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Well..not mine, its actually the wife's!
Been chewing on what car to get her for ages now, looked into the usuals - A3's, S3's, TT's & Golfs but good as they are just seemed a bit common now (and a bird she works with has just got an older TT so that was def out!).
Started looking down the French route and for 3-4k you can get a sorted 182 Clio. We took one for a drive, typically French build quality compared to VAG, but what a fun car!! Trouble is, there was a bit more money in the pot and she wanted something newer.
Started looking into the newer equivilent of the 182, thats the 197 (newest being the 200) and that seemed to fit the bill. Found one semi local with cup chassis and took it for a spin, again, even though its newer..still typically French flimsy. Thing is, this is part of the cars charm in a way and even though i didnt "really" push it on the test drive, you could just tell..it handled a peach!
So, been on the look out for nearly 3 months to find a decent one with the right spec/miles etc'....ohh, and it HAD to be red. Eventually a R27 cropped up (a Ltd edition with Cup chassis, F1 graphics & pretty specced out as standard), it was a private sale, one owner car off a true Renault Sport enthusiast (he runs one of the megane forums,this was his wifes car) so you can imagine its been very well looked after. Its a totally standard car apart from Cup rear spoiler, front splitter and also LED's in interior/number plate etc..
Its at just over 20k miles now with FRSH, I also negotiated new Contisports to go on day before i picked her up. Tuning wise, as its a NA 2.0L, even a remap, filter & exhaust is only going to be pushing 15-20hp MAX so not really up to much. You do have to rev to nutz out of it to keep it on the boil (similar to a v-tec), theres not much lower down and the gearing is more biased for track, certainly not motorway cruising but thats not what these cars are about. Comes with Recaros as standard on R27 but the bases just don't let you sit low enough. Its fine for the Mrs but not really for me. Even in standard form, handling is immense and brakes are ace, its the first FWD car (apart from the 182 cup I drove) that I've had real fun driving. Can imagine its gonna be a right crack on track with a set of stickies. (Yeah, just popping to the shops love..!!
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I'm under very strict instructions to keep it standard, although, I've already ordered a 2nd hand pair of RS skirts to compliment aero kit. I may try and sly some H&R springs and 16mm spacers on and see if she notices, seems to be the way to go for best stance on these. Anyway, here you go, a few pics:
Been chewing on what car to get her for ages now, looked into the usuals - A3's, S3's, TT's & Golfs but good as they are just seemed a bit common now (and a bird she works with has just got an older TT so that was def out!).
Started looking down the French route and for 3-4k you can get a sorted 182 Clio. We took one for a drive, typically French build quality compared to VAG, but what a fun car!! Trouble is, there was a bit more money in the pot and she wanted something newer.
Started looking into the newer equivilent of the 182, thats the 197 (newest being the 200) and that seemed to fit the bill. Found one semi local with cup chassis and took it for a spin, again, even though its newer..still typically French flimsy. Thing is, this is part of the cars charm in a way and even though i didnt "really" push it on the test drive, you could just tell..it handled a peach!
So, been on the look out for nearly 3 months to find a decent one with the right spec/miles etc'....ohh, and it HAD to be red. Eventually a R27 cropped up (a Ltd edition with Cup chassis, F1 graphics & pretty specced out as standard), it was a private sale, one owner car off a true Renault Sport enthusiast (he runs one of the megane forums,this was his wifes car) so you can imagine its been very well looked after. Its a totally standard car apart from Cup rear spoiler, front splitter and also LED's in interior/number plate etc..
Its at just over 20k miles now with FRSH, I also negotiated new Contisports to go on day before i picked her up. Tuning wise, as its a NA 2.0L, even a remap, filter & exhaust is only going to be pushing 15-20hp MAX so not really up to much. You do have to rev to nutz out of it to keep it on the boil (similar to a v-tec), theres not much lower down and the gearing is more biased for track, certainly not motorway cruising but thats not what these cars are about. Comes with Recaros as standard on R27 but the bases just don't let you sit low enough. Its fine for the Mrs but not really for me. Even in standard form, handling is immense and brakes are ace, its the first FWD car (apart from the 182 cup I drove) that I've had real fun driving. Can imagine its gonna be a right crack on track with a set of stickies. (Yeah, just popping to the shops love..!!
)I'm under very strict instructions to keep it standard, although, I've already ordered a 2nd hand pair of RS skirts to compliment aero kit. I may try and sly some H&R springs and 16mm spacers on and see if she notices, seems to be the way to go for best stance on these. Anyway, here you go, a few pics:
I've got a 172 and it's a great little car, like a mk.2 Golf with aircon and cruise 
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