One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Drago]

My mate had the lesser Renault 5 Gordini Turbo way back in the late 80's. I had a brand new Nova SR at the time and the 5 was faster, but not by a huge margin. One thing I always remember about the Gordini is that I felt like I was in a sardine tin and always felt really unsafe. Getting back into the Nova, to me at the time felt like getting into a Volvo in comparison to a 5. It was a long time ago and could imagine a Nova would feel really unsafe and flimsy these days. The Nova was a lot better built car than a Renault 5, to me anyway.

I remember those Nova SR's were a bit variable. Get in one and it'd fly, but the next one off the line would be 6 or 7 BHP down in comparison and feel a bit meh, just a quirk of the slightly warmed-up 13S engine. A sharp one was a very good little car indeed.

 

[biggs682]

Hardingstone fete. There was a bigger car show kver the road at Wootton, but being a Hardingstone Parish Councillor id have been beaten up if I'd wandered across.

The 1600E was indeed lovely. The Ro80 was all original paint.

Ah ok

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Renault Spider please (a contemporary of the lardyarse V6 we were talking about before IIRC)