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breakdown truck
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suffolkpete
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Re: breakdown truck
Did you see the mileage on that Espace? 
1974 Rover 2200 SC
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
Re: breakdown truck
about 325,000 miles id have thought a renault would have fallen to bits long before that 
id have thought a renault would have fallen to bits long before that 
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I think it's a bit like triggers broom.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Recent tyres and a fresh clutch don't make it resemble the famously dull of thinking fictional street sweeper's industrial equipment, IMHO. After all, there could be some original bits such as the contents of the ashtray and anything else that wouldn't have been required to pass current. Properly Galvanised chassis - unlike Reliant Fox ones that were taken into a shed and allowed to look at a bath of molten zinc for a while but only if they promised not to jump in - so no rust-related worries either.
Come to think of it, given the construction materials and the general pleasantness to drive of the things - for those who wanted one way passage to understeer city - I'm struggling to understand how I only know of the whereabouts of four older Espaces in total, all of these in the ownership of the same person, a fellow Reliant aficionado who uses the Renaults as mobile workshops for his (also mobile) Reliant-fettling business.
Why aren't we all smoking around in old Espaces?
That Panhard now, that would be well worth rescuing. I see that some kind soul already saved the buyer the trouble of removing the engine which will reduce the labour time involved in the fitting of a Subaru engine in there. You know it makes sense.
Come to think of it, given the construction materials and the general pleasantness to drive of the things - for those who wanted one way passage to understeer city - I'm struggling to understand how I only know of the whereabouts of four older Espaces in total, all of these in the ownership of the same person, a fellow Reliant aficionado who uses the Renaults as mobile workshops for his (also mobile) Reliant-fettling business.
Why aren't we all smoking around in old Espaces?
That Panhard now, that would be well worth rescuing. I see that some kind soul already saved the buyer the trouble of removing the engine which will reduce the labour time involved in the fitting of a Subaru engine in there. You know it makes sense.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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It also had a replacement engine 120k ago which is more realistic and a replacement master cylinder. I hope that it has had brake lines and callipers as well as service items over that time too 
It looks well used but for £250 it is sooooooo cheap you could run it for a year and buy another one without feeling guilty.
It looks well used but for £250 it is sooooooo cheap you could run it for a year and buy another one without feeling guilty.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Dammit, I missed the bit about the second engine. Note that it doesn't state whether it was a crated, split new one straight from the factory or some dog out of a scrapyard! I favour the latter scenario.
OK, so may be it's on its way to Trigger's Broom status, one bristle at a time. Yes, a great cheap motor for someone and that someone will probably be French, so it will be dead inside a year.
Note that it doesn't state whether it was a crated, split new one straight from the factory or some dog out of a scrapyard! I favour the latter scenario.OK, so may be it's on its way to Trigger's Broom status, one bristle at a time. Yes, a great cheap motor for someone and that someone will probably be French, so it will be dead inside a year.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: breakdown truck
I have google translate bookmarked for Rich's advert postings. If you fancied a project, you could turn it in to a much more comfortable caravan than the 3 wheeler
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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megadethmaniac
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- Location: Essex
Re: breakdown truck
Surely that fiat should be less yellow.... More Brown???????
Nice.
Nice.
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im touched...TerryG wrote:I have google translate bookmarked for Rich's advert postings.