Broken down after just 3 weeks

Mankysteve

AdrianC wrote: »

then that's their own flippin' daft fault.

That's are well and good but they will not just injure themselves but also you in the process. Moderns can be very heavy on steering with no pas, especially if your driving a bigger vehicle and don't have the upper arm strength.

What if some idiot blocks you from getting on the hard shoulder then your left stranded in the middle lane with an engine that now won't restart. Great position to be in.

Leaving the engine running for an extra 30 seconds or so it takes you get to the hardshoulder won't make much difference and it better than being hit by someone doing 70mph.

AdrianC

Mankysteve wrote: »

What if

Well, quite.

What if the sky fell on your head. C'mon, how realistically likely is this doom'n'gloom?

Mankysteve

AdrianC wrote: »

Well, quite.

What if the sky fell on your head. C'mon, how realistically likely is this doom'n'gloom?

When you've got hgv, lorries and cars travelling speed what if's can soon turn into serious injury and death.

Raksha

spacey2012 wrote: »

Perhaps he meant you had to be a good runner.
Honestly Renaults IMO are not the best cars, one that is 11 years old and only cost £6995k new is a serious bangernomics territory to be running.

I'd disagree, bangernomics fans would probably avoid anything French and stick to German engineering, or Swedish at a push

mchale

Norman_Castle wrote: »

A car that loses enough oil or water to cause engine failure in 800 miles or three weeks is not fit for purpose. Contact the garage or trading standards.

Bullsh1t, what if a stone goes through the rad???

mchale

AdrianC wrote: »

If somebody else doesn't see a vehicle with hazards on, coasting towards the shoulder, then that's their own flippin' daft fault.

Disagree, shouldn't use hazard lights on a moving vehicle, would be better indicating his/her intention's

scaredofdebt

Raksha wrote: »

I'd disagree, bangernomics fans would probably avoid anything French and stick to German engineering, or Swedish at a push

I had a 17 year old Pug 306D that I paid £500 for with a years tax and test, ran it for 6 months covering 16k miles with no major issues, I'd buy another. Returned 53 MPG too.

German engineering?

:rotfl:

But generally yes, French cars have a bad reputation for electrical issues especially.

nobbysn*ts

Norman_Castle wrote: »

A car that loses enough oil or water to cause engine failure in 800 miles or three weeks is not fit for purpose. Contact the garage or trading standards.

True. As for the rest of them on here, it's more like Marsellus in Pulp Fiction. But only the first bit obviously.

londonTiger

Never owned a french car, they just look ugly. But why does everyone say they are bad cars? They keep winning rallys all the time

spacey2012

A rally car bears very little resemblance to a real road car other than body shape, just about everything else is custom built, including the engine.