I do wonder if it's the owner rather than the vehicle itself.

parts? Interchangeable VW parts don't seem to be an issue. There have been some instance of long waits for crash repair body panels but only a couple that I'm aware of. Skoda piggy-bag of VWs logistics capabilities so even though Skoda only sell 1/3 of what Renault are, VW are selling 500% of Renaults volumes & therefore getting a lot more deliveries from around the globe.

Dealers? hopeless oxygen thieves.

[zei20t]

They also effectively control Nissan. Nissans these days are just modified two generation old Renaults in a lot of details.

My 1982 Feugo Turbo drive car was one of the cars I enjoyed driving most during my time in the car industry but I would never have purchased one.

yup and that sucked. no more Silvia, the Skyline became a watered down model and the GTR is out of 95% of peoples price range. They pretty much make boring cars now.

The same can be said for anything out of Japan right now, the GT86 being the only exception.

[Dutch77]

yup and that sucked. no more Silvia, the Skyline became a watered down model and the GTR is out of 95% of peoples price range. They pretty much make boring cars now.

The same can be said for anything out of Japan right now, the GT86 being the only exception.

Not my sort of car, but you have to wonder what a current Silvia/200SX would be like going up against 86/BRZ.

[zei20t]

it would be better