Samuel Scott
Member
1994Renault19 16V 3-Door
Location
Country: UK
County: HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Tax & Test
Taxed until: OCT
MOT test due: AUG
Description
1994/L Renault 19 16V Phase II 3-door: Gleaming and comparatively rare Brooklands Green Metallic with optional black sports leather upholstery. 2 former keepers, 118,00 miles, FSH, HPI clear, full MOT.
This is not your usual molested and abused 19, rather one of the best and most original remaining examples. It has a FSH which is full Renault main dealer history up to 80,000 miles. For the first five years it was an Avis fleet car supplied to the Whitbread company in London and was serviced regardless of cost at main dealers - by the end of 1998 a total of £5000 had been spent on its upkeep. It then went to a lady owner in Sutton Coldfield who kept it for three years before passing to the current owner in 2001 who held on to the car for almost a decade. This car has not been in the hands of a spotty boy-racer.
I have used this car as my main daily driver since April of this year, including commuting and two driving holidays to Wales - it is genuinely one of those cars that if it doesn't sell I will happily hold on to.
Sensible mileage, very low owners, fully stamped up service history (super rare for one of these), MoT certificates for the past 12 years, full itemised print out of work carried out and costs whilst being a fleet car to 1998 and invoices thereafter. HPI clear with certificate. Complete owner's wallet with owner's manual, stereo manual, stamped original service book, original security window etching pouch, two full sets of keys - so both with a remote master key, immobiliser key and original Renault RAPS alarm key. Unused jack and tools and original Renault Philips radio cassette stereo with working controls on the steering column, original number plates front and rear (compounding that the car is very original and not had a shunt) and original Renault "Elf Lubricants" decal in rear window.
This car is even nicer in my book by virtue of it being effectively the last of line "Executive" model but without the dowdy 5-door bodyshell or the ugly airbag steering wheel. The Brooklands Green colour is both eye-catching and classy and was only available for the last full year of R19 16V production, and is quite rare indeed on a 3-door car as most were 5-door genuine Executive models.
Standard 16V Equipment: Power-steeing, twin headlamps, front foglights, front and rear colour-keyed spoilers, side skirts and bonnet vent, tinted glass, electric front windows (one-shot down on driver's), remote control "Plip" central locking, sports seats (adjustable lumbar and height for driver's), sports leather steering wheel and gearknob, alloy wheels, uprated suspension, disc brakes all round, catalytic convertor, electric tilt/slide glass sunroof with blind, electric mirrors, 6-speaker Philips digital stereo with remote control stalk.
Extra-Cost Equipment: Leather upholstery and rear head restraints, ABS, metallic paintwork, multi-function trip computer. A Thatcham Cat II immobiliser with installation certificate is also fitted and fully functional.
This car is as it left the factory, no slammed suspension, no performance exhaust or air filters, no blinging alloy gearknobs or pedals, no speakers holes cut into the parcel shelf - and following my sympathetic exterior overhaul it simply looks almost as smart as it would have at a few years old.
The car starts on the button, idles smoothly, no hunting nor faltering, no smoking or overheating woes whatsoever, ABS light and catalyst lights illuminate and extinguish as they should do, very quiet engine - not tappetty as they often are, and crucially the gearbox is beautifully tight and precise with no whining or droning - no jumping out of gears - the gearboxes can be a weakpoint on these, not so with my cherished and carefully driven car.
I have had a full engine service carried out including new Bosch spark plugs and ignition leads. It only failed the MoT last week on headlamp aim, an exhaust gasket and one brake pipe - amazing result for an 16 year old French hothatch, and there were no advisories. This car does not have the crusty and rotten rear sills that lesser examples are invariably dogged with. This is NOT a project car, it needs no improvement or fettling.
The exterior now looks very smart indeed, and this car was not the usual scabby mess to begin with. The rear arches and front wings etc are all free from unsightly blisters, no bumper scuffs, no dents or scrapes, just a high lustre and uniform paint finish and colour all round. The interior is immaculate and totally original, no extra bits, no missing bits - utterly belies the car's age and mileage.
If like I did, you want one of the smartest, most original and nicest to drive remaining 19 16V's then my car would be hard to better. If you're not a 19 fanatic but want a dynamic, wonderfully handling, always sporting but refined, practical and frugal with it distinctive mid-sized hothatch but do not want to pay £3000+ for a Golf Mk2 GTI 16V, 205 GTI 1.9 or Clio Williams in comparable condition and with this impeccable provenance - then my 19 16V is worth considering.
The car comes with a full 12 months MoT right through to August 2011, is taxed until October, has had a full engine service, brand new superb Toyo tyres and is ready to roll.
£1,495 THE 80's EMPORIUM - Purveyor of Prestige & Performance Motor Cars for contail details. (T)
Job list:
1) Source two wheel centre caps - DONE
2) Replace ageing P6000s with brand new highly recommended Toyo Proxes 195/50/VR15 tyres all round - plus laser tracking - DONE.
3) Source rust-free replacement bonnet (original rusted front centre - common 19 malady) - extensive professional bodywork to fit and paint replacement bonnet, front wings to match, offside due to parking dings, rear spoiler due to lacquer craze etc.
4) Engine service, Shell Helix oil, Bosch spark plugs & HT leads, air filter etc. DONE
5) Brand new genuine Renault exterior door window scraper trims sourced from main dealer (original bubbled and detracted too much with the new super shiny paintwork) at much expense!
6) Replace NS central locking actuator. DONE
7) New number plates (originals retained in boot but old and tatty) - DONE
MoT - DONE9) Thorough valet & Autoglym - DONE
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