Thinking of chopping in the daily runner Alfa 156, it is just too expensive to run. I have to pay £275 Tax, Insurance around £285, and fuel consumption usually 27 to 30 mpg for mixed driving, i.e. around town with a bit of motorway.
As I am in with the RAOC posse I was considering going for a Megane to match with Jens Clio Dynamique, I think it will probably be a 5 door to cope with visiting olds and the likely arrival of a Golden Retriever, ahhhh. I had checked out Autotrader and found quite a few with reasonable mileage either with a 1.6 16V petrol engine or 1.9 Diesel engine, I am considering the Dynamique model for a bit of faux sport appeal.
Anyway I checked out the owner’s reviews on Autotrader and some were “abandon all hope and avoid like the plague” and others were “Top car will get another and can’t recommend it highly enough”. This left me unsure so on yesterdays bike ride I passed a small dealers premises and decided to pop in, he didn’t have any Meganes other than a Scenic but we had quite a long discussion and he basically said I should avoid the Megane as they are trouble with the electrics and he only has the Scenic because it has such low mileage and he knew the owner. Then he suggested I might be better of looking at a Ford Focus, Vauxhall Astra or A Pug, none of which he had to try and push on me.
So I guess this is a rather long winded way of saying what is the collected wisdom on the subject, Megane a pile of rubbish or much maligned?
Ta guys!
definitely would recommend.
