2008 Liquid Yellow Renault Sport Megane R26

[Ed Doe]

So, it's been a while since I updated this, mostly as I'm not allowed to do any modifications so there isn't a huge amount to tell!

Some pictures from the weekly cleaning

   

   

   

   

I've done a fair bit of mileage in the car now, and I'm still amazed by it the more I drive it!

Best thing evarr though is putting the back seats down to go for a hoon It sounds EPIC


One thing I have done to the car (besides obsessively compulsively clean it) is get the front-end clear-wrapped to protect against stone chips.

As standard, the leading edges of the rear arches are quite prone to stone chips, and mainly due to the roads I drive the front end is also at risk. Given the costs and difficulty of respraying Liquid Yellow, I sucked it up and got the wrap done. Very pleased with it actually. It isn't perfect; it's a 3 piece wrap on the front, but you have to be literally 2inches from the car to see it; it shines up really well and does it's job protecting the paint so I'm over the moon with it!

   

You can just about see the wrap on the front part of the wing in the photo above.

Anyway, meh, some will think it was a waste of money; I sortof don't care; it was a lot cheaper than a respray, and it means I don't now cry at finding new chips every time I clean the front bumper

Sooo, that's sortof it really! It drives amazingly, I really love it, I've had 40mpg out of it on a 75mph run on the motorway on cruise control, but generally with mixed driving I've been getting about 32mpg average per tank, so it's not that expensive to run really!

Some more pics, shamelessly stolen from Curt's photos thread from the weekend. Rookie error letting Ruan drive it down too; the mpg went down to 26, and he turned the traction control off and did his best to roast the tyres!


























So that's.... well that's sortof it for now! Nothing to tell, except that my neighbours think I'm mad because I'm out every weekend cleaning it inside and out, but meh I don't care!


Thanks for reading