steel
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Registered: 22nd Aug 09
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yer my mates thinking of getting one
whats the overall opinion on the car as my mate wants to know what people think
oh and can it beat x16xe sport on a quarter mile?
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Renault 5 GTT will probs beat a 1.6 sport across a 1/4 mile yes, as they are just a biscuit tin with a 1.4 turbo.
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
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should eat a 1.6 sport.
lovley car 
gearbox and rad are weak on them
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chris_uk
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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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the sport wouldnt stand a chance..
the sport has what? 106bhp, the r5 will have near 130bhp and the r5 will way probably XXXkgs less.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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I'd love one, there's 2 round my way one of them being a bog standard one which is mint. I'm pretty sure it would destroy a 1.6 corsa over 1/4 mile, they're nippy cars as standard. Some people say they have reliability issues but I can't comment on that as I've never owned one.
[Edited on 03-10-2009 by DannyB]
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steel
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Registered: 22nd Aug 09
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awesome
thanks for the responce guys
he's now decided that hes defo gettin one
his uncles sellin him one haha
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jungle
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Registered: 22nd Nov 07
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just wait til its blows up and takes everything with it  drove and broke a couple in my time my mates beans one was the funniest gies a burnout brappp brapp pop!!! headgasket yes it was
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chris_uk
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Registered: 8th Jul 03
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has he thought about the punto gt?
more or less the same car, but probably dare i say it abit more reliable.
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
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They are a cool car, my mates a renault nut and between him and his sister they have had 5 or 6 of the things. I can safely say that as far as reliability goes it completely differs from each car depending on its background.
For example he had one he paid £900 for and it was an absolute dog, head gasket, turbo etc were all in need of replacing. gearbox went and steering rack went. His sister hada mint white one that never gave her a problem in the year or so she owned it. all it needed was oil and plug change and that was it.
If your buying one, buy one thats been owned by an enthusiast (try the RTOC website) or if you buy a cheap one, make sure you rebuild it and prepare yourself for lots of little niggles along the way.
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x14xe sport
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Registered: 27th Apr 09
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i have one, only think i can say is buy a minter or dont bother, cheap for a reason!
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freeman(sting)
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Location: Redcar and Cleveland
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my friend has one and also a van with a renault 5 engine in, and he says get the fueling right for the boost service them and there as reliable as any other car, his van is running quite some boost with a bigger turbo and its done track days and quater miles and its been spot on
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freeman(sting)
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x14xe sport
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Registered: 27th Apr 09
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/\ thats mint see it about a bit i live in whitby
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steel
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Registered: 22nd Aug 09
Location: Southport/Liverpool
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that is proper that man
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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theres a black one thats been sitting in my road for about 3 years now.never moved.still in mint condition with the gold wheels.would love to buy it off him but know how unreliable they can be
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