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 smegal
Seasoned Pro  Location: Leeds Registered: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 5,940 Status: Offline |
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As above. After having my '6 for 4 years, I'm thinking of moving on. At the moment, the Megane 225 is appealing. Are they any good? What are things to look out for? Are there any other cars that you'd recommend for a budget of ~£4-4.5k? ________________________________________ Ex SC-6Now in a Megane R26 |
 Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:32
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans!  Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Save your cash and get a Megane 230 F1 or Megane R26,far better cars than the 225.For your budget theres the Civic Type R,Leon Cupra R,BMW 330 CI M-Sport |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:37
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swiftyboi006
Seasoned Pro  Location: Maidenhead Registered: 12 Apr 2010 Posts: 2,110 Status: Offline |
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Always fancied a cupra r. Totally agree with mr rat about the r26 there awesome. If ur after a newer car then tbh id go with a 330 as the bmw build quality is awesome. If not id get a gti-r  ________________________________________ cherry p1.....SOLD (regreting this)blaze p2.....why did i buy this SOLD Black p3  |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:41
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smegal
Seasoned Pro Location: Leeds Registered: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 5,940 Status: Offline |
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roland rat wrote: Save your cash and get a Megane 230 F1 or Megane R26,far better cars than the 225. For your budget theres the Civic Type R,Leon Cupra R,BMW 330 CI M-Sport R26 is a bit out of my price range  The BMW is appealing a though. ________________________________________ Ex SC-6Now in a Megane R26 |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:45
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Craig what do you want from the car and what sort of mileage are you doing each year? |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:45
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Snowman
Junior User  Location: Witham Registered: 11 Dec 2012 Posts: 66 Status: Offline |
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I'd go for a type-R, got to drive a friends a few times now on track and on the road and it's wicked. As much as I hate where the gear stick is it really works. Bloody bulletproof aswell. He's had it for a good few years and the thing just takes daily kickings and comes back for more! Drive and behave nicely on the road and perform great on track. |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:47
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smegal
Seasoned Pro Location: Leeds Registered: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 5,940 Status: Offline |
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I just want a more mature 'hot' hatch, not overly concerned about chuckability as long as I can get around at a resonable pace. I do about 15k a year so don't really want to go much less than 30 mpg. My 306 although mechanically sound, has messy bodywork and is getting untidier so I think it is time go newer. I think that I's have more patience with my 306 if it was standard, but the modifiedness of it is becoming tiresome. ________________________________________ Ex SC-6Now in a Megane R26 |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:49
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro  Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
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I have a megane f1 which I bought out in Germany last year, great car compared to the 180 I took lol.I managed to pick this up cheap due to it having an engine fault, I repaired it and had all set up, pulling 270bhp with a remap. Seems to respond very well and like to flicker the traction light a lot. Go for it, as with any car there is always the doggy ones to put to one side. Here's mine on the German plates-  Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:54
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astragsi237
Regular  Location: Chatham Registered: 13 Mar 2009 Posts: 414 Status: Offline |
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330Ci won't be no good for you then unless its 15k of motorway miles________________________________________ Phase 1 bianca white GTi-6:SOLDPhase 2 blaze yellow d-turbo:Off to scrap heaven Phase 2.5 platinum silver GTi-6:Just purchased :-D |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:54
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #10
astragsi237 wrote: 330Ci won't be no good for you then unless its 15k of motorway miles Not true can see low 30's around town and 37-38 on a run with them |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:57
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #11
Carl,is yours for sale?OR stretch the budget for this http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/honda/integra/honda-2001/1019085 |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:59
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meoldchina
Regular  Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
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Had an 06 60k ep3 last year. Loads of fun, great mechanical obv, gearstick is surprisingly economic and you get a massive box to put loads of stuff! Vtec is immense but takes a while to get there as std, you'll also get poor mpg if you spend a lot of time there - Autocar got 16mpg when they reviewed it when new! Steering is as Evo magazine describes - duff, molluscs around centre. That's why it only got 4 stars. As you know from driving it, it handles superbly out of the box, although they'll be some basic stuff to do such as fast road set up camber adjusters. The JDM version has lsd and recaros and 220bhp and both made in same factory, Swindon if I remember correctly, but these are silly money. Great car overall and great value for money. Enjoy your test drives  |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:00
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
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roland rat wrote: Carl,is yours for sale? Not yet mate, only just fixed it and got it re registered, off to the ring in Easter may know afterwards, I have had a mate buy into it with me so its a joint venture now. We sure had fun driving it back on the German motorway. Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:01
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:08
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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mechanical_repairs wrote: roland rat wrote: Carl,is yours for sale? Not yet mate, only just fixed it and got it re registered, off to the ring in Easter may know afterwards, I have had a mate buy into it with me so its a joint venture now. We sure had fun driving it back on the German motorway. Carl Haha only you could go to the Ring and buy a duff french car to bring home!  |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:09
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meoldchina
Regular Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
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Had Leon Cupra before the Type R. Turbo fun but handling not as good as 306 or Civic. I didn't have the Cupra R and am sure it will handle well with arbs etc and easy to hike power. They are a much bigger car, might be good, not as good in London. Visibility is restricted due to A-pillars and small rear screen. Did have a lot of fun in it and if you do your checks, should be fairly reliable too |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:13
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
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roland rat wrote: mechanical_repairs wrote: roland rat wrote: Carl,is yours for sale? Not yet mate, only just fixed it and got it re registered, off to the ring in Easter may know afterwards, I have had a mate buy into it with me so its a joint venture now. We sure had fun driving it back on the German motorway. Carl Haha only you could go to the Ring and buy a duff french car to bring home! The funny thing was even on three cylinders it was faster and more responsive than the 180 Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:15
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meoldchina
Regular Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
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Always had a penchant for the 330ci, amazing value, more grown up and rwd |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:16
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #19
Something a bit differenthttp://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/volkswagen/golf-gti-mk5-mk6/volkswagen-golf-mk5-gti-2004/1014869 |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:17
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meoldchina
Regular Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
Post #20
Clio 182 would be an obvious choice in your price range but may be you want something a bit different? |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:19
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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meoldchina wrote: Clio 182 would be an obvious choice in your price range but may be you want something a bit different? ^^This.you would get a cracking 182 trophy for this budget Another budget breaker http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201301104857784/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/6000/price-from/4000/model/integra/make/honda/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/sa57nf/radius/1501?logcode=p |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:23
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meoldchina
Regular Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
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roland rat wrote: Good shout! VAG sorts it's wooly mk4 chassis out with the mk5 |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:23
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:25
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:28
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meoldchina
Regular Location: East Yorkshire Registered: 08 Aug 2012 Posts: 244 Status: Offline |
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roland rat wrote: meoldchina wrote: Clio 182 would be an obvious choice in your price range but may be you want something a bit different? ^^This.you would get a cracking 182 trophy for this budget Another budget breaker http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201301104857784/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/6000/price-from/4000/model/integra/make/honda/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/1/postcode/sa57nf/radius/1501?logcode=p Was thinking DC2 for the money & ultimate fwd experience but a DC5's would be sweet - look great and have the jdm std spec like the ep3: lsd, 220bhp & recaros - esp in blue |
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:29
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