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Hooned this all day. Renault Megan RS cup or whatever. With giant ass brembros and 265 fwd hp

Very fun car.... but holy torque steer and that thing lights up the :235:s at 40mph
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Great steering too... but a few "french" car quirks... I can write up the entire experience in case anyone is curious.

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max225 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:04 am Image

Hooned this all day. Renault Megan RS cup or whatever. With giant ass brembros and 265 fwd hp

Very fun car.... but holy torque steer and that thing lights up the :235:s at 40mph
:impressive:

Great steering too... but a few "french" car quirks... I can write up the entire experience in case anyone is curious.

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Desertbreh wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:02 pm
max225 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:04 am Image

Hooned this all day. Renault Megan RS cup or whatever. With giant ass brembros and 265 fwd hp

Very fun car.... but holy torque steer and that thing lights up the :235:s at 40mph
:impressive:

Great steering too... but a few "french" car quirks... I can write up the entire experience in case anyone is curious.

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max225 wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:04 am Image

Hooned this all day. Renault Megan RS cup or whatever. With giant ass brembros and 265 fwd hp

Very fun car.... but holy torque steer and that thing lights up the :235:s at 40mph
:impressive:

Great steering too... but a few "french" car quirks... I can write up the entire experience in case anyone is curious.

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I am curious on what you think as the car I borrow when I visit Turkey is also a Megane as well, except it's a 2004, sedan and 85 hp turbo diesel. Pretty fun car for an appliance, and dat diesel torque doesn't make it as slow, felt like 150ish hp imo.
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I will predict he will say something good about the clutch and transmission
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MexicanYarisTK wrote:I will predict he will say something good about the clutch and transmission
I read up on it. Seems to be the GTI alternative in Europe. Probably better handling with lower rent interior.
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Tarspin wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:33 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote:I will predict he will say something good about the clutch and transmission
I read up on it. Seems to be the GTI alternative in Europe. Probably better handling with lower rent interior.
it is a GTI competition. I know the 2004 Megane's interior is roughly similar to mk4's and mk5's in terms of quality, but the design seems to be ahead of time. The Megane I borrow in particular has interior parts that are falling apart, mostly interior door pull trims are peeling.
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Tarspin wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:33 pm I read up on it. Seems to be the GTI alternative in Europe. Probably better handling with lower rent interior.
it is a GTI competition. I know the 2004 Megane's interior is roughly similar to mk4's and mk5's in terms of quality, but the design seems to be ahead of time. The Megane I borrow in particular has interior parts that are falling apart, mostly interior door pull trims are peeling.
The newest one looks pretty sweet.

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Tarspin wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:02 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote:
it is a GTI competition. I know the 2004 Megane's interior is roughly similar to mk4's and mk5's in terms of quality, but the design seems to be ahead of time. The Megane I borrow in particular has interior parts that are falling apart, mostly interior door pull trims are peeling.
The newest one looks pretty sweet.

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I have seen a few in Turkey last summer, the sedan looks pretty dope.
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Tarspin wrote: Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:02 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote:
it is a GTI competition. I know the 2004 Megane's interior is roughly similar to mk4's and mk5's in terms of quality, but the design seems to be ahead of time. The Megane I borrow in particular has interior parts that are falling apart, mostly interior door pull trims are peeling.
The newest one looks pretty sweet.

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I too am interested in a review of a car that I will never possibly own. :popcorn:
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SixSpeeder wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:07 am I too am interested in a review of a car that I will never possibly own. :popcorn:
I'm getting another one tomorrow....

In Melbourne today and I'm going down the great ocean highway... let's see if it beats highway 1 in Cali.

So far Australia is fucking awesome in most ways other than booze prices ...
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Their Grand Canyon of sorts. Beautiful place


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A lot of their "old" buildings are just beautiful


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Everyone parks hard in Australia ... I don't :triggered:


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A lot of their "old" buildings are just beautiful


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Reminds me of Vegas
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They have animated projections on the Sydney opera house ... amazeballs


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They have animated projections on the Sydney opera house ... amazeballs


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max225 wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:11 pmYep I'm in Vegas
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Detroit wrote:Buy 911s instead of diamonds.
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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