high 5 (Renault 5)

Member Name: OCLUMHAIN

Product:	Renault 5
Date:	07/09/01 (308 review reads)
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Advantages: good mpg

Disadvantages: rusty

I got one of these just recently and I must admit I am quite happy with it. Like all second hand cars it is not perfect but it does have things going for it.

My own model is a 1108 cc and does 40+ mpg. Parker's guide tells us that it does in the range 38-62 mpg (as far as I remember). I had hoped for nearer to the 60 than I get but you can't have everything.

It is quite a nippy vehicle, which comes I think as a surprise to the baseball cap wearing Nova drivers who you tend to find tailgating you at some point in life. You can see the look of bewilderment, as you glance into your rear view mirror, as you quickly speed up when you get into a 60mph zone.

I paid £400 for this little number as it was a 1988 model. Although you can pick them up for cheaper than this, this particular example had been well maintained and does not look, nor indeed, act its age.

As you might expect, the interior styling is a little angular and it is not difficult to hit the windscreen wiper control as you roll down the window. The dashboard is littered with little cubby holes for God knows what (a couple of packets of three perhaps) and there are the usual holders in the front doors.

There is a fair bit of room inside the vehicle. For those of us who have not graced the five foot zone since teen zeit it makes a pleasant change to be in a car that doesn't have you cleaning the ceiling with your hair.

The exterior styling has stood the test of time. It is quite distinctive without being garish. Worth considering if you want a reliable, reasonably economical (oops, nearly forgot, you may have to use 4 star) vehicle that is unlikely to have been the car of choice of the boy racer ( this last comment does not alas apply to the GT versions of the 5).

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