Reasons we love the 19 16v's are.....

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

well im glad we got some cracking applause for the 19! new i made a good choice in buying one a few years ago. cant wait til mines back on the road!

Site Subscriber Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1575

you didn't mention the best thing about a 19 16v is the engines go in a 5 rather well Laughing

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Wicked Neo";p="104074 wrote:

bidderman1969";p="104072 wrote:

go on Neo, let it all out dude, even shed a tear of happiness if you must, you are amongst friends......

I'd happily give it all up thou for an Evo lol

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The evo has no character. I had a 6 for the weekend and got bored of it. even the seat in its dullness has more. Fast tho!

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

Thats an Evo 5 in the pic, probably the last of the EVO's that did have character, the later ones got too much technology on them which 'enhances' the driving experience, bollocks! it takes out the fun of getting the thing sideways and those arse puckering ooooo shit moments.

Newbie Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 14

I was attempting to keep up with an EVO around Cadwell Park on a trackday a couple of weekends ago in my 19 (don't laugh, he wasn't that much faster) and he lost the rear end and totalled it destroying the front and rear into the armco. It woke me up I have to say and felt for the guy.

.............So I love my 19 because it cost me Â£450 and not Â£30,000.

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Lift off on a four wheel drive puts engine braking on the four wheels.

You have to be very good to catch it.

I would love to have a Sub or Mitsu but I would lose the thing pretty quickly for sure.

+ fuel consumption is silly.

Vive la dixneuf seize soupapes. LOL

Affiliate Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 360

The 19 is just much more of a practical car than the Clio. Christ I hate the Clio 16v SO much - Not becuase of it's looks but just because it's been embraced by the Readline chav culture.

Gimme a 19 any day - Would love to make a BTCC Chamade replica

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Alain Menu's actual BTCC factory shell was up for sale a while back on racecarsdirect.

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and ebay and paul mitchell had it for a while

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I've still got my eye on one of the ex Plato 11 shells that's sat in a shed at Thruxton. If it ever came up forsale i'd put in a bid. It's not got an engine but it would be cool to put it on the road and say, it's a genuine Renault Sport shell.

Did the Menu 19 sell and if so how much for?

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iirc the price when it was on racecarsdirect was Â£800.

But it was literally just a shell, albeit a properly caged/welded shell.

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Damn that's actually very cheap like you say, considering it's a motorsport prepped shell. It's a Ph2 aswell which makes me love it even more!

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Might have actually been competitive if it had been a ph1 Wink

no accounting for taste though i suppose Razz

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FPMSL - Actually Neal I think you might be on to something cos the 19 cleaned up against the Vauxhalls on track until it started to rain (bare in mind the Rainy Day Vs Dry Days ratio in the UK). Obviously the reason for this is because the Ph2 doesn't like the English weather as it causes them to fall to bits so they were given team orders to slow down and that's why they changed to the Laguna as it didn't rot!

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i always thought that the 19s did quite well in the wet but couldnt compete in the dry?

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Neal";p="104988 wrote:

i always thought that the 19s did quite well in the wet but couldnt compete in the dry?

that was my impression too

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Up untill now they still do well in wet local rallys in France.
Good car in the wet.

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yeah they were only competitive in the wet.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

wet wet wet

Level 6 User Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 149

i'm not completely sure why I love my 19.. i was in the market for a clio 16V or williams, but came across my current car and bought it.. haven't regretted it for a single moment.. i have actually never been in a clio 16v, since both 19 16v's and clio 16v's are very rare here in denmark..

i can just say, i love it more for each day that passes Smile

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^ I like those wheels.