Renner 5 love
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A mint example of what is considered one of the greatest hot hatches of its time? Yea, shed, def.
Bitter about driving a homomobile?
...Or have you just never looked at more than one thread I've posted?
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Bitter about driving a homomobile?
...Or have you just never looked at more than one thread I've posted?
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Would you like the back squared or tapered?
Maybe this one isn't that bad but some of them are
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LOL, that did make me laugh. Pretty much the only time I saw R5 Turbo's in the olden days was when they were at the side of the road with something wrong on the engine.
People remember them for their tuned performance, unfortunately it seemed to have come at a high cost. A guy I know at work owned one and he said it was fast, but bloody awful on reliability. He didn't rate them at all.
Ah well, unreliable maybe.. but shed? no.
I've been thinking about some highlights. Get your tongs out, duckypoos!Would you like the back squared or tapered?
From what I can gather (from speaking to former owners), it is the manual boost control valve that killed most of them.
Drivers seem to get the 'just a little bit more...' mentality...And then they go bang.
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Last time I saw a GT5 it was overtaking 6 cars up a hill
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I'll have it off him for a tenner, so I can put it out of its misery and remove that awful spoiler.
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I don't think "ruined" is the word. Try "murdered" 
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I always secretly fancied a Renault 5 turbo. Your post has brought it all back. Bugger.
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Whey!
Followed this to the ring (or a similar one), sounds amazing!
A personal favourite of mine :
25psi boost, rwd and sticky tyres saw it hit 0-60 in 3.9 at Trax in 2004, not sure if it's still on the road any more though.
I love this one too :
As someone mentioned earlier, the myth that they pop headgaskets and are unreliable is down to them being owned by people who do not know much about them and turn up the boost without the supporting mods. I know several people who do many miles in their cars virtually problem free, a fair few recieve a beating on track days too.
I love R5s, there's just something about them, I dunno, call it character, but they certainly make you smile from ear to ear. They might not be the quickest or best handling cars around but they a awesome to drive (after some tweaks anyway).
25psi boost, rwd and sticky tyres saw it hit 0-60 in 3.9 at Trax in 2004, not sure if it's still on the road any more though.
I love this one too :
As someone mentioned earlier, the myth that they pop headgaskets and are unreliable is down to them being owned by people who do not know much about them and turn up the boost without the supporting mods. I know several people who do many miles in their cars virtually problem free, a fair few recieve a beating on track days too.
I love R5s, there's just something about them, I dunno, call it character, but they certainly make you smile from ear to ear. They might not be the quickest or best handling cars around but they a awesome to drive (after some tweaks anyway).
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That's a lot better than what the OP posted. Duckypoo's.