Talk me out of it... Megane Convertible?!

[qska]

Hey,

I found a few of these locally... petrol, manuals, 1.6 or 2.0...

RENAULT MEGANE 1.6 VVT CONVERTIBLE

Any horror stories?

Prices are suspiciously low, for 2007-2009 cars. In the £1500 ballpark.

Run for the hills?

The aim is to have a spring/summer fun car, that also takes the kids back from school if needed, but probably mostly for my commutes during long warm days.

[qska]

Ok, I give in.

Megane is off the cards... :-)

I had the CLK vert Avantgarde, and moaned about the stiff suspension.

SLKs look nice as well, but I don't know which versions have the hard suspension (which I DO NOT WANT).

C70 is nice, I was even thinking of swapping the daily driver for one - but to be a proper daily driver it'd have to have Xenons on it.

[qska]

mikey P 500 said:

My brother has one of the megane convertibles, he is not a car type, just wanted to be able to get top down from time to time. The roof means he can park on street in dodgy areas (previous escort cab had roof slashed more than once). He has put about 70k on it over last 4 years, only need one electrical repair (rear window mechanically) and oil change once a year is about all the maintenance it gets. Very slow 1.6 as heavy car fuel is not great either, but he likes it.

That's the sort of fun I meant - put the roof down, enjoy the not so quick ride, without people vomiting in the back ;-)

Plus, that'd be good for Oxford, Megane is a bit smaller than our S Max...

[qska]

... so you say something like this would do the trick?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Edited by qska on Thursday 23 March 20:51

[qska]

jamiebae said:

I'm going to go against the grain here, on the following assumption - you are aware it will be rubbish to drive, worse than an average hatchback, and you are prepared to throw it away if it breaks and write off the £1,500.

Would I buy one, no, but for a very specific set of circumstances it's not a totally awful option.

Yeah, we have a MPV and a diesel saloon for daily duties.

This is meant to take us to the shops, school, maybe New Forest day trips.

And the occasional 100 mile round trip commute in good weather, as half of it is through countryside.

Driving for fun was mentioned in the other long thread (is there a point in a fast car).

I was also considering replacing the daily driver with a convertible, but the depreciation already suffered would be too great - it's still a car that does its job very very well, and I'd buy it myself for the depreciated price Plus a benefit of known history and no hidden faults.

[qska]

So.

Maybe just swap the daily driver for something with a panoramic sunroof? At least I could re-use the parking space I already have, and avoid hassle with parking outside someone's house, or the main road.

Whaddya think?

Convertibles are a bit eye-pokey and not necessarily inconspicuous.

Is a pano sun roof a nice alternative?