snow Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 With having to get a new to me car unexpectedly, I wanted another diesel but that added over £2k to the asking price of a similar petrol model (of a very dinky car so x how much for a bigger one). The quite new second hand market is very cut and thrust and I think you just have to do your research re repairs etc then take the plunge with what you can afford and it all depends on if you know enough to grab a bargain going privately or need the extra reassurance of a warranty via a dealers. The Scenic is with "our" dealers - we've known and used them for over 10 years now and they have always done us a good deal or got us a good car on the one rare occasion the car they sold us was crap (not their fault they were selling it for another garage) they felt so bad about it that they swapped it with another car of theirs which was £400 more expensive. The Scenic is not something we'd ever considered - I like MPV's and always fancied one but hubby has always hated them saying they were too big etc. and we both have an aversion to French cars having had a money pit Citroen 2CV6 27 years ago (blimey don't I now feel old it left a vivid hatred of French cars as the effing thing broke down the day before our wedding and we were going on honeymoon in it the following day..... ) we like the Scenic and trust them that it's sound etc. but it is underpowered, it would be fine for me to go back and forth to work etc but if hubby ever needed it or we had to use it as the main car to go back and forth to Wales in then I think we'd maybe be wishing for a bit more power. I like everything else about it - especially as its an automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) good news about your dad louise, hope the improvements continue. Snow, I have switched to a diesel in the last year and wouldn't go back to a petrol car, I got my nissan primera for about £600, found it on preloved, have done 20k plus in the last 12 months without it missing a beat so it's been a bargain and a real find. shattered as had a couple days off work and haven't stopped doing stuff, night night all Edited September 1, 2010 by Laurel n Hardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisebt Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sadly the good news didnt last, when dad got to cardiff he met the docs and team, they have studied his mri scan and they have 2 choices, biopsy now then radiotherapy and op to move whats left, or operate now and take out all they can... if they wait he wont walk again and it will kill him, if they operate he may not survive the op, may come out unable to walk, they may not get it all, the op is at 3pm... which explains why i'm still sitting here at 1pm... gutted doesnt even come close... then i found out my partner is cheating on me, lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickentikka Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm sorry, hoping for the best possible outcome for your dad. Woke up in the middle of the night and turned over to look at my clock to se how long I had until the alarm went off, expecting about 3 or 4 hours, 3 flipping minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Morning am shopping for Dogstar and have managed my best discount to date saving nearly 2000 pounds on surgical equipment ! there is a reason why vets cost so much , trust me the equipment and consumables are not cheap my UK vet is so impressed with my penny pinching ways he is taking tips off me now as where to get the best deals online Sam - can I ask a favour please? Could you please start a thread for Dogstar Wish List and put on there what you need/want, plus links to the best place to buy and the address to get stuff sent to? Save me (and others probably) having to trawl back through old RMFs cos I know there was some bits I was gonna buy when I got paid. Thank you Snow - my last car was a Renault Laguna Estate which had 93k on the clock when I bought it. When I part exed it last year for my Honda CR-V, it had over 150k on the clock and still going strong, but the MOT bills were getting to be more than the car was worth. If you are looking for reliability, try an old Honda - the old style (97 - 01) CR-Vs have loads of space in the back and Hondas have a great reputation for reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzie Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm very sorry to hear about your Dad Louisebt I hope the operation goes well for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collies r best Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 louise, hope your dads op goes well As for that cheating scumbag kick him where it hurts and kick him hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Very sorry to hear about your bad news Louise Owl , how is your mum doing now Morning Sam - can I ask a favour please? Could you please start a thread for Dogstar Wish List and put on there what you need/want, plus links to the best place to buy and the address to get stuff sent to? Save me (and others probably) having to trawl back through old RMFs cos I know there was some bits I was gonna buy when I got paid. Thank you No problems and thank you , I will do it when I get back from my work experience today ( doing a week at my Vets ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Louise, what a horrible situation for you and your Dad. Sending positive thoughts. Have a big Woke up in the middle of the night and turned over to look at my clock to se how long I had until the alarm went off, expecting about 3 or 4 hours, 3 flipping minutes Oh, don't you just hate that On the flip side I love it when you think it's nearly time to get up then you realise you have a couple of hours left I am rushing about getting stuff done before I go off to Burghley Horse Trials tomorrow - I'm soooo excited about camping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslass Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sadly the good news didnt last, when dad got to cardiff he met the docs and team, they have studied his mri scan and they have 2 choices, biopsy now then radiotherapy and op to move whats left, or operate now and take out all they can... if they wait he wont walk again and it will kill him, if they operate he may not survive the op, may come out unable to walk, they may not get it all, the op is at 3pm... which explains why i'm still sitting here at 1pm... gutted doesnt even come close... then i found out my partner is cheating on me, lovely! I'm so sorry. Thinking about you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Who can tell me about Renault Scenics It's an old one 1998 the 1600 petrol model with 93k on the clock - reliable? Dodgy? Expensive to repair? Love them or hate them? I test drove one this afternoon loved the space flipping heck you can get a fair few dogs in the back of one of them but we don't really like French cars as a rule and have been wary of the running/repair costs of old ones but old is all we can afford realistically sooooooo its under serious consideration. A few years ago we bought a new one and had problems with it from the third day with a mysterious, intermittent knocking sound. It was regularly in the garage. They denied they could find anything wrong but the head mechanic told us on the fly that there ere three others that had been in the same delivery that had similar problems. It got tot the stage that the area manager was called in every time it went in and only he could hand it back to us. At one point they said it was a part of the engine knocking and would be solved by removing a washer. We insisted they gave us a written guarantee that doing that would not compromise the car in any way in the future. Renault head office were not interested in our complaints. We even got trading standards involved but to no avail. We had bought it on a three year deal but ended the deal after two years and got rid of it. My husband owned his third Renault Kangoo van and I had previously had two Renault Lagunas and we loved the space in the Scenic , but we were really disgusted with the way Renault treated us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Oooo now thats interesting there was a knocking sound which we were told was probably a loose exhaust bracket which they'd fix for us before we had it if we decide to go for it - ironically I've now got my eye on 3 others all a similar age/mileage but the 1.9 diesels which the reviews we've read says are the better ones with much more power. On the other hand our mechanic has just rung us (the one who failed our car yesterday) to say he's just taken in an Escort estate identical to ours, same age etc. apart from it being 1.4 not a 1.6 but in far better condition and with a long MOT and tax as a part payment against a bill for another car and if we want it he'd let us have it for the price of the bill which is under £500 so I'm going to pop across and have a look at it - again I trust him especially as he's gonna catch heck from me if he sold me a duff one since he's the one who'll have to repair it dilema now is spend the few hundreds we would have happily spent on our escort orrrrr spend a bit more and buy a slightly younger different car altogether I fecking hate MOT time and buying cars cos we have to not because we want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Oooo now thats interesting there was a knocking sound which we were told was probably a loose exhaust bracket which they'd fix for us before we had it if we decide to go for it - That is exactly what the noise sounded like. Our Scenic was in the garage every month from new, sometimes twice. They changed some things( despite insisting they could fond nothing wrong) including putting on new shock absorbers but they never got to the bottom of that noise. The head mechanic was telling a totally different story to what the area manager was telling us. Up until that car we loved Reanaults. As I said my husband was on his third van and I had had two Laguna estates, which I loved, but they changed the new shape and the boot was no longer high enough for the dogs. I still like their cars but the attitude of Renault means that we won't buy Renault again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Louise, I am thinking of you and your dad ... and at your partner. What a time to find out. HLGS thanks for asking about my mum. She seems better but the doc hasn't a clue what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Louise & Owl and anyone else I might have over looked whilst being wibbly selishly absorbed in my car woes - sorry guys Went to see the escort ... hhhhmmmm ... it is actually a 1.6 so identical in every respect including age to our current one with one minor difference a little matter of 50k more miles on it's clock than ours has ... 159k mileage seems a bit too high to me realisitcally that cars got 12 - 18 months left in it tops price is right now but we'd be possibly be back in this position about 12 months from now otoh we can afford it and who knows what might go wrong with a. n. other car costing more that we buy instead .... why cant cars last forever and ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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