car suggestions.. not french!!

s_b

i often wonder if french cars in frenchland really do have problems like we get with them

LilacPixie

vax2002 wrote: »

Good shout on No French, Ill let you into a secret, even the French dont buy French cars
3k buys a 2006 petrol Mondeo, a time tested rep-mobile, the ghia x is the pride of the pack.
Diesel cars cost around 40% more to purchase and are expensive to keep maintained plus diesel is more expensive.
In short less than 18k a year and you dont see a benefit.

vax2002 wrote: »

My wife had a 2002 Laguna once, the worst pile of junk I have ever seen, what on earth were they thinking when they made such a pig of a car.
One thing after another, day after day, after day, horrible, car.
Some mug bought it as well from the Auctions.
Hope they took a tow rope,

:rotfl:Bizzarly i had a 2001 laguna from brand new and I loved it, dodgy window regulators and all but a third child meant she had to go, i replaced her with a 2005 scenic and she spontaniously combusted with me and the 3 kids in it last week so nope no french cars for me again. Really pulling 3 kids out of a flaming car doesn't do much for your brand loyalty :eek:

LilacPixie

So on my list i have a Zaferia, a galaxy. Possibilities for a mondeo/vectra estate. Apparently the 08 and onwards focus would do the job as well but that would mean finance rather than savings. I have aquired my sister 03 focus and that is ok for a temporary measure but not longterm

Flyboy152

mikey72 wrote: »

Quite agree.

I've had a Zafira for 7 years, before that a Fiat Tempra for nearly 10 years, and my wife has a phase 1 106 for the last 4 years.

No major expense on any of them, and I would happily buy the same again.

Maybe some people will have problems no matter what they own.

We had a Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.8 Exclusive as an everyday car. It got squashed last year, but it died with honour. We had it for nearly eight years, from new and it had done a hundred and twenty-thousand miles. The only issues ever was a squeaky dash (repaired under warranty) and sticky rear off-side door lock (repaired under warranty). Same clutch, two changes of front discs and an exhaust at ninety thousand miles. It has a massive boot and fitted three child seats in the back (all back seats are the same size).

Flyboy152

LilacPixie wrote: »

:rotfl:Bizzarly i had a 2001 laguna from brand new and I loved it, dodgy window regulators and all but a third child meant she had to go, i replaced her with a 2005 scenic

That's a bit drastic, swapping a child for a car, just because she doesn't fit in the back. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I hope you got deal for her. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

and she spontaniously combusted with me and the 3 kids in it last week so nope no french cars for me again. Really pulling 3 kids out of a flaming car doesn't do much for your brand loyalty :eek:

If it had been a Nissan Juke, would you being saying the same about Japanese cars? Or had it been a Volkswagen Golf, would it mean that all German cars are no good? Because any one example of these cars could catch fire at anytime, as could any make, model or variant.

Just because one example of a French car catches fire, doesn't mean that there is less chance that a German, Japanese, British, Italian or Spanish car will.

mikey72

LilacPixie wrote: »

:rotfl:Bizzarly i had a 2001 laguna from brand new and I loved it, dodgy window regulators and all but a third child meant she had to go, i replaced her with a 2005 scenic and she spontaniously combusted with me and the 3 kids in it last week so nope no french cars for me again. Really pulling 3 kids out of a flaming car doesn't do much for your brand loyalty :eek:

I've seen more house fires but I still live in one.

adamc260

bigjl wrote: »

I can only assume you have never been to France.

The French are one of few nations that are actually patriotic when it comes to buying cars.

I don't know exact figures but i would think 60 or 70% of cars on the road in France are French made.

Or at least that is the impression i get every time i drive around France, and when you see a French registered car driving around London they always seem to be French cars aswell.

If France has AA or RAC (or a french equiv) they must LOVE it... because I'd imagine 60-70% of all cars on their roads break down OFTEN then being that's the percentage of french cars

jase1

French don't buy French cars... lol it was the French that kept Renault going in the bad days of the late 1980s and early 1990s when they were bouncing along the bottom financially.

If we'd been a little more patriotic we might still have a car industry.

Still wouldn't have one given to me though.

mikey72

jase1 wrote: »

French don't buy French cars... lol it was the French that kept Renault going in the bad days of the late 1980s and early 1990s when they were bouncing along the bottom financially.

If we'd been a little more patriotic we might still have a car industry.

Still wouldn't have one given to me though.

I certainly agree with the first half there.

jase1

The second half is only personal opinion -- I have a lot of respect for the French standing by their industry and endorse it 100%, the fact that I'm not a fan of the product doesn't change that.