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schakal
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:21 pm |
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is there such thing ? i thought 16v came only with 3 doors in hatchback . the car is m reg by the way |
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Neal
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:22 pm |
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yeah you can get 5drs, not very common though |
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schakal
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:28 pm |
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hmmm , i thought it wa sa con myself at first . so do the all executives come with leather interior and black dash ,balck door cards ? |
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Neal
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:29 pm |
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Chris H
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:36 pm |
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all 16V's have a black top dash.
The exec's dont have the trip comp.
Also some of the very last exec's had the swoopy dash. |
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Neal
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:38 pm |
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swoopy dash would be nice to get hold of.
but then again i like the retro-ness of the normal one! |
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Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:55 pm |
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I think the 5drs only came out in 95ish
I've never seen a swoopy dash in reality. Seems like madness to tool up for the RHD one so late |
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Alex C
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Joined: 20 Jun 2004
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:30 pm |
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Sorry are you insinuating that Renault are NOT mad?? 
Seriously though, are the swoopy dashes similar to the megane dashes at all? The only sensible explanation I can think of would be that they had the dashboard tooling setup before the launch of the megane, and had to find somewhere to put the early dashes (or bits of them at least). |
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JB
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:05 am |
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yeah as far as i am aware the swoopy dash was LHD only, if they tooled up to do RHD there would be a hell of a lot more of them about to make it worth while. maybe it was early tooling for the impeding megane. |
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schakal
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:30 am |
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swoopy dash sounds good i have not seen one either or i did not notice.
i like the black dash and the door cards idea . |
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JB
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:34 am |
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mine has grey door cards...but black dash |
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schakal
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:10 am |
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mine has got a grey dash its a 1.8rt SPI as u know ,the door cards are shit , i can imagine a white ph2 chammy with black dash ,black door cards ,black leather interior . would be a dream car for me |
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Chris H
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:30 am |
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there was a few rhd swoppy dashes, I have seen 1 in real life, but it may have just been a self made one but it looked like the lhd swoopy dashes.
Dashes are the same its just he top bit thats different.
Door cards are all grey, theres 2 shades of grey, light and darker, then you have the minging blue etc, anyway its just the cappings that are black.
On hatches the parecel shelf and side supports for it are black as well in the 16V's. |
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schakal
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:57 am |
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i remember you(chris h) mentioning once that some 16v (i think the later models ) have different gear ratios which make them quicker or smth . what was it about ? and what year was the last 16v made? |
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huwwatkins
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:28 am |
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Last 16vs would have been made in late 1995 - early 1996 |
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Chris H
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 9:18 am |
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ph2's have shorter gearing to try and make them as quick as thre ph1's.
Lower speed in all gears.
But the diff is small. |
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