Re: +80.000 miles with the RCZ R (my story)
Plecodoras said:
RCZ-R....
Considering the mileage you have done in your R, what has gone wrong with it in that period and which of those instances cost the most. In terms of running costs and repairs in general. As anyone on here will confess that your mileage is up there as the most. I know there is a 65 plate R for sale in the UK and it has done 80,000km in two years, been for sale a while. Here in the UK once a car had reached 100,000 miles it was deemed about end of life, things have changed somewhat, but it's still a stigma for most people. Be interested to see if a car like yours which you admit to " driving hard " suffers more or less the same as a modestly driven car! Generally getting a good picture of the engines / cars reliability as most folk say the French cars have bad reliability.
Hope you understand my convoluted question ? ! ? ! :wtf:
Cheers :beer:
I get your drift here :greetings-wavingblue:
I would say the turbo was the most expensive part. Right after that was the high pressure fuel pump (the one which I hope is not failing again).
The rest was more or less reasonable when it comes to costs. Ignition coils, fixing the exhaust header and the EGR valve.
I'd say the bigger bills where due to my driving pace. A higher pace means always a higher wear off on parts.
Some of the costs will also come across those who enjoy their R on a sunday drive only, like the coils, the fuel pump and the whole crap in conjunction with the EGR. Maybe some will experience issues with clogged intake valves. A problem I will never experience on a fast driven engine.
In general I cannot say the reliability of french cars is better or worse than e.g. german cars. It is about the same. And in some areas the french are just better. For example the suspension parts. They hardly ever wear off with french cars.
My previous Renault took my "abuse" for over 230.000 km without any issues. Still the first turbo, clutch and gearbox. But it failed at the ignition coils as well.
These days some parts built for a very limited durability. By the time I decided for the RCZ R I knew some of them will fail during my ownership (like the coil packs or any sort of valves around the engine block). I was only hit hard by the costs of replacing the brakes.
My personal opinion:
The RCZ R as a second or third car in a household will live long and well. Taking into account a yearly mileage of about 10k miles or less there should not be any bigger issues. And the brakes will also be good for a long time before replacing them.