RE: Renault Laguna Coupe GT | Shed of the Week

[stavers]

Sion111R said:

Hairymonster said:

Bobupndown said:

Turbobanana said:

NGK210 said:

And the heeoooge front overhang is unforgivable.

Fixed that for you:

Brilliant but the wheelbase is a bit long now. Can you make it into a city car for me?

No problem.

That is awesome….it’s a Renault Wind.

I was thinking exactly that.

Good job I have one of each...


The one for sale also doesn't have the SatNav. Mine is a 150bhp diesel but it's the imaginatively "TomTom" edition so it does have the Nav and it's all controlled by buttons down in the centre console which the advertised one is missing.

Edited by stavers on Monday 25th March 13:48

[DaveyBoyWonder]

BenS94 said:

Well.... they say never buy a car from Birmingham - what is the advice on buying from Birmingham and from a company dissolved two weeks ago?

Probably about as risky as buying a car from Birmingham from a company that hasn't been dissolved!

[BenS94]

DaveyBoyWonder said:

BenS94 said:

Well.... they say never buy a car from Birmingham - what is the advice on buying from Birmingham and from a company dissolved two weeks ago?

Probably about as risky as buying a car from Birmingham from a company that hasn't been dissolved!

Companies House is a really good tool to help those considering purchasing black, manual, diesel Laguna Coupes from Birmingham....

[Escort Si-130]

I liked these. Only downside was the engine, needed a firebreathing V8 and 0-60 in around 5 seconds.

[aturnick54]

Escort Si-130 said:

I liked these. Only downside was the engine, needed a firebreathing V8 and 0-60 in around 5 seconds.

Most of them had the same 2.0 diesel M9R engine you'd find in a Trafic or Vivaro. Very reliable engines and fairly smooth.

I had one of these for a couple years, and certainly regret selling it. Quite cheap to run and always turned heads (whether for positive or negative reasons)

[aturnick54]

Benzinaio said:

Gorgeous arse, horrible face. But I still would.........

I'm not sure what they were thinking with the grill, seemed like a bit of an after thought. The grill looks a lot better in black however.

[Sisu9]

Turbobanana said:

NGK210 said:

And the heeoooge front overhang is unforgivable.

Fixed that for you:

Looks like a better looking Merc EQS now!

[MRI1177]

Renault of old - French cars generally - were brilliant things because they just flew their own flag. People who bought Cortinas didn't get it and never would. Buyers of the image massaging German machines wouldn't be seen dead in a Renault of any size so why try to attract them? Then in the 80s and 90s it all changed. Apart from accidentally making the Mk1 Laguna a decent car by any practical yardstick, Renault changed direction and became determined to try to gain some grunts of approval from people who wouldn't buy one of their offerings anyway. The Mk3 Laguna was a very undistinguished car - not as good as the Mondeo or Passat or most anything in its class so no reason at all to pay similar money to punish yourself with Renault's famously bad customer service or put up with its 'think of a number and double it' spares prices. So ugly no-one bothered to even considered buying one - Renault got the hump over no UK sales and didn't market the replacement - the Talisman- over here at all. Not being a modern SUV clone is damning with faint praise and doesn't change the fact that it's a modern era Renault with odd , dumpy proportions , that bizarre outsized badging they seem to insist on, oodles of silver painted plastic inside and the famed Renault ride comfort is a distant memory- of your Grandad's. It looks in decent nick but is a No Thanks car.