Renault 19 16v Phase 1 Review

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Renault 19 16v Phase 1
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messydan's review of Renault 19 16v Phase 1

“The Renault 19 16v phase 1 handled great as i had mine...”

★★★★☆

written by messydan on 10/12/2003

Good Points
GREAT CAR, GREAT LOOKS, GREAT FUN, BUY ONE BUT BE CAREFULL TO BUY A GOOD ONE. I had the executive phase 1 chamade. Black with black leather.Very comfy and looks quality.
Fast and so much fun to drive, handled well.

Bad Points
Usual lazy starter and my front wheel bearings were shot to hell. Also had 2 gear boxes. Expensive mistakes.Tell you more later.

General Comments
The Renault 19 16v phase 1 handled great as i had mine lowered, i think its a must as the standard height was OTT.

I drove mine very hard all of the 8months i had it, took the thrashing well but things started to go wrong. Changed the driveshafts and bearings and were off to thrashing about again.

2 gearbox failures, well i snapped the diff in the first gearbox but performing sitting ducks but the downfall was you should hit the limiter in reverse and then slam it onto 1st, nonono..

2nd gearbox wasn't very good when i put it in.



I did build a custom exhaust and induction kit so the car sounds like the lot cost me a grand!

Got lots of looks, lots of smiles and the ladies liked it.. Looked like a gansters car, black inside and out, very low, fast, sounds sooo sweet when booted, i regreted selling this car even though i had so many problems with it, maybe i was just unlucky. More like an idiot for being far too hard on it.

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