Renault 19 16v vs Corsa 1.8 SRi

Site Subscriber Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 105

hmmm i agree however gotta say i do like my girlfriends 1 (even if it is a 1.2) however she fancies a rx7 next (anything to beat my gpx grrr Twisted Evil

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Site Subscriber Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 105

also gotta say i like bms lol

had a 540i that was a beast an an absoloute dream to drive (till it died then got set on fire)

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

simonds1 wrote:

Damn right. But why is it such an underated car? I say to the guys at work that it is a legendary car......and they just laugh at me y'know. I have got a magazine article on the release of the 5dr Executive hatch, and part of it says...

"Anyway, the recent arrival of the Executive is a great excuse to go have a good time screeching around in one of the best handling hot hatches there's been to date."

Just SLIGHTLY more legendary than a corsa, mate Rolling Eyes

but there's just no tellin him

Which car mag/issue was that?

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

It was "PERFORMANCE CAR" magazine from March 1995. I only have the one page lol, not the whole magazine, so I dunno what issue it is. Tell you what, I'll scan it. See if I can make it big enough to be readable....

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Well I've scanned it, but uploadit.org seems to be havin a bit of a wank at the moment. Can anyone else upload to it? It says to contact support, and I have. So.....um.....maybe later then!

I've just noticed something interesting about the article........it reckons it's a 1.7 litre 16v engine Confused

hmmmmm. Slight miss-print me thinks

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

Iv always thought from the minute i seen it that the 1916v was a damn sexy looking car Laughing

and the vent in the bonnet (as troublesome as they are) added to it,

iv got a mag article that says "The 1916v was the car they bought when the Q for the Golf GTI was to long"

And other article that says " The 1916v has one of the most awesome engine's ever to fire up"

I seem to remember that in its day the 1916v was the highest BHP 1800cc sports hatch there was, until honda released the utter ugly CRX,

And beside's, if you push the front seats right forward, tilt them, you've got the best hatchback "passion wagon" there is Wink

and that goes along way, i used to know one lassie that loved sitting on the vent after a drive Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Wow, somethin looks beastly about that first pic! But it's a completely standard car! Legend Very Happy

I still can't get uploadit.org to work Evil or Very Mad

grrr

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

fancy scanning some of those aticles roddy? Razz

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

ph1 in 449 with gold alloys

= sexy beast.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

I love to mate, I did scan some stuff iv got, but its hard to read the writing, i dont really know what to do to improve it ???? Confused

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Well I'm giving up with uploadit.org for now. It still ain't working. Will try and post my article tomorrow whenever I wake up. Nighty night

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ive got the 'what car' review somewhere, big scans, dont know where they are though, ill see if i can dig them out tomorrow.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

Iv got absolutly heaps of stuff id love to scan onto the site, we could maybe have an "article sections" where people could scan in there clippings,

Just the tip of the iceberg of what iv got Shocked

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

I STILL can't upload anything Sad

but yeah, an article section sounds cool. I've got this article that I'm trying to scan, a road test from "Performance Car" 1993 with the Astra 2.0 GSi, Citroen ZX 2.0 16v, Fiat Tipo 2.0 16v & The Ford Escort RS2000.......and the R19 16v wins the test Very Happy

hehe. I've also got a road test with a Chamade from 1994, up against an Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 Twin Spark and a Honda Civic 1.6 VTi. That's from "CAR" magazine. Think that's me all out actually! Pretty poor show! The only trouble is scanning 'em and getting 'em big enough to be readable, but not too big as to cave in all the servers the site is running off lol. And of course if uploadit.org was working that would help things for me slightly Rolling Eyes

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Could stick em on my webspace if ya like

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Id like that article with the Tipo Sedicivalvole in.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

I shall dig it out later sir. Hopefully uploadit.org will be working by then. I had an email off them saying that there's a problem and they know about it and are investigating it now. So fingers crossed

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Wahey! Uploadit.org works! I think we have too many pics on this page lol, something's gonna collapse! But here's the article anyway. Might have to save it to your pc and then you can zoom in on the bits you wanna read........I dunno what the hell sorta size this is gonna turn out! Here we go.........