DRM
Guru
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- West Yorks
Indeed they did, my Dad used to use one the odd time as it was a company car where he worked at the time, I did say is fast? The answer was is it fast,You bet make no wonder the police use them
Is There A Sudden Fad for Classic Cars Amongst The Membership?
- Thread starter Alex H
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
One of the most beautiful and advanced cars ever made...especially the early versions.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
- Location
- Out in the sticks...
The Renault 5 Turbo was a very entertaining little car.
My mate had the Gordini Turbo which was the original Renault 5 Mk 1. It was pretty fast, but I felt really unsafe it, it felt like I was in a tin can. I had a Nova SR at the time and it felt way better built, that's saying something about the Renault..
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Back in the seventies I got a mini cab home from central London and it was one of those. An unbelievably smooth ride, it was like floating along on a cushion of air.
Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
- Location
- Out in the sticks...
I've only been in one of those once, when I was hitchhiking into town with my mate in about 1985. An old guy stopped and picked us up in a white one. It always sticks in my mind it had a crazy manual gear lever sticking out of the dashboard, horizontally that was pushed in and out and rotated. Only the French would do that. Cool old car though..
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
It was on the road fro Stonebridge A45 roundabout to Balsall Common. Fast A Road, mostly dual carriageway. Just out dragged me off the roundabouts. Brakes on the Golf were rubbish, too.
Cletus Van Damme
Previously known as Cheesney Hawks
- Location
- Out in the sticks...
My brother had a Mk1 Golf 1.1. The brakes were absolute sh1t, I don't think it had a servo, they were that dire. It's a good job it was painfully slow. Worst brakes I have ever known on a car. My pushbike has better rim brakes..
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
That would depend on who was driving what.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
If you wanted something quick and went round corners like it was on rails.
Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
I'm really not big on cars at all. However, this does strike me as such an outstanding piece of aesthetic design (particularly given the context of when it was made):
And just because it seems so 1950's/60's in design and because it strikes me as being so.... so..... British (replete with the smell of Ready Rub tobacco, the feel of velvetine suede, the look of a smoking jacket and half expecting a green baize billiards table in the back) :
And just because it seems so 1950's/60's in design and because it strikes me as being so.... so..... British (replete with the smell of Ready Rub tobacco, the feel of velvetine suede, the look of a smoking jacket and half expecting a green baize billiards table in the back) :
I have a love hate relationship with these topics, I was a car dealer turning over 500 units a years from 1978 until 1988, I have in that time owned a lot of the cars shown, I should have kept a few. I paid £50 for a DS once and sold it for £125. £750 for an E Type. This list goes on.
Levo-Lon
Guru
Levo-Lon
Guru
My Dad had that Rover. In the early 70s he had 40 people working for him too.. I could have been..... Ah well
woodbutcher
Veteran
- Location
- S W France
I really wish this thread had never happened ....l've been kicking myself ever since l started looking at it and remembering the cars l've owned.
The Citroen Pallas being one of them Have you seen the prices being asked for one today !!
My father gave me his back in the late 70's or early 80's because the trade in on his new car was derisory !
I used it a lot going back and forth across the Channel for my business and it wasn't unusual for me to be hauled over by UK Customs so that they could examine my invoices / documents etc ( pre computer age ). Their favourite request was for me to raise and lower the suspension so they could check under the car , it caused much amusement among them....."simple things and simple minds"
The Citroen Pallas being one of them Have you seen the prices being asked for one today !!
My father gave me his back in the late 70's or early 80's because the trade in on his new car was derisory !
I used it a lot going back and forth across the Channel for my business and it wasn't unusual for me to be hauled over by UK Customs so that they could examine my invoices / documents etc ( pre computer age ). Their favourite request was for me to raise and lower the suspension so they could check under the car , it caused much amusement among them....."simple things and simple minds"
