Should I?

[MikeLarwood]

Evening all,

Now I know you're all going to say yes, I should, but I've got to ask the question because I can't help but feel that I might be being a little stupid...

I have this:



2007 Megane GT dCi - Remapped to give just shy of 400lb/ft of torque, which is a lot!

Now the dilemma is it's got 34,000 miles on it and I want to offload it before it's value really plummets. Renault have offered me 10,000 which is about what's outstanding on it, and I fancy getting myself a £35/year Clio Diesel to go to work and back in and an S2 to look after and love at the weekends... Now when I had my Megane and my RenaultSport 182 it didn't work, as the Megane was just about as quick, however now I've gotten a little older and arguably wiser, I can insure the S2 and the Clio Diesel for £1k P.A. and own the both of them...

Clio I'm looking at is around £5k, and the S2 is around £6k...

Should I?

[MikeLarwood]

Woah, it thinks I'm American... I'll have to hunt how to fix that!

[terrybullwon]

FWD clio VS a quattro?

I'll see you at the lights!

[MikeLarwood]

I think you may have missed the point of the thread there bud... Sorry!

[Acidburn]

Tbh depends what your plans are, i've had mine a year and chucked alot of money at it, tbh I wish i'd saved my money and not bothered

Its good when it works tho.....

[Rusty]

S2 is a very different animal to either a clio or megane, Expect to spend about £2k a year running the thing and upgrading it Go and drive one and then try and stop yourself getting an S2, they might be aa little old and not as direct as a hot hatch but there's something about quattro, 5 cylinders and more torque than a diesel that makes it quite addictive.

[MikeLarwood]

The idea would be to keep it standard and immaculate, just as something to keep me occupied and go out and enjoy at the weekends... I dunno though... It's all too easy to get spending

[MikeLarwood]

2k a year running it and upgrading it? Howcomes?! Are they that bad to look after?

[Acidburn]

The idea would be to keep it standard and immaculate, just as something to keep me occupied and go out and enjoy at the weekends... I dunno though... It's all too easy to get spending

If your going to do that then its not too bad, its when you start modifying it.

[Rusty]

You'll never keep it standard for as long as you're a member on this forum, if you check the first 10 posts of about 80% of people on here, me included, they all had them same sentiment but a remap here, some porsche brakes there and you'll be hooked! Good luck either way, modern cars are pretty toss but the Clio and Megane are an exception to the rule, I guess if you're looking for something to look after then an S2 will happily oblige!

[Rusty]

Depends how good a one you get, I've spent about £10k on mine in 4 years but it's a hobby and I've bought some toys for it over the years...

[MikeLarwood]

The Clio was epic fun tbh but it wasn't quick enough to keep as a second car - hence why it got binned in favour of the Megane. The one I'm looking at already has the map and Porsche brakes - so that's one less thing to mess with! I'd seriously only be looking at keeping it going though and getting it to perfect condition (although not necessarily factory standard, just immaculate!).

[MikeLarwood]

Well... I did it! S2 ownership hopefully here I come! Looking at one on Saturday, hopefully it's as good as it seems to be and I'll take it away!

[AndyP]

Which one are you looking at? Maybe somebody on here knows it.

[MikeLarwood]

I believe somebody on here owns it! Not sure on his username.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/640345.htm