Daughter's car
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Daughter's car
I thought my daughter 2012 Renault Koleos (?) was a good car, I have now changed my mind.
It has done 135,000 Klm's, mostly city driving. It's a 4x4 auto
18 months ago (under warrantee) the front diff went ($1,500 worth).
Now the gearbox is stuffed, quote from Renault $13,000
Now the car is on the way to an auto rebuilder in Northcote (?).
They quoted $5,000 complete. My daughter works for the Genuine parts company, which owns repco and others, so she will purchase the parts, a lot cheaper.
This story is much larger than above and has taken 2 weeks, 3 businesses and 4 tow truck rides.
I've seen a nice S series Valiant for $14,000, I might buy that rather than one of these modern cars.
Cheers Gra
It has done 135,000 Klm's, mostly city driving. It's a 4x4 auto
18 months ago (under warrantee) the front diff went ($1,500 worth).
Now the gearbox is stuffed, quote from Renault $13,000
Now the car is on the way to an auto rebuilder in Northcote (?).
They quoted $5,000 complete. My daughter works for the Genuine parts company, which owns repco and others, so she will purchase the parts, a lot cheaper.
This story is much larger than above and has taken 2 weeks, 3 businesses and 4 tow truck rides.
I've seen a nice S series Valiant for $14,000, I might buy that rather than one of these modern cars.
Cheers Gra
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Re: Daughter's car
Sorry to hear mate, imports are always expensive and troublesome once warantee finishes. Some of these grease monkeys are absolute swindles, hope everything gets better for you and your daughter.
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Re: Daughter's car
It has all Nissan Xtrail driveline.
Which transmission does it have CVT or 6 SPD auto?
Which transmission does it have CVT or 6 SPD auto?
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Re: Daughter's car
My dad always told me, never buy a car from France or Italy. The Japs build good cars, the Americans not so much anymore, and from personal experience I stay away from Ford. I've had 2 Mazda's and they have been the best for me so far. My boss's Porsche just needed $15k worth of work too so the old saying you get what you pay for does not seem to apply anymore either.
Re: Daughter's car
Go for the "S" Series with the slant 6 and push button auto, hard to kill, cheap to fix.
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CVT- yes Nissan motor at least. I'm not sure how much is Nissanfrozenpod wrote:It has all Nissan Xtrail driveline.
Which transmission does it have CVT or 6 SPD auto?
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Re: Daughter's car
Exactly what I thought. No airbags, but metalAl03 wrote:Go for the "S" Series with the slant 6 and push button auto, hard to kill, cheap to fix.