Faults:

Brake discs and pads replaced all round.

Both rear wheel bearings replaced.

Handbrake adjusted and levers free'd off.

Stereo head unit was being replaced, but when removed to swap with ebay one, found to be unplugged! Works fine.

Key fob no longer works, but possibly just battery.

Ashtray has pushed down into the centre console, but looks to be an easy fix.

General Comments:

Not my kind of car. I am a car collector and even my daily drivers tend to be RWD and older "prestige" cars - Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes. This feels worlds apart. Long story as to how I came to own this, but save to say I thought it was too good to scrap as the condition is very good - just some lacquer peel and few dings.

Having been sitting for quite a few years, I gave it a quick once over - replaced brakes and VERY worn (dangerous even) rear wheel bearings. At first I didn't like it at all! FWD feels very alien to me, more body roll than I am used to, feel like you sit on not in the seats. 140bhp a lot less than I am used to.

However... after having done a few thousand km in this car I kind of like it!! On twisty roads, if you keep your toe in, it pulls itself round bends quite impressively. Need to get up to 4-5k revs to get any kind of performance from it and then there is not a lot left, but it keeps up with the traffic. Nice gear change but badly needs a 6th gear. Once used to the fairly flat seats, it isn't uncomfortable. Pretty quiet around town. Not overly kitted out, but has everything you need to get around in relative comfort.

It's a car I now plan to keep. It will never be lavished with love, but I get the impression it doesn't really care and will just start on the button and do what it does well.

Gets around 35mpg despite me driving it very hard.

Boot is massive, and with te seats down you can get quite a lot of stuff into it.

I would highly recommend this car to anyone looking for a reliable car. It isn't going to set the world alight, but it is a very well put together package.

Faults:

Servo direction pump changed at 140000kms.

Cam position sensor changed at 185000 (ten €).

Glove box handle broken at 160000.

Sony multi-cd original player jammed, time to upgrade to a Bluetooth aftermarket Sony.

Climate control not freezing, new gas charged but no solution. It will stay till the end of the car, it's not too warm here.

Rear suspension linkages making too much noise. No problems on MOT, no handling or comfort issues more than noise on bumps.

Some issues with the fuel filter. The car gets in limp mode, solved by changing the fuel filter, happened twice every 40000 kms more or less.

General Comments:

A reliable car for me, after 100k kms no major issues, everything apart from the CD changer and the aircon works as it should.

The engine is still powerful enough (here in the old small Europe) to take the car to the 200kmh mark, and the handling and the comfort with new shocks at 185000 is very good.

Fuel economy is not top class, very difficult to get down to 6 l/100kms, and with the air con working you've got to slip the clutch a bit to start.

Very roomy interior, not top class seats but comfy enough. A little noisy in the back seats.

Good boot but better 5 door version; the sedan is a pain to put big boxes in the boot due to the small opening.

Still running it and happy, an easy thing coming from an absolute crap Laguna 2.