Renault 5 GT Turbo! What's It Actually Like To Drive!?
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Time to get out for a drive in this classic! Who needs air con?!
Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching.
📸 add me on IG: / taboncars
👉 add me on FB / taboncars
✅ subscribe: bit.ly/3r9j7se
📽 kit I use: kit.co/taboncars/my-4k-film-s... - Auta a dopravní prostředky
i drive a '85 R5gtt daily, but ive put in a 2.0 16v williams engine. get a lot of thumbs up from other road users and will keep it as long as petrol is available.
Liking the attitude! Keeping the vibe alive! 🔥✌🏻
Have you put in NA 2.0 in the chassis of this R5? That’s about 160bhp in a 800kg sports car…OMG
That would even be better than the best of that time, the Peugeot GTI 1.9 with the Dimma kit on it.
Ur a legend.....ive been a massive fan off the reny 5 gt turbo since i was about 11...there stupid money now so i got myself a 58 plate civic type r......u wana swap?🤣
I like the way the camera switches to whichever one you’re not looking at 😂
So you don't have to look at my face 😂
I had one of these back in ‘96. H reg in the same colour. Damn I miss that car.
Had a phase 2 , it was the most fun I've had with my clothes on , the smiles per miles was off the scale ❤
They are proper good fun!
Nice review. My dad had one. The lag was the best thing about it and the sounds it made.
Totally agree! The lag adds to the fun!
I bought mine in 1991 when i was 21. My neighbour was a race mechanic for a reanult 5 racing team. He offered me a set of 4 koni gas shocks for £40 which i duely accepted and he even fitted them. To this day its the best handling car i ever owned. I was doing a lot of motorway driving from 1997 and bought motorway BMW, the renault sat on the driveway for 4 years doing nothing. I ended up giving it away for £400 in the end. Wished i had of stored it. I see from the gov website its been SORN'd for a while, no MOT sice 2015.
That's the only thing these cars didn't do so well... Motorways 😂 - good to hear your story, so many folks just sitting on these right now. Hardly any for sale!
I had a 1990 red one, the gear box was great, sunroof. The engine after a good run literally looked like it was about to burst into flames 🔥 😄
😂 yeah, they do kick up a bit of heat after a good run!
My turbo blew up
My seats looked like a goat had lived in it
It over heated
I loved it
😂 amazing! They kinda have that effect don't they?!
Great video, I have the exact same car as you and I couldn’t agree more just fun, fun, fun 😄😄😄
Cheers Mark! They really are! Just something about them!
How much does the car cost?
Goede middag wat een mooie Renault
RENAULT 5 GTI 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I had a 1990 Phase 2 on mustard yellow. It had the yelow foglight and I also had yelow light bulbs on the headlight similar to the french cars. Mine was lowered and the front bumper was excatly 11cm from the ground, it looked astonishing. I turned the rod of the wastegate in a way that I shortened so that I could get more boost. I read 228 km/h going downhill onn the speedometer and I would hit 210km/h on a flat road. Years later I owned a second one but it wasn't as fast. The R5 turbo is one of the best looking and faster/quickest cars made in Europe on that area. My other all favorite was the Fiat Uno Turbo(second gen). Lastly, I almost purchased a new Fiat Punto GT in 94, it had that cool greenish/mustard metallich color. Renault was the baddest in the 80's and 90s, they offered everything on turbo.
I hear ya - Renault pretty much turbocharged their entire range back in that era - it was so much fun!
My Dad had two of these in 1990 as company cars for his sales reps. Identical colour and bodykit. Pocket rockets!
Very cool to have these for the sales reps! Must've been able to get round clients quickly! 😆
@@TABonTV yeah🤣 back when everyone was speeding around much more
I had a red one! Spent a lot of time in the hedges. Fast in it’s day.
I don't think even the R6 Monaco had AC as an option in the UK, possibly in other markets though as the Clio Baccara did.
I was out yesterday in my 25 year old Mégane coupe with no AC but I do at least have a tilt and slide soonroof. When I had my R5 I recall the pop out rear windows being pretty effective.
I always thought the cars build was ok. The switchgear always felt chunky and solid, just a lot of hard plastic and the doors in particular had a very tinny sound.
Older cars may not have the refinement or straight line performance and flat cornering we have become used to with modern cars but I personally thing the older models are much more enjoyable and always leave you smiling in a way that a modern car never will.
So there are 5 GTTs out there with it AFAIK, but LHD for the warmer climates. Those 2 blanked switches in the centre console for the Aircon and recirc buttons. You can just see it in this one...
www.jtautoclassics.com/page4.html
So glad to have one of these, love the way they sound!
Ive got a H/1990 reg R5 Raider i brought in 2007. Stored outside for 7 and then in my moms garage for the remainder. Been trying ro save up the money to restore it for the last 5 years. One day ill get there 😂😂😂.
They're worth saving! Hope you do get there at some point!
I love these 5's never even been lucky enough to go in one 😢. Owned a mk1 clio valver but I'd love a 5 turbo one day 🤞🏻🔥
Awesome little cars! 👍🏻
Nothing like an old school turbo hatch
Love the induction noise
One of my fave things about these...
Had a few of them back in the 90’s last one being E924 BGC, wish i sill had it 😮
I bet, such fun cars! There's still some out there for sale 😉
These used to leave everyone behind back in the day
The GT Turbos were well specced when new compare with rivals. Leccy windows, fog lights, sunroof all standard features. The Clio 172 was the same.
I owned 2, even when shed money they drew admiration and plenty of folk chatting at petrol stations etc.
With a bar boost mine made 148bhp and 179ftlb torque, the torque and the way it came in slingshotting the car down the road was brilliant. Easily kept up with standard ish Cosworths up to 80mph.
Yeah - I was blown away by how quick they were when I was first taken for a drive in one - a long time ago now! You'll have to get another!
@@TABonTV haha they are silly money now, or else I would 👍
@@exgtt2061 Yep - they've gone up a bit (a lot) 😆
Most fun car I’ve ever had …even when I ended up in a ditch !
I think most owners have seen parts of the road network they didn't expect to at some point! 😆😆
I had a Phase 1 back in ‘94. I loved it and even though I have the funds to buy an absolutely top end example now I don’t think I could ever pull the trigger purely on that rose tinted spectacles/ never meet your heroes factor. Even watching your review I could see you were letting obviously ‘crap’ things about the 5 slip through and letting them just pass the grade as ‘tolerable’ out of sheer respect.. which is what I would do too 😄
Thank you for the review and your take on the car after all these years. I’ll go and cry now when I think of how I sold my mint example and any many other iconic hot hatches for absolute peanuts!
Yep... I think if you put a 20 year old driver in a 5 today, they'd probably have a look of shock, sadness and confusion on their face.... 😆 But! These cars are so much more than that to some of us. If you know, you know! Thanks for the feedback! 👍👍
A fair assessment, though one thing you did overlook, which is not fun! The attitude of some modern drivers. Their assumptions being that because it's an old car that fully permits them to take safety liberties. I think I noticed someone cut you up from the inside. If it can be done without anger, giving them the benefit of the turbo at full-chat, and changing back up as you pass, can be very satisfying, though the impact from your point of view will be totally lost on them.
I took my own Tungy R5GTT to a show down the coast at the weekend and even though I just wanted to enjoy the drive, there were more than a few occasions when the "big hand" of the disc brakes came to my rescue. Some of the blatantly dangerous antics are barely believable, especially pulling out in front from side roads when you're bearing down on that junction at road speed, on an otherwise clear road.
One other thing to be aware of. Unlike the R11 Turbo, the R5GTT is very prone to turbo-steer. It's the way that a badly-timed, heavy right-foot can catch you unawares that causes unplanned meetings with what should be passing greenery. The suspension is nowhere near as harsh as in competitor cars of the same era and the way that the seats wrap you in quite a high position provides a lot of driving confidence as well as unmatched comfort. Your summary of "fun" should be being said with the biggest grin you can muster!
Great to hear you have one too! Yes, no safety systems in these things, adds to the experience! Looks after her!
sold mine in late 90s 44k and phase 1 boost mod, did oil changes myself using Gemini the mobile 1, all due to the cancelling leaded petrol if i only dry stored it, even had a mintex complete clutch for it as the thrust bearing was noisy, i sold that for what i got it for £86 also the starter was over running but other than that it was mint
86 quid for the car? 😮
@@bighas96 £86 for mintex complete clutch, 2.5k for 5 in 90s ... gutting to say the least if only we all had a crystal ball
Tes trop jeunes pour avoir connut la culture gti ❤
had a modified graphite grey one it was the wifes car of renault uk and it was special,i put on a devil exhaust and dropped the suspension,sold it when i moved to spain in 1990 the reg was e595 xvu still wonder if its on the road today
You just never know, but so many were written off or rusted away the chances seem to get slimmer as time goes on! In a way it's a shame these things weren't put together a little better in the first place...
@@TABonTV thats true the doors were like paper lol
You need those rear windows open - let the air flow through.
Yep - that would have been far too sensible 😆
my 5gt was my pride and joy, spent fortunes on it, i still love it to this day and wish it hadnt been totalled by an idiot in a bmw.
Sorry to hear that, hope you got some worthy compensation!
@@TABonTV sorry to say but no, his passenger was a woman police officer and she told the insurance that i pulled out on him and even though i didnt, he was paid out and i was left with a wreck and no money, ah well, guess i should have expected it.
Yeah, mine boiled in traffic once.
Yeah - they're good at that 😆
It possibly didn't make those rattles 30 years ago.....
Possibly, they were always a bit flimsy though.
LoL correct A/C wasn’t even an option back then.
Loved it when you admit that build quality back then was … simply bad compared to now.
Also French cars were a lot cheaper in each class than their German rivals, like the GTI .
And Renault was for sure NOT the best of the French
Mini type E basta snif
Sim ok tudo bem contigo sim uma 1
Il vous en reste des belle en Angleterre je croyait que vous les aimer pas 🙏😑🤲🇫🇷👉♥️
Arreter de critiquer nos voitures vous saver rien construit de mieux seul le mini c est peux et encore maintenant c est un bmw mdr 🙏☝️♥️