Agree with what malgrey says about the Visa. Great fun to drive. I had the Cub, which had the enlarged engine from a 2CV! Body rotted away so mine was mostly filler. The engine had an interesting fault of stopping at the most awkward moments due to the sensor that fired the spark failing. Dash was a bit barking as well. Air cooled, so had a sheet of plastic to put in front of the engine on cold mornings.
Malgrey's pic prompted further memories - a mate at uni had a Citroen ZX Volcane, which was great until it died, and another friend had a Citroen AX GTi, which was terrifying as it felt like being in a tissue box on the motorway! Great fun on the backroads though.
I bought a 2cv from Laura Kuenssberg
Renault 5 Turbo II - https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-spottedykywt/renault-5-gt-turbo-spotted/39625
I bought a 2cv from Laura Kuenssberg
She's changed
I can't believe I've gone all these years thinking that Bugatti were Italian!
Jakester
Renault 5 Turbo II
That's a lovely bit of kit, but a GT Turbo is some way short of a Turbo II.
@ AlexSimon Well they are kind of German now..(VW Group)
Alpine has redone the A110:
James May reviewed it on Amazonshitcarshow the other week.
I had an F reg 1.6 205 GTi in my early 20's - bloody loved that car.
Not as quick in a straight line as my mates 1.9 but was way better through the corners.
Would love to have another one but trying to find a nice example for a reasonable price is proving difficult.
Regarding the Clio V6 I was lucky enough to have poke around a certain Mr Flavio Briatore's company car.
My ex-GF's Dads best mate was a designer at Renault F1 back in the early 2000's - Flavio, being the generous chap that he is, lent him his pearlescent yellow one for the weekend. It seemed to have an intermittent problem though as it would just randomly cut out - lovely car though.
That’s a lovely bit of kit, but a GT Turbo is some way short of a Turbo II.
Ah, yes, sorry - I meant it's the second iteration of the GT Turbo!
My cousin is a massive Citroen fan, his highlights for me were a Visa GTi and a BX 16v, Xantia V6 converted to manual gearbox, and a top of the range XM, (might have been V6, can't remember) He's down to a single Dyanne now.
My best Citroen was a BX TZD turbo diesel. Them XUD engines were brilliant for the time and the hydropneumatic suspension, (which ultimately was the thing which killed it at 170,000 miles) combined with lush seats made it the best car I ever owned for long distance trips.
I went through a Renault phase in my youth.
I had a 5 Gordini turbo (crashed), two 18’s ( hateful), a 9, a 25 ( which was mahoosive, like driving a fluffy oil tanker) and a 19.
Always fancied a Fuego.
why do things kill cars. Surely you can just them fixed? Are they dead because it was deemed uneconomical to fix them? Shame if so.
why do things kill cars. Surely you can just them fixed?
Rust. eventually theres nothing left to weld too.
@trumpton,
Very true, someone with deep pockets and long arms could have kept my BX going, but at the age and milage it was, it was getting more expensive in repairs than a decent second hand ZX.
I used it for business travelling, so had to rely on it daily basis well, it was becoming a liability
I guess now they are seen as modern classics so people buy them in all sorts of conditions to work on them. I understand that at the time they were just another car, so not valued.
Yeah, I guess rust is a killer. Classic cars now get rebodyed so again at the time they were just a normal car I guess again and not worth it.
thanks.
