Been a good while since I've looked at one, and I'm viewing a T-5 in a couple of hours that has popped up local to me.
It's low mileage and an auto. Any areas I should particularly look at? I've not sat in one for about five years!
Been a good while since I've looked at one, and I'm viewing a T-5 in a couple of hours that has popped up local to me.
It's low mileage and an auto. Any areas I should particularly look at? I've not sat in one for about five years!
Last edited by massivewangers; Thursday 16th October 2014 at 21:08.
1996 850 T-5 -lowered 40mm, 17" Volans, T5-R front bumper and spoiler, recirc. blanked, open filter - GONE!
2003 V70 D5 SE - very standard - ALSO GONE!
2003 RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup - FOR SALE
2016 VW Golf R DSG - GONE
2013 Megane Renault Sport 265 - SOLD
it should boost to halfway into the white part of the gauge, pull dipstick out check for excess puffin' clunking noises from suspension, drop links, top mounts, brake hard if steering shakes probably wishbones need changing
massivewangers (Thursday 16th October 2014)
Thanks for the info. This is the car I saw, hopefully the link will work ok: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/251679658721?nav=SEARCH
Sadly it wasn't really as nice as the ad suggests. The right rear arch was in primer with blobs of filler on it, the right front arch had been painted quite badly, the roof had lost quite a bit of lacquer, and the paint on the spoiler was very bad.
The interior was fairly good, though there was what looked like a cigarette burn in the drivers seat, and the load cover was tatty.
He did the driving, but the car appeared to pull ok and change gear well enough. There was a knocking from the left front. The top mount was shot but he had a replacement to fit. The radiator looked very new. After we'd been out, I was poking around under the bonnet and you could hear air escaping from the header tank. Perhaps I'm just being over-cautious, but it did raise a question in my mind.
It looked an honest enough car, but the body work put me off as I'm not really looking to get involved with something like that. The hunt continues...
1996 850 T-5 -lowered 40mm, 17" Volans, T5-R front bumper and spoiler, recirc. blanked, open filter - GONE!
2003 V70 D5 SE - very standard - ALSO GONE!
2003 RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup - FOR SALE
2016 VW Golf R DSG - GONE
2013 Megane Renault Sport 265 - SOLD
I think you'll do well to find a T5 with good bodywork. Main points are rear main seal and power steering rack for leaks, both expensive, the rest is easy and only what you'd expect to do on cars of this age.
massivewangers (Friday 17th October 2014)
I don't expect it to be mint, they're all around twenty years old, so there's going to be bits here and there that aren't perfect, but there are limits.
I think he probably should have mentioned the fact there was primer on one wheel arch in the ad, and that the roof needed paint at the very least. The listing suggests that the car is in mint condition. Even when I spoke to him on the phone he said that there was "just a scuff" on the rear arch, no mention of primer or filler, or the rust you could see underneath it for that matter.
I'm sure someone will buy it, but it's not for me. I just didn't get that good feeling
1996 850 T-5 -lowered 40mm, 17" Volans, T5-R front bumper and spoiler, recirc. blanked, open filter - GONE!
2003 V70 D5 SE - very standard - ALSO GONE!
2003 RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup - FOR SALE
2016 VW Golf R DSG - GONE
2013 Megane Renault Sport 265 - SOLD
Saaamon (Friday 17th October 2014)
R's are definitely going up in price. But good 850s seem to not so much the v70s yet.
Wish I could find a decent one for £650. Or £1000 for that matter...
1996 850 T-5 -lowered 40mm, 17" Volans, T5-R front bumper and spoiler, recirc. blanked, open filter - GONE!
2003 V70 D5 SE - very standard - ALSO GONE!
2003 RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup - FOR SALE
2016 VW Golf R DSG - GONE
2013 Megane Renault Sport 265 - SOLD
I think 850 prices are going up.
Took me a good 10 months to come across mine, and other than the common minor bubbling on the front wing, it's as clean as you like. A little more than I'd liked to of payed but I couldn't fault the condition.
1996 850 T-5 -lowered 40mm, 17" Volans, T5-R front bumper and spoiler, recirc. blanked, open filter - GONE!
2003 V70 D5 SE - very standard - ALSO GONE!
2003 RenaultSport Clio 172 Cup - FOR SALE
2016 VW Golf R DSG - GONE
2013 Megane Renault Sport 265 - SOLD
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