Hi all..

I am new to the forums and will become a paid up member as soon as I have bought one, what should I be looking out for?
Its an 04 car - megane 225..

04 plates were the first ones to be made, I know a few people had issues with em. Check to see if the gadgets are working like door sensors, boot button, tyre pressure monitors, electric door mirrors. I had an issue with my steering column has well it was making a noice when I turned the wheel, mine was an 05 plate though. Also check seats for wear cus the material seats tend to fade and ware on the bottom.

cheers for advice, will have a good look over it. I hear that the tyre pressure monitor can read low pressure 1nce a month but the tyre isnt low? The car has an extended warranty till april 08 so I may be able to get this fixed under that warranty?

Also, I have just ran a HPI check through RAC for this car and although its all come up clear, it did say that there might be a descrepancy over the mileage but I am sure its just an error to be honest, it says:

31st Dec 2005 Franchised Dealer 27,755
18th Sept 2006 NMR 49,000
11th Nov 2006 NMR 39,000
11th Nov 2006 NMR 39783
25th Apr 2007 DVLA 44000

Now I am sure that this is just a descrepancy as for a start you wouldnt just turn back 10k miles, but also it looks like someone has just made an error in logging the miles.
What do you think?

What are they asking for it ?

£8200 no offers

My mate works for citroen and he has just brought a 54 plate in with 12000 miles on the clock and he gave him 9k for it, bottom book price, the bloke must have been mad.

Got one!

I love it, its mint!

Well done chap, welcome to the gang!

What you got? Any pics'?

Its a 2004, completely standard but literally as new condition!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/cupratee/megane225.jpg

Sold my Seat Cupra and my Westfield and bought this!

Good job mate. And in the best colour 2.

I see you every morning in St Helens, I used to have a flame red 172 and following that had a black ibiza cupra. Always sat at the lights near JJB near you!

You could have had mine. Damn and blast. Ill keep my eye out for you.

Bit out of my price range! I think yours is up for about 11k isnt it?

It keeps going down each week LOL

Thats one problem with outstanding finance. Have got a month to sell it.

looks lovely mate :D i love inferno, thats what i wanted, then ended up buying a trophy... LOL!!!

And you got it for £8k? Good times mate, nice colour, welcome to the gang :)

Nice car mate. The early 225's are surely the performance bargain of the current times.

Enjoy it to the full (fat!).

yeah, paid £8200 for it in the end, I arrived thinking that it would be fairly tatty - its as if its been sat in a showroom for the last 3 years! It has been fully valeted every saturday, had full ren history and doesnt even have so much as a stone chip on it.

The exhaust has a slight blow from just before the middle slilencer, and is has a bit of a rattle (resonance) on tickover from the rea OS qtr so will get this sorted.

Wicked car i love it

Exhausts can be costly, don't think there is a pattern part yet, and Ren want £1000+ for it! Might be why he wanted rid. What an excuse to get a Milltek though :)

How many miles has it got too? If it's getting near the 70k mark, it will need belts changing soon, Renault also quote over £1k for it, but go to a decent independant garage, you'll be able to get it done for half that, if not more.

Still, even if you have to get the belts and exhaust changed, still a bargain and a coulour that you can't get anymore :)

Were did you buy it from?

got it from sheffield. The xhaust is only blowing very slightly and it looks like its just a loose clamp so will have a better look. Its just hit 48k miles so a while off for the belts yet.. Im well pleased with it, it has a warranty till April in my name so if anything does go wrong then it will get fixed under warranty!