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elcie
06-04-2010, 23:39
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Hi,
My names Lewis, I'm 19 and from Southend,
I have always wanted a Renault 5 ever since i was like 16 and after putting up with a Ford Ka for the last 2 1/2 years i finally decided it was enough so after looking for a few months i finally found one that ticked all the boxes. So last saturday i made my way 280 miles up to Durham to take a look at hez's black Reanult 5 GT Turbo (G898 BAJ) i know a few other member are previous owners, well i got there and was really pleased with it looked lovely as he had just pulled it out the garage and was polishing it so had look over it and took it for a test drive and was really pleased with it so i came away with it. After a long drive home involving 2 tow trucks i finally made it home at about 3.30am, Still unsure of what the cause of the problem was but i got it running again the next day and it seemed to be ok like nothing had happend still not running spot on though so I'm going to get it booked into my rolling road (Atspeed) and just see what they think of the car. Going to get a project thread made up so will keep you all updated.

Few pictures of how it stands now.

Os8472
06-04-2010, 23:40
Welcome along bud, get some pics, we'd all like to see it

elcie
07-04-2010, 00:23
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Thanks, pictures up* going to get some proper pictures taken when the weather is better.

5alldaway
07-04-2010, 00:28
hi matey! i remember seeing that car on ebay and thinking its a nicely modded one, welcome to the club biatch! :coffee:

elcie
07-04-2010, 00:59
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Hi thanks, yer alot of people seemed to have seen it, it was up for sale for quite a while, the previous owner did say he had quite alot of of interest in it.

Lewis.

gimme5
07-04-2010, 07:38
hi welcome to the club,this used to be my car about 15yrs ago,i was second owner
hope you go to national day,this car is what made me get another 15yrs later:)

elcie
07-04-2010, 12:44
Hi thanks, yer i read you was the second owner after the nurse lol
Yer i do plan on going to the national day as well as pod.

so what did you do to the car and have you got a spec or any pictures of it when you had it ?

Lewis

JRP
07-04-2010, 12:47
Welcome, what a stunning looking car you have :) look after it :)

Bigfoot
07-04-2010, 12:54
Welcome to the club, enjoy the 5 and see you around sometime at some meets in the future.

elcie
07-04-2010, 13:15
Welcome, what a stunning looking car you have :) look after it :)

Hi thanks, I plan to :) its a second so I'm keeping it looked away in the garage until nice days and the shows.

Lewis

elcie
07-04-2010, 13:16
Welcome to the club, enjoy the 5 and see you around sometime at some meets in the future.

Hi thanks, where about's in Essex are you from ?

Lewis

Bigfoot
07-04-2010, 13:28
Hi thanks, where about's in Essex are you from ?

Lewis

Near Braintree

tonesGTT
07-04-2010, 16:55
Welcome to the club, great looking 5 :niceone: Im sure your not the only one to break down on your way home after buying a 5GTT :laugh:

Ricardo
07-04-2010, 17:19
Welcome to the club Lewis, nice looking 5 you have there :)

I Live in Hockley, owned a number of GT's in the last 10 years and wouldn't mind popping round if you need any help with anything :)

ATSPEED are good, not sure on Solex carb tweeking though

elcie
07-04-2010, 17:20
Welcome to the club, great looking 5 :niceone: Im sure your not the only one to break down on your way home after buying a 5GTT :laugh:

Haha, thanks hope not, more annoying though was the nob of a tow truck driver that wanted to ram it up the back of his truck and completly wrecking my front bumper and i said i don't think so, so spent half an hour taken the front bumper all off, then got charged for time wasting.

Lewis

Ricardo
07-04-2010, 17:23
Haha, thanks hope not, more annoying though was the nob of a tow truck driver that wanted to ram it up the back of his truck and completly wrecking my front bumper and i said i don't think so, so spent half an hour taken the front bumper all off, then got charged for time wasting.

Lewis


The AA tried that with me once, luckily there was 4x2 timbers to drive over to clear the front bumper :rolleyes: :D

elcie
07-04-2010, 17:29
Welcome to the club Lewis, nice looking 5 you have there :)

I Live in Hockley, owned a number of GT's in the last 10 years and wouldn't mind popping round if you need any help with anything :)

ATSPEED are good, not sure on Solex carb tweeking though

Hi thanks ill keep that in mind I'm only in Great Wakering, need to sort this boosting problem out though but I'm hoping just a good set up and that should be fine, well Hez was planing on taken it there, i have been recommend by so many people to go there and on the website it says that they are "the number one place in the south east of England for carburettor tuning" ill see what they say when i book it in though.

Lewis

elcie
07-04-2010, 17:36
The AA tried that with me once, luckily there was 4x2 timbers to drive over to clear the front bumper :rolleyes: :D

This was a green flag contractor, you was lucky. I just about got him to lend me a spanner and nothing else and i said to my dad if i can not get this off then I'm leaving it here and coming back with a trailer in the morning.

Ricardo
07-04-2010, 17:39
No harm in at least getting it on there to read the AFR's, they're a good RR in facilities just don't think they've worked on many GT Turbos

jesus in the seat of a 5
07-04-2010, 17:53
Welcome to the club, great looking 5 :niceone: Im sure your not the only one to break down on your way home after buying a 5GTT :laugh:

too true , too true, wellcome to the club buddy , nice 5...i like a black 5...ive not owned one as of yet...:o, still theres time..:laugh:, get involved its ace...:)

elcie
07-04-2010, 18:09
Hi thanks, yer ill try to do my best. :)

Lewis

jay28
07-04-2010, 21:34
Good ol crouchies!! Must have broken down bear me then? M1? M69? Welcome to the gang!!:agree:

elcie
08-04-2010, 23:17
Hi,

M1 i think how comes you say that is that your local break down service ? lol

Lewis

Wallace
10-04-2010, 19:35
Lovely car mate:agree: Welcome along..............

elcie
11-04-2010, 18:35
Thanks, went to ISTS today and didn't see a single Renault 5.

Lewis

asbo
12-04-2010, 09:22
Welcome To The Club Another Local-ish Person :)

elcie
12-04-2010, 12:37
Hi thanks, where abouts in essex are you from ?

Lewis

asbo
12-04-2010, 13:33
hi Thanks, Where Abouts In Essex Are You From ?

Lewis

Im From Chelmsford So Not To Far :)

dave r5
12-04-2010, 16:35
u must of missed mine then fella was out on track at 1.20 pm

another member down near me happy days

thinking there must be a meet soon guys

Bigfoot
12-04-2010, 16:37
u must of missed mine then fella was out on track at 1.20 pm

another member down near me happy days

thinking there must be a meet soon guys

Ill be sorting one out beginning of next month. More than likely chelmsford way as central to all people in essex and easy enough to get to from all directions.

asbo
12-04-2010, 16:47
Chelmsford Think I Can Make That As Its So Close To Me :)

dave r5
12-04-2010, 16:47
uh oh the dreaded a130.
that an unlucky road for me lol

let me know dale yeah
i wont use the 5 till the meet that way it mite make it haha

elcie
13-04-2010, 00:39
u must of missed mine then fella was out on track at 1.20 pm

another member down near me happy days

thinking there must be a meet soon guys

Yer must have, all my lot that i was with left the track time in the end, guna save it to trax.

Was you on stand ? and i think i sore your car at donny the year before with colin in the 106


Yer ill be up for a meet.


Lewis

elcie
13-04-2010, 00:40
u must of missed mine then fella was out on track at 1.20 pm

another member down near me happy days

thinking there must be a meet soon guys

Actually thinking about it, do you also own a Honda CRX ? or did.

philg
13-04-2010, 11:26
Welcome, very nice car, it was only just being discussed a week or so ago.

Have fun :)

elcie
13-04-2010, 12:30
Hi thanks, yer i read.

Lewis

dave r5
13-04-2010, 14:18
nah never owned a crx mate,
my mate has a del sol in blue

yer was out last year too 3 times only lasted 1 full sesion tho lol


as others have offered mate. if u need a hand my units only down the a128

elcie
15-04-2010, 22:48
Ahh right, yer my mate used to own like a Renault 5 with flip paint show cage and massive front mount and i remember going out with him one night down lakeside and meeting a bloke called dave that owned a 5 but was out in his CRX as it was his daily.

And thanks for the offer ill keep it in mind.


Lewis

dave r5
16-04-2010, 12:16
oh thats alex's old 1

i know the car

elcie
16-04-2010, 12:49
Yer i think most people around this area do lol thats why i said it, its had a fair few owners i think.

elcie
19-05-2010, 00:14
Thanks

James_Surridge G1 5 GTT
20-05-2010, 09:45
Hi,

Good looking car:agree:

elcie
22-07-2010, 01:47
Thanks,

So had the car couple of months now really got used to driving it and fixed most of the little problems i have had with it, Can't make National day as I'm on holiday but hopefully going to Trax if anybody else is going to be there and the car should be on a stand.

Alan
22-07-2010, 05:37
Hiya mate, welcome:)

elcie
29-09-2010, 00:01
Thanks Alan,

I have since bought another Renault 5, again from another member on here Sangin. Seen here: http://www.gt-turbo-spares.co.uk/Index.php?page_id=57&album=1&gallery=1
Had a few problems with it and currently swapping the engines over. Im going to make a winter project out off it, as there is so much i wont to do with the car so I will get a project thread mad up for this one.

Lewis

Bigfoot
29-09-2010, 07:09
That does look nice mate :cool:

matty j
23-01-2012, 11:52
just found this

did you swap the engines over?
what was the problems?