The time came

You've obviously not down your homework on the Megane, because if you had, you'd have realised that all the 225's prior to the release of the Trophy were crap.
 
This thread is getting a quite depressing but compulsive quality about it now :D
 
MikeHiow said:
My mistake here was sitting down and listening to the recommendations on here....
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BOSH! There we have it people! I knew this moment was coming! The reason the Clio is no good is infact all our fault! The evil OcUK forum forced poor MikeHiow to buy a Clio :(. Now don't you all feel bad ey?

I always thought you could make your own opinions Mike? You seem to voice them enough...
 
I'm amazed he didnt have a mate with a Clio he could test first. Infact, I'm staggered he hasn't. I mean he has mates with Bentleys, EK9 Civics, RX8's he can borrow all weekend but not a single Clio?
 
jon.bda said:
Here we go, at first it was a weekend...now its a 'long' weekend...
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I picked it up on a Friday and dropped it back on the Monday - this constitutes having it for the weekend to me, but as you were questioning the length of time I thought it prudent to clarify.

Skeeter said:
BOSH! There we have it people! I knew this moment was coming! The reason the Clio is no good is infact all our fault! The evil OcUK forum forced poor MikeHiow to buy a Clio :(. Now don't you all feel bad ey?

I always thought you could make your own opinions Mike? You seem to voice them enough...
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Well which is it? You lot are arguing because you think I should take your advice? Now you're telling me I should make my own mind up?

The advice last time was to buy a Clio - they are talked up everywhere else, too.

[TW]Fox said:
You've obviously not down your homework on the Megane, because if you had, you'd have realised that all the 225's prior to the release of the Trophy were crap.
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I'll make my own mind up this time. Given that you haven't substantiated this claim, I take it you don't really even know why they are supposedly crap?
 
DM said:
This thread is getting a quite depressing but compulsive quality about it now :D
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Getting?! Mike's threads are like this from the start and have been for the past 6 or so months since he started with his weird fantasies.

But at the same time I can't help but appreciate that he recognises the RX8's genuine sportyness that alludes M sport drivers.
 
[TW]Fox;18985137 said:
I'm amazed he didnt have a mate with a Clio he could test first. Infact, I'm staggered he hasn't. I mean he has mates with Bentleys, EK9 Civics, RX8's he can borrow all weekend but not a single Clio?
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could have borrowed mine...seems he knew more about repairing it than i did :D. Hell, its a 1.2 but i'm sure the ride would be sweeter on those cart tracks over there...
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MikeHiow said:
Well which is it? You lot are arguing because you think I should take your advice? Now you're telling me I should make my own mind up?

The advice last time was to buy a Clio - they are talked up everywhere else, too.
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You would have a leg to stand on if you genuinely didn't know what you wanted when you asked for advice, but you appear to have masses of knowledge on every car you might consider. However, you chose the Clio for whatever reason, and rather than admit you made a mistake you just take the frankly embarrassing and pathetic route of blaming an internet forum.

MikeHiow: "The internet made me do it!"
 
MikeHiow said:
I'll make my own mind up this time.
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Well that can only end badly :D


Given that you haven't substantiated this claim, I take it you don't really even know why they are supposedly crap?
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Poor handling and limited feedback through the wheel - all things which were gradually addressed throughout the cars life until eventually ending up with a pretty textbook example of a great hot hatch in the later R26 and R26.R.

It would be hugely amusing to see you buy one of the crappy first editions though and then set about convincing the entire world its the bestest car evar!1111, though.

Take out a friends 225, then borrow another friends 225 R26 or Trophy, and you'll probably be able to spot the difference.
 
Skeeter said:
You would have a leg to stand on if you genuinely didn't know what you wanted when you asked for advice, but you appear to have masses of knowledge on every car you might consider. However, you chose the Clio for whatever reason, and rather than admit you made a mistake you just take the frankly embarrassing and pathetic route of blaming an internet forum.

MikeHiow: "The internet made me do it!"
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I didn't blame it on an internet forum at all. I dismissed the Clio early on, however after half of the forum tried to convince me otherwise I thought it was worth considering.

Anywhere else but here, it might have been...

Also, I generally do a lot of research on cars I'm considering seriously. I haven't got around to it with the Megane yet, and you'll notice I've made no indication of knowing really anything about the Megane other than the result of a few reviews and a passenger ride up the road.

[TW]Fox said:
Poor handling and limited feedback through the wheel - all things which were gradually addressed throughout the cars life until eventually ending up with a pretty textbook example of a great hot hatch in the later R26 and R26.R.

It would be hugely amusing to see you buy one of the crappy first editions though and then set about convincing the entire world its the bestest car evar!1111, though.

Take out a friends 225, then borrow another friends 225 R26 or Trophy, and you'll probably be able to spot the difference.
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I've actually been offered a drive in someone's early 225, I'm hoping that may be a little more informative than trying to find a test drive and doing so on unfamiliar roads.

There will all be compromise somewhere, but I do think the RX8 will likely come out on top - I just want to consider other options, too.
 
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You seem to have some very generous friends who like to lend out their vehicles a lot :O wish I had such friends I'd have no need to have my own car! Just lend a different one every weekend :p
 
I knew you'd have something to say about that.

Feel free to PM him and ask if he offered to let me drive his car when I expressed an interest in them
 
Indeed this thread is a touch depressing now, I think this one should have been stopped by the ref a few rounds ago.

Mike, go buy whatever car you like but do your research.
 
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