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I've had my Megaine for 3 months now and I've nothing but praise for it. It's 2 years old and had 32,000 miles on the clock, now it's got 38,000 and it's been extremely reliable, always starts first time with a reassuring growl that tells you it will always start first time, if you know what I mean. I'm not sure if all the equipment that came with mine is standard but if it isn't pay the extra to get them; Electric windows, mirrors and sunroof are all great useable toys that are very quiet with controls easy to hand. Also helpfull is the extra radio controls just in reach of my right hand so that you don't have to look away from the road to operate the basic functions. The 1.6 engine in the Megaine reminds me of the old 1.6 that Ford used to stick in the mark 3 XR3i, and I mean that in a good way! It's high revving with a great grunty sound and it will pull away with ease from traffic lights and for overtaking like a 1.8 or 2.0, if you're prepared to rev it! I think I like the Megaine because I wasn't really expecting to like it, after all it's a french car, which in my experience are usually very quirky. The Megaine is more mainstream like the Astra or Escort but has the French flair to go with it. The only thing that really annoys me is the built in immobiliser which works off the remote fob. Unfortunately you only have about 40 seconds to start the car after unlocking the door before the immobiliser takes over and refuses to let the car start, to clear it you have to use the remote to lock and then unlock the car again. The annoyance is doubled when you remember that its an infra red remote not an ultra sonic remote which means that you have to point it directly at the internal roof sensor. This can be very annoying when you stop for petrol and get back in to start the car only to remember and have to take the key out of the ignition, lock and unlock the car and try again. If you can live with that then get one of these cars, they're not that expensive either.
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