Renault 5

Cracking colour.

I absolutely love the green, its whats drawing me to the car as much as anything and I'm still not sure I made the right choice.

If there was a problem id probably be letting the car dictate charging times rather than the charger, set it up using the infotainment. Wouldn't that solve it?

I dont schedule charge myself I do all my charging in work but thats the was i have my dad's EV6 setup, did it all on the car and the Kia app rather than the zappi which he finds the screen of very hard to see, its a poor display really.

I prefer the yellow tbh, but I love bright colours on small cars. If the yellow didn’t exist I’d still happily have this green

Nope, it’s called an opinion, I love the car and the design. I just think thats a horrendous colour.

I had a bit of hassle convincing herself that the 5 would suit our needs but like you, we have another bigger more practical car so its not expected to be a load lugger.

Id say the 4 is much more practical but from what I've seen from pics so far im not a huge fan. I love the look of the Megane BTW.

Mine arrived at the dealers.

Will be ready next week.

Seem to be plenty in the country awaiting delivery to customers, could become a common enough sight pretty soon, along with the Inster. I reckon there are plenty ready to go but people holding off for the 252 plate next week.

I have only ever seen 2 on the road, one after the other, a green and a yellow near where I work which isn't near any dealerships.

2 other dealers that I called into before I placed my order have called me this week offering me a car for 252, so there are some available.

I saw one at the Nevo show in Curragh racecourse, impressed with it.

I suspect the one there was high 30s pushing 40k but it was lovely.

Not a small car really it actually looked quite big. Very viable alternative to the upcoming 4

How do you do that trick to get a county reg? Im giving some thought to getting a RN reg plate. Hopefully with a 5 after that !

252-RN-5xx

Only problem there is there's only 700 odd cars registered in Roscommon on a 251 plate so getting a 5 might be tricky, not like I could just wait until they got into the 500s. Maybe 55. Or somewhere in the 50s.

I believe my car will be ready to go from next week onwards.

5 would obviously be tricky to get so quickly.

I think when my dad got his EV6 he wanted a Dublin reg even though lives in Kildare so gave my Dublin address then changed it when taxing it online or something, can't remember the exact sequence now.

My brother also has 2 D reg cars even though he lives outside Dublin the dealer helped him out on that.

Im not bothered about any resale implications, I just think it would be a cool plate to have if I could pull it off.

As far as I can tell, the car doesn't come with a granny cable. I don't have a charger installed yet, but I do have an outdoor socket on the front of the house. Can anyone confirm that it doesn't, and recommend a third party one if there's decent ones available?

The wiring is there for a charger but it's not on the board, nor an actual charger installed - house was rewired in 2022 and I decided to get the cabling put in to cut the disruption a bit!

Try get proper charger in before car arrives and save the money. Unless you've solar save yourself a few more quid and just get a basic one, let the car do the scheduling.

I've never had a granny cable nor have I wanted one, unless you regularly stay away from home in another house or something I dont see where I'd use one.

Just bought this from a French lad on Facebook. Think its just a nice little touch having a metal plate with French on it. Size of a credit card.

Im going to put it on the black part of dash where the iconic has the Renault 5 light up logo, the techno is just blank there.

79 euro so not exactly cheap and ill let you know late in the week if it arrives and I haven't been scammed!

I was told my car is ready to go. Obv waiting for new 252 plate but should have it this week

Anyone else moving from an older car or a diesel to a new 5? Currently driving a 2008 diesel. Have always been wary of electric cars but tempted by the looks of the new 5.