Considering a 265

Hi pal,

well its its a very personal choice but here's what I know.

i have the 265 in Oyster Grey with the leather recaros and cup chassis with upgraded 19" Steevo alloys. Titanium grey is lighter than mine but with more emphasis on the metallic shine too. My recaros are fantastic and wouldn't change them for anything else. The chassis and wheels make it a sweet ride too and not too firm IMO.

the only thing I wish I had is the r.s. Monitor but plenty of other people will tell you not to bother with that. Depends whether you're a gadget geek or not I suppose. With the 4+ warranty at the moment I plumbed for nearly new which saved me about 8k so that's worth considering too.

 

Once you have specked a 265 up an extra grand or 2 will get you a 275 trophy
which will get you, option of 19 inch speedlines
recaros and rs monitor as standard
titanium akrapovic as standard
flocked bits all over the interior
and an extra few ponies

 

Are you ordering new mate? Have you seen the 275 trophy?
Similar prices, nicer interior and comes standard with the acrapovic exhaust

 

Joeh beat me to it

 

All the press kept saying that there were only 100 getting made but it's not true apparently

 

As above pal, they said 100 to UK but they won't be turning orders away imo

 

I asked the dealer specifically about the limit of 100 and he knew nothing about it.

I do think that Australia is only getting 100 though, maybe that's where it came from. Not sure why as they seem to be the biggest market for Renaultsports now after France.

I believe the production is being wound up in March though so they may well be 'limited'.

 

You might have just opened a can of worms ha.

 

fact remains the megane is top of the hot hatches due to the chassis (i.e cup chassis, stiffer springs/dampers/lsd/thicker roll bars etc) buying one without is missing the whole point of the car, in my opinion!

265 is a great car, I would say that im bias, but it's fantastic and miles better than my old r26

must haves are the cup chassis and recaro's!

 

Just popping in to comment, in my neck of the woods, we got the Sport, Cup and Trophy
The Sport has a good chassis already and easier to live with, also has 18" with higher profile tyres (compliance) and also no mechanical LSD (electronic/vectoring)
Sport also gets heated comfy leather seats
Cup/Trophy here has stiffer Cup chassis, 19" Steevs, and lower profile tyres, along with mechanical LSD and leather Recaros
So these are things to consider
I have a 250 Cup and I find the setup perfect (good balance between stiffness and compliance) but then i find most hatches to be too soft;
LSD takes some getting used to
Recaros are awesome IMHO
Great car, waiting for 275's to appear here...

 

They're already here...

 

Depends which neck of the woods 'here' is, im in sunny South Africa

 

Where abouts are you. Although not a 275, there was a redbull edition at the glen dealership?

 

Bounce between East Rand and Fourways
alas, Redbulls are great, but i need a bigger jump from a RS250 Cup, RB8 gives me folding mirrors, 15bhp, satnav, RSMON2 instead of RSMON1;
Need more man, need more;
Even the 25bhp is negligible IMHO, but at least its the latest and is facelifted

 

Fair enough man.

Have you been to the Renault dealership on the way to the airport?

Although the dealership I went to at glen didn't have a clue about the different specs ect

 

Only one I know of is the Boksburg one on East Rand side, ill have a look re the 275
Thanks bud

 

RS250, RS265, RB7, RB8, RS275
All awesome vehicles, you cant go wrong!

 

Spent a bit of time working in GP and that is the only dealer I saw, thought to be fair, seen hardly any RS's at all.

The 275 is epic mate - if you're looking at a new RS I'd definitely wait.

 

Yeah that might be the one then, you can see it when your on the motorway?

 

Such an uncommon car over there...compare to the gti's.

Only saw two RS's on the road one was my cousins which he doesn't even have an alarm for so that's defiantly saying something lol and and another 265

 

East rand is full of RS', you just gotta look out for them, very sneaky; i never noticed them until i got my RS, i know of about 5 in my suburb, and see plenty on the motorways

 

Ah I see, saying that i only went to East rand once for the mall and Reiger Park on that side