Sm best ever car in the 80s...........

[lozcb]

We seem to have similar taste then Nick , great handling cars of their day ,also fancied the renault alpine , they seemed as rare as rocking horse poooo


regards loz

 

[Parisien]

The R5...knew a guy had one........spent a lot of money on it, off the road more than on it at times....but he loved it.


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[GransportFan1]

you mean this one Loz?

 

[lozcb]

Thats the baby



regards loz

 

[GransportFan1]

They are pretty quick as well, i went in that car, Nigel Mansell was the first owner.

 

[lozcb]

They are pretty quick as well, i went in that car, Nigel Mansell was the first owner.

Very tempremental tho , had a friend of a friend that had one (owned a double glazing company) that was forever in the dealers, he gave up in the end , lovely colour tho pearlescent lilac



regards loz

 

[GransportFan1]

The owner of the Yellow one was telling me his has been pretty reliable, had it 5 years, was on 125k miles when i went in it, never guessed it though. The seats are amazingly comfortable too.

 

[lozcb]

The owner of the Yellow one was telling me his has been pretty reliable, had it 5 years, was on 125k miles when i went in it, never guessed it though. The seats are amazingly comfortable too.

This guy had cream velour bucket seats , with a lilac pinstripe very stylish for the day , the whole interiors were quite stylish , maybe one of the last of the french makes that made sense , cant say there's a french car that has done anything for me in 20 years


regards loz

 

[Parisien]

Mass market makers have difficulty in making a semi-supercar...bar Ford in recent times, plus the Veyron........French cars are purely for the populist masses now....shame.


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[Pibbow]

With regard to the 5 Turbo 1 & 2 I had a couple in the late eighties first was a T1 that some one decided would look better in their hands than mine & the second was a real rare beast one of only 20 road goingl world wide a Maxi 5 Turbo compleate with huge spot light pod on the front cost me an arm and a leg but worth every penny.After three years and two top end rebuilds I finally gave in to the reliability of the RS cosworth & then an RS500.



I wish I had kept the Maxi but it was two expensive and fragile for an every day car.Bobth head jobs happend due to overheating in traffic once to often.

 

[NickP]

I had similar problems with a Renault 5 GT Turbo, blew the turbo twice in about a year, not much use on the motorway but great on the country roads.

 

[Pibbow]

Nick even by today's standards the Maxi had warp speed, just so fast up to 145mph almost to quick for you to change gear. I loved it.

 

[marcos]

Esprit was the dream back then, now I have one

However, my fave 80s car is still the Scirocco, have had 3 and all were fantastic. So light, so agile, so quick for what it was, and used to sleep in it quite often...

 

[Parisien]

Alone...........or?





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[Pibbow]

Now now Frankie boy don't be so nosey, well Lewis?

 

[Parisien]

Now now Frankie boy don't be so nosey, well Lewis?

We're waiting.............





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[marcos]

Err, yeah. Always alone when sleeping in a VW I have found!

 

[Andyk]

I was in my autoprime in the 80's , for me it has to be one of these


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This was my one and only brand new car ever B44 TAS , great bit of supercharged kit for its time , in 1983 had a top speed of 137mph which in those days was fast , not a lot else touched it , trying to track it down now , apparently a member of the Lancia owners club has it , im waiting to hear if its purchaseable, handled like a dream on wheels

Had a few Porkers in the eighties ,a Targa first and then the 3.3 turbo complete with 80's whale tail , great fun but disappointing handling compared to the Lancia's i was used to


regards loz

Lovely Loz......

 

[GransportFan1]

Porsche launched the 964 in the 80's, for me one of if not the best looking 911 series.

 

[NickP]

Esprit was the dream back then, now I have one

However, my fave 80s car is still the Scirocco, have had 3 and all were fantastic. So light, so agile, so quick for what it was, and used to sleep in it quite often...

I had a Storm, great car, don't think I slept much in those days, particularly not in a car