Danza's French clutter - 50 miles and counting...

[tony_danza]

Good eh!

Their whole marketing for the RenaultSport brand is based around the track, they even run their own track days. It's a completely different ethos to say VW, more like what you'd find at Lotus.

[MAT ED30]

yeah i know mate jhtrophy has done lots of track stuff with ren uk  its nothing like vw at all

[h4rdy]

I love these, went to the Renault thingy at Silverstone and there was a lush light grey/off white on a stand.

Fell in love.

No good if its a longterm thing.

But great looking and loads of fun.

[rich83]

Nice one Mike.... it looks great!

[JPC]

Mat, it's not a lease car. It's a Pcp personal contract purchase.

No real difference than having it on hp or a bank loan. You are the registered keeper. Yes there are t&c's but unless your not walking into the dealer with 17k in your sky rocket, you won't own the car.

Even if you bought your car with HP or a loan, miss two payments then see who owns it! 

[Slickline]

Great fun these little renault hot hatches, i still have fond memories of driving my 172 Cup and also not so warm memories of the broken engine mounts, fried ECU and noisy alternator and countless other little foibles!
All part of the renault experience though and all fixed under warranty.

Hopefully the build quality has improved over the years.

[MAT ED30]

Mat, it's not a lease car. It's a Pcp personal contract purchase.

No real difference than having it on hp or a bank loan. You are the registered keeper. Yes there are t&c's but unless your not walking into the dealer with 17k in your sky rocket, you won't own the car.

Even if you bought your car with HP or a loan, miss two payments then see who owns it!  

paid for my car cash no loan   wife a got a big bonus a few years back so would have been rude not to buy a brand new car  

[tony_danza]

I've always saved up and paid cash too, first time I've done finance, hence my 1001 questions at the dealer - he must have been sick of the sight of me!

[MAT ED30]

I've always saved up and paid cash too, first time I've done finance, hence my 1001 questions at the dealer - he must have been sick of the sight of me!

so its not on lease then its a pcp deal ie you can give the car back after the 2 years or what ever terms you did or pay the outstanding balance to buy the car and the car belongs to you not a lease company like lex leasing

[Edition30]

I wish you had said it cost more p/m as I have been trying to resist a car such as this. Im seriously tempted, wont be for a few months yet though unfortunately. What sort of mileage are you getting from it when your not kicking its teeth in? 

I've always saved up and paid cash too, first time I've done finance, hence my 1001 questions at the dealer - he must have been sick of the sight of me!

so its not on lease then its a pcp deal ie you can give the car back after the 2 years or what ever terms you did or pay the outstanding balance to buy the car and the car belongs to you not a lease company like lex leasing

Yeah, you get the option to pay a 'balloon payment' which is a little over £8500 according to the website. After your 2/3 years are over.

My Golf was on PCP but that was £350 a month and worked out £75 of that was interest 

[tony_danza]

I've always saved up and paid cash too, first time I've done finance, hence my 1001 questions at the dealer - he must have been sick of the sight of me!

so its not on lease then its a pcp deal ie you can give the car back after the 2 years or what ever terms you did or pay the outstanding balance to buy the car and the car belongs to you not a lease company like lex leasing

Yeah, PCP so it's all in my name and at the end of 2 years I either hand it back, trade it up or buy it... if for whatever reason they try playing games, I'll pay it off and sell it. I'm aware of the old games at the end of term!

Edition30? Dunno yet, I haven't not kicked its teeth in! I'll do a run in it and see what I'd get in the real world just going to work and back.

[simonp]

For those worried about reliability, I had a 197 F1 for a bit over 2 years and the only thing it went in for was a creaky door hinge.

[jhtrophy]

Proper car that mate! Renault sport track days are great, jeremy from renaultsport uk is a top bloke!!! Threw me keys to an r26 r at bedford!!! I'm like by!!!!

[simonp]

Talking of Bedford, Autocar took a Focus RS500 (345bhp), Clio 200 and a Megane 250 there a few months back. The Focus was only 3 seconds quicker round the circuit than the Clio (this was a mag feature) and the 250 went 4 seconds faster...


than the Focus!

Source (for those registered): http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/community/forum/Forum_postst72661/Focus-RS500-v-Clio-200-v-Megane-250/Default.aspx

[tony_danza]

Passed the 1G marker, loads left in the locker.

Stupid funny car!