Has anyone made the move from a 197/200 to one?
If so, how have you found it, MPG etc ...
Thanks in advance.
If so, how have you found it, MPG etc ...
Thanks in advance.
Megane R26
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roud:
I had an R26 for three years before trading it for the 200 - my experience was:
On the plus side:
- On the track the R26 is a great car, far more able than my meager skills
- Plenty of scope for tuning, the phase 1 engine map from Paul is huge fun & well worth it
- Did about 250 miles on a tank using VPower - about the same as my Subaru used too, about 50 miles less than the clio does
- Engines pretty solid if you don't fiddle with it (and theres no real point in doing so)
On the less-plus side:
- Hates potholes, ruts, camber change ; if your roads are as bad as the ones in Oxfordshire you feel everything & need to watch out otherwise you are off into the ditch
- Almost unusable on Summer tires in the snow; slightly better on different rubber, but the clio is so much better.
- Has the standard Megane faults: Water in the doors causing windows to stop working & getting into the door pockets, Failed coils & Injectors, & Rear window popping out seemed to be the most common, nothing too expensive.
So I think that it kinda depends on how you intend to use it - as a trackday & weekend toy its fine, great fun, but as a daily driver make sure that you can live with the ride - particularly if you are going to be using it on bad roads.
On the plus side:
- On the track the R26 is a great car, far more able than my meager skills
- Plenty of scope for tuning, the phase 1 engine map from Paul is huge fun & well worth it
- Did about 250 miles on a tank using VPower - about the same as my Subaru used too, about 50 miles less than the clio does
- Engines pretty solid if you don't fiddle with it (and theres no real point in doing so)
On the less-plus side:
- Hates potholes, ruts, camber change ; if your roads are as bad as the ones in Oxfordshire you feel everything & need to watch out otherwise you are off into the ditch
- Almost unusable on Summer tires in the snow; slightly better on different rubber, but the clio is so much better.
- Has the standard Megane faults: Water in the doors causing windows to stop working & getting into the door pockets, Failed coils & Injectors, & Rear window popping out seemed to be the most common, nothing too expensive.
So I think that it kinda depends on how you intend to use it - as a trackday & weekend toy its fine, great fun, but as a daily driver make sure that you can live with the ride - particularly if you are going to be using it on bad roads.
Thanks for that, Nick.
I honesty struggle to see it being worse over potholes & speedhumps than my Cup'd 200, I really do!?
It will probably never see a track in its life, and will probably live on B roads & motorways.
Thanks again for all your comments everyone.
Me i did it
had the R26 for 4 months then had to get rid
found it terribly boring to drive, maybe having it stage'd 2 would have changed things but compared to the R27 i had it was abit dull
had the R26 for 4 months then had to get rid
found it terribly boring to drive, maybe having it stage'd 2 would have changed things but compared to the R27 i had it was abit dull
rs tuning offer two remaps - a stage 1 and a stage 2, the stage 2 offering a bigger bhp increase
I sure am.
Wow, so you think the R26 would be boring coming from a 200? That's very surprising!
I've got the cup on my 200 - I still feel the bumps but it's not anywhere as bad as in the R26 which would crash & grumble about everything. Both cars hate the speedhumps...
Wouldn't have said the R26 was dull - the Clio has more feedback & is a better drive I think, but I do miss the turbo in the R26; they are quite different beasts !
