trigger Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 CAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (1) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (2) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (3) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (4) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (5) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (6) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 (7) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrCAR feature - Edinburgh on a monkey - £500 challenge 1990 ( by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr Shep Shepherd and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 8 Months on, The Renault 18 goes out in a blaze of glory! Banger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (1) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (2) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (3) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (4) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (5) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (6) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (7) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 ( by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (10) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (11) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 (12) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on FlickrBanger Racing a Renault 18 GTS 1991 ( by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr catsinthewelder and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Of The People Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have both of these issues in my collection and remember these articles really well! Great idea, worthy of a Top Gear episode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Great idea, worthy of a Top Gear episode! No doubt in a Top gear episode though, Clarkson would set fire to Hammonds car and James May would no doubt spend the whole time avoiding crashes in a truly 'comical' manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 A fantastic read! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Oh! I remember the banger build issue! Was it the same one they compared XKE and XJS? And RO80/Audi100 and Alfasud/33 Perm4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Fantastic, thanks Trig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 It's a shame that if they were to do an article like this today it would be crap reading. I.e.... Bought this 205 Diesel out of Gumtree for a shade over £300 with a long MOT... Filled up with £50 of diesel..... Drove to Scotland.... Drove home.... No drama or breakdowns. We really are living in the golden age of cheap, usable cars. Rejoice!!!! Here's a linky for the 205 in Manchester. http://manchester.gumtree.com/mancheste ... 83464.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 My Escort only cost £300 and i doubt it would have any problem driving from LE to JOG and back even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 My 604 only cost..... oh, no, forget that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 lol - gr8 read but it would indeed be no challenge today - hell I've been using sub 1000 quid motors to clock up 1200 odd miles a week for years! winning this would be easy - as you say - pug 205 for under 300 quid 1 tank of oil and trouser the change! if you wanted more comfort I saw a hegh spec xantia tdi in north London 2 months ago for 250 quid with 6 months ticket and a years MOT amazing how cheap loans over the last few years have devalued cars so much - mind you I reckon that with the new austerity in a couple of years time London to Edinburgh on a Monkey will once again be a challenge if only cos it will cost you 400 quid in fuel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I did it all around the South Island of NZ with a £450 Sunny, no comedy breakdowns though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Does demonstrate just how much Top Gear has to 'engineer' hilarious faults for their challenges doesn't it? I bought a £266 BX and drove it 3500 miles in a fortnight around France with only two minor problems. It was, indeed, fairly boring really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I remember this one well from back in the day. Over the years there have been a lot of "What to buy for £500" type articles in various magazines. It's amazing how rubbish those cars were even 30+ years ago, basically rusty, knackered old heaps with the odd gem cropping up. I don't know how Trigger finds the energy to scan so much in. If I find anything over my forthcoming long weekend off work I'll try to upload them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Reading articles like these as an impressionable youngster helped me get into tat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I remember reading those articles when they first came out. I recall sitting on a Bakerloo Line (London Underground) train reading a copy of CAR magazine. Great articles, great idea, long before Top Gear wankers caught on. Thanks for posting! Peter C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Brilliant stuff, amazing just how shafted that Renault 18 was after only 11 years though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Certainly makes you think, we get any amount of 'Nnyyuuuurrrrrgghhhh....., modern cars.... are $hit,..... hhuuurrrgggh' windbaggery on here, but most 'moderns' look a lot more like viable transport at 11 years old than this Renner!!! There's no way you could expect a reliable 15k a year out of that shitbox. GR8 SCANNING OPERATIONS TRIG, 17/10 WILL GO FAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattblack Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Can someone lend me £900 and a time machine? I want that 100E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Yeah the 480 would do that run no problem.* *So long as I could sort the brakes first. The new discs and pads all round only cost me £63, so I'd still be in the running after the initial purchase price. I wouldn't have anything left of the monkey carcass after I'd fuelled it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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