Who here owns a Renaultsport?

First gear should only be used to get the car rolling, what's the point of doing hard launches just to teach some spotty kid a lesson in his 1.2 Corsa at the expense of a gearbox/clutch.
 
Car seems to be 'wheel hopping' when I'm trying to shoot off fast from a standstill. Any way to try and avoid this? I used to be able to pull off on my fiesta 1.2 like a pro :p
 
Janesy B said:
First gear should only be used to get the car rolling, what's the point of doing hard launches just to teach some spotty kid a lesson in his 1.2 Corsa at the expense of a gearbox/clutch.
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Nothing to do with trying to out accelerate people. I accelerate hard when I'm having fun and enjoying my car, I'm not into racing other road users.

Gustov said:
Car seems to be 'wheel hopping' when I'm trying to shoot off fast from a standstill. Any way to try and avoid this? I used to be able to pull off on my fiesta 1.2 like a pro :p
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I just work the accelerator pedal, pushing the car enough that I'm accelerating quickly, but not too hard that I'm skidding and losing power because of the ESP/traction control.

Then again, I'm not a racing driver, so I have no idea if this is the best method.

Within 10 minutes of picking the car up, I nearly put it in a hedge from flooring it in 1st :p
 
ScarySquirrel said:
Nothing to do with trying to out accelerate people. I accelerate hard when I'm having fun and enjoying my car, I'm not into racing other road users.
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I'm talking specifically about his point about first gear and the only time you should be in first is when you are setting off from a standstill.
 
Janesy B said:
I'm talking specifically about his point about first gear and the only time you should be in first is when you are setting off from a standstill.
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Which is what I am asking about? I was asking how long people keep the car in first before changing in to 2nd. God knows why you always have to address me with attitude : \
 
Gustov said:
Which is what I am asking about? I was asking how long people keep the car in first before changing in to 2nd. God knows why you always have to address me with attitude : \
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What attitude? I don't need to litter my posts with :p:cool::):D;) do I? That post you quoted wasn't even aimed at you!

I was explaining why your car doesn't seem to like first gear and tends to scrabble everywhere when you boot it? It's a typical FWD car trait.
 
Gustov said:
Car seems to be 'wheel hopping' when I'm trying to shoot off fast from a standstill. Any way to try and avoid this? I used to be able to pull off on my fiesta 1.2 like a pro :p
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The 182 does this when its damp, cold and wet. Basically most of the time in winter, decent set of rubber and summer time gets rid of this problem 90%! Just have to learn to keep it under control.

ScarySquirrel said:
Nothing to do with trying to out accelerate people. I accelerate hard when I'm having fun and enjoying my car, I'm not into racing other road users.

Me too usually wait till I see the shift light! :D

I just work the accelerator pedal, pushing the car enough that I'm accelerating quickly, but not too hard that I'm skidding and losing power because of the ESP/traction control.

Then again, I'm not a racing driver, so I have no idea if this is the best method.

Within 10 minutes of picking the car up, I nearly put it in a hedge from flooring it in 1st :p
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I tend to turn the ESP off doing hard launches it kicks in and bogs the revs down. You get much better starts with it off. Well from my own experiances :)

Gustov said:
Which is what I am asking about? I was asking how long people keep the car in first before changing in to 2nd. God knows why you always have to address me with attitude : \
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Me, tend to change at 3K RPM in most gears when the engine is cold and driving normally. Going for a spirited drive, I see the shift light then change gear! So around 7K RPM, tis good fun :cool:
 
It's not really a shift light, I think it's more of a stop ragging the **** out of the car light :p

It'll appear in the bottom right of the speedo, it looks like a green gear stick I think.
 
haha awesome :D To be honest, I didn't notice much of a difference with the TC on/off. But then again it was 2 degrees and I need new tyres!
 
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Will get the rest of the exhaust by friday/saturday...hopefully.
 
Hi can anyone recomment a good dealer in the yorkshire area for a 172 cup cambelt change ?
been priced up at my local evan halshaw in hull at £712 and said we have only ever done 1 it was a pig lol dont think so.......

so called K tec down south and they said £310 (much better)

its just the 600 miles round trip thats putting me off lol ? :)
 
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monty166 said:
Hi can anyone recomment a good dealer in the yorkshire area for a 172 cup cambelt change ?
been priced up at my local evan halshaw in hull at £712 and said we have only ever done 1 it was a pig lol dont think so.......

so called K tec down south and they said £310 (much better)

its just the 600 miles round trip thats putting me off lol ? :)
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Yeh, stay well away from dealers when it comes to cambelts!! They often charge double and do a good job of ruining your engine in the process!

Don't know how close it is but give http://www.mickleton.co.uk/ a try. They are Renault Specialists and a guy off ClioSport works there. They seem to have a good reputation.

EDIT: Forgot about RS Tuning in Leeds. Good shout SS!
 
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