OMG GGG on Mission - Caution: Contains R16, 20, Robbery, Fail - sorry, no ISIS

[wuvvum]

I had a Renault 5 automatic of similar vintage which got stuck in 4th.  You have my sympathies.

[Skizzer]

Pretty fucked off at this tbh. Glad we fell for the sob story and helped you buy a nicer car.

[DeeJay]

Did they allow people to buy Renaults in Bournemouth back then?

 

Phil

 

Yes, but there was a lot of head shaking and tutting.

[PhilA]

Yes, but there was a lot of head shaking and tutting.

[doubleyeller]

Pretty fucked off at this tbh. Glad we fell for the sob story and helped you buy a nicer car.

 

As I said elsewhere, please don't make unpleasant accusations. This is not true in any way. 

[richbraith]

I remembered Renault 20/30 as being huge, executive motor cars, and there it is little bigger than the R16. Saw the 16 at Cannock a couple of weeks ago, could have shoved it in the boot of the Vel Satis.

The 20/30 were designed as replacements for the 16, but the 16 lived on for half their production life.

[Junkman]

And outsold them.

[Junkman]

I remembered Renault 20/30 as being huge, executive motor cars, and there it is little bigger than the R16. Saw the 16 at Cannock a couple of weeks ago, could have shoved it in the boot of the Vel Satis.

 

Make no mistake, the 20 is substantially larger than the 16 in every direction.

I have no idea why they appear to be so similarly sized in the pic,

but this is a pretty distorted reflection of reality.

 

However, everyone who hitherto entered the R16 was surprised by what a Tardis it is,

which is something that won't occur in an equidistantly wheelbased R20,

because it's merely as roomy inside as its massive exterior suggests.

[johngarty]

My dad had one of these. We rolled up at an auction and he did the impulse buy on one (same colour) for quite a few quid. We got the keys and ran to the car park only to find it was left hand bloody drive. (The twats had 2 blokes in the front on the drive through). He had it a few years mind, his first motah with PAS and leccy windows. quite a lux barge at the time. 

[Junkman]

Junkfather had a 20TS simply on the grounds that they didn't make the R16 anymore.

Although he found the 20 quite agreeable as a car as such and often praised its value for moneyness, he dearly missed the R16's feyness.

I think he was quite happy to find himself being an empty nester at his next car buying round and went for the raving bonkers Fuego.