Comments on: 2008 Renaultsport dCi diesel hot-hatch

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:51:16 +0000

Well my Turbo Reno is wonderful to drive. More room than the golf and better handling too. My dealer is Nissan in Adlaide and I couldnt be happier with their service. In fact better than when I bought my merc. However the article mentions nothing about 0/100. I dont care about c02 otherwise id buy the standard diesel. Diesel is getting too expensive and this is something we should all be protesting about.

By: DaveL

DaveL — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:09:01 +0000

Are we still talking about cars here?

By: No Name

No Name — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:58:07 +0000

Totally agree with you Golfie…love that rump, the only thing putting me off was the tight rear legroom.
Reckless – you being particulary neg today, Renault have upped the anti for build quality lately, Our Laguna was a crock of …. but Renault have promised better things.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:32:39 +0000

Hey Golfy, I’ve never liked big bums on my women and I don’t like them on my cars

But many men like it.

There are still the insurmountable problems of the Renault – it’s French (un)reliability, it’s (lack of)resale value, total numbers sold ????? perhaps 40 bumbacks since release. Try and get parts for them in 7 years time. Try and find a mechanic who knows/cares how to repair them – there might be one or two in Melbourne and Sydney.

But when you sell your diesel Golf, its retained value will be excellent, the buyer will know parts will be available, and there are many thousands of them on the roads, so eventual parts availability from wreckers will see a Golf running for 20 years or more. And it will still look good.

Voting with a style heart and buying the Renault will be accompanied by a generous financial hit sooner or later. The driving enjoyment would have to be damn good every day…….

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:23:40 +0000

Enough said Golfschwein
Did you get the 125kw TDI?

I personally find the Megane to be “Mundane” and so it has stuck. “There goes another mundane!” I say.

BUT… long live choice. The golf is a lovely looking car, but I think that’s because of the variety of cars we see every day. I’d hate for all cars to look like a VW.
Viva La Difference!

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:37:01 +0000

Golf owner here, Reckless. Thanks for your kind words on the Golf, but guess what? I’ve always LOVED the Big Bum look of these Meganes. I’d have put one on the shopping list 2 years ago if a diesel had been available.

Yes, I’m in on the diesel hype. I guess that makes me not terribly smart, hey Booter? Ahh, but check my punctuation.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:54:36 +0000

Yep, the styling appeal of this will fade as quickly as the resale value.

A 5 year old Golf still looks elegant and classy.

I may have “underdeveloped aesthetic sensibilities” but I’m like most of the population.

Please tell me how many of these insane bum design cars have been sold in AU, and how many Golfs. That should tell you that people vote with their sense of what is stylish and what is rubbish.

By: DaveL

DaveL — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:22:23 +0000

Anybody who doesn’t think this design is beautiful has poor or underdeveloped aesthetic sensibilities. nuff said.

By: gg

gg — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:12:41 +0000

Are you implying that the styling of the Megane is short-term and kitsch and that the current VWs are somehow \’long-term\’?

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:26:59 +0000

Yes, some people like short term kitsch, others prefer long term, more neutral design.

Others prefer higher resale and higher build quality too.

Still others dislike anything French because they only just stopped exploding nuclear weapons in our back yard, even though we asked them not to, and they didn’t have a need to.