2000 Renault Megane Dynamique Coupe review from UK and Ireland

Watch the roof aerials on these, this is the first Renault I have owned and they leak.

If you live in Scotland like me expect to find the area front/centre on the roof where the courtesy lights are soaked form time to time through water ingress, recently it was raining heavily and I had a nice puddle inside the car just in front of the gearstick, careful too as the area that leaks here also houses the remote sensor for the locks and immobiliser :-) tightened the aerial bolt myself until I can get it looked at, but very common problem so I hear with Clios also.

Car isn't that good at starting also when cold, but going back to the dealer with this so hopefully it will be resolved.

Gearstick a bit wobbly when stepping on and off the gas at low speeds, again have since found out this could be worn gearbox mountings which are cheap to do so another problem for the dealer as this is still under warranty.

Apart from a couple of general annoyances which I'm sure can be resolved quite easily the car is great, brilliant equipment levels A/C CD changer full electrics etc, very fast too 140BHP just need to make sure I keep my driving license intact as the power is quite a surprise the first time you drive this :-)

Would just also add watch out for imports on these and other cars in the UK, I never realised until after buying this that its probably a parallel import, no alarm which it should have and no glass etching, apparently an orange dipstick instead of yellow is also a telltale sign, not saying theres anything wrong with this as it is UK spec more or less, but since examining the documents I suspect its from Cyprus originally and possibly worth less in financial terms than a pucker UK car on resale :- (