Blue F1 Posted 20, January 2008 Report Share Posted 20, January 2008 Hi all, I've been perusing what I can of your forum for a while now, but didn't feel I could join up until I had a Renault. It seems to be one of the friendliest and least pretentious car forums I've been on. I went for a drive in a cup sport 225 early last year (several times) but it was a lttle too much money and not yet the right time to buy. Somehow the reasons for looking at the cup sport (4 doors, hatchback, put the baby in the back, the wife can drive it.... ) morphed very quickly when I saw a couple of 225 F1 's for sale ... repeated discussions with the wife about how practical it would be ( I was the one with concerns - she said go for it) and last week I flew to Adelaide and bought one. Whilst the photos were good, you can't quite capture how fantastic these cars look in the metal. I love it, and I'm still grinning....... So thanks, and I look forward to future discussions - and reading more of the forum as a member. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.Sport Posted 20, January 2008 Report Share Posted 20, January 2008 Hi all, I've been perusing what I can of your forum for a while now, but didn't feel I could join up until I had a Renault. It seems to be one of the friendliest and least pretentious car forums I've been on. I went for a drive in a cup sport 225 early last year (several times) but it was a lttle too much money and not yet the right time to buy. Somehow the reasons for looking at the cup sport (4 doors, hatchback, put the baby in the back, the wife can drive it.... ) morphed very quickly when I saw a couple of 225 F1 's for sale ... repeated discussions with the wife about how practical it would be ( I was the one with concerns - she said go for it) and last week I flew to Adelaide and bought one. Whilst the photos were good, you can't quite capture how fantastic these cars look in the metal. I love it, and I'm still grinning....... So thanks, and I look forward to future discussions - and reading more of the forum as a member. regards Wow. That a nice story. Welcome to OzRS I'm still grinning for me and for all new member too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benst Posted 20, January 2008 Report Share Posted 20, January 2008 Hi all, I've been perusing what I can of your forum for a while now, but didn't feel I could join up until I had a Renault. It seems to be one of the friendliest and least pretentious car forums I've been on. I went for a drive in a cup sport 225 early last year (several times) but it was a lttle too much money and not yet the right time to buy. Somehow the reasons for looking at the cup sport (4 doors, hatchback, put the baby in the back, the wife can drive it.... ) morphed very quickly when I saw a couple of 225 F1 's for sale ... repeated discussions with the wife about how practical it would be ( I was the one with concerns - she said go for it) and last week I flew to Adelaide and bought one. Whilst the photos were good, you can't quite capture how fantastic these cars look in the metal. I love it, and I'm still grinning....... So thanks, and I look forward to future discussions - and reading more of the forum as a member. regards Congratulations and well done for not limiting yourself to a four/five door or much larger vehicle like a wagon or 4WD just coz you've got one child. My wife and I managed just fine with one baby seat in our 3 door Holden Astra SRi but when the second daughter came along 19 months later, we had to upgrade to a five door hatchback. Two child seats fit just fine in the back of either of our RS Megane Cup or Golf GTI. Obviously there's no more room for another passenger older than 10 but that's not a problem for us. I bet you go for a drive in the Megane then arrive at your destination and just want to get back in and drive it some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted 20, January 2008 Report Share Posted 20, January 2008 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkie86 Posted 21, January 2008 Report Share Posted 21, January 2008 Welcome!! Enjoy the roads down there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jeffster Posted 21, January 2008 Report Share Posted 21, January 2008 Welcome mate I love my J.LO and the F1 is a great looking car welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Posted 21, January 2008 Report Share Posted 21, January 2008 Congratulations mate you will have plenty of fun with the F1 that is guaranteed welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qubic Posted 21, January 2008 Report Share Posted 21, January 2008 G'day Daz, welcome to the forum. You flew all the way to Adelaide, and didn't let us know!! We would have organised a drive day while you were here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted 21, January 2008 Report Share Posted 21, January 2008 Hi Daz, mate welcome to the fold ... You didnt happen to buy this car did you? http://www.ozrenaultsport.com/forum/vie ... php?t=7931 Sounded like a great car ...Enjoy mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue F1 Posted 23, January 2008 Author Report Share Posted 23, January 2008 Thanks for the responses everyone, especially Benst - you would not believe the number of family and friends who've had words with me about buying another two door car - I mean like it's unusual - I've been driving a coupe pretty much since 1987! Yes, Dom, that's the car - I drove all the way to Melbourne the next day, where it is waiting to get on the boat - 800 - odd Kms and yes - I wanted to get back in and drive some more!! It is just the perfect car for driving the roads down here... but I have to wait a couple of weeks now. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benst Posted 23, January 2008 Report Share Posted 23, January 2008 It is just the perfect car for driving the roads down here... but I have to wait a couple of weeks now. I'm jealous. My commute involves 90% freeway and regular suburban roads and I rack up around 500kms/week. I wish I could swing some job in the opposite direction, somewhere in the vicinity of Warburton. Then I'd get to have a lot more fun commuting. c'est la vie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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