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    Looking forward to seeing how it ends up.Looking very good so far.It must have lead a very charmed life to have survived so long so well.I can remember when they were needing welding for their first Mots.
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    I suppose it harks back to when cars were built to suit a national market and export sales were a bonus.French cars for France, American cars for America etc.etc.Local cars for local people.......Nowadays they're pretty well the same the world over,a few basic designs with different takes on them.Small hatch back ,small SUV,medium SUV.A respected Shiter once said to me,"modern cars are so boring". He's right really.I like my old Renault 25 because it's a bit different.The engine's in the wrong place,the wheels are too far back, bonnet's too long,a hatchback that tries to look like a saloon.But that was replaced by the Safrane which was a big Laguna,which was a French Mondeo/Vectra.The Frenchness had gone.
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    My father bought a new Renault 10 in 1969.to replace a Morris 1100 he wasn't too happy with.Wasn't actually a bad thing.Replaced it with a Renault 12 in 1973.Tended to change cars regularly so if he kept it for four years,he must have been happy with it.They seemed to sell quite well over here.The dealer in Leicester was Bob Gerard ,a former racing driver of some note who later ran his own team as well.
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    I wondered that,but Dez is saying it's identical.
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    We've had "Mr Bates versus the Post Office."What about "Dez versus the DVLA!"
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    I blame Cliff Richard!
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    Was wondering about taking the Renault 25.Its always clashed with our annual family get together in Wales,but we're having it a week later this year so could be a possibility.Only in Leicester so not a huge trek.
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    Saw a Mk 4 on the road yesterday.Looked lost amongst the moderns.Good to see one in use though.
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    I'm more worried about this imaginary dog of yours,to be honest!
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    Hang on a cotton picking minute! We're talking about the "outskirts of lunacy".And now I've got an imaginary dog following me round!What the hell is going on?Nurse.....!!
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    Can you buy it on HP?
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    Hmm.Think we all have our little obsessions on here.Remember a certain red Ford Sierra for example.OMG it's the last one ever,got to be saved etc.etc.A lot of folk on here including myself and I believe Dez ,even chipped in to help repair it .Just saying...... We're a rum lot.Not as other men(or women)some might say.
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    Looks to me like the saloon ones are more upright.
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    Didn't they do an actual "taxi" spec? I'm sure they did with the Granada, certainly the Mk 2 with, initially ,the 2.1 Peugeot diesel.
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    Bear in mind he's not seen it for two years!
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    The two examples I mentioned, one's in his late sixties,the other late seventies!
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    Think there's tax advantages as they're commercial vehicles.
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    You should see the car park at our local cattle market.Looks like a high end 4x4 dealers forecourt! You've been watching too much All Creatures Great and Small!
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    Thinking about the electric pick up trucks a bit,a guy on a caravan forum I'm on works at a large power station.Reckons they'll use them for on site work,towing etc.Being a power station ,there's plenty of electricity!Could well make sense for some farmers as well.A lot tow an Ifor Williams to the market and back.They're not going far,know when they're going and when they're coming back.Charging points in the market car park, what's not to like?The owner of the site we use in Wales drives round in a top spec automatic Navara.Empties the bins,collects money,never actually goes further than the nearest town,so forty mile round trip max.One of those Maxuses would be just the job for him.Another farm site we use,owner drives round in the obligatory orange top spec Ranger.Now one of his many enterprises is a Solar farm and energy storage.........Free motoring!
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    Are they by any chance the ones I passed on via the forum a while back?
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    Think they were fitted with the low compression van engine to reduce performance.Also would run on 2 star petrol,which was a consideration for the impecunious back in the day.
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    What about an 875?Think if I was going down the Bond three wheeler road, that'd be my choice.
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    Very handy things to have for all sorts of jobs.Not just spraying paint etc.
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    Is that in Leicester?
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    Sorry, couldn't resist!
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