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| Author: | SAFRANEV6RXE [ Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
Thought i would start a list of what items the Safrane had as a first or in some cases last time for Renault. Some items have never been on any other Renault since the Safrane,maybe Renault got there fingers burn,t with the cost of warrenty claims? It was the first Renault to have digital climate control First to have a heated front screen Only Renault to have an electric adjustable steering column Only Renault to have an electric rear seat(25 limo wasn,t Renault built) First to have heated front seats Computer controlled suspension as standard(Early V6 only) First to have fake wood inserts(i think!) One of the first to have a drivers airbag First to have memory mirror glasses Dipping n/s mirror glass when R selected Underbonnet light First new Renault model to have the current Renault logo(it was on the Feb 92 foreign launch cars) Last Renault to have Yellow foglights First Renault to have Sat-nav... There must be a few more,but so many of these are common on modern Renaults they have a lot to thank to the Safrane? |
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| Author: | Chris H [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
old 70's renaults had fake wood in them. 30's etc iirc. They may have been real wood right enough. When did the heated screen come in? Only one from the 90'sd I can recall with a heated screen was some 2l 16v megane cabrios. But yeah a lot of stuff Safrane only. hydraulic bonnet struts as well. Can't think of another renault of that time with them. |
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| Author: | SAFRANEV6RXE [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
I think the Safrane wood is real?,i seem to remember breaking a strip on the dash of a car once and it was real wood,not fake,but not 100% sure. The Safrane had a heated screen from launch in Europe 1992,i don,t remember any Meganes having heated screens,hydraulic struts where on the 25. Safrane was the first and last to have a CD player AND a tape player in one unit,its got a double DIN setup,CD was option but i also think it was the first(maybe the Espace aswell)to offer a CD player in a Renault as an option The V6 had blue tinted mirror glasses,repeated on the Laguna 2. First to have retractable headlamp washers Viable PAS was a first,again i think... Anymore? |
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| Author: | Chris H [ Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
safrane wood is plastic. very cheap and nasty plastic at that |
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| Author: | Saffles [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
SAFRANEV6RXE wrote: I think the Safrane wood is real?,i seem to remember breaking a strip on the dash of a car once and it was real wood,not fake,but not 100% sure. It's possible the ph1 had real wood. With the ph2, it's no secret Renault wanted it out the door and sold ASAP for as cheaply as possible so perhaps they switched to plastic for it. @Chris: I *think* the safrane was the first renault to have the heated screen licensed from Ford. I couldn't swear to that though. All I do know is that I've got very lucky somehow as all 3 of our safranes have had it - and it was only an optional accessory even on the Questor (there are a few Questors without it!). Pain for replacement though.. make sure your insurance covers it as they're about £5-600 new. When I scrapped #2 a couple of years back I kept the windscreen as it was brand new 6 months before and never even had the heated element used once! Also a pain to remove them from the car too - took me 3 hours of careful and gentle persuasion to get through the bond and that was with the cheesewire tools. They clearly never thought of the cup holder though did they! My partners little 1.3 ford has cup holders yet the safrane has none! |
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| Author: | SAFRANEV6RXE [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
I think Saffles is right,got an idea that Phase 1 wood is real and Phase 2 was fake,i know the Safrane Baccara had highly polished wood and this was real. My V6 has cupholders,they are inside the glovebox lid,later Phase 1 and Phase 2 didn,t have a glovebox. Admin Note: Real name replaced with username. |
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| Author: | Saffles [ Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
SAFRANEV6RXE wrote: later Phase 1 and Phase 2 didn,t have a glovebox. The Phase 2 in europe does! The UK version doesn't because the frogs reckoned that they couldn't fit it in with the motor blower assembly etc. |
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| Author: | Chris H [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
Saffles wrote: SAFRANEV6RXE wrote: later Phase 1 and Phase 2 didn,t have a glovebox. The Phase 2 in europe does! The UK version doesn't because the frogs reckoned that they couldn't fit it in with the motor blower assembly etc. it was just laziness. They managed in the meganes and lagunas just fine. |
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| Author: | Saffles [ Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safrane firsts and lasts.... |
Chris, is that really you? You're back? Sheesh, I wish I never moved those topics to the tech forum now! The day I move them back here and you're back again hehe |
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