What have you done to your Retro Renault today?

[Chris H]

purple laguna 2 I topped up the oil and screenwash.

Yesterday blue chamade I started removing the box, its still in but its not bolted to anything :lol:

The weather is really bad here, wind is mental and had snow a few times.

 

[Chris H]

at last blue chamade back on the road.

Weather was with me and my back wasn't too bad (it is now).

So today box out, clutch off, all cleaned up all back together ad driving.

Took just under 3 hours which wasn't bad.

Things you notice about a 19 16V after being away for while (7 weeks in my case)

1. brakes are crap, I need to do a modern conversion.
2. You feel every small pebble on the road
3. They are quite small and fit through tiny gaps
4. Good on fuel
5. They don't roll so you look at the speedo and your going quite fast
6. headlights are pish but tbh i don't think i have ever changed the headlight bulbs in the 10 years I have had it.

 

[Neal R19]

Thing I notice about mine is how low the seat/driving position feels.

 

[Chris H]

yes that as well and how low the fuel filler is

 

[Chet T16]

I've taken the clio off the road until i'm back in college full time.

I have a fairly large hankering for a 16v at the minute. Blue ph2 4 door with non-mental abs

 

[Chris H]

what clio is it, 172?

I am at a crossroads with the blue chamade as next may thats ten years I have had it.

I am thinking of getting another car as a daily and sorting the chamade out getting it how I have always wanted it but that will end up a five year project

 

[Chet T16]

Yeah 2002 172, early ph2 with no ESP.

We'll have the cabby 7 years in a few months. 1500 miles total, 750 of those were when we took it to FCS

 

[Chris H]

whats the tax cost on that over there? Dearer than a 19?

You can get them cheap now but most are in a state and I just can't like them.

I like the meganes though, they are still too dear for what they are and again most have been thrashed and poorly maintained.

Clio wise that new clio is the best looking renault in a while imo, has to be in that red with the gloss black accents.

 

[Chet T16]

It's 200 for 3 months, ~£170. A 19 would be 169. The R5 and astra were 108.

 

[Neal R19]

I'm loving my 172!

Actually feels surprisingly solid.

 

[Chet T16]

I'm loving my 172!

Actually feels surprisingly solid.

I'm really impressed with mine. When i drove a ph2 before it felt very soft and dull compared to a ph1 but this isn't like that at all. 38mpg too which isn't bad

 

[Chris H]

maybe I need another shot of one.

I feel to big for them though, like donkey kong in mario kart

 

[Neal R19]

Even harder to find a decent 172/182 than a decent megane though!

 

[Chris H]

fewer meganes around in the first place and a lot of smashed ones

 

[SCOOBY]

Washed the Avi and built up the 19 again till I find a speedo cable......grrrrrrrrr Sc

 

[Chris H]

the blue chamades original centre section has had it, the 90 degree silencer box had corroded off the main pipe.

So stuck the white chamades stainless steel straight through pipe on it. So now the only silencer is the backbox, still quiet though, just a bit of a deeper tone, just how I like it.

 

[Chris H]

changed the box oil to a different grade hoping to quieten the noise, no dice, a wee bit quieter maybe. From cheap easy t get 75w90 to the correct recommended renault use 75w80.

Whilst I was at it bent the heatshield s the new straight through section doesn't rub on hard cornering and also changed the reverse light switch so they work again.

 

[Chris H]

theres an annoying drain on my battery. Can be left for weeks and be fine, sometimes its just fine.

Yesterday left for half an hour dead, jumped fine then turned off after starting then started fine again.

Parked last night this morning won't start, jump started k then turned off and started again n issue.

Starter me thinks.

 

[Larry]

got a set of locks and ignition barrell, threw the barrel in, fine, only then I thought to check the locks, key doesn't work with them, lucky I checked before switching, all came from the same donor so I had assumed the key would work them all, never assume

 

[SCOOBY]

just poked about my 19 and Avi and got a few good tips and assists ! Chris H ! top man Regs Sc