Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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Originally posted by gavin18787
lovely only thing that stopped me buying one was the driving position
Agreed with standard seats but have you driven one with recaros?
Had my R26 about 11 months now. No problems yet... As already said, brakes and tyres are expensive though.
All in all though its an awesome car. Quick, handles sweetly and amazing brakes. Power delivery is that of a big cc v6 unlike most turbo motors (no lag)
I use to be anti french but its realy changed my view of them. Build quality id no BMW/Audi, but its by no means bad at all. Also not that bad of fule unless you have lead boots. I avrrage 32 to the gallon without much motorway driveing. Ive seen 39 mpg on a long run to fairford and back 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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The French thing is all Internet. Megane's I drove may have been plasticky but by no means badly built.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Originally posted by dava.
not a 225, 
but i picked up my 175 rs a few week back and cant fault it so far, handling is great, got it booked in for remap so should be interesting once thats done, but for being a derv it surprised me. .
Those dervs must be pretty rare, don't think ive ever seen 1 before tbh.
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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You be hard pressed to tell the diffrence without looking at the rev counter
[Edited on 06-08-2011 by Nick-S]
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dava.
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Registered: 2nd Nov 05
Location: Falkirk
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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Originally posted by dava.
not a 225,
but i picked up my 175 rs a few week back and cant fault it so far, handling is great, got it booked in for remap so should be interesting once thats done, but for being a derv it surprised me. .
Those dervs must be pretty rare, don't think ive ever seen 1 before tbh.
i didn't know they done them in a derv spec until i saw that one for sale, at first i thought it was a normal Megane with all the sport stuff added but a bit of reading later and turns out out they come out the tin looking and spec'd the exact same as the 225 minus the engine,
took it to my mates garage to get it on the rollers and to spec up a re map for me,
standard spec graph -
getting it remapped at end of month if he aint overly busy, reckons it should see over 200 @fly and a good increase in lbs/ft added 
cant complain at that being a derv, overall i'am happy with my purchase way i see it is you will hear horror stories about many cars but never really hear the good side to them 
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A2H GO
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Registered: 14th Sep 04
Location: Stoke
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I'd feel a bit concious all the time driving one, with people expecting it to be a sport then driving past sounding like a tractor.
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Ash_EP3
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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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Agreed, these are an absolute bargain these days... just not a fan of the interior styling 
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derick-sport
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Registered: 11th Sep 10
Location: Kendal, Cumbria
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the one i posted up is on 58,000 one owner fsh and is 5,500k. Very fucking tempted and the insurance is only 900 a year FC and im 21 so its ticking all the boxes atm
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Originally posted by derick-sport
the one i posted up is on 58,000 one owner fsh and is 5,500k. Very fucking tempted and the insurance is only 900 a year FC and im 21 so its ticking all the boxes atm
How the fuck did you get that? My f1 was £1800 at 21 (a few months ago)
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derick-sport
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Registered: 11th Sep 10
Location: Kendal, Cumbria
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i have one years no claims thats it. Just a quote through confused.com. 21 living at home 10,000 miles a year my own policy mum and step mum named drivers. happy days
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derick-sport
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Registered: 11th Sep 10
Location: Kendal, Cumbria
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500 pound excess mind
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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They are so cheap now, same as most hot hatches they're just not worth anything compared to a couple of years back, unfortunately for me as I bought my car before prices plummeted :-(
But I would definetly have one of these cars. I'd want an R26-R but I think you could buy a normal one and do all the Cage/Windows/Stripping out and still have plenty of change to the cost of an R26-R.
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