First post!
4 of my mates have Renault 5 GT Turbos, a car i've wanted since i was 16!
However, i can't afford to run my VXR and get a GTT.
So my dilema is -
Shall i sell the vxr and buy a GTT for circa 2k and get a mini cooper or similar for circa 6k?
the GTT would be a road legal track car stripped out etc... and the mini would be my daily driver!
I'm selling my r5 gt turbo very soon, and may have a 8 point rollcage to go with it.......
keep the vxr...5's are to much work...
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
keep the vxr...5's are to much work...
VXR is like GM Language for gay Teen.
Just buy a 5 and sell you vxr... sod a mini dont waste your money get an old campus or clio for a to b
Here here - I've got a 2003 cooper s overpriced tat, the salesmen know what they are doing. The missus just had to have one. Spend the same money on a civic Type R etc blah blah. You will be dissapointed with a cooper / cooper s.
Danny Boy............
Do it.............you know it makes sense.......
wizz
Pop
Bang
ok until you get to a hill..... lol
they are 5 bait round here, type r's along with scoobies... and they hate getting overtaken by a 20year old french tinbox
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Thought I’d bump this thread as I still haven’t decided!
My VXR is being used daily to get work but it’s only 3 miles a day round trip……seems a bit pointless spending so much money on a car to do 50 odd miles a week.
The only time I give it a good run is on a weekend occasionally.
I am also saving for my first house, which is another reason why I’m thinking of letting the VXR go! Although, I would really miss the car, I think a fast stripped out 5 which make me just as happy when I go on my weekend blasts / tracks days!
As for a daily a to b car, I’m not sure whether a 5 would be up for the job! and maybe I’d need get another car for that! Which is why I’m still un-decided!
Decisions, decisions…………..
3 miles!! get yourself a bicycle
Second car for a 3 mile round trip?
Get yourself a good quality 5 and that'll be MORE than up to the job of a 3 mile round trip everyday & if you do break down you could dam near push it home 3 miles!
Second car's are alright but theyre a royal pain in the a$$ when you have to pay all the MOT TAX Insurance etc etc!!
Sell that VXR, get yourself a mean 5 with all the toys on & Robert will indeed be your fathers brother!!
Fancy a VAG Clio?
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how much for the clio?
wer abouts in the midlands are you from matey there is a few around my way,
i use my 5 as my daily car and do about the same amount of miles you do really and i havent had any significant problems with mine as of yet apart from the rad which is all a ok now with no leaks.
Mat
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dudley mate
dont spose your a mate of James's are you as he changed my rad and he said his mates got a vxr he lives up dudley and got a white 5 garaged.
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yes mate he's a good friend, know him a while!
wouldn't trust him to mess with my car though..........lol
"please Jay, come help me fit my intercooler to my VXR"
YOU PUFF
We spent 45 minutes talking about your dilemma on the phone last night, you might as well of popped round for a cuppa.......
You know my thoughts, 5 all the way, the Money that car costs you is ridiculous. 5's are as cheap as chips, you wont get more of a car for bhp/£
typical example:
VXR front mount £600 ish + remap / tune once done?
5 Front mount, take your pic!!! max £200 if you do your homework
Your exhaust and map £1000.
My sidey, downpipe and a setup £250.
I know its all relative, you have airbags and air con, but I don't look at my 5 and think **** me that’s costing the same as a mortgage on a house...........
Get a 5, Sar has a Mini, if it breaks...............walk to work, you could roll there on a bike, we live on top of the only mountain in Dudley.
For me mate there is no doubt........especially if you want a house but still want your petrol head kicks.......
Love You
Oh......Can you cut my hair the weekend?
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i fitted the ic myself without your help!
now my job has changed i can't justify the money, it was different at CPL because I was doing the miles.
Yeah, Cos i was helping Matt above fit his rad and oil guage! Sod old friends, Matt has a 5........plus i'm sure if i'd of messed with the VXR it would have thrown up a fault cause sensor 98664 was miss reading the pollen level!
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haha, yeah mate your probably right!!!!
can you cut my hair too lol naj J still aint been to do mine lol....
Dan get rid of the VXR it looks the part but the buzz off the 5 will give you a much bigger grin.
The Corsa will only go down in value the 5 wont lose money not now they are getting thin on the ground for good ones now. a 3 mile trip to work isnt anything to worry about.
I would get a 5 and still get a second car thats me though i dont like owning one car hahaha
**********But NOT a Mini, they are nice if you like a bit of c*ck, proper girls car, good luck from Dan**************
Wow, the old Type-R's are really cheap now. Shame they look like a shoe.
You'd love a 5, and as said before they're super cheap to run and look after.
If you need another car for work I'd suggest a KA, well'a cheap to run, tax, insure ans really reliable.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...easc&logcode=p
i must admit dan it does look the part....
it's just down to cash mate, im saving for the 1st house too, so clear my debt buy a car that i own!can you cut my hair too lol naj J still aint been to do mine lol....
Dan get rid of the VXR it looks the part but the buzz off the 5 will give you a much bigger grin.
The Corsa will only go down in value the 5 wont lose money not now they are getting thin on the ground for good ones now. a 3 mile trip to work isnt anything to worry about.
I would get a 5 and still get a second car thats me though i dont like owning one car hahaha
**********But NOT a Mini, they are nice if you like a bit of c*ck, proper girls car, good luck from Dan
if i need any parts just see you or jay!
if i got a decent 5 about 2.5k hopefully that would see me to work and back nicely! may even get a bike for the warmer weather! save more money for mods! lolWow, the old Type-R's are really cheap now. Shame they look like a shoe.
You'd love a 5, and as said before they're super cheap to run and look after.
If you need another car for work I'd suggest a KA, well'a cheap to run, tax, insure ans really reliable.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...easc&logcode=p
My personal opinion is fuel is the only problem with a 5, but a 3 mile trip is nothing so you dont really have any need to worry about a 5. you'll have so much more fun in your 5. just make sure you get one off a well respected member and you cant go wrong.
A 1.5 mile journey to work isn't going to be good for any car. It'll never get a chance to properly warm up. If I lived that close to work, I'd either cycle, or walk!
Dan's VXR returned 9mpg at Mallory, i dont think he's worried about the fuel
thats true, the coolant isn't up to temp by then, not to mention the oil temp!
i just don't know!!!
Jay! 9mpg was pretty bad! lol..........v-power as well!!!!
9mpg thats while its being absolutely hammered.... my 5 with that T3 on was absolute ****e when you give that stick it used to get to the point i would be pissed off with driving it hard how sad is that?????. a standard 5 isnt that uneconomical.
my mates evo 6 would do 100 miles on £50 and that was being sensible.
as much as i like the look of the VXR's theres nothing better than bashing one in something old skool that goes for most modern hot hatches, i made one look stupid in my blue 5 last summer the guy was gutted and i did another in my williams when they first come out.
as much as people moan about French cars you cannot beat them, ive had a range of cars now and the one car i look forward to driving is the 5
if this lot doesnt convince you Dan i dont know what will. :-)
the fuel things not so much of an issue cause i don't do much miles!
i don't think the corsa vxr boys realise how fast the 5's are ! i got done by a metro up manor way in halesowen, we hit over a ton and i gave up (sair was shouting at me), the thing was rapid! but i gave him the thumbs up because no one would expect a car like that to have a fat turbo lump in it, but this did! i apprecaite these cars! bit like your mate in the green corsa c!
the vxr forum are going crazy about what i am saying! lol
yeah because they are all probably 19 years old and dont aooreciate anything tell them to pay for your car every month and you will keep it.. see how many replies you get.
That metro probably had one of them lotus engines in they are fitting the gti ones go pretty well standard but its still a Metrot i wouldnt really want one, sorry if i upset anyone btw.
but i bet he thought it was great wasting you.
And thats what you can do in a good 5 if need be, i know my brother raced a 400bhp evo in his 5 and the evo couldnt shake him the bloke was absolutely gutted :-) especially when he said the 5 was a 1.4 haha.
plus you get a lot of respect and compliments of people that used to own them which is always good i think
Ah, my sales pitch failed
As Lamps said, you'll have everyone loving the 5, most people probably don't bat an eylid at the Corsa (no offence). I always get people giving a little nod and that... mostly old boys too
Ah, my sales pitch failed
As Lamps said, you'll have everyone loving the 5, most people probably don't bat an eylid at the Corsa (no offence). I always get people giving a little nod and that... mostly old boys too
exactly mate, its the same everywhere always people pointing and looking round, the best ever for me was last summer a little 4 or 5 year old boy with his mom shouted "mom look a renault 5" pointing at the car his face lit up i was gob smacked!!!!!!....
I know which one i'd rather have
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Sell the vxr, Buy a house oppsite your work! and treat yourself to a 5!
Every one's a winner! I'm still grinning every time i go out in mine and i don't even like car's!!
the corsa vxr in 20 years time will only be remembered as just another car just like the rest of the new cars
the gtt will always be remembered as one hell of a harcore hot hatch and respected by people who know cars, new cars may be better overall but no amount of money spent on them can make it have that coolness the gtt has
if you need an a to b as well as a R5
try a williams clio...nothing like the feel of that on a track or going sideways round a roundabout!
they are amazing in standard trim.
I agree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC2ChgSpo0
I dont know if the link works but watch the williams round the nurbergring the porsche 911 gt3 struggles to keep up
if it doesnt work search for williams nurbergring and its on the first page on youtube
another great video is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ0vg5QvlgM MK INDY A 5 TURBO
everyone watch this video if the link doesnt work search for the above title have fun guys
a view from the other side of the fence.....lol
http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=57325
Ah, good to see all the old prejudices and myths are still going strong.
would you say that if you had to use yours evryday??
ive been using my 5 now everyday for the last 7 months
through the snow and generally rotten weather
about 4000miles worth and apart from occasional carb freeze(large fmic)
its been trouble free
so much so that my gt tdi 130 has been sitting in the garage all this time
because ive been enjoying the 5 so much
its a 20 mile round trip to work and at 18psi its the dogs balls
you could buy a mint 5 for 2.5 a decent 172 for 3 and have money left over.
Lamps what power is your brothers 5 running as, my old gt was about 160bhp and felt rapid when i was 21, but my evo would have slaughted it.
phil
when it went for its last rolling road session it had just over 200bhp, if i remember right it had 214bhp the guy who did it said its the best one he thinks hes ever had down there. and a really good torque figure the turbo on it is a bit of a strange one i had it specially made to suit the engine from a turbo specialist by me thats been doin it all his life really i paid 1550 just for the turbo and it really is amazing. i know its got a tial external wastegate and screamer pipe and a really funny looking rear housing.
the evo was a fairly early one i think but he had just had a later evo engine fitted and had spent a lot of money on it and had just had it mapped to 400bhp he was really pissed off that the 5 had managed to keep up.
im not just saying it because it was my car but it is the fastest one i have been in so far. im 25 years old and been in some really fast cars my mate has an evo tommi mak with 330 bhp and another friend has an RS4 the new one, and im not saying the 5 would beat them but i know it would push them up to 70 to 80 easily.
theres always something faster but it is a good one.
every one thats been in the car it has shocked them cheers mate
ive seen you driving quite a bit when i'm in the corsa, i'll leave you well alone......lol
My missus works for Vauxhall so I have pretty much driven all of there decent cars, if you can call them thatThe only one that was any good in my opinion was the corsa vxr-r, but for £22 large you would hope it was. Dont like it inside though, dash is big enough to have a kip on. Sell the old vauxhall shed and buy a giant killing 5.
The lad that said Renaults are for girls and are ****e, just ask him what car if any have vauxhall made that are any good
the corsa vxr-r is pretty much the power i am running! but like you say it comes at a price!My missus works for Vauxhall so I have pretty much driven all of there decent cars, if you can call them that
The lad that said Renaults are for girls and are ****e, just ask him what car if any have vauxhall made that are any good
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