New RS250 Owner

Hi All,

My name is Tom, I'm 21 & I'm the proud owner of a Megane 250.
I've owned it for about 4 months now & I am loving it, it is by far the best car I've had. (My previous cars were a 1.25 Fiesta Zetec & a 1.4TFSI Ibiza Cupra - 180bhp & 7 speed DSG)
After about 7 months of owning the Cupra I decided that I wanted a car with a "proper" gearbox again.

So the hunt for a new car began, having been to the nurburgring last autumn and being a passenger in a 250 (albeit modified, it was in the front of my mind as an option)

Then I came across a Megane 250 about 10 miles down the road from me at a Renault / Nissan garage.
It is the CUP, with the FF options (climate control, bluetooth, keyless, etc), it also has leather recaros, light pack (xenons, autolights, autowipers, etc), front & rear parking sensors, renaultsport monitor, arkamys speaker upgrade & some renaultsport mats (it's the small things that matter!).
It also has the 18" alloys not the 19" (I prefer the 18"s!)

When I bought it they replaced the tyres with some new ones, sadly they were Sunny SN3970's... So the first thing I did was get rid of them & put on some new PS3's.

So, enough talking, here are some photos.

With one of my mates, his VRS has 246bhp (Dyno verified) :


After a quick wash, outside my house (after the roof was wrapped in black):


My best attempt at being economical, after a very very dull drive home (please ignore the smear marks, the car needed a clean) :


Cheers,
Tom

 

Hi dinn, thank you.
It was a grand total of £105 more than my fiesta! But the cupra I had before this was cheaper to insure than the fiesta... strange world!

 

Thanks matty, I did think about it. but then I would want to do the diamond on the front and then all of the lettering on the back!

 

Hi Josh, thanks. Yep, quick Google said that they were no good so off they came!

 

Thanks, I'm near Boston. About 10 mins away from it

 

Nothing is planned yet. I will probably wait until I need to take out new insurance, as my current insurer isn't very mod friendly.
If I did, it wouldn't be much more than an exhaust, KW / nitron coilovers and then a remap.

Also, it came with an extended Renault warranty, which has already come in handy for a few minor things! So I don't want to modify it and then lose this safety net as I am currently on the look out for a house, which means keeping spending to a minimum

 

Hi Xanda, thank you. The best that I have gotten is 36.1 but it was a bit of a economy test really! Staying out of boost and using the cruise control.
I'm averaging high 20's at the minute but that is on a 10 minute drive to work & then back again.
The lowest I've seen it is about 16 if I remember correctly...

Yep, it appeared to have everything. The only things that I am aware that it hasn't got is the sunroof (I wouldn't use it anyway), 19 alloys and the sat nav. But I think that in the 250 it was either the satnav or the Renaultsport monitor (which I have got!)
Someone will probably be along to tell me that there are some other options, but it is everything that I wanted and more!

 

Thanks keenan!