Vel satis V6

[25v6turbo]

I know they are trouble BUT this was a lot of car for the money,you could break this and get your money back,SHOULD of bid on it DAMM....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=9861

[wuvvum]

Bloody hell, you're not wrong there.

 

That would be a wonderful machine when it was working.

[Pillock]

What a glorious three minutes they would have been

 

But yeah, these days breaking it is financially sensible.... there's some daft prices on interior bits and bobs so I'm told, a few hundred quid for an armrest and stuff and people do pay it. Still, for one that's working.... £1300 for an '04 waft-o-barge! It'd be like going to work without getting out of bed

[25v6turbo]

Don,t rub it in,but it wasn,t taxed,only had 1 keycard,a couple of electrical issues but no stonechips and most service history even if it blew up on the way home i guess you might get your money back on parts??

[Milford Cubicle]

Isn't that V6 a Nissan engine? Everything that surrounds it is early '00s-era Renault though. Eek

[Station]

The Vel Satis was made in the Matra factory, and due to fairly low sales, led to the closure of the factory and (I think) Matra.

[garycox]

Wasn't that the Avantime?

[chaseracer]

Wasn't that the Avantime?

Yes - the Vel Satis was made at Sandouville, near Le Havre, at the old 25 plant.

[25v6turbo]

This car had done 75k in 2 years i checked at work and had a lot of warrenty claims,but not a huge amount.

Avantime was Matra.

[Station]

Wasn't that the Avantime?

Yeah, I'm just talking shite.

[Negative Creep]

Even for a large Renault, I can't believe how little it's worth after 6 years

[scooters]

Even for a large Renault, I can't believe how little it's worth after 6 years

ah - but the Vel Statis was a notoriously shite - but wonderful- car

 

Renner taking the mantle of "Bonjour Monsieur Lobster, have you seen my hatstand and - by golly is that a citroen you are designing on the back of that fag packet? - now where did I put that empty margarine box?" from Citroen/Pug for outrageously french car design - well eet is perfect and eef it dos not work then ce la vie at least we tried!

[dollywobbler]

The Vel Satis is the absolute ultimate in modern shite. Was speaking to an owner of one earlier - some of the recent bills are truly eye-watering. They seem rare already - with their costs, they can only disappear entirely. Future super-shite perhaps.

[Formula Autos]

The Vel Satis is the absolute ultimate in modern shite. Was speaking to an owner of one earlier - some of the recent bills are truly eye-watering. They seem rare already - with their costs, they can only disappear entirely. Future super-shite perhaps.

The inheritor of the Tagora's mantle, perhaps?

[Owain-328i]

The Vel Satis is the absolute ultimate in modern shite. Was speaking to an owner of one earlier - some of the recent bills are truly eye-watering. They seem rare already - with their costs, they can only disappear entirely. Future super-shite perhaps.

The inheritor of the Tagora's mantle, perhaps?

Without a doubt. Closely followed by the new Shitroen C5

 

trouble with the Velsatis is, it just smacks of something that was cobbled together out of the parts bin and not very well thought out. I mean just look at the dial cluster lifted straight out of a megane. Shame.

[dollywobbler]

Aye. Tomorrow's Tagora!

 

It isn't Renault's best effort. I guess I don't like the back story either - it was conceived to battle against the Avantime which is pretty nasty for poor Matra. Why on earth Renault decided to do battle with its own car I guess we'll never know, but it ultimately led to them being able to make Escaces themselves for the first time.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Velcro Satis and Avantime aren't listed in Glass' Guide or CAP

 

51 plate last of the line Safrane 2.5 Auto 20v Executive with 120'000 miles books at.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.......... £125.

 

You have to admit that's value - a LOT of trouble for the money.

[Alpineandy]

So what exactly are the problems with them?

[dollywobbler]

From what I've heard, things fail (like injector pumps) and cost a fortune (£5000 at dealer rates, £1400 if you find the right bloke) to replace. Oh, and the electrics make my CX seem robust on that count!

[Milford Cubicle]

Velcro Satis and Avantime aren't listed in Glass' Guide or CAP

 

51 plate last of the line Safrane 2.5 Auto 20v Executive with 120'000 miles books at.....

 

.......... £125.

 

You have to admit that's value - a LOT of trouble for the money.

They have a Volvo engine and gearbox, shouldn't be too much trouble. I've never seen or heard of a 51 plate Safrane! One for the 'late registration madness' thread.

[wuvvum]

Velcro Satis and Avantime aren't listed in Glass' Guide or CAP

 

51 plate last of the line Safrane 2.5 Auto 20v Executive with 120'000 miles books at.....

 

.......... £125.

 

You have to admit that's value - a LOT of trouble for the money.

They have a Volvo engine and gearbox, shouldn't be too much trouble.

They don't have Volvo electrics though, unfortunately.

[Station]

Just looked at the link and that is beaut, such a stunning looking car!

[simmo]

The trade call these Vel Statics

 

There's one around Newbury tha's a taxi

[simmo]

Bump

[FredTransit]

Bump for a real thread.....

[Alpineandy]

From what I've heard, things fail (like injector pumps) and cost a fortune (£5000 at dealer rates, £1400 if you find the right bloke) to replace. Oh, and the electrics make my CX seem robust on that count!

On all models?

I think they do 2 oilburners (a 2.2dci and a V6)

and 2 petrols (a 2 litre & a V6).

Do they all have issues?

Auto box & Manuals?

 

IIRC someone on here got a very cheap one some time back (one of the east anglia boys?) but I haven't noticed it being discussed on here.

[25v6turbo]

51 plate Safrane no way...

Latest i,ve ever seen is on a V plate never that late?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I thought the later V6 Safrane ditched the Ovlov PRV V6 and replaced it with the Renaulgh V6 (as did the Lagoona)

 

 

 

?

[wuvvum]

IIRC someone on here got a very cheap one some time back (one of the east anglia boys?)

That was Ratdat. It was a V6 DCi if memory serves - not the least troublesome of engines...

[25v6turbo]

You couldn,t buy a phase 2 V6 in england(24v v6 in france though!)

Obnly phase 1 had a v6(my car)and the phase 2 used the volvo 5 cylinder unit in the 2.5 20v.