linda Coyle

I have my eye on a LHD Renault Megane Scenic 1.6E 1st reg 2008 with 57290 miles. It is in first class condition, full service history, tax and mot'd and is here in the UK. Hubby thinks asking price too much, can anyone tell me how much I would expect to pay for such a car in Spain please? We are looking to buy LHD in the UK as we are driving over in October and want to transport bits and pieces (plus dog) but if prices are cheaper in Spain we will need to re-think

valenciatim

If that is the correct year, that's a lot of miles in 3 months!!! Is it a '98?

Looking at a weekly mag similar to Loot, a 99 scenic, similar miles @ €4300 to give you an idea.
Generally, second hand cars here are very expensive in my opinion.
Tim

keljo

Try www.car-trader-spain.com
for an idea on prices of cars in Spain

linda Coyle

Thanks keljo, well spotted!! first registered in 1998 - my mistake

zel

No matter where you buy a second hand LHD car from within the EU they will be more expensive than a UK RHD car that is unfortunately a fact for the most part.

This is purely because there are more people to buy LHD cars compared to the limited population of the UK. EG: If you're German then it's perfectly normal to have interest from people from 5-8 different countries.

As you're probably talking from Ebay if you do go ahead with the deal make sure the vehicle was first registered in an EU country and was built for that market as if not things can get very messy indeed when you go to register it in Spain.

Is there any reason why you would want a Renault? They do get plagued with electrical problems and thus can be very expensive to repair (hence why the resell value of them are not very good)

Last month I was GIVEN a Megane R-Reg from an expat who we sold a car to as it was worth nothing due to a massive electrical fault that would cost x4 the amount it was worth to fix.

Another piece of advice is buy diesel as diesel is cheaper on the continent than petrol and you get better MPG and most of the time lower Co2 emissions level so if Spain starts taxing vehicles on Co2 levels (like what the EU is trying to force all EU countries to do) then happy days!

Disclaimer: I am in the trade so take my advice however you wish but i've been around on this forum for years

linda Coyle

Thanks for taking the time to reply Zel, I will pass on your comments to my OH

zel

If you want to get technical with him the Alarm/Immobilizer ECU breaks and effects most of the cars electrics.

I.E : It won't start, no remote central locking, no lights exterior or interior, the speedo won't work, nor will the radio.

Oh and when the battery dies in the key you have to get the dealership to reprogramme the key in most cases! Terrible terrible design!

linda Coyle

What would you recommend along that sort of size?

EsuriJohn

Pre 2007 Fiat Doblo truly the worlds ugliest car but with the 1.3 multi jet diesel engine will pas all the EU tax rules.

zel

To be completely blunt with you it's not really our field, we tend to keep to the new-2 yr old market and mainly German marques. so I have no idea what is value for money etc.

But the Citroen Picasso is similarly priced and sized and i've not heard many horror stories about that.

I only know what I know about this Megane as like i said we were going to take it in part exchange until I did some research and found out what a horror story it would be to fix.

What I will say tho, looking at the description of the car it's obviously been well kept and no real alarm bells are ringing, like anything it's all a risk, the electrical problems may never ever happen for you, but just pointing out it's quite a common fault.

zel

Yeah but probably a little expensive compared to what the OP budget is with the Megane.

We've supplied a few of them, one even to one of my neighbours who have moved to Malaga and I must agree it's a top little car.

jdr

Don`t forget the tax cos you haven`t owned it in the UK for 6 months. ;-)

zel

They're going over in October so will probably just scrape by the six months previous ownership.

bil

Plus costs involved in Spanish plates et al.

Bri and Katee

If its of any help the best car we have ever rented in spain was a diesel picasso. Fantastic fuel mileage and the space in the back when you remove the rear seats is phenomenal. We managed to get a 3 seat sofa in the back with the hatch down for transport from the dealers to our villa.