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by POESY » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:35 am
...finally ordered, via our friend Donald at Ware Garages
http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/roadcars/meganer26r/
due feb next year
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by danr55 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:43 am
what colour/s?
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by stijoy » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:48 am
that looks one nice car
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by POESY » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:37 am
Ive gone for the white with black wheels, red roll cage, 888s and Titanium exhaust.
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by JP » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:05 pm
mmm....looks very nice Posey...I note the 300 lbs odd torque ......The MPG petrol consumption sounds good to me!
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by WR1 Bro » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:35 pm
Looks sweet....
Why do you always choose the worst colour available?
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by Megaman » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:04 pm
JP wrote:mmm....looks very nice Posey...I note the 300 lbs odd torque ......The MPG petrol consumption sounds good to me!
No its 310 NM of torque not lb ft... that translates to 228lb ft torque...
Take the Focus ST for example (waits for the flak)... it has 320NM out of the box but once tuned up a bit like mine goes up to 500NM of torque which translates to 370lb ft of torque... now thats a torquey car .
Still a very nice car though - are they around the 19-20k mark?
under 9 mins round the ring is crazyness
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by danr55 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:08 pm
POESY wrote:Ive gone for the white with black wheels, red roll cage, 888s and Titanium exhaust.
Best combo, nice work !
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by POESY » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:21 pm
Megaman wrote:JP wrote:mmm....looks very nice Posey...I note the 300 lbs odd torque ......The MPG petrol consumption sounds good to me!
No its 310 NM of torque not lb ft... that translates to 228lb ft torque... Take the Focus ST for example (waits for the flak)... it has 320NM out of the box but once tuned up a bit like mine goes up to 500NM of torque which translates to 370lb ft of torque... now thats a torquey car . Still a very nice car though - are they around the 19-20k mark? under 9 mins round the ring is crazyness
FFS - ford blah, ford
Yes take the focus std, please take it, its a load of crap and i dont want to hear anymore about the fcuking focus st THANK YOU
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by POESY » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:23 pm
JP wrote:mmm....looks very nice Posey...I note the 300 lbs odd torque ......The MPG petrol consumption sounds good to me!
Not quite that much JP - which in a FWD car is probably a good thing!!
Its still 230/230, as my current R26, but its the weight reduction, some 125kgs that makes the difference.
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by Megaman » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:33 pm
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by POESY » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:52 pm
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by SPIKE LIKE MIKE » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:24 pm
Niiice...I like......the matt grey/black looking one on the link is
Crash bang wollop!!
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by JP » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:17 pm
Mega/Dan - Cheers for pointing out the Torque . Still in terms of weight it's not too bad.
How tunable are these cars??
Poesy - what insurance group is it?
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by danr55 » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:51 am
Poesy - "car" Magazine has a 1 page report on this this month as you may have already seen, and they rate it well. just short of 23k + 3k for the colour/exhaust/tyres. I hope you are planning lots of trackdays
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by POESY » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:01 am
danr55 wrote: I hope you are planning lots of trackdays
As always
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by POESY » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:04 am
JP wrote:How tunable are these cars??
Poesy - what insurance group is it?
JP - it goes round the 'ring in 8.17 & i'm going to be using it everyday too - it wont be getting tuned ...
...well, apart from the Ti exhaust
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by POESY » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:07 am
Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:Niiice...I like......the matt grey/black looking one on the link is
It is - nimbus grey - but all sold already
About time I had a white car again anyway
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by danr55 » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:52 am
POESY wrote:danr55 wrote: I hope you are planning lots of trackdays
As always
bagsy a passenger lap or two
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by JP » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:51 am
POESY wrote:Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:Niiice...I like......the matt grey/black looking one on the link is
It is - nimbus 9000 grey - but all sold already About time I had a white car again anyway
Reminds me of the Harry Potter broom!
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by WR 1mposter » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:06 pm
looks like my nephew beeen playing with the dayglow paint an lego !
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by bbigman2000 » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:11 am
Nice toy bud, only a few months to wait aswell
Previously: Everything With 4 Wheels over 300bhp
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by Scutch » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:49 pm
Nice. Really like the Megane's, and the Clio's too, actually.
Cool colour scheme, too
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by POESY » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:31 pm
Thanks fellas - it aint scoob or evo fast but should make a good track weapon and, more important for me right now - shouldnt hurt the bank balance too bad!!
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by mark172_wr1 » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:21 pm
Poesy , how come you wouldnt remap it ??
the R26 becomes a totally different animal after the remap and gets a an extra 2 mpg after.. the additional 30 bhp makes a huge difference.. It doesnt sound alot but change surprised me.
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by POESY » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:48 pm
Just not my thing tbh fella.
I like my cars the way they leave the factory and renault spent a lot of time testing and developing the car around the 'ring with good results.
Plus I seem to prefer track sessions to dragg races so i'm more interested in its braking and cornering abilities - not so bothered about the straight bits.
Many of the guys on meganesport have the remaps and love them and fair play. However most of their cars tend to not to find there way onto various tracks, whereas I cant help myself, and that's where you really put wear and tear on your car.
I'd never say never but for warranty piece of mind - I need the car for work everyday too - and future resale, it makes sense to leave it alone.
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by POESY » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:42 pm
Well, it looks like I have sold my megane today - collection this weekend.
So that means beginning and borrowing the misses car until my new one arrives.
Seems its getting a good write up in the press but it's been delayed until March
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by danr55 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:33 pm
POESY wrote:Well, it looks like I have sold my megane today - collection this weekend. So that means beginning and borrowing the misses car until my new one arrives. Seems its getting a good write up in the press but it's been delayed until March
...even if Clarkson did make a comment about the sort of person that would buy one!
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by POESY » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:24 pm
Yeah
He seems to diss every car I buy. Oh well, i'm looking forward to it anyway
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by POESY » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:50 am
It arrives on the 1st March
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