Panda Matt
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Sept 27, 2006 9:56:26 GMT
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...the Renault Spider?   ok, ok it may be a little bit modern for some people's taste, but it is a stunning looking car built to more retro ideals - low weight, mid engine/rwd.... and you could get it sans-windscreen  Did it fall flat on its face in production as a french sports car? Was it just too expensive? Are there any still around? I seem to remember it had its own 1-make race series that used to be on very early on channel 4 on sunday mornings or similar  Big photoDeutsche Brochure |
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Whatever happened to...DarrenW
@darrenw
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Sept 27, 2006 9:57:49 GMT
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They were only ever planned as a limited production run, weren't they? Not sure. I imagine the success of the Elise killed it  |
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tigran
Club Retro Rides Member
In rust we trust. Amen.
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Whatever happened to...tigran
@tigran
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Sept 27, 2006 10:08:34 GMT
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I see one running around Potters Bar/Hadley wood every now and then. Stunning car and far better IMO than the elise (which is a total luxo-pansy-barge in comparison)
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Whatever happened to...BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Sept 27, 2006 10:52:39 GMT
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I'd totally and utterly forgotten about that car! I thought it was only ever a concept car, but obviously I'm wrong!
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Sept 27, 2006 11:04:32 GMT
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Great looking car but the Elise killed it off early
The aluminium spaceframe chassis was made by the same company as the Elise's but renault chose to weld the aluminium which made it too heavy.
Glue is the future ;D
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Sept 27, 2006 11:07:14 GMT
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I see one running around Potters Bar/Hadley wood every now and then. Stunning car and far better IMO than the elise (which is a total luxo-pansy-barge in comparison) Care to explain your thinking on that one ?  |
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Sept 27, 2006 11:17:32 GMT
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(which is a total luxo-pansy-barge in comparison)  Are we talking about the same car? |
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Shortcut
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Sept 27, 2006 13:17:23 GMT
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well I like it on Project Gotham racing on my xbox. When I race my daughter she likes the elise and I take the spider and whup her ass. Oh I forgot to mention she's only seven. Am I too competitive?
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Granadaman72
Part of things
I likes Granada's, Cortina's, Sierra's, Viva's, Marina's....................
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Sept 27, 2006 13:31:30 GMT
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if I'm right i spotted one of these on the road at the weekend a blue one with the small race screen, cant recall where tho, i remember when they used to race with the btcc in the nineties as part of the support package, used to be quite close racing iirc, not as interesting as the classic touring cars tho ;D
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Sept 27, 2006 13:34:49 GMT
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Being a Renault, it probably wasn't designed to last more than 5 years. Good car but nowhere near as good as Elise.
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Sept 27, 2006 14:01:50 GMT
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Nope, nowhere near the elise standard. My dad looked at one when he bought his elise and it just wasn't nimble and agile like the elise, although it had more power. Solution.... Elise with a Motorbuild race package for less than a Spider!  |
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Sept 27, 2006 14:11:12 GMT
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But but but! the undeniable fact is that the Spyder (the proper one without the windscreen) is so much cooler than the Elise...
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Sept 27, 2006 14:11:22 GMT
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elise with a supercharged vtec - RULES!
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Sept 27, 2006 14:13:54 GMT
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But but but! the undeniable fact is that the Spyder (the proper one without the windscreen) is so much cooler than the Elise... don't agree, but i do admire Renault for making such a bold car. |
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Sept 27, 2006 14:14:33 GMT
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But but but! the undeniable fact is that the Spyder (the proper one without the windscreen) is so much cooler than the Elise... ......or a badly excecuted fat overweight and slow galic crunching copy of an Elise. |
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Sept 27, 2006 14:16:49 GMT
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......or a badly excecuted fat overweight and slow galic crunching copy of an Elise. But but but!! its got no windscreen,.. and Elise's are driven by the Computer Consultants and Systems Analysts who can't afford a real super car and are too scared to drive a TVR ....... |
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Sept 27, 2006 14:18:22 GMT
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Buy an Elise and take the windscreen out then.
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Sept 27, 2006 14:21:48 GMT
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have to say, people who drive elises do tend to be such arrogant & pretentious ar5eholes.
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Sept 27, 2006 14:23:29 GMT
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Yeah, true. But the cars are still one of the koolest modern cars about.
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'82 944 Lhasa green
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Sept 27, 2006 14:23:41 GMT
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Buy an Elise and take the windscreen out then. Sadly I'd still be driving an Elise.... |
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Are we talking about the same car?
