respect owed to the r5

[djinuk]

ive been using my r5 now for the past few days in the snow, and i admit when its dry i spend most my time flying past people and watchin the road and cars rather than the drivers.. however.. today i was stuck on the A444 in very very slow moving traffic, the r5 wasnt playing up and was holding its own on the sheet glass beneath.. what i was amazed at was just how much attention smiles nods and the funny hand signal on the steering wheel i had from people coming past in the opposite direction..

Its still kind of a buzz that there are some people out there who dnt just see them as stupidly badly shaped sheds on wheels.

[benj88]

I get random people talking to me all the time, always turn heads it's a good buzz

[Smokey]

Agreed definate head turner from all ages too...

[REGGY5GT]

same here, always get old people at the petrol station going "i remember them back in the day" or "dont see many of them no more" the best is when you get random people pointing at it or sticking their thumbs up,lol.:burnrubber:

[r5 rich]

I remember once I had an old person tell me there was a problem with my car as it was making alot of whoosing noise under the bonnet:laugh:


The amount of attention and people looking, stopping, staring and coming over to talk to you was unreal and I really did enjoy it until every once in a while I got a dick head telling me about their mate Dagenham Dave who built theres in the back garden running 700bhp, nitrous and the worlds fastest and beat everything in site:o

[jamie_clioGTT]

can vouch for this in my mates tungy.. loads of respect for the 5.. you will find it's mostly middle age'd people as it was most people's dream, car when they just past there test lol..

renault 5 gt turbo, respect!:D

[BriC]

Every time I go out in mine, I either get people turning around to look at it, or a good comment!

I've had it a few times when I've been pulled up and people have come out to have a chat / compliment me on the car. Love it :D

[Woznaldo]

You should see some of the looks I get in Oz! The majority seem to like it too! There are some who like to mock but, when asked if Holden have an F1 team or a Championship winning engine, it all goes a bit quiet.......

[BriC]

You should see some of the looks I get in Oz! The majority seem to like it too! There are some who like to mock but, when asked if Holden have an F1 team or a Championship winning engine, it all goes a bit quiet.......

:laugh:

When I was over in Oz, I showed an Australian guy who my mate knew a picture of my 5, and he was just like 'WTF is that!?' although he was more into his jap / drift cars.

[jamie_clioGTT]

it's rather amazing as my mate often gets 'what is that' lol.. i couldnt imagine not knowing what a 5 is.

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Its when your driving through town and you get a thumbs up form the old bill.... thats respect :agree:

[Matt Cole]

Its when your driving through town and you get a thumbs up form the old bill.... thats respect :agree:

Ha more like, 'get that fekers plate cos we'll have him next time'!!:D

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Ha more like, 'get that fekers plate cos we'll have him next time'!!:D
:agree: I was just glad as I hadnt had the car Taxed at the time.... was waiting for the insurance cert to come throught the post... but the police would have had a field day in that situation.

[jimmy_b]

theres a huge followin for these little tins.
Last time i got pulled over the spent more time askin bout the car and what it can do and how the pc had one years ago.maybe its just my missus, but everyoe else loves the good old gtt

[Purple_rob]

I've had two people in the last month talk to me. First old boy in halfords telling me he had one and sold it a few years ago etc etc. The other was only the other day while in atraffic jam in the snow. Wound down the window and he asked me if I would sell up. ERM NO! :D

It's even better when you see another 5 driver around, which is once in a blue moon.

[rat1]

i think the best one i had was i got roped in to going to bugjam at the pod, we were camped near the gate and all day long all you heard was wow a 5 gt turbo it really started to pi## off all the people around me with their camper vans and beetles :laugh::laugh:

[Tony Walker]

I pulled up at a service station after missing my junction then to make matters worse a T5 pulls up behind me and a police man steps out and comes over, he just wanted to chat, asking me about it and i told him id missed my exit, he said the next one was miles away so he opened up a police lane that went over a small bridge over the motorway then gave me a police escort to the correct junction then shot off down the motorway. :D

[BriC]

i think the best one i had was i got roped in to going to bugjam at the pod, we were camped near the gate and all day long all you heard was wow a 5 gt turbo it really started to pi## off all the people around me with their camper vans and beetles :laugh::laugh:

When was that? I was at bug jam about 3 years ago and saw a black gt turbo. Was that you? :D

[rat1]

When was that? I was at bug jam about 3 years ago and saw a black gt turbo. Was that you? :D

it was this year back in july. it got to the point were i had so meny people ask is that your car mate i started to say no :laugh:

[BluntyR5GTT]

i have lost count of the amount of people asking if i wanna sell the gtt, had a guy even bloody follow me for about a mile and collared me before i was going into the shop. they seem to have alot of respect nowadays thats for sure