Nice example of a low mileage Encore. It was replaced by the Jeep/Eagle dealer slack jaws though in 1992, on the only recall of it’s life, and the heater did not work after that. Everything looks straight from this perspective as well. Gas milage = 35 miles to the dollar (’94 gas prices). And since there were so many of these derelicts recalled, but never fixed, Chrysler created an incentive program to encourage owners to get them to the dealers. Very French. It was the closest thing to a family that he had. That’s funny. (The latch had frozen!) Which Encore was worse, Renault or Buick? This is a real stripper- no A/C, no tachometer package, no spoiler. The company promised us a free rental .Next trip the air conditioning on our Alliance broke down during a sweaty , 100 degree weekend after we had barely cleared the San Antonio suburbs . I bet the motor home has more miles than the Renault. The materiels used in the Renault were many times of lower quality and a little “cheap”. Handling was great, MPG was outstanding and the cargo carrying capacity was outstanding. And since most of these CSO’s were also a POS, Chrysler found for just a little more cash they could convince the owner to give up their flimsy little explosive liability issue and maybe sell them a new Neon or something. As far as the dash, the tachometer package moves the heat/gas gauges into the middle, rectangular part and adds an odd oil level gauge with the tach taking the big round spot on the right. I once looked at one in the early 90’s, silver with most options but it was already blowing blue smoke out the exhaust. “Fresh sonofabitch.”, responded Sarge, easing himself carefully into the chair. In the early 80s I was transferred to San Antonio . The heater cores were located interior of the firewall and would burst boiling coolant on the drivers leg often rendering a car accident (following the 2nd degree burn). Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The guard moved his hand down to his weapon in a “casual ready” position. Of those, very few Encores remain, to the extent this seems to be the first one available for purchase in several years. You know all things considered, this looks very modern outside for 1985. As Dennis Miller blabbed, Sarge took note of the soldier’s uniforms on the base. We never saw the car again. My brother likes his Mustang but he agrees with me. I’ll bet that engine has only run for about 30,000 of those 117,000 miles. Because I seem to remember the 1.4L engines had a timing chain. Previous Renaults rotted like there was no tomorrow (in our climate). It was cheaper after all. One starter motor. Yes you morones, it did take a while to get up to speed, but with the manual transmission the engine liked getting wound up. It was a 4 door hatchback with 5 speed manual and air conditioning. It’s amazing, this truly does look spotless, and the California blue license plates mean it’s probably been there since new. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Poor Man’s BMW #2 – 1975 BMW 2002 Automatic. Yeah, he ended up doing the landscaping job for the car. The only real problem were clutch cables. He hesitated as he did so, taking into account the strange appearance of the next vehicle. He does not mention brake work, so that’s worthy of investigation, and the car also needs a new headliner and repair to the inaccurate speedometer. The seller has done much work to bring the car back to reliable driver status, including replacing radiator, hoses, thermostat, spark plugs, oil and transmission fluid, and new shocks and hatch shocks. Jim was slightly mesmerized by his sister in law, 5’5, thin, blonde, nice rounded chest which became even nicer since she gave birth three months ago. (to make matters worst, I traded a semi-decent 82 Chrysler New Yorker for it. (back then the ‘Eagle’ dealerships supposedly were the heirs to fix Renaults. Worth $50 for the all the fun, though. CV joints, but maybe that’s not so surprising for a car with so many miles. UV damage. Car ran for 6-7 miles before crapping out. or more , the stick -shifts were fun to drive and even the automatics were no slower than the other malaisemobiles .But maybe the cheapskate rental company didn’t maintain them so well . It may be a little dumpy looking, but the Buick is by far a better car. French cars are known for having comfortable seats, and this is hopefully one area they did not change for the American market. I think the GTA was the Alliance, not the Encore. The water pump was bolted to it’s engine’s brittle, aluminum head. Not a bad little car tho just like the earlier rentals – when they ran . Are those true stories or did you make them up? Entra, revisa y encuentra en Segundamano.mx. When it was about 10 years old I figured I would see how fast it would really go. He replaced, IIRC, a clutch, both CV joints, and the HVAC control panel (which cost a pretty penny)! I had an ’85 Renault Alliance. Renault sought to get out of Dodge--or rather, sell out to Dodge. Drove it for 9 years and over 99,000 miles. You turned the key all the way on just before starting. Traded it in on a used Geo Prizm LSi I can rest easier in the fact that I did save a lot in gas money in the years that I did drive it. Play your fucken video if you must, but keep the sound off for fuck sakes. The Renault, lit by a security lamp outside, a good soldier till the end. It was such an odd problem for a car to have, but understandable since the the Renault spent it’s entire life parked in the near Colorado sun in front of a rapidly deteriorating and unused RV. You know your Encores. If you wanted a comfortable, 3-5 year throwaway car…. Thankfully there were no actual American engineered AMC models left by that time. That is why it would get 48 MPG at that speed all day long. The timing belt snapped on us one night when just my mom and I were driving it, out of town. They died a year later in Europe of natural causes. Yep- the Alliance was named that for 1983, as well as C&D’s #1 that year, and a few other kind-of-a-big-deal accolades. But it had a V8 5 speed baby! The standard bell above the door dinged as Sarge entered. Oh yes, the rear hatch along the middle of the side edge looked like some chimpanzees banged it out with a big hammer. I shot this -also white- Renault 11 (Encore) TXE last year. Jim leaned back on the furry seat cover and turned the car around, turning left seemed to agree with the car more. I drove one of these for a while. That car was really setup for RV towing, stone chip guards on the headlights, auxiliary tail lights, tow bar painted to match the car, manual transmission. At the time , drove a 1980 Rabbit with the 5-speed manual and the fuel-injected 1.6 L gas engine and it was quite capable of achieving over 45 m.p.g. Jim had been sneaking peeks at Lisa since she moved in but this was the first time he could remember being alone with her like this. “Something going on? When my clock on my 1985 went out in 1989 I bought one also in a salvage and it worked 12 more years. You can find this 39,000-mile 1985 Renault Encore with bidding at $1526 and about one day left to go in San Luis Obispo, CA. The briskly walked past the edge of the trailer and slid the key into the driver’s door of the Encore. The few survivors have all the solidity of wet kleenex and the reliability of a Sober Charlie Sheen, “Thank God for the buy-here-pay-here dealer”. Sold as the Renault 11 in the rest of the world, the Renault Encore was introduced in 1984 to compete with other hatchbacks like the VW Golf, Ford Escort, and Chevrolet Chevette. from what i know it used to cost a little less than the more refined and bigger citroen bx. Didn’t rent from them after that . The Alliance and its subsequent hatchback variant, the Encore, were re-engineered Renault 9 & 11 for the U.S. and Canadian markets.. The seller says the tires have good tread on them, but make sure they’re also fairly recent, not hard and cracked. All in all the vehicle was not too bad on items failing even at 134,000+ miles. Thx for the reply btw, my lazy self was just scanning and missed the original post, didn’t make the connection. “Jim this thing is going to fly apart slow it down!” Perhaps a donor GTA would make this car more exciting, and on that note, if you need more power and 1980s flash, keep your eyes on this site for another French choice. He envied the fit personnel around him. My Civic certainly would. They left a vacuam hose loose (after scratching my shift console). The pedestal front seats I found more comfortable than the Rabbit I owned back then and they got good mileage , 30 m.p.g. The California model had Multi-Point fuel injection instead of the 49 state throttle body fuel injection. Nice safe, boring cars. I would often hypermile it , following closely behind semis at 62 m.p.h. “Ok, ok” Jim said reassuringly and the car slowed back down to twenty five. – WTF was I thinking in College?) Renault Encore 5-Door Hatchback 1.4L automatic (aut. in the late 90’s in highschool four friends and i got together and bought one of these out of the newspaper for $250 ($50 each) just to go “rooting”. As I recall it had the same warped and broken speedo needle .
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