We bought our Renault Scenic three years ago just before the birth of our first child as it seemed to be one of the safest cars in the price range. It's unreliability has proved anything but safe as we constantly seem to be on the hard shoulder awaiting recovery trucks. It was an ex demo and 18 months old giving us 18 months of warranty. We have had nothing but problems with it. Since the end of the warranty it has cost us about £3500 in repairs; the garage always finds the problem and repairs it, only for symptons to reappear within the month when a new problem is diagnosed at more cost. DON'T GO NEAR THESE CARS.. they will bring you nothing but stress!

We bought our Renault Scenic 1.9 DCi Dynamique Plus brand new back in April to replace a Renault Clio and are very pleased with it overall. This model has leather seats, steering wheel & gear stick, has 6 CD Changer, Alloy wheels, climate control, twin sunroofs, electric windows all round, electric mirrors, on board computer, removable rear seats - and this is just a DIESEL mind you,,,
The driving position of this car in my opinion is second to none, it's fully adjustable for me (6'3") and my wife (5'3"). It has reasonably good visibility for an MPV but you can't see the bonnet unless you press your nose up against the windscreen. There's a centre arm rest for the driver which although isn't heavy duty, does the job. There's bags of storage space - although there is no place for cups/cans in the front - although there are for the rear passengers. There's a little cool box just in front of the gear stick to put a sandwich or a small bottle of pop to keep cool - but you need to have the climate control on for it to work.
Performance wise i'm quite happy. Starts first time every time and can pull away with a wheel spin (if you're in a hurry). I've only managed to achieve 43 MPG only once in the 4000 miles we've done but i can live with that. Motorway driving is a pleasure - this car has taken me to 115MPH on one occasion when my aunty forgot her passport and i had to get it to her.

I tow a caravan and this baby pulls it fine - can keep at 60MPH all day.

On the whole i'd buy this motor again without doubt. That said, i wouldn't by the newer model (with funny ass end - Megan ) as you don't get half the trim as this one and it's considerably dearer.


All of the above is purely just MY opinion of course,,