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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Car Modifications (UK group) / May 2008for the love of god talk me out of buying a Laguna,
lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, seem to be a lot of car with decent performnance for around the 1200 quid mark. quite a few on the trader with fsh and reasonable mileage for this sort of price, positives 210 bhp big comfy 4 door hatch V6 noise something thats a bit unusual minuses its Frensh its a renault Its a laguna any thoughts? > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > any thoughts? The engine is pretty good :-p  SignatureDan Clio R27 F1 #65 > The engine is pretty good :-p just like the fact there dirt cheap pack 200 bhp and if i get bored i can throw some 19's on cut the springs and take the seats out and call it a touring car rep. SWMBO has commandeered the LCR as a daily driver (sayts its wasted sitting outside the house all day) and has proceeded give it death at every opportunity. expect a post shortly how to extract a hedge/ditch shaped dent from a funny looking golf post > > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > > > any thoughts? > > The engine is pretty good :-p I thought the engine was *fantastic* I've had a couple of Lagunas, including a V6 manual. Bought it as it was dirt cheap. Wanted to hate it, but it was actually pretty great for the cash - good for wafting around in, but toe the loud pedal and it was perfectly capable of turning into a nutter-mobile. Averaged about 20mpg on short trips, did 30 on the motorway. Only real downside was that I don't think there was an LSD on it, as the front wheels were certainly "active". Oh, and neither of them ever put a foot wrong, reliability-wise. SignatureLordy.UK > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > any thoughts? Horrendous on fuel. It'll probably be an auto as well... that's right, a *Renault* auto. *shudder* Avoid. -- JackH > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > any thoughts? Another minus - it's not an auto though being french that's probably a plus. > It'll probably be an auto as well... that's right, a *Renault* auto. oh no, we aint be having any of that magical gearbox malarkey here m'lad, it would be one of the 5 manual V6's currently on the trader :) > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > > seem to be a lot of car with decent performnance for around the 1200 > quid mark. > positives > > 210 bhp > big comfy 4 door hatch > V6 noise > something thats a bit unusual > any thoughts? Yeah, get a 406 V6 instead, they're nicer to drive and Übersubtle... SignaturePete M - OMF#9 Range Rover V8 Turbo Range Rover 4.6 HSE "Professional Petrolhead" >> lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Yeah, get a 406 V6 instead, they're nicer to drive and Übersubtle... All that french fragility, but no benefits of either high performance or fuel economy. > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, French (WOCAB), Fragile, French (WOCAB), FWD, French (WOCAB), Renault hence French (WOCAB). > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > any thoughts? They're not unusual. Yes, the V6 bit is, but the Laguna isn't. My preference in the V6 big cars is a Xantia or C5. More unusual* and certainly in the C5, just as powerful. The Xantia is only ~195 PS as I remember. SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com >> lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, >> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > certainly in the C5, just as powerful. The Xantia is only ~195 PS as I > remember. Thats the earlier incarnation of that engine and is to be avoided. Less power, less torque, and less mpg. SignatureDan Clio R27 F1 #65 >>> lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, >>> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Thats the earlier incarnation of that engine and is to be avoided. Less > power, less torque, and less mpg. Yes; it'll be very similar to the 406 in this respect. SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com >>>> lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, >>>> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Yes; it'll be very similar to the 406 in this respect. 406s got the better engine after 1998. SignatureDan Clio R27 F1 #65 > positives > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > any thoughts? Yeah: R U N !! Tom De Moor > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > any thoughts? Yeah, the last company I worked for, being French-owned decided that everyone who had a 'needs' company car (rather than a 'benefits' car) *had* to have a Renault. That's why I got the Megane 225. Which broke down on the way home from collecting it. I had it less than two hours though it might have been partially my fault for thrashing the tits off it straight out of the car park (11 miles on the clock), including a quick blast with an Mitsi FQ-something-or-other. It then broke down again on the way home from the garage after being 'fixed'. It was ok after that though, and did nice smokey burnouts. A collegue's Laguna didn't even make it out of the car park, she had it something like twelve minutes. Everyone else I know who had a Renault had problems with them. Ok, Alan crashed his but there were a whole plethora of electrical problems, including one guy who's Laguna decided to switch itself completely off and refused to restart. Not too bad but he was doing >70mph in lane 3 on the M1 at the time. SignatureAbo > > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > and refused to restart. Not too bad but he was doing >70mph in lane 3 on > the M1 at the time. Sounds like we should open a book on when Dan's Clio first breaks down and what the cause is. I reckon evens odds on a keyless entry failure within 2 weeks of purchase ;-) SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE > lately i've been having dirty thoughts about a manual V6 laguna, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > any thoughts? Ok. Don't buy the Laguna. I've done all I can here my personal experience with a Laguna spontaneously combusting are already on the net somewhere. |
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