Espace fans anywhere?

danielsydney · Unread post by **danielsydney** » 04 Aug 2011, 00:09

Hi from Australia,

Just wondering if there were any real Renault Espace fans out there? There seems to be loads of them in the UK but Renault Australia dont import them here to Australia. I personally love them and would love to get some fan sites and some cool pics including interior shots please? Can anyone help?

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 04 Aug 2011, 00:29

Hey Daniel,

Yep, I'm an Espace fan! What shape are you most interested in?

I had this Mark 3 Grand Espace V6 RXE. A great car in many ways, and a cr*p one in a few as well

I'd really love the newer shape 3.5 V6 Petrol, but very hard to find here. I recently bought an Avantime, which is a kind of Espace Coupé thing. A lot of the interior and underpinnings are just Mark 3 Espace.

danielsydney · Unread post by **danielsydney** » 04 Aug 2011, 00:55

Hi there wow great pictures there. yes the new Espace loosk amazing doesnt it. You said you have an Avantime that is another great Renault that was badly under rated at the time.

Can you email me some pictures of it please? Id love some nice wallpapers for my pc at work. Whats your car like? Is it automatic? Is it the AL4 transmission?

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 04 Aug 2011, 22:04

R9UKE wrote:
. I recently bought an Avantime, .

Can I have first refusal on that if/when it come stime to sell? Really want an Avantime at some stage. I'd have one now if I had money

I'd count myself as an Espace fan too. The missus really lieks one and wants to change the Grand Scenic for an Espace for the next car.

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 04 Aug 2011, 22:16

Absolutely. To be honest I doubt I'd ever sell, but things can change and if the time ever comes I will let you know!

In the mean time if you're ever up in Belfast and fancy a spin, let me know!

Stekelly · Unread post by **Stekelly** » 04 Aug 2011, 22:19

R9UKE wrote: In the mean time if you're ever up in Belfast and fancy a spin, let me know!

Will do , cheers.

Ross_K · Unread post by **Ross_K** » 04 Aug 2011, 23:57

danielsydney wrote:Just wondering if there were any real Renault Espace fans out there? ...I personally love them and would love to get some fan sites and some cool pics including interior shots please? Can anyone help?

Dunno about you guys, but I didn't aspire to an Espace.

Having four kids under the age of five, my transport choices are fairly limited now that the cops don't allow you to just throw half a dozen of them in the back of a car any more

Mine is a 2.2dci - great when it works, but it's full of random niggly faults.

I think every day was a Monday on the Matra production line. I've thought about setting fire to it more than once.

This is a Danish forum with plenty of Espace info: http://www.matrasport.dk/forum/index.php/board,7.0.html

I'll take some photos for you if it ever stops raining.

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 05 Aug 2011, 11:25

Ross, I see from your fuelly that your 2.2 dCi is returning 27 MPG. This seems to be quite an ironic trait of this engine. My Vel Satis 2.2 dCi did the same.

Ross_K · Unread post by **Ross_K** » 05 Aug 2011, 11:37

Yeah, thats the other killer. Filling the thing. Costs €110 a time. The fuel economy is abysmal. Like most people carriers, it's only really used for round town driving - dropping kids to school/nursery etc. so I expected fuel economy to be crap, but not as crap as it is. Even on long journeys I'm only looking at 450-500 miles from that big 80-something litre tank.

I don't know what I was thinking - I should have got the 2.0 petrol.

It's a sad day when an Activa is the most economical car in your driveway

I think a C8/Ulysse/807 is on the cards.

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 05 Aug 2011, 11:42

Wow that's appalling, and apparently Renault are well aware of how cr*p this engine is but choose to do nothing about it. Even the 3.0 V6 Petrol wouldn't return much less!

I've always thought the Peugeot 807 was a really smart looking MPV. My aunty has always had C8s and loves them, especially the electric sliding doors. They seem to suffer more electrical niggles than the Espace though!

At least you have an excuse to drive the Activa plenty!

Ross_K · Unread post by **Ross_K** » 05 Aug 2011, 11:53

The C8/Ulysse/807 has electrical problems? Anything in particular?

You know I think I could live with dodgy electrics if I got half decent fuel economy. I don't ask for much...

R9UKE · Unread post by **R9UKE** » 05 Aug 2011, 17:38

Well the electric sliding doors can be a headache if they decide to misbehave. They tend to think there's something in the way and "bounce back" refusing to shut. A load of other random little electrical gremlins... anti-pollution systems etc. Do an owners review search and you should find out what you need to.

Then again, most of the cars I buy and love have horrific reputations so I wouldn't let this put you off!

This looks beautiful, I'd almost have children just to have an excuse to buy it

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