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We bought a brand new Megane Scenic in 1996, the 1.9 TD.

Traded in an E reg 1.6 BX we had since 1988. Head gasket was gone on the BX but still driveable, car had done 150k miles, got £400 trade in for it (in 1996).

The only problem that occured with the Megane was the heater matrix became blocked, and you have to remove the entire dash to replace it, one of the few jobs that I've ever paid a garage to do.

I'm not sure what Renault dealers are like now, but the Renault dealer was so bad I think the one we got the Megane from lost their franchise with Renault. Dreadful dealer, even worse than the Citroen dealers back then.

Megane now resides with a relative, not sure how many miles it's done, about 150k I think, and still going OK.
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My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
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I had a clio 1.4 8valve sport, it was exemplary, did 50k in that & apart from brake pads/discs/tyres & exhaust, nothing went wrong, & no we never went to a main dealer to get it serviced either. It was approx 3yrs old when we got it.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
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