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check us all judging the guy when it could have been a genuine fault. my little 200 was always warmed up, driven with mechanical sympathy and looked after and it still shat its engine at 2500miles!
they are a bit horrible when cold but not bad when warm, hardly as refined as a nice diesel but they arnt bad! i found mine was murder to pull away in smoothly until i got used to it!
stop and handbrake usually while cornering is worn discs and pads usually.
missfire which has most likely destroyed the cat and lambda causing your fault code.
welcome to CS where the only possible way of crashing a car is by driving too fast for the conditions.
good to know you walked away mate, seems to have held up pretty well!
also been informed i should have been asked for my V5 to have the details updated about the new engine which arnold clark should have sent away to the DVLA is this true?? i was simply handed the above card and my key card and sent on my way
na they didnt give one this time, when they serviced my dci they gave me a belter, cant remember it all but basically they ticked to say they lubed the side sliding door, ticked the sidelights were working when none were fitted, ticked to say the propshaft was secure, they checked the automatic...
and while were at it, lets have a giggle, i was expecting a bit of paperwork with the car, maby some sort of report explaining their findings? here is what i got with the car...
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hope this doesnt turn into one of the usual CS threads where members give good solid advice and then the guy decides to ignore it, do it anyway then come greeting looking for advice on how to sort it
had to drive it tonight in the dark for the first time since picking it up and this also revealed the fact that the headlight adjustment is screwed on it since having the front end off it, lights are pointing far to low and the in car adjuster is as high as it can go.
gets better and better...
lol yeah more than likely!, na basically ive had that much hastle from them, if they want to keep me as a renault customer then i want to be coming out of this in a better situation than before the hastle!
if i get no luck with them then it will be a case of cutting my losses, trading in the...
its early days so need to see whats happening first, consumer direct have told me that obviously a product has to be fit for purpose and durable, mine falls under the durability issue, and ive offered to have it put right, after putting my concerns to renault uk about the fact i didnt trust the...
also, consumer direct says they can either offer a replacement which must be 100% like for like (unless the customer agrees to otherwise) or a refund. From looking on the website it seems Albi blue is no longer available? so if it does go to that then its likely going to have to be refund or me...
yeah its just a waiting game see what happens, for anyone in a simmilar situation, consumer direct are awesome and really know their stuff. he took all the details, gave me a ref number and told me to call back if i have any issues.
i didnt even think about the finance company previously but...
mk2 clio i assume? if you can find a 100 in your price range snap it up, if not 80's are still very good, rare though so you generally need to accept the colour/spec you get!
with 65's you get a choice of colours/spec because there is plenty about.
dont be put off with higher millage, look for...