HI all,
My wife and I are Australian retirees living in France and we've just bought a 1999 Renault Laguna. We've driven it quite a bit and it seems very good value for money, and very comfortable. My wife loves the huge boot, and she has always liked hatchbacks.
Renault in Australia has had a poor reputation, as have most European manufactures, so we have never owned a Renault before. We have know people who have owned them and most reports have unimpressed.
Recently, we have learnt that some Lagunas are based on Nissan Pulsars, and those cars have an excellent reputation in Australia. In fact, one of our close friends has one that she lets me drive occasionally, and I am impressed with it.
Our most recent car in Australia was a Peugeot 406, which we quite liked until things went wrong. It has been a very costly car to keep running and so we've dumped it, despite it being luxuriously equipped and very nice to drive.
Before we bought a car in France, we've hired a few and learnt quite a bit about recent models.
The Mercedes V series 8 seater is excellent, but the Navigator in it is utter rubbish
The Skoda Octavia is a lovely car and we may consider investigating one when we get back to OZ, but it will depend upon the ongoing costs.
The Fiat Punto was great fun and I loved it, but my wife couldn't get on with the gearbox, and it was too small anyway.
The Opel Corsa must be the greatest load of rubbish ever called a car.
The Renault Megane is quite agile and smooth but we found it lacking refinement and we hated the way the tailgate threw water all over us every time we opened it. The one we had kept on lighting up the SERVICE light and no-one could fix it.
The Volvo V70 (I think) was luxurious and plush but it felt huge and cumbersome, and we didn't like the cruise control that took over everything including the brakes.
Foggy
My wife and I are Australian retirees living in France and we've just bought a 1999 Renault Laguna. We've driven it quite a bit and it seems very good value for money, and very comfortable. My wife loves the huge boot, and she has always liked hatchbacks.
Renault in Australia has had a poor reputation, as have most European manufactures, so we have never owned a Renault before. We have know people who have owned them and most reports have unimpressed.
Recently, we have learnt that some Lagunas are based on Nissan Pulsars, and those cars have an excellent reputation in Australia. In fact, one of our close friends has one that she lets me drive occasionally, and I am impressed with it.
Our most recent car in Australia was a Peugeot 406, which we quite liked until things went wrong. It has been a very costly car to keep running and so we've dumped it, despite it being luxuriously equipped and very nice to drive.
Before we bought a car in France, we've hired a few and learnt quite a bit about recent models.
The Mercedes V series 8 seater is excellent, but the Navigator in it is utter rubbish
The Skoda Octavia is a lovely car and we may consider investigating one when we get back to OZ, but it will depend upon the ongoing costs.
The Fiat Punto was great fun and I loved it, but my wife couldn't get on with the gearbox, and it was too small anyway.
The Opel Corsa must be the greatest load of rubbish ever called a car.
The Renault Megane is quite agile and smooth but we found it lacking refinement and we hated the way the tailgate threw water all over us every time we opened it. The one we had kept on lighting up the SERVICE light and no-one could fix it.
The Volvo V70 (I think) was luxurious and plush but it felt huge and cumbersome, and we didn't like the cruise control that took over everything including the brakes.
Foggy
G'Day
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