First car, how did I do?

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Picked up a car yesterday, guess it's a bit late to ask for advice now but mainly just looking for general tips and stuff. It's a 55 reg Renault Megane Oasis, 1.5 dCi with 94k miles. Got it for £999 from a used car dealership, think someone used it as a part exchange car. Still has 11 months MOT though. Mainly need it for getting between home and uni every few months, doubt I'll use it for commuting much. But I was looking for something actually powerful enough to comfortably do motorway speeds, but still reasonably cheap to insure (group 7/50 I believe, and £30 tax).

Couple of questions, anyone have any tips regarding what to look out for? I've heard they can have electrical issues, seems fine so far. Only thing I've noticed is that the driver side window control is a bit stuttery when winding up the passenger side window. Obviously not a huge issue, but I'm wondering if there's a chance it might be indicative of a problem that might get worse or just a faulty switch.

The MOT certificate has a couple of advisories - a slightly corroded rear brake pipe and some play on the inner steering rack joint. Google tells me that both of these would require some pretty cheap parts and about an hour of labour each, would you consider getting on top of them or just waiting until the next MOT?

The trim is absolutely fine, only thing that's looking a bit worn is the steering wheel itself. How do you feel about steering wheel covers to prevent any more wear? Are they alright or just a complete no go?

In a similar vein, what about a wide angle lens for the rear window? I had one in the car I used to learn, seemed reasonably useful and I know people can have trouble with reversing these because of the large behind.

Thanks for bearing with me :p
 
Jumper118 said:
french, diesel and unreliable. a great first car. you can only go up from there! :p
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Do you speak from experience of owning a lot of French car's? And following on from there a lot of diesel Megane's?

I only ask as I have owned quite a few cars, a number of them French (Citroen and Renault) and have had the least amount of issues with them compared to say Ford/Vauxhall cars.

OP, you wont know if you have done well until you have lived with it for a while, at this price point most car's are a lottery.
 
At this end of the market; if it's straight, got a long MoT, doesn't smoke, and everything works you did well.
 
Should have asked on here first op :rolleyes: that way you would have been directed to buy a nice 2004 mk1 low mileage petrol Focus which are one of the most reliable basic cars in that price bracket. You would have had trouble free motoring instead of the potential nightmare that awaits you with that French piece of crap :p schoolboy error op.
 
Rilot said:
At this end of the market; if it's straight, got a long MoT, doesn't smoke, and everything works you did well.
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Agreed. There's millions of Megane DCis on the road, I doubt they're all throwing up huge bills every 5 minutes.
 
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