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Title: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 17 December 2013, 20:46
let the mockery commence  :grin:

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/801/l4t5.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/m9l4t5j)

the mk4 will be for sale after xmas  :wink:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car!
Post by: Seanl on 17 December 2013, 22:07
God thats ugly!  :whistle:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car!
Post by: Diamond Hell on 17 December 2013, 22:36
At what point are you going to 'pull a Horne' and break your Golf?
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car!
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 18 December 2013, 09:24
God thats ugly!  :whistle:

You should see the back!
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car!
Post by: madmanmart on 18 December 2013, 13:08
http://youtu.be/YaG5SAw1n0c

 :smiley:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car!
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 18 December 2013, 19:20
 :grin:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: leigh_harty on 21 December 2013, 08:40
Hope the clutch never needs to be changed in your ownership  :lipsrsealed:

Lad I work with has one (albeit on a 55reg) and quality is shocking. I'm jealous of its lift off over steer though and does handle exceptionally!
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 21 December 2013, 17:33
basically why i bought it, its the most fun diesel hatchback out there, i'll just have to deal with stuff breaking. Bit like owning a mk4 minus the fun bit   :grin:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: Nino on 21 December 2013, 20:22
no need to mock you.
The fact of what it is, is enough  :grin:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: barrym381 on 21 December 2013, 22:59
my 225 megane was 1 of the best standard cars I have taken round a track  :smiley:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: leigh_harty on 23 December 2013, 09:59
my 225 megane was 1 of the best standard cars I have taken round a track  :smiley:

Unfortunately they're as exceptional as they are bad. Good with the bad though  :smiley:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: RedGTD on 23 December 2013, 13:36
Absolutely loved my 206 GTi 180, great fun to drive, fairly quick and a decent interior.
It was short lived though as electrical fault after fault ended with the car dead in my driveway.
The French can style a car and in my opinion build some of the best Diesel engines around however their electrics are shocking (if you pardon the pun)

Personally I quite like the Megan Sport, not a fan of the new ones.
don't let them beat you down  veedubgti16v :wink:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 24 December 2013, 10:12
Yeah it's got a silky smooth engine, well compared to the pd150 at least, and doesn't rattle half as much! The trouble with the electrics is absolutely everything is auto, keyless etc so there is loads to go wrong if given the chance. Still, vag aren't exactly reliable these days so might as well get something with a good chassis. The interior is sh!t in comparison though

mate you can't put a french car on a vw site without abuse!
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 28 December 2013, 16:30
Gave it a good wax before the salt appears back on the roads  :smiley:

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Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: murraymint on 28 December 2013, 21:03
I like it...... Looks nicer then a mk4
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: th3_f15t on 29 December 2013, 09:49
Don't know if this model was affected, but I believe there was a recall for electric window motor, as they had a ha bit of catching fire. A car at my work suffer from it, was strange to see a burnt out car and not be in Essex.

I like the Renault cars, would happily own a Clio Sport as a daily alongside my Golf.
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 29 December 2013, 18:23
yikes, haven't heard of them catching fire! they do fail on this model though, they have been changed on this one already and its only done 45k!

I repaired and re-fixed the undertray today after driving in tuesday's floods pulled it off. French fixings are proper sh!t  :sick:
Title: Re: sh!t! bought a french car! Renaultsport Megane DCi 175
Post by: Horney on 22 February 2014, 16:50
Been out in this and I like it (for a diesel!). :cool: