laguna estate

[newoldfart]

Given the reputation of French electrics of this era does this sound
any good.2002 (02 plate)laguna 1.8 dynamique estate.115 thousand miles
on the clock and fully dealer maintained until 1 thousand miles ago.
1 years ticket and some tax but i can,t remember how much.Has a tear
in the leather on the drivers seat and some of the rear head lining
needs sticking back up.Asking price £890.00.

[ModernAndy]

From my own experience, avoid like the plague. The Laguna 2 rightly has a reputation for being unreliable/made of chocolate and one that old will probably only last till the next MOT until it needs major money spent.

Not all are crap but it's a gamble

[BFG TERRANO]

Any car of that value is a punt. If it lasts a year or two and dies then happy days. If the head gasket cooks on day two your lolly is down the pan.

I'd be looking German or jap personally, had a 57 plate Laguna. Riddled with electrical nasties, over heating and poor mpg. Glad when it went

[okie592]

We have had 3 of those lagunas now. All have been brilliant.

The first we had new till 5 years old and did 140k with nothing but the usal consumer parts

Then we had a 8 year old example bought with 85k on then got crashed into at 135k the front suspension did collapse on that one.

Then we had a 160k example one as a stop gap for 3 months, bought from a polish person that jad to have a new card key after it went though the wash.

No electical problems, no horror stories, the 2ns one did have a rattley dmf tho

[ch108]

I had the hatchback version, also 1.8 petrol 2002. Well aware of their reputation, still no idea why I bought it. Turned out to be one of the most comfortable cars I owned. Mine was 4 years old but only had around 20k on the clock. Got rid of it when it was nearing 8 years old with just under 70k on the clock. It never gave me much trouble in the time I owned it. Apart from the front electric windows which had to be fixed, and a minor starting issue which was fixed by the AA in 20minutes. As someone said, its a bit of a gamble, not sure I would buy an 8 year old Laguna though. But if you get a good one they are nice cars.

[ModernAndy]

The one I had was comfortable and safe with a decent amount of equipment so was a good car in those aspects but it went from a clean MOT when I bought it to the longest list of fails I have ever seen in 1 year (from a reputable MOT garage I'd used many times before myself and through the business I worked for at the time- so it wasn't a crap garage trying to extort money from me).

[ModernAndy]

The electrics were fine apart from frequent lock-outs where I couldn't open the doors by the remote (it never had a problem locking) and then trying the actual key in the barrel, that didnt work either! Resulting in often having to wait overnight wherever I was till the car behaved itself and opened.