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2005 Serena

Blaggard

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Hey up. Not an Elgrand I know but anyone got any background on the Serena? Seen a 2005 Rider Autech for sale which appeals to me. Feels like it's the Elgrand little brother, 2 litre engine etc but apart from a drastically different dash and engine not sure what overall differences are?
Anyone got any experience to share?
 
Blaggard said:
Hey up. Not an Elgrand I know but anyone got any background on the Serena? Seen a 2005 Rider Autech for sale which appeals to me. Feels like it's the Elgrand little brother, 2 litre engine etc but apart from a drastically different dash and engine not sure what overall differences are?
Anyone got any experience to share?
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Fancied one of these as a daily. Cheaper to run than the big bugger but similar enough to be recognised as a family member..
 
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RuskinStreet said:
Fancied one of these as a daily. Cheaper to run than the big bugger but similar enough to be recognised as a family member..
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True! That's the appeal. I'm looking at a 2005 Rider Autech in gold, 110kms, full mot.....but maybe just less stressful than an Ellie?
 
Blaggard said:
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True! That's the appeal. I'm looking at a 2005 Rider Autech in gold, 110kms, full mot.....but maybe just less stressful than an Ellie?
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I'm thinking purely about the daily stress on my wallet... 15mpg on the commute is not good lol. The mad thing about Elgrands is (almost) 30mpg on the M6. I spent less money getting to Scotland than I spent on half the amount of miles going to work and back in a month šŸ¤£
 
Cvt gearbox which appears to be a throw a spanner in the works. Don't know anybody that likes em? Don't know much about them myself but they would appear to be a potential problem/ ballache??
 
We've had ours a couple of years now , it's mainly the wife's car . I've talked about changing it but I just get told a definite NO as she loves it, no problems with gearbox , got fluid changed a few months ago and will probably get it changing every 18months or so depending on milage. Its a very similar size to an Elgrand apart from the engine of course , loads of internal space . šŸ‘
 
RuskinStreet said:
I'm thinking purely about the daily stress on my wallet... 15mpg on the commute is not good lol. The mad thing about Elgrands is (almost) 30mpg on the M6. I spent less money getting to Scotland than I spent on half the amount of miles going to work and back in a month šŸ¤£
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Just a thought mate...šŸ˜
 
Lots on Wikipedia & Youtube. Original Serena (officially sold in the UK) was a nail but more recent models OK. There are a couple round here which look good and don't appear much smaller in size or theoretical seating capacity. Issue might be UK spares/service support since much less common.
 
Cato Fong said:
Lots on Wikipedia & Youtube. Original Serena (officially sold in the UK) was a nail but more recent models OK. There are a couple round here which look good and don't appear much smaller in size or theoretical seating capacity. Issue might be UK spares/service support since much less common.
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Not had any problem getting any parts .
 
We bought a cube as a run around , the Elgrand is semi retired used for fun times and tip runs .. we had a diesel Nissan largo before the Elgrand was a fantastic car , rust monster got to it even though the engine had loads of life in it
 
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