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26/10/2008 at 7:53am
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I'm an ex Grand Scenic owner - 30 trips to the dealer for faults to be sorted in the first 3 years of a brand new car has put me off Renault for life!
Contrary to the advice earlier, DO NOT look at whattowcar.com. It completely ignores the very important (in the case of Renault) issue of Gross Train Weight.
The GTW is the maximum permissible weight of the car + contents (including people) + anything it tows. With my Grand Scenic, this figure was 3050Kg. Yours will be lower than this, I imagine.
The reason it's complicated is that Renault also quoted a "maximum tow" figure of 1300Kg. Now, it works out that to tow 1300Kg, there would be no weight allowance left for any luggage or passengers in the car, before exceed the permitted GTW. Nearly all other manufacturers have vastly higher GTW figures than Renault for some reason.
In practice, I worked out that the maximum weight I could tow with our Grand Scenic was around 1000Kg, still allowing for family and belongings. Yours will be lower, as the Grand Scenic is a heavier car. I bought a Bailey Ranger 470/4 (967Kg unladen).
I don't know the weight of your Scenic, but I would doubt you could tow 1050Kg and keep within the limits.
There are quite a few posts about this on this forum - search for Renault Scenic and you'll find them.
I've just changed from a Grand Scenic to a Toyota RAV4 - excellent at towing, and drives like a car. On my commute to work (20 miles each way), I get 45mpg+ too. I would strongly advise against buying Renault!
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