Renault 12. Still common as dirt in Romania, but the version they tried to sell in the UK only ever sold a few dozen and is pretty much gone.
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Renault 12. Still common as dirt in Romania, but the version they tried to sell in the UK only ever sold a few dozen and is pretty much gone.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
My uncle George had a Cambridge. He lost much of his site but aunt Flo couldn't drive. What they did was he drove, she did the "seeing." They did it for years including driving from Lincolnshire to Newcastle.
not-bono-ever
meh
dacia denem / r12 still running about in turkey- made until a decade or so ago
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I remember my neighbour (Vernon was his name) having one when I was a child.
This one, same or very similar colour.
It was shit.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
One of these drove past me when I went shopping earlier:
A Peugeot 309 - or, as it was originally going to be called, a Talbot Arizona.
friend of mine has one as a classic. certain bits are the same as a 205 from the same era, so I did give him some of the spares i'd had for the puddymobile after it got written off
think so - there are adverts aimed at the UK market and they made right hand drive models
one of mum-tat's neighbours (think she hailed from somewhere in eastern europe) had at least one - think it was similar to the above. may have traded it in for a later model in the 80s
There were a few around
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Where they aiming for Barnard Castle but took a wrong turn?
What a bizarre name for a car.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Why?
not-bono-ever
meh
The name is from a castle in einsenach where they were made.so maybe not so weird.
anyway, the one i checked out has the 1.3 VW in it - not one for the 2 stroker fanatics, but like the last model of the trabi, they chucked away the smoker and chucked a 4 stroke in - with normal floor box- I seriously have the urge for one of the later ones that i have checked them out
anyway, the one i checked out has the 1.3 VW in it - not one for the 2 stroker fanatics, but like the last model of the trabi, they chucked away the smoker and chucked a 4 stroke in - with normal floor box- I seriously have the urge for one of the later ones that i have checked them out
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Go for a papier-mâché Trabant.
not-bono-ever
meh
I found a few when soviet base exploring 18 months ago. needs TLC and some T cut.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
They're crying out for a Hayabusa turbo engine! Do it! 750bhp... +
not-bono-ever
meh
there was also this in the back of beyond in Croatia. Must be 80s I think - Was a Slovenian made R4 - wanted EUR 125 for him but the family started crying when i started talking of changes to holiday return plans
not-bono-ever
meh
Yes, I have a thing for former SovBlok / Non Aligned state motors
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
You turned that down for €125?
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
There's an active R4 enthusiasts scene in Portugal. Even magazines about them. I fancy one as a second car. Surf boards on the roof ...
My father had a 1966 R4 and a Morris Mini of same age in the 1960s. We were a two car family!
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Wartburgs weren't actually that bad for commie cars. They certainly weren't significantly worse than the equivalent British shit (Austin 1100/1300) of the time. The Wartburg 353 engine is a popular transplant into the Trabbie (which is a piece of absolute ☭garbage☭) .
I didn't realise they were still making them that recently in Turkey. In Romania Dacia moved on to more modern cars about fifteen years ago IIRC.
One of the scariest experiences of my life was a ride across Brasov in a rickety old Dacia taxi driven by a drunken maniac. I thought my last hour had come at pretty much every junction!
On the subject of recycled Renaults, albeit on a different continent, I believe the Renault 18 is still a pretty common sight in Argentina:
Haven't seen one in the UK for years.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Mondeos, especially new ones. What is Mondeo man driving these days?
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
You post got me thinking. I've not seen one for a while. There's a European sales chart for Mondeo sales here
They are becoming quite rare. Maybe we should be buying them now while we still can.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
You post got me thinking. I've not seen one for a while. There's a European sales chart for Mondeo sales here
They are becoming quite rare. Maybe we should be buying them now while we still can.
I wonder what the collectable one will be. Maybe a 2nd gen manual ST220 with no sunroof.
A good first-generation one would probably be worth snapping up now. If a classic car enthusiast doesn't, a banger racer probably will...
Ditto with - and at the risk of the most predictable post ever, coming from me - these:
There's a battered old 240 estate a few streets away from me still serving as a painter and decorator's wagon, but aside from that I don't often see them. Old age, banger racing and a 25mpg thirst have done for most of them. That said, this immaculate example was parked near my place last summer:
I think it must be an import since it's a 242GT, which I don't think they ever officially sold in the UK. It's right-hand-drive, though, so perhaps someone's such an enthusiast they've had it shipped all the way from Australia.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
A good first-generation one would probably be worth snapping up now. If a classic car enthusiast doesn't, a banger racer probably will...
Ditto with - and at the risk of the most predictable post ever, coming from me - these:
There's a battered old 240 estate a few streets away from me still serving as a painter and decorator's wagon, but aside from that I don't often see them. Old age, banger racing and a 25mpg thirst have done for most of them. That said, this immaculate example was parked near my place last summer:
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I think it must be an import since it's a 242GT, which I don't think they ever officially sold in the UK. It's right-hand-drive, though, so perhaps someone's such an enthusiast they've had it shipped all the way from Australia.
There's two 240s on my street, both owned by aging academics.
Coincidentally i have a new Volvo being delivered to me in about an hour, so excited. I won't still have it in 30 years though.
I was talking to a mate who has his own small engineering supply company. There are two of them on the road selling stuff, they always had Mondeos, but they have just got two Kia Stingers!
That's news to me! I'm in a couple of classic Volvo owners'/enthusiasts' Facebook groups and most of the members seem to be my age or older.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
That's probably because it's a group for enthusiastic owners rather than trendy wannabe
Perhaps. Or it might be because Facebook is old hat to the younger generation and largely populated by older folk these days!
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I was never a Volvo fan but I always liked the 262C. David Bowie had one.
