SXI - Matt
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Registered: 8th Jul 07
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One of mates is looking to buy one on sunday what sort of things are common and to loko out for when going to look?
[Edited on 21-03-2008 by SXI - Matt]
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Rust
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Headgasket issues.
If you can get a good running one with no rot your laughing!
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
If you can get a good running one with no rot your laughing!
Needle in a hay stack these days unfortunatly. 
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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
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plenty of good runners around. The are prone to rust but so is any H-reg odd car.
Tel him to go for it, just make sure he looks after it, same engine as the punto gtt great little cars, as mentioned only engine concern is head gasket as wel as the obvious turbo!
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aim1
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
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A clutch on the way out is a big expense. Maybe £300 just for a cheap recon one form Mr.Clutch. Requires engine out really but they can just about do it without.
Gearboxes can be problematic, jumping out of fifth gear a common issue.
Driveshafts and wheel bearings need checking. If the driveshaft is a bit cream crackered it could indicate it been thrashed round corners (I read somewhere lol).
Rust..sills and behind bumpers although most of the car will be ready and willing to rust. With the bodykit covering alot of the key areas it is difficult to fully see how bad the rust is.
Remote central locking may be broken and therefore have to use the key to open the doors.
Broken subframes on the bottom of the front seats aswell as bolster wear.
Leaking sunroofs.
Slow/knackered electric windows. (There was a joke on the Renault Turbo owners club that different people had competitions to see whose windows were the slowest to go up.
With the age and mileage of them shocks may be well worn out.
Stained/filthy carpets in any car...especially an R5, may show up a hard life!
Rust around windscreens and a missing centre peice in the middle of the windscreen. Nothing majorly expensive but there are so many common bits they seem to be missing it adds up to a good few £££.
If you're worried about mileage, try and get a comprehensive service as the clocks on R5s are useless and can stick for long periods of time or be easily changed.
If its got a boost guage then a high chance of having it turned up. If the original intercooler has a strap round it then the boost is probably turned up. People strap them to stop the top blowing off. if it has a bleed valve fitted be a bit wary because with the high temperatures under the bonnet of R5s, headgaskets prone to failing and a poor cooling system it can easily lead to a meltdown or worse.
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
If you can get a good running one with no rot your laughing!
Needle in a hay stack these days unfortunatly.
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16V_1600
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Registered: 7th Oct 07
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Hard to find a "not thrashed within an inch of its life" example too.
Awesome little pocket rockets though 
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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RUST
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John G
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i know of 4 my mates have had that have been perfect and all cost under 1k to buy! just gotta know what to look out for!
Most sports cars, turbo'd cars, imports (drift) cars have all been thrashed. You know that when you look into buying them.
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SVM 286
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Exhaust manifold is prone to blowing at head AND turbo, if no one has already mentioned so.
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SXI - Matt
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The car looks to be in really good condition its standard bar an exhaust system we havent seen it but going up sunday the guy says it a smooth runner it was going to be a project for him but money issues means he hasnt been able to fit and complete it it comes with brand new set of cams ect and another engine which he was going to put the parts on and modd ect and then put in the car and that engine has been rebuilt so fingers crost should be a good example
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