Laguna

[pogweasel]

My friend has offered me her Renner Laguna, because it broke down & she can't be arsed / can't afford to fix it. "Something to do with the cambelt" she said Question is, should I even bother wasting any time thinking about it? she said I could have it for £30, but is there even any margin to make on that - do Laguna's with snapped belts have ANY worth? It's a 1.8 with an automatic gearbox if that makes any difference. What IS the frag-feeder price at the minute...?

[r.welfare]

Ring some local yards first before you commit. I'd reckon you could probably get £50-£100 for it. Depends on whether the potential profit is worth the domestic dischord? :lol:No idea on whether easily-removable bits (interior, trim etc) has any worth - perhaps try an eBay Completed Items check.

[Mr Lobster]

Hmmm, a Laguna Auto, a petrol one at that with a snapped cambelt. Can't see that having much value unless its a phase 2 (2001ish onwards) which I wouldn't imagine it is. So only really valuable if you can weigh it in for a profit. Might be some value in breaking it as R. Welf says but is the potential profit worth the domestic hassle?

[pogweasel]

It's still taxed & whatnot, so I can leave it out of sight

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hey wow, someone has offered you the least desirable car I can think of! Nice one.

[MrRegieRitmo]

No, from Pog's point of view it would be a 'Metro City'

[garethj]

You'd probably make more money delivering pizzas twice a week. Taking bits off a car and listing them on ebay takes a chunk of time I'd leave it

[pogweasel]

Well, I think I'll pass. Can't be bothered if there's only £20 in it for me, I'd rather do an hours overtime than an hours f*cking about dragging it to the frag yard.

[Guest Kyle]

But good Laguna autoboxes are like gold dust and people pay accordingly.Every call I had on the last Laguna I chucked in the paper for spares or repairs was asking if it was an auto because they needed a box.

[pogweasel]

O RLY.

[AnthonyG]

Well, I think I'll pass. Can't be bothered if there's only £20 in it for me, I'd rather do an hours overtime than an hours f*cking about dragging it to the frag yard.

This is the new sensible Pog speaking!I should imagine plenty of Mk1 Lagunas will be hitting the yards due to scrappage, so I really wouldn't bother.

[peter9000uk]

But good Laguna autoboxes are like gold dust and people pay accordingly.Every call I had on the last Laguna I chucked in the paper for spares or repairs was asking if it was an auto because they needed a box.

Just about to say exactly that, good auto boxes are like rocking horse manure. Recently scrapped a T plate auto estate with 60K on it due to knackered box

[Rocket88]

I've just bought a '96 1.8 estate [manual] 55000 miles, it's lovely! I always thought they were a heap of shite, but driving this one has convinced me otherwise...............

[peter9000uk]

Comfy, aren't they? Wife loves them

[Cavcraft]

Laguna AND automatic= EPIC FAIL. Honestly, I cannot think of a worse and least desirable combination at the moment.Frag is the only possible answer I'm afraid, not sure where you are but I expect you'd see about £85 for it at the moment. If the box works fine though it might be worth taking it out as probably worth about seven million quid because every sodding Laguna auto I've ever known has spat it's dummy out in the gearbox stakes.

[Mr Lobster]

Mk 1 Lagunas with a manual box are quite ok, comfy, quickish and from experience I had, pretty reliable. Really wouldn't want to know an auto though. Even if it works now it's only a matter of time before it decides it's had enough and dies.Mk2 Lagunas are ok too, just that the electrics can be terrifyingly fragile. Fatha Lobster has a 55 plate 2.0i which is a nice thing, it's just the worry of what lies in store that puts me off having one.

[MrRegieRitmo]

Are Renaults starting to be on the verge of 'Alfa-ism'?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

All very well taking an auto box out of a Laguna, but who is putting auto gearboxes in? Autobox failure on one of those is a one way ticket to the 'bridge. Would be worth having the battery, cut the catalyst off (£30) and relieve it of all it's ECU's - those are bits worth a few quid that are easy to remove and store.If it was a tidy manual with a snapped belt, it would almost....a-l-m-o-s-t.....be worth fixing for the price of a head skim, a couple of valves and a belt kit. They're not a bad old turd really.

[Mr Lobster]

Are Renaults starting to be on the verge of 'Alfa-ism'?

Erm, I would say not. You can forgive an Alfa the fact that it will be generally unreliable and cost a bloody fortune to fix because they have character.

 

Most newer Renaults - Meganes - Clios - Lagunas, do not and are just a big lump of immobile French scrap when they die. And are still bloody dear to fix.

[AnthonyG]

Laguna IIs are spectacularly unreliable. I suspect this is why the Laguna III is very rare - fleet managers don't like burnt fingers.The other reason for the lack of Laguna III's is the fact they are hideous.

[Mr Lobster]

I had a sit in a new Laguna Sports Tourer (ok, estate) a week or three back. Seemed like a really nice thing, comfy, spacious and everything but it's just the prospect of owning one at a few years old is enough to send a shiver through the wallet.

[MrRegieRitmo]

The other reason for the lack of Laguna III's is the fact they are hideous.

Apart from the gawjus coupe of which the only downside is that from the front it looks pretty much identical to the other versions. But the other 3 angles, with styling cues confirmed to be taken from Aston Martin look stunning!So nice in fact it had made the final 3 of cars that my dad was interested in having for his next car, the other 2 being the Passat CC & the A5 (he's opted for the A5).