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I might be wrong but maybe people don't look into financing the car by borrowing the money from a bank. With the dealers you get the choice of outright finance or the PCP deal which initially lowers the monthly payments but have that balloon payment at the end. New cars are a better interest...
To think you can pick them up for about 10k now, there was a white Cup selling privately for that price when I was looking. It really is a lot of car with the tech for that money, then add in the cost of a map you really do have good car on your hands.
And then with the Renault 4 warranty when they came out in 2013 your hands are tied. I do believe you'll slowly start to see this happening with these from now on and especially next year when the warranties run out.
Also it couldn't overshadow the Megane 250 in power
Genuinely surprised me to see the bhp figure, book torque figure says 177ft/lbs. Although it's close it's down again. You'd think with the Mk4 they would have come with the mapped figures as standard or have the torque similar to the 226bhp. When you look at the Cooper Works with 228bhp and a...
Start figure 189bhp - 172ft/lbs torque
Mapped result 226bhp - 250ft/lbs torque
Had the ITG filter fitted too.
So much better now with that big hike in torque.
Had the Cooksport springs fitted yesterday and couldn't resist taking it out somewhere in the 'light' to have a better look. Looks wise it's made a massive difference, it will settle more apparently. The main thing for me is its lost that massive front wheel arch gap and lost that reverse rake...
2 bucket wash today, after the products Ron used its really made it an easy, effortless clean. Cooksport springs are going on tomorrow than another treat for it this Friday.
Cooksport springs ordered, should be with me this Wednesday. IMO the front arch gap is horrific on these (reverse rake look) so the springs should rectify this.
Thanks for all the kind comments, I'm really pleased with it. I feel lucky to have it, I didn't think I'd have the opportunity to be in the new RS especially with the colour and the spec.
Looks like a decent car, nice colour. Subtle things done like springs, silver bulbs, maybe wheels (insurance pending) would make it quite pleasing to the eye.
Welcome to the club, enjoy.
Correct, the wheels are going to be refurbed after Christmas. The front tyres are being changed for the correct Dunlop Maxx RTs this Thursday, it's gonna bug me not having any product on them like the rears but hey ho! Cooksport springs next too.
I had a black Valver back in 2000, lowered on 17" TSW Venoms with a big induction filter on the TB. For the Southend meets they'd park up at the Strawberry Fields pub car park then convoy to the seafront. It was about the time when the phase one 172s just came out. Brilliant cars, loved the...
They have a Liquid Yellow Trophy with the Akrapovic exhaust, he parked it next to mine to show me the difference in the face lift model. I have to be honest I'm not a fan of the foglight design, it looks like the K Tec Racing logo. It's priced at 23k
It was sitting at the Vospers dealers since September with an asking price of 12k. When I enquired last week it was 11.5k, by 'Black Friday' they'd reduced it to 11.1k
Mileage was 12.8k but driving it home etc it's added another 300ish miles. I don't think it's bad mileage on a 3 and a half...