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Maestro1 @ Oct 18th 2007 4:12PM
@ slowtownbrian
You had it for a week, and that's not enough time to recognize the problems. The bottom line is that French cars are maintenance nightmares and this is well known in Europe (i'm from Europe). My dad originally leased a Citroen Xsara as a company car and had a Renault Laguna hatch after that for a combined total of about 1.5 years; both were cheaply built, handled horribly and were all-round terrible drives. Not just that, but they were also in the shop a lot because of a number of problems whether transmission or axles or whatever - and we didn't even drive them as much as the normal person.
My friend also had/has a Renault Clio which had transmission and brake problems, air condition failures and his gear level even came loose during one drive. I'd personally never buy a French car, even a Bugatti Veyron to be honest. Give me a Porsche 911 or M3 anyday.