Welcome.

Quality is average on all Renaults, but, that is how the French build cars, they never intend them to last more than 5 years let alone 10....

I have two 10+ year old Renault RS's and they drive well, my yellow R26 has 190,000km on it and its tight with normal maintenance items over the years.

Parts are reasonable if you know where and what to shop for, K-Tec in the UK offer god pricing and freight on parts... and joy, "pic-a-part" places are starting to buy the odd Renault that can be handy. Failing that just buy two or three of the same model.

Thanks, I didn't realise that there was a quality difference between the Clio and Megane.  Yes, I've found early sport Meganes hard to come by.  That later Meganes are cool, but aren't as quirky as the earlier one.

Yep - Megane is a step up in size and quality. The Clio is an entry level car, and the RS is obviously a racier version of it. The Megane is bigger all round, and has higher specifications in most areas.

In my opinion, the earlier Clios are awesome. There are very few of the sporty early Meganes in NZ (which is a shame), but the later turbo Meganes are also pretty cool (if you are ok with a turbo instead of a ropey N/A engine).

Thanks for that.  Any idea of the difference in dynamics between a Clio and a Megane?  Obviously the Megane is larger, but that does make it a bit more user friendly when chucking gear/people, etc in the back.

Early Clio RSs (171/172) come up pretty regularly. Usually around the $4-7k mark. Or less for a crappy one. There's two on TradeMe right now. Rust doesn't seem to be a big issue for them here in NZ.

Sorry nothing interesting yet. 

Welcome aboard the SS Fastfrog!

It's been a bit quiet around here for a while but there's still plenty of interesting conversations and IP swapping going on.  What have you got to drive at the moment?  Anything remotely interesting?

Hi All,

This is my first post and I just wanted to introduce myself.  Unfortunately I don't have an interesting collect of cars sitting in the garage, unlike most of you, but that is in part why I have joined the forum.  I have been a fan of the Renault RS models for a long time and would like to have one of my own, but they seem to be a bit of a rarity in NZ (or at least are cherished by their owners and not regularly sold).  There are obviously a lot available in the UK, but I am put off by the stories of rust and maintenance issues, particularly in the older cars, which I have a soft spot for.

Anyway, I'm keen to learn what I can and welcome any buying tips that you might have.

Cheers.

Hi all, I'm new to this so please pardon me if I mess up with this. I love my 106s and own a 96 xsi. Or though it's a fabulous car I would love to have 106 gti. So after numerous months of looking for one (even contemplating on importing one from Japan) I found 1 in Dunedin advertised on a new and unknown website called "Autoinsider". I have tried to contact the seller  many times with no response. The listing ended yesterday and strangely I'm unable to excess the website now . Does anyone know of the person who is trying to sell that 106 gti? Rego on the vehicle is  WT808.

Welcome welcome. It's a bit quiet around here but there is still some good info from time to time.