Faults:

I've had the car for a good year now and I haven't had a ounce of trouble with it after the gearbox got replaced at service. I really like the car and it puts those 1 litre Fiesta's back to where they belong.

General Comments:

I'm only 17 and the car got passed over to me by my dad, and at first I thought 137bhp wasn't enough, but I was wrong, I learned that the car goes like a rocket and it doesn't feel like a 137bhp, but more.

I've done some modifications however and its made it nearly the best r19 16v in Crawley, although I'm not the kind of person who goes thrashing my car about, I care a lot about it.

Faults:

Nothing yet!

General Comments:

Great car.. comfort is really good. great seats.. fine car by me..

Faults:

Nothing so far.

General Comments:

This car is great. 1.4 is very good on acceleration, compared to similar cars. It runs even faster then newer Renault 1.4 cars...

Reliability is superb. 115000km without any problems.

Car's age can only be seen in interior, because paint is very good, and car after 9 years still looks like new from the outside. Engine is also great. Runs like new one even after 115k km. Maybe gearbox could be a little "quicker", but anyway this is a great car. Later my family bought Megane, but quality of 19 is on much higher standard.

Faults:

Cam belt snapped at 61,000 miles.

Seats are just starting to show some signs of wear.

One of the fog-lamps blew.

General Comments:

This car is very good value for money as you can now pick one up pretty cheap.

The 1.8 litre engine feels quite powerful when it hits 4000 revs and you can really feel a surge of power, but at low revs it is not as impressive.

The interior is well built and you get full electrics including electric sunroof and mirrors, however the seats while comfortable feel too soft with not enough support on your back.

Faults:

To get through the MOT I had to buy new discs all round, now on my third disc on the offside rear, due to them cracking and pads sticking.

I had to buy a new clutch.

Engine cuts out nearly every day when cold.

I have a front wheel bearing on the way out.

Gears are stiff sometimes.

I am concerned at the minute about a rather loud humming noise when braking.

General Comments:

This car sounds awesome due to the cat being removed and a straight through pipe from manifold to sports backbox being added.

I have also added an Induction kit.

17" TSW Imolas have replaced the 15" standard alloys.

This car frustates me a lot, it has lots of little noises and squeaks going on.

I still need to shell out on basics such as a new timing belt being fitted.

After all that has gone wrong, I need to ask why Renault designed things to be so complex and difficult for DIY jobs, I'll wager just to get us mugs to take them to a dealer.

From what I've experienced so far, this car is going to cost me a lot more money before I'm satisfied with it. I probably would have offloaded it by then though.