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: PistonHeads Road Test


sh33n
27-10-2009, 14:34:35
For anyone interested

http://pistonheads.com/roadtests/doc.asp?c=47&i=20878

Seems the Cup version gets a lot of praise.
ClaneO
27-10-2009, 15:01:14
Excellent review, best yet, really defines the differences between the sport and the Cup. I know which one ill be getting now anyway!
a few points i picked up on


so it is a new turbo?

different ecu maps for each "dynamic management modes?"

shoddy sideskirts lol
richandgem
27-10-2009, 15:13:56
great review that :)
ads225cup
27-10-2009, 15:31:06
yeah new turbo mate
snapper25
27-10-2009, 16:27:36
I like the new car, but i still prefer the current model.

The cup defo sounds like the one to go for!
Meg250Ry
27-10-2009, 16:36:08
"Major differences over its 230hp predecessor are limited to sodium filled exhaust valves for additional cooling, new intercoolers and a larger turbo but more than 25 percent of its parts are new, says Renaultsport, and the engine's specific output is an impressive 125hp per litre"

Very exciting to hear
scruffty
27-10-2009, 16:41:22
who else thinks the Meg 275 will just be a renault approved remap?
BlackRat250
27-10-2009, 17:04:18
me !! lol
ads225cup
27-10-2009, 17:06:10
pads and discs on the front of them
119.21 plus for pads
144.99 plus vat each for cup/standard discs but different part numbers
jaybyme
27-10-2009, 17:31:39
lets wait and see if that's true about the larger turbo ?
they keep going on about low down power and twin scrolled but no one else has mentioned it being larger.
Hope it is true,will make 300ps easy enough to achieve.
BlackRat250
27-10-2009, 17:33:07
from what i hear it is a bigger turbo ! whey :)
ads225cup
27-10-2009, 17:37:20
144106938R 1 190,83 plus vat new turbo part number
BlackRat250
27-10-2009, 17:38:23
LOl ads. How bout the new rensport badge !!
ads225cup
27-10-2009, 17:41:48
848908319R 32.38 plus vat :)
swifter
28-10-2009, 23:58:37
=For some, of course, the VW badge alone will be worth the extra, which I think goes to show there are some proper berks out there.


Fantastic :D
swifter
29-10-2009, 00:02:31
All French cars seem to be designed with this huge gap in the wheel arches. This takes away a lot for me, its the only real point of styling I dont like with my R26, and the new 250.

If you look at a German car its designed so the wheels fill the arches - The French companys need to take note of this.
the stoat
02-11-2009, 16:51:08
All French cars seem to be designed with this huge gap in the wheel arches. This takes away a lot for me, its the only real point of styling I dont like with my R26, and the new 250.

If you look at a German car its designed so the wheels fill the arches - The French companys need to take note of this.

I think this gap is what allows the French stuff to not shake your teeth out on less than perfect road surfaces. The German stuff seems to have terrible ride quality, the last BMW we were in left the other half wondering how ladies can drive these cars without a sports bra.
conley
02-11-2009, 19:03:48
I think this gap is what allows the French stuff to not shake your teeth out on less than perfect road surfaces. The German stuff seems to have terrible ride quality, the last BMW we were in left the other half wondering how ladies can drive these cars without a sports bra.

Its interesting to know there is a natural vibration harmonic for ladies booobs. You can get them really going in military helicopters, even with a sports bra.
JC23
02-11-2009, 20:37:23
Its interesting to know there is a natural vibration harmonic for ladies booobs. You can get them really going in military helicopters, even with a sports bra.

A friend of mine has an old military chopper and my missus has great twins:) so i might try this out...........


good review on the megane too..
Meg250Ry
03-11-2009, 10:49:40
The roads in france are terrible (still cobbled roads in some places)

German cars ride way to hard so they dont bottom out. Rear of a BMW mini is shocking.
Trumpetman21
03-11-2009, 11:13:09
The roads in france are terrible (still cobbled roads in some places)

German cars ride way to hard so they dont bottom out. Rear of a BMW mini is shocking.

Think the germanic fixation with run-flats don't help with this either!
scruffty
03-11-2009, 11:30:24
^^ have you driven in France? I think their roads are pretty good actually!
pghstochaj
03-11-2009, 11:43:37
The roads in france are terrible (still cobbled roads in some places)

German cars ride way to hard so they dont bottom out. Rear of a BMW mini is shocking.

Are you serious? From their town roads to their motorways and lanes in the middle of nowhere, they are generally excellent to exceptional. We shadow in comparison. Cobbled streets in France are not normal, just like here, they would remain for traditional reasons only. I've driven many thousands of miles in France across a wide range of the country and I can't think of a single time that I have been anything but impressed. Where I was on holiday last year had single tracked roads for 15 km before you got to a proper road, not a single bump in them!

French cars have always had gentle rides.