RE: Renault Sport Megane 300 Trophy | PH Fleet
Discussion
Turbojuice said:
Really appreciate your write-ups on the car Matt. Good to see on an everyday basis the car is starting to click with you. However i've got to say this comment baffles me:
I see your point, it's just experience of rivals like the Civic have shown that standard cars can deliver a bit better on circuit. And I did mention the minor upgrades!Matt said:
The brake pedal went long and grumbly sooner than expected, the front Potenzas lost bite sooner than expected, the whole car felt to have lost that Renault Sport resilience and stamina... well, sooner than expected... I reckon a tyre change and upgraded fluid would work wonders, but that sort of modifying shouldn't have to be done on a Megane Trophy that's £35k.
Not sure what you expected to be honest? It's a road car, first and foremost, so it has hard wearing tyres and everyday brake pads and fluid to make it easy to live with on a day to day basis. It's no different to any other renaultsport that has preceded it. If you want to track it often it's pretty standard, as the previous comment said, to get decent tyres, brake pads and brake fluid and then you can blast around a track all day. Not just renaultsports, this is the same for many high end sports cars and in fact those would probably fare much worse than the RS crop.
Matt Bird said:
Turbojuice said:
Really appreciate your write-ups on the car Matt. Good to see on an everyday basis the car is starting to click with you. However i've got to say this comment baffles me:
I see your point, it's just experience of rivals like the Civic have shown that standard cars can deliver a bit better on circuit. And I did mention the minor upgrades!Matt said:
The brake pedal went long and grumbly sooner than expected, the front Potenzas lost bite sooner than expected, the whole car felt to have lost that Renault Sport resilience and stamina... well, sooner than expected... I reckon a tyre change and upgraded fluid would work wonders, but that sort of modifying shouldn't have to be done on a Megane Trophy that's £35k.
Not sure what you expected to be honest? It's a road car, first and foremost, so it has hard wearing tyres and everyday brake pads and fluid to make it easy to live with on a day to day basis. It's no different to any other renaultsport that has preceded it. If you want to track it often it's pretty standard, as the previous comment said, to get decent tyres, brake pads and brake fluid and then you can blast around a track all day. Not just renaultsports, this is the same for many high end sports cars and in fact those would probably fare much worse than the RS crop.
Jon_S_Rally said:
It's a good job that they didn't just drop in an extra 20bhp then...
From my point of view, that's exactly what they did. But then again, I turn off the extra exhaust noise as it is, and the 2 piece disk would have been a pain, not to mention the absence of 18' wheel option. If I was only using it on the road I would have gone for a Sport, ie non Cup/Trophy. Edited by nickfrog on Monday 28th October 12:59
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