Renault Laguna Coupe

[Simon182]

After having owned my Inferno 182 for 3.5years and covering 50,000miles in it, it was time for a change but unfortunately with the gearbox giving grief just as me and my partner were looking at buying our first house the interest in repairing the car was very low.

Anyway, this is the replacement I picked up yesterday, having moved a little further away for work a diesel would be desired as I was starting to notice the shift pattern at the local petrol station!

Overall the car is a massive step up from the build quality of the 182 and it's a lovely place to be wafting to work and back. I only have the one photo at the moment but I will get some more taken at the weekend.

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Laguna Coupe[/url] by Simon Blades, on Flickr

[Simon182]

As far as I'm aware it's a Nissan engine, which is also a cam chain so no over priced cambelt and dephaser changes like the Clio. Interior seems pretty rattle free but at the end of the day it's a Renault, you can't expect it to have the same level of build quality as a German equivalent.

It's surprisingly comfortable and quiet in the cabin and it's got a good equipment level which keeps me happy with.

I agree with the Clio but it'll always be a car which I rate highly for handling, was such a laugh to throw about on track and you could feel what the chassis was doing.

[Simon182]

Just a small update.

With this being my first car with DRL, they looked a little naff being halogen bulbs. So having received an Amazon gift card I bought some LED DRL bulbs which improve the front end image somewhat.





I just need to buy some LED sidelights now for when the xenon headlights are on.

[Simon182]

HairyMaclary said:

I have a mk3 ph2 estate. I traded my 172 in for it after over 100k happy miles.

20k in and I still absolutely love it. Like the rarity as there are hardly any ph2s. Its very practice and very comfy for long distance work. I dont miss the cambelt worries I used to have with the 172. It will need a aux belt soon.

Only gripe is the stereo. I have every option bar the bose pack. Might see if I can retro fit it.

Do the Bose systems come up very often? I wouldn't mind fitting a sub speaker in the boot, seems the standard stereo doesn't come with one.

[Simon182]

taffyboy said:

I like those lights. Do you have a link to the ones you had?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010QRYBMO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Those are the ones fitted, they appear to have some quality compared to some LED fittings I've had in the past.

[SimonBlades]

minichamp said:

Going to look at one of these at the weekend, 2011 150 Tom Tom, how did this car work out for you then? Any advice

That sounds to be the same spec as what I had. Check the rear springs as they seemed prone for snapping, make sure the handbrake works as it's electronic on these.

My main gripe was the engine felt laggy and not 150bhp, I remember unplugging the MAF sensor and it ran a lot quicker (albeit with some smoke). The car never had an engine management light up etc but worth nothing.

Oh and check that both seats fold forwards, the handle on my passenger seat snapped as the entire mechanism is plastic.