woooah i am joining the ive read this whole thread so im gonna add my 2ps worth" club!
Im currently very taken with the meg225. my position is that of a uni student who is going to graduate this year, hopefully go straight into a job earning at least 20k+. I CANNOT AFFORD A V6 (lets make that clear!) but in any case, i have a slow clio and as tempting as it would be to buy a 182 i dont fancy a small hatch any more.
so i like the idea of the megane 225. (i havent driven a 225, only a 1.6 but i liked that)... however these are still going to be on the limits of what i can afford... which leads me to my current way of thinking.
Last weekend i drove a Skoda Octavia VRS 1.8T 180bhp (remap to 230bhp sounds interesting, dont even have to open the bonnet because its done through the diagnostic port too
) and looking at prices i think it is a very viable alternitive to the meg225. i know im coming from a low powered, rattly french car to essentially a turbo VW but i was very impressed by the whole package, the interior and when giving it some the feeling of the torque as the turbo spooled up...
I can see simons point - if you have the money to buy a V6 to use as a weekend car then there is NO comparison with a 5-door family car.
what im trying to say is there are always different options even to meganes and V6s... i wont say a skoda is better than the Vee though!