Pete05
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- Melbourne, Australia
Still looking good & as @Shaun said, it's the right colour 👍*well that sucks - looks like the image hosting site I was using are being d1cks, hence all the red X's
Gee whiz - over 6 months since my last update
Well, the impending 2 year anniversary (which also co-incides with hitting 10,000 km on the clock) is about as good a reason as any to fix that
So yeah, only around 4,700 km done this year - probably 80% weekend traffic and 20% highways and back roads. Since I stuck the panel filter in, fuel consumption has shown a remarkable decline. Could be the panel filter..... or my right footThis last 12 months has had me averaging about 8.7l/100km or ~27mpg. When in comfort mode it is pretty frugal, but when you stick it in sport or race mode, I am sure a hidden flap opens up somewhere and literally dumps fuel straight onto the road from the fuel tank. Hoon around for a bit and the fuel needle will just about move in front of your eyes.
So far head has triumphed over heart regarding a remap - I barely get to unleash 200hp on the road now, so adding another 25hp to that seems a bit of a frivolous exercise. Truth be told, 200hp is plenty for a car this size and mass, anything more and I'd be relying on willpower to keep my licence...
I think my head may be losing the argument on another mod - will keep you posted
I still get big buzz out of driving the car, even if it's down the road to the shops. And the buzz is complete looking at reflecting of the LY paint whenever I can. Just cannot beat it when it is bathed in sun.
There are some annoyances, which I guess is part and parcel of any car. The media interface is highly annoying; a bit laggy and sometimes cracks the grumpies and refused to skip tracks on screen, the maps can very occasionally decide to reboot itself (usually at the worst time) etc.
Everybody flaps their chops at the EDC, but really, I don't want a manual and the EDC is perfect for my needs. I don't miss a manual for my application of the car in the slightest, and driven with some mechanical sympathy (the same one would extend to a manual), it is just about as smooth.
In terms of build quality - no complaints. Actually pretty robust - hit the edge of a pothole going uh...faster then I should have been on a country road and got out expecting a cracked rim. Got lucky 👍
On exceptionally bumpy roads there is a mystery creak in the passenger C pillar - but it comes and goes. The one semi-regular failure popping up on forums is that the cold air charge pipe between the intercooler and turbo splits at a poorly designed elbow, requiring a trip to the stealership to replace it. There are aftermarket ones, but that will be for post warranty - and I am hoping as I was at the tail end of phase 1, they sorted it out. All the ones splitting are 2014/15 ones with heavy mileage.
Renault has taken strides backwards in Australia of late - first cutting the warranty of new RS models from 5 to 3 years without announcing it (i could theoretically sell mine now with a longer warranty left than a brand new one) and they have made an absolute meal of the Megane4 RS's release, so a lot of fanboy's are turning to other brands now - a big pity really. Hopefully that turns around soon.
Serious?
