villej
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So, we needed a second car. My wife had kind of started to like my Megane, so I assigned the car to her use. Thus, I needed a replacement. Looked at some alternatives, which included everything from Bavaria to Catalonia. In the end I decided I that at this point I do not want to invest very much to a car, mostly because we do not have a single parking space at our apartment, and the car has to sit on the street, vulnerable to all sorts of abuse from idiots passing by. Also it will have to withstand daily cold starts during winter, which is something I would not like to do for a nice car.
Within the budget it was a choice between slightly newer and less driven French or Italian car, or older car from manufacturers elsewhere. As I have had a good experience with French cars, and as expecially used Renaults are dirt cheap compared to most other brands, I ended up buying an another Megane. This time a 2006 one, driven 170 000 km. An estate. Which is handy, as we occasionally need to move bigger stuff.
I could have just recycled the proof pic from the old thread, because the interior is exactly the same. Still, I took a new one anyway, and some extra pictures too:
It has a proper boot! (and a missing roof lining clip):
The car is not perfect though. It is well maintained an solid to drive, but bootlid has opening related problems, and drivers seat is missing a height adjustment handle. Both problems are common to the Meganes of this age. Bootlid problem (the lock does not always open) is caused by a broken wire inside the rubber wiring snake between the body and the lid, and it should be easy to fix. Latter seat related problem is harder to fix. The whole seat needs to be replaced if I want to get it right.
Also the tires need rebalancing and there is some noise coming from the blower motor, which is probably caused by a leaf or something else that touches the moving blades.
Also I'm not sure if there is a tiny bit of shake from somewhere when accelerating hard between 60 and 70 km/h. I would guess that would be drive axle related.
Otherwise it is a solid car. It has had a cambelt done one year ago, it has a new windscreen and tires, and every service has been done on time.
Hopefully this car will give us trouble free kilometres.
Within the budget it was a choice between slightly newer and less driven French or Italian car, or older car from manufacturers elsewhere. As I have had a good experience with French cars, and as expecially used Renaults are dirt cheap compared to most other brands, I ended up buying an another Megane. This time a 2006 one, driven 170 000 km. An estate. Which is handy, as we occasionally need to move bigger stuff.
I could have just recycled the proof pic from the old thread, because the interior is exactly the same. Still, I took a new one anyway, and some extra pictures too:
It has a proper boot! (and a missing roof lining clip):
The car is not perfect though. It is well maintained an solid to drive, but bootlid has opening related problems, and drivers seat is missing a height adjustment handle. Both problems are common to the Meganes of this age. Bootlid problem (the lock does not always open) is caused by a broken wire inside the rubber wiring snake between the body and the lid, and it should be easy to fix. Latter seat related problem is harder to fix. The whole seat needs to be replaced if I want to get it right.
Also the tires need rebalancing and there is some noise coming from the blower motor, which is probably caused by a leaf or something else that touches the moving blades.
Also I'm not sure if there is a tiny bit of shake from somewhere when accelerating hard between 60 and 70 km/h. I would guess that would be drive axle related.
Otherwise it is a solid car. It has had a cambelt done one year ago, it has a new windscreen and tires, and every service has been done on time.
Hopefully this car will give us trouble free kilometres.
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