3.0 V6 Laguna

[Fred@BTM]

Same engine as the Ph2 V6 Clio yes and a better turning circle that the Clio V6 to lol

the block,crank and rods are the same, but that's about it

 

[Edd]

I see it's by meltham too.

Yeh I work in Meltham Mills, good spot!

 

[Edd]

Sweet cruiser and for £400 drive it till it dies. Loved my old Laguna, was proper reliable, not even joking either.

It is a good cruiser, did 45 miles on the motorway tonight, at 60mph it's doing just over 1500rpm and you can't even hear the engine.

 

[Djw John]

See if you were closer I'd probably accidentally give you your £400 back in a few weeks when you're selling!

 

[Edd]

If it doesn't blow up/set on fire/break down then it'll be £400 well spent.

 

[Edd]

I did a bit of work on the Laguna today, changed the oil, oil filter and air filter. I fit a CD player and then gave her a quick wash. I've done 400 miles in it so far and it's not missed a beat. It's such a comfortable car but not the most economical, I'm getting just short of 25 mpg so it could be worse.

Up on the ramps....

New filter....

CD player and new mats....

Clean...

 

[Edd]

Car - £400
Mats/CD Player - £19
Oil + Filters - £33

Total £452

 

[Clart]

I drove my dads for a couple of weeks, loved it. It had some ridiculous induction kit on and stainless exhaust, sounded evil. Sold it for peanuts I wish I'd kept it for a while.

 

[Alastair.]

Hands down the most comfortable seats ever!

 

[ABOO]

Edd, seriously first refusal when you sell, you know I'm just up the road..

 

[Edd]

Edd, seriously first refusal when you sell, you know I'm just up the road..

You're welcome to come and have a look at it, I was just going to PX it in.

 

[Jay.S]

Bargain.

How hard would it be to do a Clio V6 from that engine?

 

[Mr Burns]

That's a nice old bus, especially for what you paid!

 

[MicKPM]

Bargain.

How hard would it be to do a Clio V6 from that engine?

How do you mean Jay? Use the engine from this and drop it into a Clio or make this into a Clio Vee spec?

We dropped an L7X from a 406 in to a phase 1 R19 for a guy. I've been asked to wire it up and make it run shortly

 

[Jay.S]

Drop the engine from the Laguna into a Clio.

Could be a cheap awesome conversation. Would it fit in the bay of a Ph1/2 though?

 

[MicKPM]

It would fit yes but you'd need to break out the gas axe and do some serious fabrication work to mount the devil. It would also add some SERIOUS weight to the nose if you attempted to drop it up front making the car terrible in the turns. Really you'd have to bang it in the ass and unless you were doing it "Because you can" it would be much cheaper to blow an NA unit and give better results in every area.

The guy that we did the R19 Vee for wasn't interested in handling and just wanted a non-standard retro frog with a reliable/modern 6 pot in for cruising... He also has a Mondeo V6 and Vectra GSi with a 3.0 Police Spec MV unit in so he must love huge fuel bills (I did that last conversion for him to).

 

[philmots]

Still love it. Makes my dirt cheap 330 'shed' look expensive!

 

[MicKPM]

They are indeed a lot of car for the money.

 

[Edd]

She's getting PX'd on Saturday, I hope it doesn't break this week....

 

[ABOO]

You're welcome to come and have a look at it, I was just going to PX it in.

Cheers for offer Edd. Checked insurance yesterday and not worthwhile for me, even with them mirroring my no claims for wife. Sure it'll do you proud till Saturday mate.

 

[Edd]

Cheers for offer Edd. Checked insurance yesterday and not worthwhile for me, even with them mirroring my no claims for wife. Sure it'll do you proud till Saturday mate.

That's strange, it's cheaper to insure than a 1.2 Punto for us. If we were to insure the Laguna for the year it'd be £375, my partner's 30 and she had a non fault claim 2 years ago. If all other running costs were as cheap as insurance I'd keep it!

 

[ABOO]

It's not been a good year insurance wise though pal. Missus hasn't any no claims, and had 1 fault and 1 non fault in last 6 months.

Wonder if my postcode isn't all that good as well then pal. Best price I got on Civic for me and wife was over £500.

 

[BustaMOVEs]

Do these have the v6 air box on them like the ph1 or is it the espace v6 they come off?

 

[MicKPM]

No the Slaguna uses its own filter

 

[BustaMOVEs]

Lol at slaguna, cheers

 

[Edd]

No the Slaguna uses its own filter

I think the thread title needs changing.

 

[Edd]

She's going in the morning, I'm PXing it against a 59 plate Kia Soul 2. The Soul was my partners choice and I can't really get excited about collecting it. But hopefully it'll be reliable and I think I got a fairly good deal on it.

I did 800 miles in the Laguna and averaged 26MPG, it's been a pleasure to drive it and I think I'll miss it!

 

[Djw John]

Hope you got good money, apparently the trade think they are worth a lot

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...01-30-automatic-petrol-63000-miles/1053727082

 

[Edd]

I didn't do too badly with the PX price ;-).

To be fair that's still a lot of car for
a grand.

 

[Edd]

Hope you got good money, apparently the trade think they are worth a lot

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...01-30-automatic-petrol-63000-miles/1053727082

My old one for sale, looks like the dealer has done a bit of work to the bodywork.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-RENA...2748784?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item51b9fd7df0