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Welcome Corey What colour did you get? Enjoy the car, they are great value.

Welcome - hope you get lots of enjoyment from this forum.

Welcome, and great choice!

Hi all, I recently about 4 weeks ago picked up my new car a Mint condition 2012 Megane RS250. Corey

The time was right for me to move on. The reality was that I was using the car to commute for 20 min each way on the highway and I just didn't need a car like that for that application. It was completely wasted on me and I'm glad to see it go to an owner from within the community who will use it for what it was made for. Also, my twins are nudging 5 years old now and getting them in and out of the back was getting painful. The van won't be stock for long so I might create a build thread somewhere for it. It's not going to be heavily modified, but it is getting a few little customisations here and there.

Sorry to hear you’re out of RS ownership. Interesting looking car. Like the pug version of a regular car. Build thread?

Hey guys. Ended up selling my Megane a few weeks ago. Very sad to see it go, but the car was 100% wasted on me. Now the proud owner of a 2019 JF3 Honda N-Box Custom. I'm still going to be active on the forum, so if you ever need anything or have any questions, either shoot me a DM or tag me in the post. Cheers!

thanks mate! i bought it off a gentleman around the Newcastle area who used it for some hill climbs. not sure if hes a member on here though. car seems to be real tight and running great as far as im aware. no knocks or rattles but ill be getting a service in abit just to start fresh and have peace of mind so hopefully its a clean bill of health!

Welcome, I think that might be my old car. I spent a fair bit fixing up some issues a few years back, so hopefully it's running well these days. Great, fun cars to drive, enjoy!

re driving courses - I'm from Melbourne so not familiar with Sydney stuff - suggest you do a web search.

Thanks mate. My issue is the tires have plenty of life so I can either a find some wheels and Chuck some road tires and save the current set for inevitable track day. Or use them until I have to replace. RenoTech is on my list def I definitely do not drive like ayrton ahaha. Any suggestions on high performance driving courses in Sydney?

Welcome .. You will find plenty of information and good advice here. To start with - 1. Get some Yokohama AD09 or Hankook RS4 or Dunlop Direzza tyres for the car - great for both road and track and all are fast tyres, unlike Nankangs. 2. For mechanical work - go to Renotech in sydney. 3. Do an advanced high performance driving course (unless, of course, you drive like Ayrton Senna !!)

Hey all. Just picked up a 197 in Sydney. Aiming to get on track next year. Will hopefully take the rest of this year to sure up anything the car needs and save some money for consumables. Any advice appreciated I believe the car has got the maf sensor mod to make sure it sticks and a better motor mount. Currently on nankang semi slicks that are atrociously loud lol. Other than that not to sure. I'm not the most mechanical minded but hoping to learn more with the car. Cheers!

My understanding was prices aren't bad in the UK for any Renault Sport vehicles. I'd just sell it there if you are 100% on selling it. Otherwise bring here and sell to me for cheap 😁...

Do the math and your home work, freight, taxes, duty, values, laws so on. Not worth bringing if you get less in aus though would think you should make more but I’m not sure what values are at present in both countries post covid. By the way, great first post on the forum, though we tend to put which state the vehicle resides in the thread title for a 4 Sale. In your case at present it would read UK, you ain’t gonna get much interest here in aus, mate.

Hello, I'm relocating to Australia and own a Clio V6 Mk1. I was going to sell it over in the UK but should I import it to Australia. If I import it to Australia I'll probably only keep it for 6 months so anyone interested in buying a Mk1 Clio V6

Hi I’ve been looking around and I’ve seen a few bike throttle body kits about does anyone have any info about this and what would actually be needed and what the result would be of doing something like this?

If you want to avoid rail or road due to weather, dust and stone chips. There is McPhee freight that organise transport by roll-on/roll-off ships.

I’ve used Ceva. Been good. So you got the red bull. That was cheap!

By road, go to cartransportservices.com.au

Hi everyone, anyone know of (or used) a good car transport service that operates Adelaide to Melbourne? Probably professionalism / care more important than price... within reason. I have to move a Clio in the coming weeks. thank everyone.

This - one year later. Do we have one for 2024?

Great tale Simon, and a similar path of crumbs that many of us followed to find the one. Don't feel too bad about the garage incident, sometimes you just need to leave in a hurry. When I got my new Megane I was so in love, I remember seeing a post online saying the Autocar (NZ) magazine was out and "my angel was the centerfold" on the cover.. literally, I had purchased the press car and it was one of two in the country... anyway, I rushed out to the garage and reversed so fast I forgot to open the door.. I do wonder if that garage still has the shape of a Megane debossed in it.

Long story short. A garage door wacked my sunroof off! Oh the irony of a French word like “garage” and the damage it caused to my car and my life.😭😭😭 My RS280 EDC Sport is finally back, back in black. I'm 46 years old and have cars in my dna 🧬 all my life I loved hot hatches, Suzuki GTi’s and all the rest of the Japanese hot hatch trends but only once they had been proven. Then came year 2000. I started to read about the Renault Clio 172 and it's amazing handling abilities. Nothing grabs me by the balls like a proper handling fwd car for me. So I bought a black Clio 172 and it lived up to all the hype!! How many times Lancers and similar cars had tried to follow my lead only to fall down a ditch or into the gutter? It was on rails and I loved it. Years past, WRX’s were owned and enjoyed for all of their all wheel prowess, yet, something was missing as the years went by. Then in 2017 a flame red Clio RS edc caught my eye and I remembered how the French sleighed handling on FWD hatches especially Rs models, even mini-me RS models. It's nissan 1.6T and French handling flair was a hoot and fuck me that car was reliable as all hell. Stuck to the road like a true hot hatch and I loved it. Eventually I had to sell for family reasons but in 2022 I was able to reach “my pinnicle” and that is the Black 2018 Renault Megane 280 RS EDC I own today. With michellin pilot sport 5’s all round this car is a fucking hoot to drive. Handling on rails and the back end steps out if you want to tug it around corners, feels like a rwd stepping out, so controllable. Then you have the looks, yes, looks are subjective and beauty is in the eye of the beholder but fuck me. My car is the sexyest, best looking, best sounding all-round package for less than 30k you can get. Every hot hatch owner drools like crazy when they see my ride. I can hear the sounds of necks snapping as I drive past and wrap the engine in race mode. Anyway, these cars are a fucking insane piece of kit for less than 30k second hand. WTF are all the sheep doing in their GTi’s and Golf R’s. They look so bland and boring in comparison the my exotic black RS. And I know a bit about design, I have been in graphic design for over 25 years and this car has curves in all the right places. If it was a girl I wouldn't marry her, but I would cum every night for the rest of my life. There you go I said it. “My car is car porn”. This isn't my car but it may as well be. I could watch this video all day. You sexy thing. Enjoy the car porn. Peace out. ✌️🏼 RSimon https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325233048115356?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

Beautiful! Tassie roads are just epic. Did you happen upon a bunch of Porsche + Lotus while you were there? We just had 4 days in the Vic alps with a few fun cars and it was just awesome.