• madjo@feddit.nl
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    29 days ago

    Funny. I’ve been driving Renault pretty much my entire life, starting with a then 16 year old Renault 19. Which lasted until I totalled it in a one-sided accident 4 years later (misjudged the distance to a fence)

    Only issue I ever had with that car was a broken drive shaft. And that was the worst thing that I’ve ever encountered with Renault cars.

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      29 days ago

      If you’ve been driving old Renaults your whole life I absolutely 100000 percent guaran-fuckin-tee that’s not the only problem you’ve had

      Source - multiple Renault owner over the decades

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        29 days ago

        Nope, that’s been seriously the only problem I’ve ever had with Renaults. Maybe I’ve been very lucky. But with my Clio previously and now my Megane that I’ve had for five years now, I haven’t had a single issue. *knocks on wood*

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      29 days ago

      Ive got an old penske moving truck. Its a mac with a renault engine and transmission and we’ve had since the mid 90’s. It is bulletproof. My only complaint is you have to double clutch to shift. I equally hate and love that old piece of shit. It will never die.

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      29 days ago

      IDK much about Renault’s, or cars for that matter, but isn’t renault one of the badges which is really just a badge now?

      My grandfather swore by renaults. They were expensive because they were imported from France (to Australia).

      Now, they’re one of the cheapest cars on the road because they’re manufactured in Korea. They have terrible resale value because rightly or wrongly, they’re perceived to be very poor quality.

      What I mean to say is, does renault the company really make cars, or do they just license their badge to whoever can make the cheapest Megane? I honestly don’t know but that’s the impression I get.

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        29 days ago

        It’s definitely not a rebadge car company. I highly doubt a rebadger would have been able to win Car of the Year with the Scenic this year. I believe the Clio, Megane and the Scenic cars are produced in Romania.