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Author Subject: Megane 225. Are they any good?
smegal

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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?

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:32
roland rat

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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

Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:37
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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 Yes

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:41
smegal

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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 Sad

The BMW is appealing a though.

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:45
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Craig what do you want from the car and what sort of mileage are you doing each year?
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:45
Snowman

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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.
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:47
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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.

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:49
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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-






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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:54
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330Ci won't be no good for you then unless its 15k of motorway miles

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:54
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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
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:57
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Carl,is yours for sale?

OR

stretch the budget for this

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/honda/integra/honda-2001/1019085
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 21:59
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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 Thumbs up
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:00
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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

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:01
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:08
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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! LOL
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:09
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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
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:13
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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! LOL


The funny thing was even on three cylinders it was faster and more responsive than the 180LOL

Carl

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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:15
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Always had a penchant for the 330ci, amazing value, more grown up and rwd
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:16
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:17
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Clio 182 would be an obvious choice in your price range but may be you want something a bit different?
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:19
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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
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:23
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Good shout! VAG sorts it's wooly mk4 chassis out with the mk5
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:23
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:25
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Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:28
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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 Thumbs up
Posted 16th Jan 2013 at 22:29

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