Anyone got a high mileage Megane II?

[GoldenWonder]

Not so much a technical question but a general wondering...

All Megane IIs I see advertised seem to have quite low mileages on them. I never seem to see one with more than about 35,000 on it! I know the car only arrived in 2003 but that is 4 years ago now...

Has anyone taken a Megane II to a high mileage (i.e over 80,000) or do they simply not last long enough?! I took my last car to 140,000 (petrol) and I just can't see my 1.6 Megane lasting to that distance. If so, what sort of extra problems arrive with the higher mileage?

[pw981]

my car has 72,000 miles on it, and was registered in Feb 2004 so its coming up to 4 years old. Within the warranty period it was going wrong in all the common aspects very regularly. As soon as the warranty expired though, it stopped going wrong? Weird I know..

[GoldenWonder]

Oh I hope mine goes the same way as yours! The reverse-warranty car could really catch on!

[shairaz]

I am in the trade and bought a 53 plate 1.4 Megane last week with 123,000 miles on the clock.

I paid £2200 for it - 1 company owner with Full Renault History.

All I can say is the car shows the miles, its a pain in the ar** !

We buy many high mileage cars and the Renault Meganes are one the worst in my opinion when they reach over 100k

Hope it helps

[mintyman5]

i bought a 1.9dci 18 months ago , just over 100k on the clock company owner , no major probs so far (touch wood)

[GoldenWonder]

123,000 miles! Wow - frankly I'm amazed it lasted that long. The way mine has worn the 18,000 does not bode well!

[xv_biker1]

my 04 1.9 has 56 000 on it and seems to be doing ok touch wood!

[R55VYS]

65k ish on mine, wouldnt advise anyone to get a meg, im proper sick of the heap at the min, it seems to be one thing after another. So far in a year ive replaced the turbo, intercooler, glow plugs, key card, rear discs(which are rediculously expensive £180) pretty sure theres something else, may be a few but thats all i can think of at the mo.
And i take really good care of my car, serviced up and doesnt get ragged, or even excellerate hard when the engines not warm.

I certainly wont be buying another renault.

I find the dealers to be absolute a***holes aswell, how a part can cost different prices in different branches beats me.

[J6AYY]

Mine has done 98,000. Drives as good as new

[GoldenWonder]

Wow - theres a huge variation in how Meganes take their mileages. I can't believe its down to servicing routines.

50% of them will be scrap by 100k, 50% will be OK.

[MidlandDan]

Ive had mine since March and im up to 32 K, its a 55 plate 130 Dci. Im doing around 35K a year now, so it'l be over 60 k before the warranty is up......then hopefully i'l get rid of it and get an audi

[Woody Woo]

It very much depends on the use the car has been put to . The best thing for a car is to rack up a highish mileage quickly on motorways. Stop-start urban driving kills cars.




Renault. Travel First Class.

[jimmy guy]

I bought my 04 53 reg 1.9DCi Dynamique 2 1/2 months ago with 120,000 on the clock and a full renault Service History. Supposedly only done motorway miles.

It drives like a dream and I've already clocked up close to 6,000 more miles on top - Only issue for me has been a dodgy aerial for the Radio.

My father in law has an 07 reg 1.5 DCi and on driving them both you couldnt tell which had done 120k+ and which had done 5k.

[Watson21]

When I bought my 03 reg (1.5 dCi), it had 33k on the clock....had all of its services since then and now has 62-63k miles on and its kind of working fine.
When I say kind of, I mean that there are rattly noises and "extra noises" coming from the car but i think that might be because it needs a service.

Apart from that, all is well.....although i am beginning to wish i hadnt entered the world of Renault because its so damned expensive to repair and service!

The joys of motoring I suppose.

[L77]

I have saw a few on good old ebay they were ex fleet (they were all white ) 1.9 Diesels with something daft like 160,000 - 170,000MILES yes MILES and that was about 9 month ago!

God help the new buyers

I have a Meg 225 with 40,000 and I cant see it lasting to 80,000 if I am being honest just got a feeling!, my old meg 1.4 53 plate had 65,000 and not a problem when I traded it in