Apex

That is true, with preventative maintenance cars car go for a long time, its normally the body that lets go, especially in Toyota's that seem to just rust out! What would concern me with a Scenic would be the Automatic trans and the electrical system, but both of those can be problomatic at 100,000km. I am having a chuckle at BMW drivers laughing at reliability of Renaults, its like the ginger kid laughing at the fat kid. Have owned many BMW's (E30,36.46,39,60) and none have been near as reliable or durable as my Renault's, I have never been able to drive a BMW anywhere near as hard as you can the Renault without it falling apart or overheating either, my Rally car is 100% stock and all parts are factory fit at 130,000km and it is driven 10x harder than your mums car when she goes away for the weekend

Maybe it was a typo? I actually had a look on Trademe and there are not many cars that make i past 400,000km, looks mostly like Commodores and Falcons, probably Taxi's.

Over 700km from a Renault, that's impressive, and this is cumming from a Renault fan! Would love to see the service history on that one. I concur you don't buy interesting cars for reliability, I would not bother with a vanilla Alfa Romeo, they are a bit average to drive, to me it is like most European cars where I would only buy the "special" models, would be hard to justify expense of maintenance and inconvenience of waiting for parts on something like that.

Has a nice stance to it, makes a real impression on the road! I was hoping he was a member so I could tell him that sitting in the passing lane at 100kph like king of the road is not clever, no one appreciates it, also, having your fog lights blaring on a clear day has never impressed anyone either and just highlights the fact you cant drive. I feel sorry for your kids in the back seat, they must get the middle finger a lot. Purple is almost blue, please see this thread: http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/46020-its-official-scientifically-proven/

spotted a purple M tech E36 Touring stanced BBS style wheels. A members car?

That colour looks way better in your photo's than in the add. Congratulations!

They do seem to be ratting well, looks good in the red too. Its like a grown up Mitsubishi Evolution only faster, more economical, safer and easier to live with, in theory its one of the most competent all rounders available.

Nice work.

http://www.renault.co.nz/i/files/e-brochur...5_online_v4.pdf Problem is the front wheels do a lot of work and these cars are a lot faster on the road than they are on paper, it destroys tyres! To get an idea of its performance, its the fastest FWD in the world and hold the Nurburgring lap record for a FWD, at track days and on club drives its as fast as new BMW M3's and Audi RS4's. Ultimately I think I need to keep saving for some Michilen Piolet Super Sports and have the best of both worlds, dynamics, wet handling and a good 300 wear rate. May have to go down the tirerack rout again. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...romCompare1=yes

Spotted this on the way home from the meet last night.. cool looking car but the guy didn't want to test it out against the M-Power E28 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=635581536

True, and when one popes up jump at it. I have been waiting for a couple of years for the right E30 to pop up.. keeps waiting.

Looks like a good car Dave0, not a bad price either! http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/...n-640393404.htm Manual transmission is not something to be discounted or brushed over, it changes the whole dynamic of a car, it can be the difference between a drivers car and a taxi. M5 also has a LSD and a analogue feel that the E60 cant match. Have driven an M5 and a E60 545i-Msport and they are not comparable, two very different cars, especially when the going gets tuff, when pushed hard the E60 just looses its sh*t and has a big wollowy break down spinning its open diffed wheel, flopping about and panicking as to what gear it needs to be in, the M5 just mans up and goes hard. Agree that the E60 is good though and if you don't drive at 9/10ths and are perhaps not as focused on dynamics the E60 will be a better all rounder. Looks are subjective, to me both look dated.

Looking really nice, those seats are ace.

No, family members car, its a good car with a strange gearbox, would be way better with a manual.

Thanks, so that is the same as the 91 and 140 ratting in my size. Just trying to figure if I am better spending a bit more and going with the Good Years again as I know I will get better wear out of them. That F1 jargon has got to be some clever marketing for dumb people.

I think Rogan is right, you cant beet a Corolla, and if you look after it it will still sell for 3k in three years. Yup, have bee bitten by a automatic and would never go back, have been driving this new Ford Focus with the double clutch and that scares me enough, the car is near new and the gearbox is retarded, going to be expensive to fix these in a few years. How many more years will we have the option of a manual? Was thinking I would rather drive a POS with a manual than a much nicer car with an Auto.

If you get a chance Ron, can you check the UTQG and load ratting on the side wall of your RE050A's. Just curious. I am tempted to stick with the asymmetric style tyre TBH, I have found them to be a better all rounder, am frankly amazed at how far tyres have come in as little as 3 years. I have a feeling the RE002 is designed for the boy racer and people who buy tyres bassed on what they look like.

Cool. Tapatalk would be ace one day.

Lucky you sold yours Tristan!

http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2013/9/16/UPDA...-Elite-7716232/ It does worry me, have had three blue BMW's

Just lease her the Rover. Thinking you mean this shape Mondeo, it is essentially the phase 2 Mk1 Mondeo. This one has asjustiz and has a performance intake.

Thanks Ron, I have been told the wear ratings are not a good indicator from the men selling the tyres also, not sure what to believe. I do think it is size and application specific though. People over sea's where the RE050a is OEM on the limited edition version of my car are getting 11-17,000km out of them, I know I will be at the low end of that so I think I will avoid them, even at the lower cost I can get them for that is only 6 months worth of driving for me. Ultimately I have been happy with the Good Year Asymmetric II's, main complaint is that the side walls were much too soft and they make a strang noise when hard breaking, performance wet and dry has been good though as has the wear rate. Think I might just go for the RE002, they are cheap enough and from what I can gather offer good dry performance.

Cheers Jared, have been told the cops use them on they get good millage too. It seems they have different compounds and load ratings for different sizes though and in my cars size (235/35/R19) they are very soft with a UTQG of 140, thats not far off a semi slick. The RE002 has a UTQG of 220 so should get better millage, would hope for 20,000km. My car is just on two years old and coming up for 60,000km and this will be its fourth set of tyres so I am looking for something middle of the road without compromising performance too much.

Oh. That's a restrictive budget. You said she likes horses, maybe she could just ride one everywhere? That would be awesome and reliable.

Sorry to dig this up. I am due for new tyres in the next few weeks and have been offered a great deal on some Bridgestones. Options were the RE050A and the RE002. Looking at the RE050A's tread wear rating I dont think I would even get 10,000km out of a set of those, they do lok like very good tyres though, noted a car the same as mine scored a record lap around the Nurburgring with them fitted. I love my car but it is hungry on tyres, so it looks like the RE002 are the way to go. Looking for something with a stiff side wall and good dry grip.