Buy French, You Get French...

mattpc · 11 Jan 2007 at 15:45

I cant believe that Renault still haven't sorted their wheel bearings out. This was a common fault on tthe old R19 and Megane! :confused:

Jonny69 · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:05

I'm calling the BS card. I simply can't see how wheelbearings can fail after 27K miles :confused:

I always wondered whether the French refer to their duff cars as lemons because Citroen is soooo close to citron

merlin · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:08

Dealers will come up with all sorts of bullocks when they know there's a warranty in place.

Still, wouldn't bother me one bit - new parts please, bring em on.

Randell Floyd · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:11

When the vRS went in for it's first MOT it had a wheel bearing done, and after arguing the case it wasn't covered by Skoda or the garage that I purchased it from, warranty :confused:

Lunatic Dreyfus · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:16

richolmes72 said:
In 35,000 miles and 3 and a half years, my 306 was serviced ONCE (big big service though) and Crashed Twice. Gave me nothing but trouble free motoring - was on its way out though when I got rid of it.

My whole family generally only buy French cars, and tbh we never have any real issues, so I always wonder why French cars get such a bad rep reliability wise, but the statistics don't lie. Guess we're just lucky.

My 1.4 Clio (heading towards 82K and rather worryingly 10k past its service interval) has been no particular bother in 2 years, two cleared MOT's and 24 thousand miles of ownership.

That being said the last time I opened my sun roof, it wouldn't close and only a little frantic pushing around the plastic housing near the switch finally got it to shut...

Mr-White · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:23

thanks for that my 307 goes into for its second MOT in 3 weeks

MW

West · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:33

I hate MOTs lol

Mums TF is up for its MOT in a couple of weeks.. and she rags it to hell, cant wait to see what it fails on

GT3 · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:43

Haha my ropey old french 9 year old 80k mile 106 diesel passed with not even an advisory

Scania · 11 Jan 2007 at 17:04

Firestar_3x said:
Whoever said french cars are made out of cheese got the saying bang on the money.

Wrong!

Cheese has uses, it can be quite nice and tastes good. None of which applies to French cars! (Hav'nt eaten one - yet!

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Firestar_3x · 11 Jan 2007 at 17:07

R124/LA420 said:
Wrong!

Cheese has uses, it can be quite nice and tastes good. None of which applies to French cars! (Hav'nt eaten one - yet! )

I love all cheese, it fills me with delight when at the end of a meal i can sit down and attack a nice smelly cheese board.

I like Brie / Stilton / Cambozola / wensleydale, to name but a few.

The only cheese i can't bring myself to like its this mass produced one called Renault, leaves a sour taste in your mouth, i've learn't my lesson and i won't be eating anymore of this particular cheese.

Nitro_Junkie · 11 Jan 2007 at 17:53

I've got a bit of experience working at my friend's dad's MOT station and of all the new cars (3 years so first MOT) that fail a huge majority are french

Fr0dders · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:12

just put my picasso through another MOT yesterday. Its a 2001 car, so its 6 years old this year. Went through for a full service at the same time

nothing found, and passed with no advisories.

Only thing's ive done to the Picasso since i bought it in Jan '05. 1 full set of tyres, 1 Exhaust, 1 set of discs and pads and 2 services. All totalling about £5-600 off the top of my head

never had a moments trouble from it

not all french cars are made of cheese.

Swissy · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:21

My old xantia only cost me £325 in total for bits in 4 years , it never failed its mot and has been the most reliable car i have ever had, i guess you get nails and gems from any car maker

Scania · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:37

Swissy said:
My old xantia only cost me £325 in total for bits in 4 years , it never failed its mot and has been the most reliable car i have ever had, i guess you get nails and gems from any car maker

My girlfriends Xantia is no gem, well, perhaps a gem of nails.......

clv101 · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:41

Firestar_3x said:
Anyone else had a 'New' car fail its first MOT?

My Fabia's first MOT is next month... I'll keep you posted. In fact when is the best time to do it? It needs the MOT when it's three years old... which is also when the warranty runs out. Do people tend to get the MOT done a month or so before hand so if any warranty faults are found they can then be fixed?

russ9898 · 11 Jan 2007 at 18:42

agw_01 said:
Sorry to hear that Mark

However, it's true that you get lemons from all manufacturers, yours may just be a lemon.

A friend of mine has an 02 plate Clio 1.2.

He got it from his mum when she upgraded her car. His mum is a driving instructor. The car has almost 150,000 miles on it. All it's needed is a new clutch, brake pads/discs and a water pump.

that a lad named martin?

woodsup · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:06

Brilliant, I read this thread, go out to fetch my dad from the trainstation, and my 1.2 clio (53) decides its airbags won't work anymore while i'm sitting in the carpark.

Thanks for that

agw_01 · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:57

russ9898 said:
that a lad named martin?

From Falkirk?

Stellios · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:58

my 306 has been spotless so far. WOuldnt start due to a flat battery once but that was my fault

russ9898 · 11 Jan 2007 at 22:11

agw_01 said:
From Falkirk?

not sure, hes from up scotland way. i know him from a forum called cliosport, chat 2 him on msn fairly often. not many 02 plate clios can be ex driving school cars on 150k so thought it must be him lol

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