Quote: Originally posted by Basilbrush on 18/11/2009
Don't see why he shouldn't buy an Espace, we've had dam good service out of ours over the years. The one we have now has the Nissan V6 diesel in it with a lovely auto box & is a lovely family car. It will be our last people carrier though, only because our kids are now starting to drive & two of the four have their own cars.
Neil & Lena say about Renault having low residual values. Nothing has a residual value worth shouting about at the moment, my brother has a lovely discovery with loads of extras on it & low miles, he can't give it away. We run two top of the range Scania lorries & they're worthless at present.
My advice to Pete is to go & test drive a few different cars & buy which ever one he gets the best deal on. The warranties on some of the Korean cars are crazy, the cars are very good too. If he was buying new, there are some amazing deals on offer out there.
BB
Post last edited on 18/11/2009 21:56:27
I'm not surprised about the Discovery being difficult to sell. I bought one to recover my Rover 820i that had got a broken cambelt 180 miles from home. Instead of ending up with a vehicle that would be a help to me I ended up with ANOTHER dead car, basically a heap of scrap that was a one-trip-wonder. The radiator was devoid of its fins and caused the engine to boil over and blow its head gasket on Okehampton Hill. It is now likely that the head will be cracked as the 300Tdi is infamous for doing this. The load bay in the Discovery isn't even long enough to take an airbed though it is just possible to sleep diagonally if one is not very tall. I have used a cheap Chinese tent quite successfully however. Its disgusting for such a huge vehicle to have insufficient room in it and compared to all my previous vehicles it is noisy and slow. FAIL!
Topic: Renault Espace as Towcar??
