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Level 1 User Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 39

Hi

I'm from Croatia, and I drive R5 GTE, and also 1990 R5 TL with 1.4 TSE engine (72 hp)
...and I like Renaults...

Cheers Cool

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Lol, short and sweet

Anyway welcome!

Level 7 User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 182

Give the guy a break... lets give you a croatian dictionary and see how much you can manage Very Happy

Welcome!

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

actually i wasnt taking the piss! some people will just come on here and be a twat, but he on the other hand kept it short and sweet.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

hello

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

he put up a great threead in members project and is a welcome addition to our community, just like Rosso and his 19 cabrio are. I think we now have 3 cabrio owners. Leigh, Mals and Rosso

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Chris H wrote:

...a welcome addition to our community, just like Rosso and his 19 cabrio are.

Level 7 User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 182

Cheers Chris Very Happy

Only three Cabrios? I surprised by that! Thought there would be more of us about on here tbh....

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

I like 19 cabs, I dont know which I'd have though the p1 or 2.

Are there any massive differances between the two or are they just like the chammey and hatch in that respect?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

body style just like the normal ones.

they are different to the normal cars quite a bit, wings etc.

ph1's are super rare.

you can feel the diff massively if you go from a hatch to a cabrio.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

they handle shite then?

Level 7 User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 182

Few more rattles and slower id expect! Compared to other cars ive owned the handling is pretty good, for a cabriolet!

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

From what i remember they're not bad, just not as good Wink

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

they are not as bad as say an escort cabrio or the golf, they also don't look as shite, they look like prams!

Slightly slower, you really notice it in the handling tbh, espeically on tight twisty roads.

rattle wise its not to bad unless you thump a pothole.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

lack of a roof will do that though.

I still want one eventualy, so I can pose at the beach in the summer..lol

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Lack of roll bar helps looks, it means you die easier tho Razz

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

well the theory is the windscreen frame and high arse will protect you, it will if your a child/midget, first thing i'd lose is my head.

Noise levels in them is a bit much as well.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Autocar done a test years ago where they flipped loads of cabrios. Was a bit unsettling tbh!

Level 7 User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 182

Just gotta remember to duck when you roll Very Happy

Its the best looking cabby from its era in my opinion, the wider wheels and subtle lowering may have made a difference on mine, but its very chuckable, very easy to feel everything too, though this is a trait of the 19 anyway... Still cant beat having the roof down and listening to the F7P though... its the best way to enjoy it in its N/A form anyways!

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Mals ph2 cabby has a lot of pull to it, i drove it when we went to pick up my black chammy, i was quite impressed by it, it did not appear to be any slower than my ph2 hatch and it handled quite well round the twisty bits, not quite as good thru them as my hatch but nonetheless it was still pretty good.

Site Subscriber Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1575

Riker wrote:

Hi

I'm from Croatia, and I drive R5 GTE, and also 1990 R5 TL with 1.4 TSE engine (72 hp)
...and I like Renaults...

Cheers Cool

welcome from one 5 owner to another Very Happy