Hi Guys any renault nuts on here? Track Day nuts ? FWD nuts ?? [Archive]

TarmacTerrorist

09-09-2012, 03:23 PM

Hey Guys

Just joined up, local melbourne boy with A 2005 Clio Sport RS heaps of mods and ready for racing, sick of the usual track days I attend as there's no FWD's besides me, anycar car clubs you guys can recommend?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/davidbosa/2012-04-14135339.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/davidbosa/JMS%20RS2/DSC00170.jpg

Jasemas

09-09-2012, 04:18 PM

heya mate welcome
Not really a fan of European cars
Obviously you wouldn't fit in to a Honda club
Good luck with that

EKVTIR-T

09-09-2012, 04:20 PM

Renaults are poo

We only like Honda here mate

Renaissance_x

09-09-2012, 04:29 PM

Welcome to ozrenault.com

Jasemas

09-09-2012, 06:02 PM

Should rename this forum to ozrenault.com
If you want to fit in... chuck a 'DOHC VTEC' On the side of your car and de-badge to Honda

manonastick

09-09-2012, 11:12 PM

Im sure theres a renault car club somewhere if you have a look
Those cars are great value for the performance they give

DreadAngel

09-09-2012, 11:50 PM

Till they fall apart which is one corner away...

EKVTIR-T

10-09-2012, 12:00 AM

Yeah the late models seem to perform great but how long they last is another thing

Did you ever notice the small amount of 80s 90s and even early 00s peugeot and renaults there are around

Most of them are in wrecking yards or scrap metal now lol

curtis265

10-09-2012, 12:02 AM

EKVTIR-T

10-09-2012, 12:04 AM

Even the peugeot mechanic I know says avoid them

PHO

10-09-2012, 12:08 AM

Hey Guys

Just joined up, local melbourne boy with A ek shitvic heaps of mods and ready for racing, sick of the usual track days I attend as there's no FWD's besides me, anycar car clubs you guys can recommend?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/7058306909_e282c976dc_z.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/15n6a1l.jpg

fypㅤㅤ

Indie

10-09-2012, 12:24 AM

I know why you call yourself 'Tarmac Terrorist... Because you drive a bomb.

Nah, just kidding. But honestly, I can't stand French cars. They all look like shit, as far as I'm concerned. Yours isn't too bad, though.

Renaissance_x

10-09-2012, 02:42 AM

I actually dont mind the car. I think it's pretty cool.

PHO

10-09-2012, 03:08 AM

Uwotm8

mocchi

10-09-2012, 01:56 PM

welcome abourd mate

fully sick carbon airbox bra

TarmacTerrorist

10-09-2012, 03:01 PM

its sooo funny to get bagged out for having a small FWD hatch back on a honda forum... and I always wondered why so many people hate honda's and honda drivers!

rhys.l

10-09-2012, 03:19 PM

Hey mate, really nice car you have there. One of my friends used to own an earlier model Clio Sport and it was fantastic! Right up there with dc2 type R and after having a spin I have to admit there were certain parts of it I liked even more. And for all of you commenting above, it is still going along very well after 170 000+km :) I know another bloke with a new Megane RS 250 and it is a lot of fun too.

What have you done to yours? I heard they don't respond to your mainstream bolt ons very well, and a lot of intake mods this side of itbs can actually make them lose power..

gre03

10-09-2012, 03:21 PM

nice car mate

always liked hot hatches, especially french hot hatches. got any more pics or a video of your track days?

curtis265

10-09-2012, 03:23 PM

its sooo funny to get bagged out for having a small FWD hatch back on a honda forum... and I always wondered why so many people hate honda's and honda drivers!

I'm guessing you came here to prove that point exactly? if so, please go away

also note - nobody bagged you out for owning a FWD hatchback

Indie

10-09-2012, 03:24 PM

its sooo funny to get bagged out for having a small FWD hatch back on a honda forum... and I always wondered why so many people hate honda's and honda drivers!To be fair, nobody has been paying you out "for having a small FWD hatchback", at all.

People have simply been taking the piss out of French cars. Renault are probably my favourite out of the three makes, but I'm just not a fan of any of them.

rhys.l

10-09-2012, 03:43 PM

To be fair, nobody has been paying you out "for having a small FWD hatchback", at all.

People have simply been taking the piss out of French cars. Renault are probably my favourite out of the three makes, but I'm just not a fan of any of them.

What about RWD french cars?

PHO

10-09-2012, 06:22 PM

What about RWD french cars?

French rwd cars? iz dis reel lyf?

Fredoops

10-09-2012, 06:31 PM

Whatever Renault have runs rings around whatever Honda has to offer at the moment.

Honda aint holding the FWD record at the Nring.
The frogs hold that record, faster than every NSX par the last of the NSX type-r's

All we get at Honda these days are hybrids.

French rwd cars? iz dis reel lyf?

http://images.cdn.autocar.co.uk/sites/autocar.co.uk/files/renault-alpine-concept.jpg

PHO

10-09-2012, 06:37 PM

concept m8, so iz nat reel lyf.

jdwap
http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com/f/26853649/htup_0912_07_o+1997_honda_civic_hatchback_v6+j32a2 _engine.jpg

Fredoops

10-09-2012, 06:39 PM

concept m8, so iz nat reel lyf.

jdwap
http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com/f/26853649/htup_0912_07_o+1997_honda_civic_hatchback_v6+j32a2 _engine.jpg

Take that to a racetrack and see how it turn out

Better off with d15bs

PHO

10-09-2012, 06:41 PM

What's a racetrack? I live my life a quarter mile at a time. For those ten seconds or least I'm free nothing else matters.

Vvvtec

10-09-2012, 06:52 PM

lol you guise

EKVTIR-T

10-09-2012, 07:00 PM

Whatever Renault have runs rings around whatever Honda has to offer at the moment.

Honda aint holding the FWD record at the Nring.
The frogs hold that record, faster than every NSX par the last of the NSX type-r's

All we get at Honda these days are hybrids.

If you have such a boner for them then sell your Euro and go buy one

We look forward to your 'euro wanted to buy' thread after owning the Renault for a while :)

Its not only ozhonda that questions the french carmakers,its common knowledge theyre lemons,even though some can be fast

Bulbasaur

10-09-2012, 07:03 PM

http://i.imgflip.com/31vn.gif

EKVTIR-T

10-09-2012, 07:15 PM

http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/the-least-reliable-car-brands?page=8

3= Renault
Likelihood of a breakdown in 12 months: 52%
If you own a Renault, it is more likely to go wrong than not to go wrong. The only positive is that if or when it does fail, the cost of fixing it is a relatively affordable £137.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/motors/1736012/Renault-Megane-most-unreliable.html
THE Renault Megane was named the most unreliable popular used car yesterday.

http://www.lovemoney.com/news/cars-computers-and-sport/cars/15619/britains-most-unreliable-cars

In 2011, one in five cars failed its first MoT test. Japanese vehicles are best and French are worst!

PHO

10-09-2012, 07:16 PM

nat affordable to repair in aus though

well iunno, i'd just imagine it'd be a fk around/take long time for parts.

Fredoops

10-09-2012, 07:41 PM

If you have such a boner for them then sell your Euro and go buy one

We look forward to your 'euro wanted to buy' thread after owning the Renault for a while :)

Its not only ozhonda that questions the french carmakers,its common knowledge theyre lemons,even though some can be fast

I don't have a "boner" over euro's. But I give credit where it's due. They did make a hell of a fast fwd car, and they are continuing to make sports cars. Something that Honda should be bloody doing, instead we got Earthdreams.

This isn't about the frogs, this is about Honda

The Frogs didn't setup a factory in Thailand
The Frogs doesn't have 5 mil + auto-transmission recalls over what was a 30yo outdated transmission design
The Frogs didn't quit F1

Some how the surrender monkeys are more interesting than the VTEC company.
What pisses me of more is that they know they CAN do it, and they even have the tech (next gen Advanced-VTEC was shelved for SIX YEARS), but they decided to go Toyota, now even the Toyota is making the 86.... Its been over 20 years since the B came out. How things have changed.
/end rant

Guess what I'm trying to say was... give Honda's current lineup, we really aren't in a position to judge and criticize.

Besides I didn't mention anything about reliability, but id rather a frog than a rotary. Guess there's a bit of that "Alfa" type in me.

androo

10-09-2012, 09:02 PM

Fredoops, I think what you're trying to say is:

Reliability = Honda > Renault, Alfa, etc
Excitement = Just about everyone else > Honda.

Kind of true. I love the Clio. I love a lot of the Renault line up. But I couldn't own one (I'd own one if I was super baller and could have a bunch of cars that I could change between whenever I felt like it, or when the Frenchie is in the work shop). Guess we're stuck here in our Honda's, fapping away at the Frenchie, while TarmacTerrorist is banging away at his (that is, until he catches something itchy and has to spend hundreds fixing it).

Vvvtec

10-09-2012, 09:11 PM

French girls are hairy

androo

10-09-2012, 09:24 PM

French girls are hairy

vomits first then... Still does... *thumbs up*

Fredoops

10-09-2012, 09:39 PM

French girls are hairy

and are naked 34% of the time

Indie

11-09-2012, 01:25 AM

What about RWD french cars?This is the only one that comes to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Clio_V6_Renault_Sport

It's also one of the less-ugly French cars around, as I said to the OP. It still looks tacky, though, like you buy it pre-riced. In general, modern French cars are just... ugly. Something about the styling is always off. People may call Honda boring, nowadays, which is true. But at least they aren't this ugly.

http://images-2.drive.com.au/2010/09/06/1909365/Citroen_DS3_DSport_0023_600-600x400.jpg
http://www.mynrma.com.au/images/motoring-car-makes-peugeot/peugeot-rcz-2010-1.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zCt6lniHdFA/UCHkGxLFlII/AAAAAAAAACs/xv-QnjyVuZQ/s1600/Renault+Megane.jpg

Vvvtec

11-09-2012, 09:43 AM

I have to agree completely Indie :thumbsup:

Rado

19-09-2012, 08:05 PM

I just saw this and wow most of you guys are so biased. Its unbeliavable!
No offence but...
For the past few decades Renault Sport has been making one of the best and if not the best hot hatches and thats proven. Renault 5 Turbo?? Where was Honda at that time?
Megane R26.R beat the FWD record around the ring few years ago and now the newer model RS265 smashed it.
And dont start with the realibility bull... a car will treat you right if YOU treat it right.
Surely they dont make the best looking cars but neither are the current shape Honda's. Just like you we all learn to love them at the end of the day :)

Dont get me wrong though, I love Type R's. Have a lot of respect for them. Have driven a couple s2000's and Dc2R's and the things i have read about them were all true :)

Super-DA9

20-09-2012, 04:50 PM

I kinda feel sorry for this guy..

it kind of is the wrong forum for him.. but still..

I am personally a fan of the Clio and Megane. But of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

curtis265

20-09-2012, 05:14 PM

And dont start with the realibility bull... a car will treat you right if YOU treat it right.

I disagree. Are you suggesting that people who buy french cars generally don't look after them as well? I think not.

It's to do with design flaws.

My dad's car for example has a coolant hose that comes too close enough to the block. Known to fry itself and spit coolant. Learned this the hard way. The water bottle also shat itself because the material brittles over time (it's only 10 years). Are you suggesting that every car owner needs to spend their time proactively looking for common faults and undergo preventative maintenance regularly?

IMO if you have to do that then it's no longer a reliable car

tripleuse

20-09-2012, 05:54 PM

dont know what these fanboys are talking about. Renault engineering is quite good,they had some good ideas! The engines might be rubbish but suspension and handling wise they do quite well. Like how in the 1960's reno 5 they put the front wheels/steering rack after the engine.

http://www.renault4.co.uk/gordini-engine-rebuild/engine-bay-large.jpg

Jasemas

20-09-2012, 06:35 PM

curtis265

20-09-2012, 08:42 PM

PHO

20-09-2012, 08:53 PM

Honda created FR. Serious. The founder's (Soichiro Honda) brother Dolan Honda created the first FR machine. 46 Litre V12.

http://i46.tinypic.com/15cm2hy.jpg

Fredoops

21-09-2012, 01:36 AM

everyone's had their great ideas, how does that compare to vtak in terms of cleverness?

But cam wigets haven been around for decades before VTEC. Pretty sure it was an Italian invention by either fiat or Alfa Romeo.

Honda was the first to commercially offer hybrids tho. HYBIRDS.