I have heard horror stories about Renault but my family was lucky enough to have gotten good examples. My brother, sister and I each received new Le Cars to drive in high school. Mine was a red base model with out the LeCar sticker and it's dashboard was hard plastic. My sisters was a deluxe white with stripes and a full cloth sunroof. My brother was the sore loser in the draw and received a five door also white with stripes. He hated it but not because it was a bad car. It was a cramp in his style. All three lasted over 100000 miles. The biggest problem was design of the cooling system. It was a sealed system that if any air got into it would cause the engine to overheat. Lucky for us when Dad bought the cars we were shown how to read the coolant level and how to bleed off any air if the tank went low. Most americans are drive it and forget it types...Once when I was at the AMC dealer getting the oil changed the machanic took me over to a Lecar that was getting a rebuild of its engine. The owner had never changed the oil in 58000 miles. the sludge in the oil pan looked like six inches of black jello. anyway, the three Renaults we had lasted a long time in the hands of teenagers. All three ended their lifes wrecked. Mine was stolen and fliped, my sister hit a pole in her's and my brother was ran over by a power truck.
