RE: Renault Laguna Coupe GT | Shed of the Week
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I've got one so am biased but mine is the 3.0 V6 dci - also a GT with the 4 Control steering. Had it 8 years now and counting... goes like a train with a decent 450nm torque it's not embarrased by much on the road on mid range punch. I assume most people who say it's "French, a diesel and ugly" drive the usual unreliable German fodder? Some of us just like to be different! Mine is 14 years old now and everything still works - the only downsides I have to my long term ownership are a harsh slow speed ride and the auto box could be quicker... love it and the shed here looks like mine so it's a thumbs up from me!
Petrol version seems to go for a premium. slightly quicker than the diseasel.
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Boom78 said:
I thought these looked great when they came out, not so sure anymore though. However, I do miss the lack of new sporty coupes, the UK was awash with them in the 90s/early 00s from calibres, preludes, Nissans to ceilicas. Driving home yesterday it really struck me how cars are now much bigger/taller and uglier!
Very true, options for reasonably priced coupes have really died off. The Toyota 86 being one of the very few. We didnt even get the new Z coupe on these shores, obviously an indication where the markets have gone....Small, medium and large SUV and electric buckets!!!For 2 grand, a decent condition, albeit high(ish) mileage, car which you will probably never see another of on the roads.
I do kinda 'get' the want for it, you could be centre of attention at festival of the unexceptional.
Not for me personally, I think it's horrible and nasty, but I do understand why some would love it.
I do kinda 'get' the want for it, you could be centre of attention at festival of the unexceptional.
Not for me personally, I think it's horrible and nasty, but I do understand why some would love it.
Turbobanana said:
I passed my driving test in 1985, which was a miracle because one of the Highway Code questions I was asked was "How far can you drive into common land before it becomes an offence?". Naturally I had no idea - would you?* - but it sprang to mind again this morning while reading SOTW over breakfast.
PH seems to have a narrow range of acceptability defined by parallel lines which, if you dare to cross them, leads into a minefield of ridicule and often downright abuse. How dare we like something unusual?
This Laguna sends anyone admiring it far into that minefield. It's French. It's a diesel. It's not RWD. So it must be quirky, unreliable and with build quality equal to that of an envelope, meaning you'll die in a crash. Celebrate instead that it's unusual, economical, goes well and you'll probably not see another any time soon.
*I asked my dad at the time - a serving police officer - and he had to look it up (no Google back then). I Googled it today: 15 yards, in case you were wondering. A yard is a bit like a meter, only stubbornly British and from c1000AD
A yard isn't anything like a "meter", (gas water electric) it is however similar to a "metre"( S I. unit of measurement) One being 36 inches the other 39.37inches, Google inches.PH seems to have a narrow range of acceptability defined by parallel lines which, if you dare to cross them, leads into a minefield of ridicule and often downright abuse. How dare we like something unusual?
This Laguna sends anyone admiring it far into that minefield. It's French. It's a diesel. It's not RWD. So it must be quirky, unreliable and with build quality equal to that of an envelope, meaning you'll die in a crash. Celebrate instead that it's unusual, economical, goes well and you'll probably not see another any time soon.
*I asked my dad at the time - a serving police officer - and he had to look it up (no Google back then). I Googled it today: 15 yards, in case you were wondering. A yard is a bit like a meter, only stubbornly British and from c1000AD
iainmrscalextric said:
I've got one so am biased but mine is the 3.0 V6 dci - also a GT with the 4 Control steering. Had it 8 years now and counting... goes like a train with a decent 450nm torque it's not embarrased by much on the road on mid range punch. I assume most people who say it's "French, a diesel and ugly" drive the usual unreliable German fodder? Some of us just like to be different! Mine is 14 years old now and everything still works - the only downsides I have to my long term ownership are a harsh slow speed ride and the auto box could be quicker... love it and the shed here looks like mine so it's a thumbs up from me!
It's not gold coloured is it?There's definitely something a bit sad about these nowadays. Old enough to have lost any of the flashiness they might once have had but not old enough to be a classic, not overly pretty and by all accounts not especially exciting to drive either. It's a coupe that no longer does any of the things someone might buy a coupe for. Even at shed money there's better choices than this for pretty much every use case.
And yet I still can't help but quite like them, to the point that I can kind of see myself in one, and I have absolutely no idea why.
And yet I still can't help but quite like them, to the point that I can kind of see myself in one, and I have absolutely no idea why.
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|https://thumbsnap.com/D8RTRf7L[/url]drgoatboy said:
It's not gold coloured is it?
No it's "pearl black" with beige leather interior - also has the good Bose 10 speaker hifi with Inrix sat-nav + factory front parking sensors which was all quite a rare combo of options. I agree with your other comment on this thread about the driving experience - I fly around in mine every time I go out and still enjoy every drive and that's why I will drive it until I can't get spares (almost happened last year when driveshaft boot split and dried the bearings) and was told there are no replacements in Europe to be had even in the remanufactured area (only the MK3 3.0 V6 shafts fit these very rare V6 cars). "Lucky" for me the cherry red 3.0 v6 dci that had been on youtube had been crashed and I managed to nab both the drive shafts from Synetiq on ebay for £55 each.. but so sorry someone else lost their car so mine could carry on!Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff