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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 March 2015, 21:26:19
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This rabid, and rapid little bastard, goes like shit off a shovel.
It is a crude device though.
No A/C......no ABS.....even the spare wheel is missing to help save weight.
Maybe if I was 20 years younger. :'(
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Pug 405 Mi16 4x4 would be my choice, but you can't beat small Froggy hatchbacks with revvy engines for pure entertainment 8)
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Pug 405 Mi16 4x4 would be my choice, but you can't beat small Froggy hatchbacks with revvy engines for pure entertainment 8)
Torque steers badly in the first two gear, Al.
I suppose that is to be expected when you put 172 BHP through the front tyres. So much for progress because a 172 Cup is far more accelerative than the latest clit 200. It really is a manic little fooker. :D
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Ignition cut out at about 7200/7300 RPM.
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Ignition cut out at about 7200/7300 RPM.
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Ignition cut out is normally at 0000RPM when the oppsing immobiliser won't reset because it's French and has the hump for no reason.
Renaults - no, not under any circumstances.
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Renaults - no, not under any circumstances.
You're not a fan then Nick? ::)
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I loved my Renault 19 16v and my 5 GT T, always fancied a clit Williams. Having been on track around them they are very handy little pocket rockets.
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I'd buy it but I don't have any baseball caps to wear back to front. ;D
Very low geared too.
19 MPH per 1000 RPM it top gear. Same as the Corsa. Certainly not a long-legged relaxed tourer.
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I loved my Renault 19 16v and my 5 GT T, always fancied a clit Williams. Having been on track around them they are very handy little pocket rockets.
Only 1.4 litres if memory serves.
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Renaults - no, not under any circumstances.
You're not a fan then Nick? ::)
No. Does it show?
If I added enough emphasis to get my point across, the swear filter would blow up.
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1.8 Corsa, that would do.
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I loved my Renault 19 16v and my 5 GT T, always fancied a clit Williams. Having been on track around them they are very handy little pocket rockets.
Only 1.4 litres if memory serves.
1.4 OHV, pushrod engine with its origins about 30 years prior to the R5.. But a hoot with the boost wound up to triple the standard figure ;D
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I loved my Renault 19 16v and my 5 GT T, always fancied a clit Williams. Having been on track around them they are very handy little pocket rockets.
Worth a few bob if you can find a tidy one. :y
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Very very few new cars come with a spare wheel these days.Instead you get a can of inflator/sealer type stuff!On at least some of these cars you can specify a spare wheel but of course that is now an extra cost option!
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Ignition cut out at about 7200/7300 RPM.
Sounds like my old 106 , bloody thing stopped when it felt like it >:( Although quite revy and fun when it did run right ::) I did wonder what the saxo vtr would be like :-\
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Ignition cut out at about 7200/7300 RPM.
Sounds like my old 106 , bloody thing stopped when it felt like it >:( Although quite revy and fun when it did run right ::) I did wonder what the saxo vtr would be like :-\
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Wow. Does that have the engine from Fireball XL5. :D ;D
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yku222hBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player :y
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yku222hBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player :y
Far too young to remember that. Or four feather falls, or super car...... ;D
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yku222hBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player :y
Far too young to remember that. Or four feather falls, or super car...... ;D
Far cough. ;D
I always wanted to slip Marina a length when I was a boy.
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yku222hBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player :y
Far too young to remember that. Or four feather falls, or super car...... ;D
Far cough. ;D
I always wanted to slip Marina a length when I was a boy.
Yep. Show her your stingray.
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Fireball XL5? What's that? ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yku222hBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player :y
Far too young to remember that. Or four feather falls, or super car...... ;D
Far cough. ;D
I always wanted to slip Marina a length when I was a boy.
Yep. Show her your stingray.
Ah..yes.....wrong TV show. Anyway, Troy Tempest had already f*cked her speechless. ;D ;D
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An 11-12 year old Renault.....are you potty?
Its Best before date would have been 3 years ago lol.
Plenty of motors out there which will be to fast for you for that money that will also last far batter.
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With the exception of dear old STMO, do I detect a dislike of french cars here at OOF?... :) ;) ;D
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Nope. My first car was a Renault 5 GTL 1.3, that I used, abused and thrashed within an inch of it's life! ::)
It just refused to die and it was the rust that got it in the end. A great little car! :y
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I had a Renault 20 TS auto. It was great. People told me it wouldn't last long because French steel was shite.
It didn't last long because the cams kept rounding themselves off. French steel is shite. ;D
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I'd like a Citroen SM please. :y :-* :-* :-*
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Reality is, Renaults have always had issues, I recall when the old man worked for them and the list of electrical issues was horrific....then of course, they used to rot (less so these days actually).....so the trick was always buy the base models and learn to weld.
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I'd like a Citroen SM please. :y :-* :-* :-*
A nice looking car .... but it's a Citroen at heart and obviously have their problems ;) ;)
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I'd like a Citroen SM please. :y :-* :-* :-*
A nice looking car .... but it's a Citroen at heart and obviously have their problems ;) ;)
Half Maserati really. :y
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Reality is, Renaults have always had issues, I recall when the old man worked for them and the list of electrical issues was horrific....then of course, they used to rot (less so these days actually).....so the trick was always buy the base models and learn to weld.
Daughter had a nice little Corsa until the cambelt broke. Picked up a "good" clit 1.2 from a friend and to be honest it has been ok. However, the electrics are crap - it keeps throwing up what I'd call a full set of dash warnings which is something to do with the wiring under the seat. I have tried to fix it loads of times but it comes back, sometimes when driving other times on start. A fumble under the seat sorts it for a while. It also sprang a leak from the sunroof - a common problem it turns out caused by them assembling it with a bit of that white foam door seal from B&Q or the like which was overlapped at the end. OK when new and springy but afer 6 years flat as a pankake and about as water resistant!
It does have some nice touches though. Doors re-lock automatically if you unlock them but don't enter the car and if the wipers are on the rear one comes on automatically when you select reverse. Wouldn't have one again though.
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Reality is, Renaults have always had issues, I recall when the old man worked for them and the list of electrical issues was horrific....then of course, they used to rot (less so these days actually).....so the trick was always buy the base models and learn to weld.
Daughter had a nice little Corsa until the cambelt broke. Picked up a "good" clit 1.2 from a friend and to be honest it has been ok. However, the electrics are crap - it keeps throwing up what I'd call a full set of dash warnings which is something to do with the wiring under the seat. I have tried to fix it loads of times but it comes back, sometimes when driving other times on start. A fumble under the seat sorts it for a while. It also sprang a leak from the sunroof - a common problem it turns out caused by them assembling it with a bit of that white foam door seal from B&Q or the like which was overlapped at the end. OK when new and springy but afer 6 years flat as a pankake and about as water resistant!
It does have some nice touches though. Doors re-lock automatically if you unlock them but don't enter the car and if the wipers are on the rear one comes on automatically when you select reverse. Wouldn't have one again though.
That must have been a Corsa B then as the 1.2 has been a chain setup since the late 90's :y
As said before, I would take a belt over a chain every time but then I am able to do the required changes myself :y
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Sadly the Corsa was my fault. I suspected the history I got when we bought it might be dodgy so I was planning to do the cambelt later that month - oops. :-[
Once bitten and despite knowing its history the first thing I did was change the clit belt - nice and easy and no need to tension it by rotating the water pump like on a Corsa! >:(
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I am fairly certain the 1.4 Corsa C's had belts. The autos used 1.4 engines.
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Reality is, Renaults have always had issues, I recall when the old man worked for them and the list of electrical issues was horrific....then of course, they used to rot (less so these days actually).....so the trick was always buy the base models and learn to weld.
Daughter had a nice little Corsa until the cambelt broke. Picked up a "good" clit 1.2 from a friend and to be honest it has been ok. However, the electrics are crap - it keeps throwing up what I'd call a full set of dash warnings which is something to do with the wiring under the seat. I have tried to fix it loads of times but it comes back, sometimes when driving other times on start. A fumble under the seat sorts it for a while. It also sprang a leak from the sunroof - a common problem it turns out caused by them assembling it with a bit of that white foam door seal from B&Q or the like which was overlapped at the end. OK when new and springy but afer 6 years flat as a pankake and about as water resistant!
It does have some nice touches though. Doors re-lock automatically if you unlock them but don't enter the car and if the wipers are on the rear one comes on automatically when you select reverse. Wouldn't have one again though.
That rings a bell with a certain 106 i had ::) Those little clit's seem a bit better than a pug on build quality but still crap .. not bad as a cheap runabout
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I am fairly certain the 1.4 Corsa C's had belts. The autos used 1.4 engines.
They did, cracking engine in a Corsa the X14XE (16V with pretty much the same belt and tensioner setup as the 2.0 Omega)....this later changed to a timing chain (bored/stroked version of the 1.2)