What did you have before your megane????

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Sean, Dec 28, 2017.

  1. Ive had
    X2 1.4 renault 19's
    X 2 1.8 16v r 19
    Rx7 turbo
    Mgf (comany car)
    Megane 225
     
  2. A long list!

    Lots of modified cars over the years. Some of the more interesting ones:

    850 T-5
    Orion 1600E
    2x MK6 Escort 2.0 Zetec
    Civic SR
    2x MK6 Escort RS2000
    Mondeo ST220
    Clio 172 Cup (still own)
    MK5 Escort RS2000 stage rally car (still own)
    MK6 Escort F2 Kit Car rally car (still own)
    MK7 Golf R (daily before the Megane)
    Megane 265 (current daily)
     
  3. 2 mk1 ford escort Rs Turbos.
    309 gti
    106 xs
    2 106 pug gti`s
    integra type r dc2
    impreza classic PPP

    and loads of dross.

    We should do a worst ever car thread.
    i had a string of 1 year disposable metros for works cars for building sites.
    used to drive them for a yaer,then just leave it somewhere as you knew it had no hope of passing the MOT!

    Worst of the lot was a metallic blue one..total nail,more rust than car..used to snap oversteer for no apparent reason, at any speed!
     
  4. matt e

    matt e South East RSM Area Rep

    i havent had many

    saxo 1.1
    saxo 1.4
    clio 182
    megane R26
     
  5. I had

    2x 1.2 nova
    1.6 Meg coupe 98
    2.0 ide Meg coupe 2000
    182 trophy
    2x Meg 250
     
  6. Ef civic sir
    Focus st170
    B7 Audi a4 s line
    E92 330d
    E46 m3
    F30 320d msport
    Mk7 fiesta st (still have, stripped out widebody 300hp fun slag)
    Volkswagen cc
    Mk3 focus st tuned to 300hp
    Mk7 golf r manual tuned to 373hp best allrounder ever. Miss it
    Megane 275 trophy
     
  7. Ford Fiesta 1.1
    Saxo VTR
    Clio 172 Cup
    Megane 225 Cup inferno
    Clio 182 x 2
    Clio 172
    Megane 225 5 door black
    Subaru Impreza newage blobeye PPP
    Megane R26 (current)
     
  8. Maestro 1.3L - shit
    Sierra sapphire 2.0 L ghia - rwd and great fun
    Succession of Puntos - all shit (wife's choice as I was road riding so didn't need a car).
    Focus mk1 1.6L - brilliant car, never missed a beat.
    Zafira - worst car I've ever owned. Cost 10p to put together and felt it.
    Clio 172 Cup - first time I could afford a toy car after a job change. Awesome car, miss it.
    Ford Galaxy zetec - family wagon, great car for many reasons. Kids, tip runs, diy shopping.
    Megane 225 ph1 - first petrol turbo car. Love it, current.
     
  9. Datsun Cherry (learned to drive in this so have to mention)
    Alfa Romeo 75 Cloverleaf V6 2.5
    Astra 1.8 Sport (company motor)
    Saab 93 1.9 Tdi (company motor)
    Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed (yes another Alfa... I should have known better as had to go back to company cars when it exploded...)
    Audi A4 1.9 Tdi (company motor)
    Saab Aero 2.0 T estate
    E61 BMW 535d (mapped to 330 bhp 485 lb ft) - loved this car
    W203 Merc C350 (mapped to 310 bhp 460 lb ft)
    At this point kids were a bit older :-) bought a slow, practical estate and
    Mini R53 JCW (with track tweaks)
    Megane R26 (as above, current)

    and some dross in between including a Skoda 130 and a Volvo 340, plus a bunch of Transit vans
     
  10. B5 RS4, E46 M3, 987 Boxster (briefly), B6 S4, B7 RS4 (saloon x2), B7 RS4 Avant, E36 328i sport track car (x2), W176 CLA45, Mk2 RS175.
     
  11. Feirny

    Feirny RSM Admin

    Citroen C2 1.1
    Clio 172 Ph1 - Yellow
    Clio 182 - Black
    Clio 182 Trophy
    Fabia vRS
    Clio 182 - Racing Blue
    Megane R26 - Red
    Lotus Elise
    Volvo C30
    Clio Trophy
    Megane R26 - White (current)
     
  12. Mk2 vw golf 1.2
    Peugeot 306 GTI
    Alfa 147 2.0
    Mk5 golf GTI (should never have sold it !!)
    Ford Focus ST 2.5
    Scirocco 2.0T
    Mk6 golf R (heavily modified)
    Fiesta ST 180
    Megane RS 275 Trophy
     
  13. Mk6 Golf 1.6 Tdi
    E81 BMW 116i
    Meg 250 Cup (current)
     
  14. Had a good few starlets (gt turbos and glanzas).
    A bmw 330ci and the car before the megane was a clio 182 turbo

    Megane r26 is my favorite car out of these.
     
  15. Peugeot 106 1.1 8v Zest2 5 door!
    Clio mk3 1.2 16v
    Hyundai coupe mk3 2.7 v6
    Mazda 3 MPS MK1 (tuned to the nuts)
    BMW e92 335i (hybrid turbos and M3 subframes)
    Focus RS mk2 (revo stage 2)

    and here we are today... Megane rs250 cup....
    Amazing how different it is to drive compared to the Mazda, despite being fwd LSD 300bhp+ cars - we've come on a lot!
     
  16. Corsa C 1.0 3 pot. First car
    Corsa D 1.7cdti mapped to 155bhp
    Albi blue 197
    BG 182
    Audi TT 225
    Nimbus 197
    BMW 320d Autovogue
    Mk4 clio Trophy 220
    Megane R26 current


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  17. I've only owned 4 cars since passing my test at 18, I'm now 29.

    Mk1 Saxo 1.1 (first car)
    Corsa C 1.2
    Astra H Sports hatch 2.0T
    Megane R26 (current)
     
  18. Not had many been driving 11 years too ha!!

    Lupo 1.4 sport 16v

    Clio 182 Trophy

    Megane 250 (current daily has been for 6 years!)

    Clio 197 (current track toy)
     
  19. Similar

    1.2 8v punto, think it was 60bhp. Enough said!
    1.4 16v sporting punto, 95bhp had up to 125bhp. Loved it.
    Clio 182
    Megane R26
    265 current
     
  20. Mk1 cavalier
    2.0 Sierra
    Sierra xr4x4 ( had a turbo technics conversion done) https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=812284
    E36 m3 3.0 coupe (written off)
    E36 328i (loved that car, owned it 9 years)
    Bmw 130i m sport (great engine, suspension flawed)
    Clio 182
    Megane R26
     
  21. Kawasaki Ninja zx6r.
    :-)
     
  22. Money.....
     
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  23. The 328i felt more responsive below 4000rpm. The M3 was quicker eventually but you often seemed to be waiting for the power to arrive. I only had the M3 for a year, I wrote it off ( tankslapper into a parked car - truly gutted)
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    I bought the 328i as insurance had gone up dramatically after the crash. Owned it for a lot longer than the M3 so had more time to modify / personalise it. Loved that car and actually preferred it to the 130i - still ended up looking like an M3 though..
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  24. Ouch! The 328i looks stunning in that colour. Always quite liked the saloons too.

    Did you add the M50 manifold or leave it as stock?

    I put the 3.0 LSD in mine which made a great difference to acceleration as well as obvious handling.

    Great cars and totally underestimated, much as the Megane’s are actually too.
     
  25. I didn't fit the manifold , looking at a dyno graph you tend to lose a bit in the midrange. I had it remapped and it produced 207hp/ 221lb ft so it felt quite lively. The chassis was the best bit. Eibach springs/ bilstein shocks and an M3 rear arb meant flat cornering and a good ride. Felt better resolved than the 130i which bounced up and down at the rear!
     
  26. One more thing about the 328i. The photos above were taken just before I sold the car - my pride & joy etc.
    Within two weeks of selling it parts started appearing in my Ebay saved searches... The guy stripped it for parts.
     
  27. Alfa Romeo GT 3.2 V6
    Astra sportive Se van 1.9cdti
    Porsche Boxster 987 2.7
    Porsche Cayman S 987 3.4

    Now Renaultsport RS265.
     
  28. Here's most of mine over the past 30 years (i've been doing this a long time), all were modified, some became track only cars, some were show cars, some were featured heavily in the print media, some were/are highly collectable & I wish I still had them all...

    RS275R (14).JPG 15 MEGANE RS275 TROPHY-R
    RS200T (23).JPG 14 CLIO RS200-T CUP
    RS200 (175).JPG 10 CLIO RS200 10TH ANNIV
    VE UTE (16).JPG 08 HOLDEN SS UTE
    TYPE R (8).JPG 07 CIVIC TYPE-R
    JCW (9).JPG 04 MINI COOPER S JCW
    STI (27).jpg 99 STI VERSION 5 COUPE
    WRX CLUB SPEC 3 (5).jpg 99 WRX CLUB SPEC 3
    WRX club spec 2 (3).JPG 98 WRX CLUB SPEC 2
    XEESP-Copy.JPG 82 FORD FALCON ESP
    XA GT (5).JPG 73 FORD FALCON GT
    454 HQ COUPE (13).jpg 71 HOLDEN MONARO GTS
    EH UTE (1).jpg 64 HOLDEN UTE
    SLR (5).jpg 74 HOLDEN TORANA SLR5000
    xu1-Copy[1].jpg 73 HOLDEN TORANA GTR-XU1
    gemini (2).JPG 81 HOLDEN GEMINI
     
  29. I'd love a Holden / Vauxhall VXR8. The Australia V8 supercars championship is my favourite motorsport series by a mile.
     
  30. Don't confuse the Holden/Ford road cars with the cars raced in the V8 Supercars championship, they bear absolutely zero (& I mean zero) in common with each other, its silhouette racing & basically Australias version of Nascar (complete with the hillbilly redneck fanbase) lol.
     
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  31. Hillbillys lol!
    Fantastic racing though.
     
  32. 2015 KIA RIO 1.25 AKA JEFFREY
    65 PLATE KIA RIO
    STAGE 2 APR SEAT IBIZA BOCANEGRA (FINANCIAL MISTAKE)
    MEGANE RS265 CUP
    NOT BAD FOR BE 19 :smile:
     
  33. baby blue H reg 1.4 fiesta
    2 x 1.8 Mk1 ford focus ( first one was a rear end shunt write off within 3 months of owning it)
    3 x citroen berlingo vans (the joys of work vehicles)
    1.5 Renault clio
    VW Scirocco (manual 170TDi, mapped to 210bhp)
    Currently the Renault Megane 265.

    Chalk and cheese going from diesel to Petrol but I love it.

    Would consider another rocco but would have to be the 'R' with a few select options. Seen a few but went with the Megane. a lot of car for decent money when compared to the Rocco 'R'
     
  34. Honda Prelude 2.3
    Honda Prelude 2.0
    Honda Prelude 2.2 vtec
    Honda Civic Type R EP3
    Subaru Impreza Wrx
    Skoda Octavia vRS diesel
    Skoda Octavia vRS petrol
    Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti
    Clio 182
    Nissan X Trail
    Hyundai Santa Fe
    Subaru Forester 2.5 XT
    Renaultsport Clio 200
    Ford SMax 2.5t - current
    Renaultsport Megane 265 - current.
     
  35. 2.3 as your first car...nice,I'm guessing you lost your job between the x trail and forester period
     
  36. Haha, you’d think wouldn’t you. They were second cars thankfully. I still had the petrol vRS at that point which was heavily modified and the best all round car I’ve owned.
    The 2.3 Prelude was a cracking first car. My mates were all in 1.0 litre Fiestas. I had just joined the army and persuaded my mum to get a loan for me and paid her back. Some of the insurance quotes were almost double what I paid for the car!!
    Lots of gods drivers cars there, I have to say the 265 is on another level.
     
  37. Same for me really, my mates had capri's 1.3, 1.6, escort MK2 1.3, Datsun 100a, Fiesta 1.1 L etc my fist car was a Hillman Avenger estate given to me for free, a month after passing my test i was driving around in a Rover SD1 3.5 V8 Manual, had so much fun in that car.
    Went down hill from there when girl friends came along :sob:
     
  38. I guess the girls would be tough to get owning a Hillman avenger haha
     
  39. That's really sad, the car looks stunning.

    I started with
    Metro! - last 2 days and wrote off, faulty steering rack but me in a duel carriage way barrier
    Metro no.2, - utter piece of crap but i had no money, only lasted 2 weeks, everything that could go wrong did, gave to scrappy.
    Mk5 Escort 1.3(or 1.4 can't remember) - had for 1.5 years, engine seized but was replaced, written off by another Mk5 escort going into the back of me at a junction.
    Peugeot 106 Gti - Loved this car, finally a near brand new car when i was 20, bought as ex-demo, had for 9 years! went through exhausts like crazy Pic with it's eventual replacement https://i.imgur.com/sAuYTTk.jpg
    Mazda RX-7, owned for a couple of years whilst i also had the 106 above. https://i.imgur.com/nMS8Jlg.jpg
    BMW Mini cooper S, as seen above, loved it when i got it but it was an older one with a couple of issues but still used daily for 3.5 years, hated the hard as rock seats and the centre speedo.
    Mk5 Golf GTI, Probably the best car to date (sorry meg :worried:), car was rock solid for the 4.5 years i drove it, bought with Revo tune and R32 brakes. At 8 years old it honestly still felt more 'solid' than then meg when i picked it up at 3 years old. (but not to much).
    Megane RS250 full fat, current car with the basic remap and mid box chop @ 304bhp. Great car and also so far reliable although i had to have the gearbox replaced within the first 2 weeks of ownership but not payed for by me.

    Pic, old car with new the day i picked up the 250 in 2015, wheels are now gloss black and the paint detailed but otherwise the same (bar remap).
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