renault 5 gt turbo

[psalliss]

am i mad to be hankering after buying a gt turbo.

had one in late 1990s and had it for a year or so and made a grand on it when i sold it. was an immaculate phase 2 with 40000 miles on it and fsh. always regretted selling it and just starting to fancy another one. ive got a bmw e39 523i at the moment but dont use it that much partially due to fuel prices but mainly as i have 3 motorbike and am usually on them. and if i use the car its generally only short journeys of upto 7 miles on average.

decent ones seem to be few and far between and are around 4k from what i can see.

thoughts?

 

[psalliss]

my memories of the car are fond ones and remember it as being very quick and just great fun but the ride was harsh and was squeeky and noisy but did have big exhaust and dump valve. wasnt massivly reliable but that was down to a dodgy immobilsier that caused ecu issues but parts werent too expensive and mostly easy to work on.

the economy was very good if memory serves me correct if driven sensibly due it only being a 1.4 if driven off off turbo. tolerable on the motorway but from memory you couldnt really cruise between 65 and 75 as the turbo would kick in and out in top gear at the that speed.

dont seem to be that many decent ones about

 

[psalliss]

OP in the near future:

ha ha not a chance want a really straight original one and thats the way it would stay. im too old for chavving it up.

 

[psalliss]

looking on ebay original ones seem pretty rare especially when id like it in blue which was the colour on the one i used to have.

 

[psalliss]

You may also need to find a time machine to enjoy it in the way you plan to because I somewhat doubt owning a 25 year old Renault is quite the same as owning one half the age..

i know mate thats the thing. i think i may a bit of rose tinted spectacles going on.