A few of us on here like a little French car

Andyk

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rockits said:
LOL....not a fan of any Frenchies Andy?
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Well, you could probably count them on one hand.......We have had a couple....Engines seem unburstable but build quality and electrics makes Maserati feel like Rolls Royce quality.......Our Megane went on for years but I swear something fell of it every week....Felt like it was made of baked bean tins.........Had a 205 GTi and loved it but that was the same......

Remember test driving a Renault 5 Turbo.....Crazy car and lots of fun. I may have bought it but on the test drive the glove box lid fell off, the rear view mirror fell off and when you used the indicators the brake lights came on.....I kid you not........My TVR was better built.......
 
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LOL....I bought in/out a Clio 16v a few years back. Cracking fun but felt like a death trap after many years in more modern machinery. The 306 and 206 I have feel much better and a generation better.

I thought the Clio was rattling itself to pieces. You thought the engine might fall out at any point! Any French stuff I've had has mainly been Peugeot but mid to late 90's onwards. I don't fancy a 205 or anything older. In fact that is my line in the sand really. Oldest I go generally is mid to late 90's. Anything older doesn't interest me really as is either worse built, too old and/or too expensive.
 
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Just so you can see I don’t have a full downer on French cars Phil this one is brilliant.....Yes sure it will still fall apart as it’s made from bake bean tins but I drove one and this is what the French do well .... Hot hatches and this one with its harness and two seats is a cr4cker. Should have bought one when they were 10k but this one is for sale for 25k.79938
 
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French cars have always been quirky and you either get that or you don't, without many exceptions the quirkiness barges on bizarre hence why I don't generally like Renaults, Citroen, Peugeot et all. In the late mids 80s to 90s Peugeot seem to have a nirvana moment with suspension design and made some great handling cars, 205, 309, 405, 306 etc. but they were all cheaply made and the felt like they wouldn't last. In recent years Renault have tried with their performance Clios & Meganes but cheap fit always lets them down IMO.

Strangely the French cars I do like are some of the most bizarre, DS, 504 Coupe, Venturi, Alpine GTA, C6 etc.
 
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Good points made chaps.
Two years of abusing my 31 year old Foursome no squeaks or rattles and nothing has fallen off.
The only thing I think is going to break each time I use it is the indicator stalk and it hasn't.
Probably was like it when new.
 
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GTVGEOFF said:
By the look on his face it looks like he wants to end it all
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I thought that was just how the suspension was set up! Didn’t realise it was being driven hard. My mum had one back in the late 70s. I recall it broke in half.
 
philw696

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Markc said:
I thought that was just how the suspension was set up! Didn’t realise it was being driven hard. My mum had one back in the late 70s. I recall it broke in half.
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My Renault 4 gets driven like that most days sometimes with a trailer on the back :)
 
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