Renault Laguna I

Kilty_2

Yes, I know, it'll not be the most reliable car in the world, but HOW bad are they?

Can find them for less than £500 with long (10++ month) MOT. Assuming it's had a cambelt reasonably recently, what else that's a common fault with them would stop me getting at least those 10+ months out of it?

somech

mk1 lagunas are fairly basic so not bad
it was mainly year 2000 onwards when things went downhill.

best ones are the 1.8 or 2.0 litre 8 valve or 1.9d
strong engines although gearboxes can be weak
rust is not a major issue although the fuel tank straps rust through (easy fix)
key fobs can be troublesome but most locksmiths can sort these.

Kilty_2

Was looking at an S reg 2.0 - I imagine it's 16v though since the spec said it was 140bhp.

So gearboxes...... bearings? (ie check for whining, etc) - or something else?

somech

stiff and notchy changes
ensure cam belt has been replaced

Kilty_2

somech wrote: »

ensure cam belt has been replaced

Yeah, it's on 81,000 so should have had the belt changed recently, probably hasn't given the cheap price :eek:

somech

Kilty wrote: »

Yeah, it's on 81,000 so should have had the belt changed recently, probably hasn't given the cheap price :eek:

try and find a reciept for the cam belt (nose through any history)

and use your eyes and ears
good luck haggle hard

harveybobbles

Mk1 Laguna's were the best and very eay to sell on. I ran 5 of them over a time. All were good! RXE ones were goo Or the nice RTi with the volvo engine.

Kilty_2

harveybobbles wrote: »

Mk1 Laguna's were the best and very eay to sell on. I ran 5 of them over a time. All were good! RXE ones were goo Or the nice RTi with the volvo engine.

Cheers :beer:.

I'll keep an eye out then - the one I was looking at has gone already :rotfl: - hardly surprising at £395 with 12 months test.