RE: Shed Of The Week: Renault Vel Satis
Discussion
wtf is happening to pistonheads?
a shed - as per their t shirt is a car that 'is much loved , discussed weekly'
and they do a feature on a vel satis that is from a dealer that has a fuel injection fault and needs tracking....
that's kinda fk the private buyers / car lovers? no?
there are other vel satis for sale privately without faults/same price... poor show take the pistonheads...
a shed - as per their t shirt is a car that 'is much loved , discussed weekly'
and they do a feature on a vel satis that is from a dealer that has a fuel injection fault and needs tracking....
that's kinda fk the private buyers / car lovers? no?
there are other vel satis for sale privately without faults/same price... poor show take the pistonheads...
Always loved the art deco looks of these and the other Renaults at the time. Tried one about 6 years ago, lots of gadgets, still loved the looks, very comfortable to be in, very nice cabin to be in. However on driving it I ten found out about the ride. not good for a big waft mobile. Dealer was a little dodgy as well so I walked.
BTW it was the bigger diesel I was looking at getting - don't rememebr the MPG being clsoe to 40 on them.
BTW it was the bigger diesel I was looking at getting - don't rememebr the MPG being clsoe to 40 on them.
Ljust noticed the Vel Satis shed of Last Week. May be better bet would be Peugeot 405 Executive 2.2 HDI, it's cousin. Used one for while, one owner direct from main dealer, 110000 on clock. lovely! Plush saddle leather, like Vel Satis, memory seats working and memory mirrors on this example - it cost £500 as seen- full instrumentation including the clean hands oil check and useful, practical oil temp gauge - more important than coolant, electric rear window blind, normal profile tyres, thus v. comfortable, bit of real wood here and there. Yes, a bit of an oldie but no rust and would do 80% of what a new Grand Routier would. Solid engineering included twin auto bonnet struts great arrogant horns and decent carpets. Fast by rep mobile standards, late 90s, good torque and no diesel chugs-chugs audible inside. Incidentally leather not pleather - BMW and Ford Titanium please note.Much of this "thrifted out" by cost accountants on 406. Should probably have kept as a hack, with "OEC" reg - oh, heck! L
Edited by Lester H on Friday 20th November 20:51
Edited by Lester H on Friday 20th November 20:54
Edited by Lester H on Friday 20th November 21:21
Mr Adds said:
I have had a soft spot for these, along with the Avantime.... Major brave pills to own one I think, however there is a chap near me who has both a Vel Satis and an Avantime, major cool!
You can keep the Vel Satis but I've always thought the Avantime was a bit special. Had a chat with an owner down at Goodwood a while back. I remember both the Vel Satis and Avantime towards the end of their days in the UK; every time we had a visit from anyone at Renault UK head office whoever came to see us would be in a different one each time, Renault UK were obviously furiously registering them to hit their UK Haute De Gamme target, said area guy would run it for a couple of months and then be given a new one.
To get shot of the above mentioned used ones dealers were given a £5k margin, there was also an up to £5k deposit contribution and 0% finance.
Great cars a real conversation piece but there was no way they would work over here, cracking V6 petrol version though.
To get shot of the above mentioned used ones dealers were given a £5k margin, there was also an up to £5k deposit contribution and 0% finance.
Great cars a real conversation piece but there was no way they would work over here, cracking V6 petrol version though.
Well 14 years later and it certainly still divides opinion, although most of it still hating it bitterly. You have got to admire the guts to do something different though. Just look at Audi almost 25 years of farting around with much the same inoffensive boring designs, all of them almost the same, just slightly bigger, or smaller. Well, you can't say that about this. I mean, it's horrible, but they had a go.
But that particular one? Run away and keep running till you definitely can't see it anymore.
Personal experience of Renaults is that they have engines made of chocolate, or might as well be for as long as they last. Sad, because they can be stylish, for a little while anyway.
But that particular one? Run away and keep running till you definitely can't see it anymore.
Personal experience of Renaults is that they have engines made of chocolate, or might as well be for as long as they last. Sad, because they can be stylish, for a little while anyway.
Edited by kellyt on Saturday 21st November 01:18
crofty1984 said:
hornetrider said:
Motorrad said:
A bizarre choice given that autotrader features 3 others at the same price that don't have stated faults
Er, not sure if serious. The whole point of shed is it's cars from the PH classifieds.I guess not then. Shame. Suddenly seems a bit less fun/informative and more like a crafty advert for the classifieds. Which I admit is stupid as it's the same articles I've been enjoying for the last god knows how long.
I believe a few Sheds from Auto Trader have featured in the past but we do try to keep them from PH if at all possible. Comments noted on this car's current condition, we shall be a little more selective in future! For what it's worth I just thought it was rather cool and different, which is why it received my vote.
Cheers,
Matt
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