So, the missus wanted to go over to Derby to get her friend a birthday present. A boring afternoon by all accounts. Wanting to spice it up I had a quick nose on the Renault website to see what Sunwin Renault had in stock that could be ripe for a raping. I noted a few 197s so thought I'd pop in. Upon arrival I spotted one the limited edition R27 197 Clios in all black. I made small talk with the salesman for a bit, asked for the keys to it. The R27 comes with the Recaro interior which admittedly was only a pair of seats, did give me a little bit of a chub on. I nosed around even more making various enquires about the car. Then I asked if I could take it out.

The swine then said they only do test drives on Renaultsport models once they've agreed a finance deal, or a whole package deal in principle if you were going via personal fiance. What a load of balls. So you'd have to sit and mull over mindless details before you'd even taken it out and decided if you liked how it drove?! This might be fine in the world of cars only equipped for popping to Lidl in but this is a car made for driving. I dare say If I'd driven it I'd have been in the office looking at figures. This wasn't something I'd be bothered to do prior to riding the beast. Balls!

Balls to salesman and balls to tyre kicking with them again! They were bottom ticklers when I went to look at a Flame Red 172 before I bought my Cup. Hazy on details and emitting PUB figures about the cars. The 197 had "197bhp" written on the windscreen It's 194bhp. Hate to be a stickler.

On a sidenote; I did peruse the new Renaultsport Twingo. Be an awesome car for someone in the market for a quick hatch without daft fuel costs, tax costs and sky-high insurance. ie. Any 18-20yr old with a decent job. Get one! Looks wild in real life.

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sounds like you had a fun day, but of a shit the salesman poo poo'd your idea of having a bit and taking it for a test drive

It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. What else was he going to do?!

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I wasn't allowed to test drive mine as there insurance said you had to be 25, so i sat in the passenger seat!

But mine was a small dealer, not a large one!

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SportKA - I've driven one and its deffinately a Girls car

Ford Fair 2010 0-60 7.45 secs Trek 4100

Save the trees, wipe your arse with a Cosworth

i looked at those twingo sports, £11k werent they? cheap fun!!

Only thing i noticed was

0-60 8 seconds and top speed 125mph?? just the same as C2 VTS

How much does a C2 VTS cost, and on another note, the sport twingo is better looking imo

On another note i had this when going to test drive a focus ST, they said the insurance i won't be able to go for a test drive, as the excess was like £10000 and they wont cover me

I said well why the hell am i gonna buy one if i cant test drive it, im not buying one if i dont know what its like to drive, then all of a sudden oh yes sir we'll sort that, and hey ho got the keys for a drive They'll sort anything for a buck

RS twingo has been a nagging thought in the back of my mind for a while... but probably never more than that, probably.

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Untouchable

It's just a 1*2 Graham with the 1.6 in it Virtually the same chassis.

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That is sh!te salesmanship & customer service, surely as main dealers are struggling to achieve their sales targets & sell vehicles they should nag you as soon as you've set foot on the forcourt for a test drive so they can tempt you in parting with your hard earned cash. At least thats what i'd do if I was a car saleman in the current financial climate.

Paul.

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should of had a trip to available car,you can test drive anything you want without signing anything.they got scoobys,clio sportes fiesta st's and focus st'.lol.get raging some of them.

local reg vardy renault have one of the 197 cups (?) in. in white with all the carbon (look?) extra's looks gorgeous. had a sit in the recaro interior, cracking driving position!
£12.5k though

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