WANTED renault 19 1.8

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

god do i miss my reno, so if anyone has a renault 19 1.8 RSI or 16V then please email me, i would give good cash for a clean car.

thanks

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i would go with the rsi mate Exclamation

whats happened to yours ???

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

I think it never worked again

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

it got unreliable, kept breaking down all the time, so in the end i part x if for a escort td, which is a good car but lacks power, since then i have heard that the guy who now owns the car has had no problems with it Rolling Eyes

so im now after another one Wink

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

you found a feckin 1.8 rsi 19 and gave it up Shocked

they are the rarest car imo and the best of all r19 s

i still have my black rt 1.8 and dont think i will ever give up on her.

thinking of starting a new members project for her actually

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

if you had as many breakdowns as i had with the car i sure you would have done the same, its not so bad if your a single person but when you have 2 small chilldren then it becomes a diffrent story, so do you know anyone with a 19 for sale Wink

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i know what you mean but it sounds like you were unlucky there if the new owner is not having any probs Confused

i had my eyes on a red rsi hatch on ebay a few days a go but the seller ended the listing early for some reason .

keep an eye on freeads i would say ,would also suggest a 1.7 engined ph1 .

have seen a white one today where i had my wheels fitted ,the owner was a 70-80year old man and the wife was on the car too ,they looked and noticed we have the same cars but mine slightly different in looks .dont know what the old lady thought but the smile on her face was something like " you fecking chav ,what have you done to that car ?" dont think she knew the bonnet went was standard Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 470

im keeping an eye on a 19 on ebay but im not sure, the mileage is way high
its the black chamade.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i would not worry about the milage tbh mate,but thats just me

i had my black rt with 173-174k miles on the clock and never had a problem with anything apart from the clutch which i finally managed to feck after 1.5 years of heavy duty .
got 185k on the clock now and the engine is starting up and running like a dream .

what black car is that on ebay ? is it a SPI or MPI ?

Level 6 User Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 141

I know what you mean about reliability mate. I have had my 19 16v since last may. I bought it with 17" O.Z Alloys, lowered 70mm on sports suspension full stainless mongoose exhaust etc. It looks and sounds lovely, 145bhp. However I bought the car on 80k and the clock is reading just 87k to date due to the amount of time it has been in and out of garages. I have spent over Â£5000 in repairs inclusing a new clio 16v engine, ABS bits colling system, braking system etc.. I have almost replaced every part on this car and will be looking to sell it soon. All that is left to do is the front wheel hubs that I am attempting to deal with at the moment. Lovely car, handles a dream and hits 140mph if you got enough road (M25!) I paid Â£1000 for it, as I say spent about 5k after that.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

schakal wrote:

i still have my black rt 1.8 and dont think i will ever give up on her.

LOL, this was only about a month ago, and now hes breaking the bloody car!

Laughing