Mk1 Renault Twingo POV Drive - And Why You Should Buy One
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2020
- A quick introduction to a car that I've had countless requests to do some material on, my 1995 Renault Twingo. Is it just a quirky French classic, or is it actually any good?
This is my first video, well, ever - so I'd appreciate any feedback and such! Feel free to subscribe for more low quality ranting and even lower quality cars. 
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Thanks again to all those still watching! After a short 17 months, the new video is out - thank you so much for nearly 25k views on this one and over 900 subs!
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Friend of mine bought one brand new. Sold it after 12 years, the 2nd owner just hit 400.000km and it's still running.
Renault engines are mostly very solid. And the engine on this example is practically straight from the Renault 4
mine is dying at 200k km
I got my twingo from my mom when I turned 18. It had 3 female owners prior so it is in perfect condition (apart from hella scratches on every possible place but oh well). Its so fucking perfect I swear. City servo, electric windows, very precise shifter, abnormal 58 hp and a clutch that's so stiff it launches your leg in the air for some reason. It handles very good in corners as well as city ride. Its pretty fast for a 58 hp it does 0-100kmh in 12sec. Also my version is a convertible and if you pretend hard enough its pretty much a cabriolet. Only think I suggest changing if you end up getting one is honestly the speakers they succ ass. Also not suggesting drifting in rain due to me spinning out on a public road (got outta there real fast with twingo power).
I'm honestly in love.
I want a Twingo so badly :(
Honestly can't recommend them enough, they're such fun little cars!
Dude you can get one for like €200 in Europe.
@@masterkamen371 Shame I don't live in Europe then!
Not everyone's that lucky ;)
Get a series 3. They're brilliant! I'm a bloke but love the Twingo. When I started going over speed bumps my head use to hit the roof!! I crouch down and go slowly over speed bumps now. Lol!!
@@masterkamen371 In my country, the cheapest one is €500 🤦♂️.
A truly people's car! Charming french froggy) always loved Twingo's first generation) I'd like to buy one of those with 16v engine :)
My mum bought one around 8 or 9 years back. And it is still running like a dream. Never needed any work done apart from a few bumps and bruises considering it was her first car after she got her license, and the usual oil changes and tire wear she is still basically stock. Amazing car and definitely reliable
Edit: have to mention my mum bought a Renault Twingo 2
I had a 1998 MKII 1.2, with the D7F engine and full canvas roof. Well over 200k but absolutely no problems. Although it was rather cheap because of years of neglect and lack of maintenance. All easily and cheaply corrected! When naysayers say French can't make reliable cars. Well, it's pretty obvious they never had decent French cars, like the cheap Twingo. It was also my daughters first ride. In all honesty I bought it because at the time I wanted an "umbrella with wheels" to overcome some rainy days usually faced with my motorbikes! It wasn't for any noble cause. ;-)
My other cars being mostly for the rest of the family. But I literally fell in love with the quirky, reliable, incredibly practical, very economic and surprise, surprise comfortable Twingo! Which became my go to vehicle for pretty much everything. That didn't involve my motorbikes.
That car drove quite long stretches without an hint of trouble. I'm Portuguese, but I live on the other side of Europe, in Norway! With this said the Twingo made Portugal-Norway and back a few times, no worries, hi-cups or troubles of any sort. Absolutely regular maintenance and that's it.
The seats arrangement can only be described as superlative! Need to take a nap while on the road. Or wait 15h for a ferry! No problem, lay the seats flat and there you have an ad-hoc bed. Arrange as you please to carry more stuff than most can imagine.
I recall once me & my wife waiting for a ferry, during an awful cold, windy and rainy day. Well, we were laying very comfy with a blanket and having a nice chat... Almost teenage dating! 😂 Upmarket Mercedes, Audi's, BMW's and the likes, looked in a mix of envy and disbelieve! Curiously they were never sold in the rather "nouveau rich" Norwegian market! So the sight of one is a bit like seeing an unicorn! LOL 😂
Listen to the poor thing screaming on a German Autobahn marking little more than 160km/h, on the digital display! At minimum it's fun! LOL 😂
I really miss that car. Changing license plates would have costed a small fortune. So ended up almost abandoned in Portugal!
Just had a read through this, thank you so much for sharing! Always love seeing stories from around Europe about them :)
Shame it can't be registered cheaply. I thought it would have been cheaper due to the rule change a year or two ago. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing a Twingo pop out in the traffic on occasions.
I also have the same car 1999, solid roof. I got it from my mom when I was 18, it was her first car. I still drive it, literally costs me nothing, and I often times feel the exact same way on rainy days (last time was last week), "umbrella with wheels" - I have said the same thing before. I've come to appreciate it's simplicity, after working for an automotive supplier for new cars.
I can also recall, me and my first girlfriend, having an awful lot of "fun" in it. As you may know, it is incredibly roomy, once the headrests are removed and seats placed horizontally.
Never have I heard of anyone having a bad experience with a Twingo, it's seems as if it is a rare product, that only added good memories to people's lifes.
I remember these when I went to Paris in '95. They always reminded me of Paul McCartney. Saw a few on my trip last year.
Love these. Hugely popular in Colombia in the 90's and early 00's. I have fond memories of the whacky seat patterns on the 1992 version. My dad owned a Renault 21 Savanna Wagon.
Man, you have to make more vids about this car... Firstly, the car is amazing, everybody and their mother likes the Twingo. Secondly, your commentery is absolutely awesome, keep it up mate!
Thank you so much! I'll be doing more videos as soon as my personal health allows me to get back out :)
@@GarageofLuke Oh.. Get well soon mate, really looking forward to new content!
Love your talk about the twingo!! I'm from Argentina and I own a 98 renault twingo with 135000 km. Second owner myself! I had one brand new back to tne early 2000. Good urban car and for long trips also. Cheers!!
Thank you for your kind comment! They really are great cars, very under-appreciated.
I have a 2002 twingo. 1.2 d7f engine (65hp), electric windows. It is extremely well designed, everything is functional. Love it!
The prettiest color in twingo... I love Twingo MK1 :)
Thank you very much!
Oh man. stumbled upon your rx-8 video and just ended with this one. We need more of this easy, soothing, chill take on random cars. I loved to watch this with a morning coffee. I hope you find the time to do more of these! Honest and entertaining. Keep it up.
Thank you very much for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed! I'll be doing more as soon as my health allows, don't you worry!
These pov drives w/commentry are really good love to see more!
I love these classic twingo's, would love to have one, one day! Brilliant cars, love the frog eye design as well!
Well if you ever fancy buying one, I've started importing them to the UK but can export globally!
I am living in hungary and bought an 1995 Twingo in 2017 for 90.000 Ft (~252EUR).It has the same C3G engine, but the car has the openable canvas roof which is absolutely good in the summer times. When i bought the car it has 97.xxx km and now got around 230.xxx but still running without problems, the car always started and worked perfectly. If some thinking about buying one then don't wait.
I was riding Japanese RHD Toyota in Russia for about 4,5 years and more than 130,000km - no problem being on the other side of the road.
Great job riding shiny Twingo in the UK!
Superb video! Love your casual presenting skills
We need more video like this, i really enjoyed the little chat and watching you driving.
Thank you very much! Should be doing some more videos very soon with any luck :)
4:10 tiny Renault twingo in glove box awesome 👌
Glad you liked it! Straight from the guys at Autoplush :)
Never thought I'd see my very first video nearly hitting 10k views! Thank you all for watching, and I promise to do more videos once I'm medically cleared to drive again! :)
more videos twingo
Make more videos plz !!!!!!!
Great video, fun little car (full disclosure: I drive on myself so I'm biased ;)
Two bits of information to add:
- My '03 Twingo is the last update of the mark 1 before it got a major restyle, so it looks the same as yours. In mine, the rear seats can also be tilted backwards in several steps. You will need to either move the bench forward or remove the parcel shelf for this to work, but it's a nice extra. Not sure if that was already present on your model, but I would honestly expect it to be. But it gets better: you can also tilt the rear seats backwards until they are almost flat. Then do the same with the front seats, removing their headrest. Now the front and rear seats form a continuous surface, allowing 2 adults to quite comfortably sleep in the Twingo! This is an honest feature listed in the manual too, not some weird stuff I made up ;) Of course this trick is all the more fun if you have a roof that opens or if you have the panoramic sunroof, great for watching the clouds or stars go by.
- Regarding the speedometer, it's very easy to get to (you can take out the top part of the dash where the speedometer lives with only 3 screws) and you can get very cheap modules that you splice into the speed sensor wire running to the speedometer display. This allows you to have the speed displayed in miles per hour, assuming you don't mind the fact that this will obviously throw off the odometer reading.
Pronunciation of Cléon Fonte. Certified French giving you a grade : ok on Cléo and the English accent puts a tonic on the nasal on Fonte, 8/10. Bravo.
It's frighteningly common over here. It sold like crazy to older people looking for a cheap second car. It was made super cheaply, hence the Cléon Fonte from the 60's on a 90's car that marketers at the time wanted young people to buy. Turns out now, on the second hand market, it is NOW a first car for the youth because : it's virtually unkillable. Even big mileage models will keep driving for miles and miles, if a bit chaotically, guzzling all kinds of liquids right up to the glass cleaning fluid. It promotes safe driving from the horrible noise it makes if you try to drive it at the max speed on French autoroutes (130kmph, 110 when it's rainy or if you're a "young driver" with an "A" at the back which I assume when I saw it first is somewhat similar to the "L" in the UK)
It's also crazy easy to drive, it's called a good learner's/good starter. I'm actually acquiring from a neighbour an old white one with very little mileage. It's a "phase 2" from 2000 and because I was too chicken shit on the high road, I had my father in law drive it as he's much more experienced and also tested the good shit like emergency braking which is pretty scary, I'm probably never putting my baby in this car until they're at least a few years old, or I'll keep them back to the road for a loooong time, no matter that the legs always grow first in girls, lmao.
My brother in law, who had video called in the first test had approved of the engine as well and he's working with cars, as in he's a professional at car shit, which, as you can guess, I'm not, especially not in English, aka my second language.
My favourite part of it is still that the Cléo Fonte engine is as old in its conception as my mother and the Twingo itself is as old in its conception as myself, her child. And the new Twingo III with the new electric engine is also only a year older than my own baby
This is a great response, thank you so much!
I'll work on my pronunciation for future videos, but honestly - thank you so so much for this comment, it was a lovely read :)
Awesome video dude! Definitely convinced me haha!
That intro is so on point! If you're going to embarrass yourself with a classic car, you can do so much worse than a Twingo. I visited a friend of mine today, and their family had one, and after joking about it I got what I really wanted: a drive :D Theirs is knackered - all my senses (but taste, which we've already established I clearly lack) got to experience it: smelled of oil and exhaust, vibrated like crazy, made various howling noises, and had an assortment of concerning warning lights to look at ! Yet I'm pleased. I don't know that these are classic cars in the eyes of normal people, especially here in mainland Europe (they're also still very much poor people cars), but heck they're classics to me.
i can inderstand each single word your review is amazing
Unbelievably well made video considering it’s your first 😁
I walked past a burgundy red one yesterday and it led me to this vid. Amazing stuff. Thank you!
Awesome video! Own one of these, and despite the boring looks it's such a fun car!
I bought a Twingo from 2003 a few days ago and I cant wait to pick it up. Love it!
Yay, a 6 foot 4 man reviewing cars, finally I can relate my height struggles with someone. Fantastic channel, keep going on with your unique content and humour!
Got myself a 1993 model around two months ago. Paid 999€ for it. Found another 1993 in the same colour a week ago. Bought it for 600€. Some rust but that's manageable. Thinking about keeping it in storage with the hope prizes will go up.
My first car in Argentina is a Twingo, i bought it on February 2023, I love it! Ita so fun to drive it!
im french and i gonna have my first car twingo and im really happy to see this video and this comment about the twingo , can't wait to be on the road
Ahah the twingo, best first car here in France, cheap and so reliable! Good vid! :D
Thank you! I've got a third one hopefully coming to me in mid-August, very excited!
VW Lupo the better car then this flimsy thing.
I own a 2001 Renault Twingo that recently hit 200.000km. It's a really fun and practical car and I hope that I can continue to drive it for the next couple of years until I get a car that's more interesting. It's boring grey sadly...
Even in grey, a Twingo is anything but boring! I'm glad you're enjoying yours!
I've got a very early one, a mid-1993 model, almost completely original, even the radio. I've removed the rear seats and it's now a mini station wagon! It's the most fun car to drive I've had so far and I love it. It clings to the road like glue and has impressive acceleration for such a small, cheap car, often surprising owners of larger cars. Mileage isn't bad at all, at roughly 18km/l. I call mine "Le crapaud", or "the toad".
That's great to hear! The fuel economy was the thing I was most surprised about, made it across Northern France, Belgium and Holland on only a couple tanks!
This car was mocked back when it was released in France, but ultimately, everybody loved and bought it here.
It was everywhere during the 90s and 2000s.
Amazing interior space for its tiny size, and extremely reliable.
My grandma had one new for more than 17 years, and it remained within the family years after she passed away...
All those memories went back as I recently moved a 110 cm massive wooden desk... the buyer came with a Twingo, and we succeeded in cramming it inside, thanks to the fully foldable and rail-mounted backseats!
I'm not even sure it'd have fitted in my own Peugeot 306!
And the Cléon-Fonte engine from the antic Renault 4 was quite fun to run, although it had no rev limiter (!).
55 bhp, quite enough to move less than 800 kg...
Although the TU engines in Peugeot (106, 205) or Citroën cars (AX) performed better due to even lower weight.
Thanks for this review with this nicely preserved, colorful model!
Moreover in your LHD country.
Your voice is truly amazing, BTW.
Cool car and sick vid dude!
Nice video dude! Never seen this design of wheel before/on the twingo before!
first of all, your car reviews are fucking brilliant mate. your language is incredible and i like the way you explain things. Please do more, ive watched both the other reviews on your channel and they are very VERY GOOD. I really did not expect you to bring up the fact that kids go around punching themselves when they see a yellow car, I thought it was an unpopular game.. I was wrong :DDD
I will say that its the only and few models who had that feactures, I love it, its nice to me, small outside, bigger inside, economy
Over 30 years, and still great
Ive just bought myself one a 2002 Twingo 1.2 16v Initiale. full leather, abs, airbags, electric windows and panoramic roof.. started my own channel called "The Twingo Channel" to document restoring it.
Nice one dude, I'll check it out!
im a ford guy but really have a soft spot for 90s french cars, i am really considering driving to france and bringing back a twingo next year if possible lol
You can import one, a friend of mine did that in Canada and in total it costs around 3k to 5k Canadian, to import one from France. Not bad imo
Love these little French hatches - 'hot' or not - built in the 90s-00s, even on to the more 'modern' Saxos and 106s. A rare concept these days, but all you really need in a car - I'm not convinced by the SUV obsession. Small and simple. Have a definite soft spot for the early Twingo though, and love that you see so many still in regular daily use over in their homeland just going about their business. Not seen a yellow one before though - love it!
I habe twingo have crippling depression and want not breathe anymore
Same. I also like COCKS
@@skinlessglizzy a very gut if want and car works (which is never) we have group ride yes?
I'm from The Netherlands and i own a black mk1 Twingo from 1997, just past 230.000km stil going strong. I completely rebuilt it in the past 2 years and plan to keep it for the rest of my life. There is no car on the road like a Renault Twingo stock them while you can 100% future clasic
You're 100% right, I can't wait to bring more over here!
Make more videos dude. I love this!
Did you know that you can actually sleep in the car? If you pull the rear seats to the back, front all the way to the front, remove the front headrests and recline all the seats, you have two relatively flat beds in a 3.4m long car. It's the best tent you could ever wish for. I have a '05 black 43kW with electric windows, electric mirrors and a glass sunroof and I absolutely love it.
For the price you bought it, it's in pretty good shape! The only thing you could improve are the bumpers to renovate. Cheap and easy to do 👍
Mine took 4 cans of flat black spray paint, for plastic. Lasted many years and was still looking good. Totally worth small investment. ;-)
I Like them in that gray color :) there where esten EU like zastava 128 and 101
This is the successor of the 2CV - build by Renault! Very good car, a fun to Drive.
Nice video! I owned a Twingo Mk1 from 97 and i really love it alot. It was just a perfect car for beginners. It didnt matter that it was completely run down and not taken care off by the previous owners because it still took me anywhere even through the woods. I got a Twingo display model in the same color as gift for the memories. So yeah french cars are built different 🤠
no one asked
Yeah, these little cars just seem to keep on going! Thanks for your kind words :)
These things were so popular in Colombia that they were made here until 2012, so they eventually got luxuries such as power steering, electric windows, and central locking.
I love these things, they look so cool. I actually really want one
You should make more videos like this, you have a knack for it.
Great first video Luke! Some old Ford reviews would be great!
Just got to find a way of getting my hands on some old Fords!
I work in a warehouse in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium and I have 4 French colleagues who live in Duinkerke just over the border. Every once in a blue moon the four of them drive in this little car to work and it's a 2 hour round commute haha. They say it's quite spacious because of the ability to slide the rear seats back. I think it's pretty cool! Also the guy next door used to own one but it broke down at some point...
Yeah, I'm 6'4" and getting three other adults in is no problem when you slide the rear seats back :)
I need to own one, I can't keep putting it off. I've loved them since I first saw one in France in 1993 whilst on a school trip. Every now and then I trawl French and Dutch classifieds and feel my wallet twitching.
I've actually just bought a German '04 with a glass roof, will be up for sale once registered...just to tempt you!
@@GarageofLuke sorely tempted, but my preference is a phase 1 (1993-1999) example.
One day I'll buy a twingo. If I had money to own a car, I would do so in an instant. It's such a lovely little car.
Awesome video, I just bought a twingo today ☺️
Great to hear! Thank you for watching :)
Good video. I would have liked a peek under the hood and a quick tour of the dashboard. I owned a Renault 9 in the 80s and now drive a Nissan Note which has some Renault influences. (I'm in the US)
twingo are very cool,love them
This car has many cool and creative features, which I really love, but the one feature that would make this car perfect is if the rear window opened independently from the door, like on the 90s Honda civic. that is such a useful feature that I really miss in modern cars
Both my mom's old Civic hatch that she used to own and my brothers 1999 Explorer have this feature. So I do miss it
My mom had one and it was so reliable and simple. The smallest child could even do an oil change.
If you are in holland and you are with a friend and see a twingo, you can punch youre friend, if you see a yellow twingo you can puch your friend twice
Im hoping to get my hands on a early one.
I’m noticing the early versions like yours, doesn’t have an electric key fob, but a normal key. This is brilliant.
In newer /higher spec Renault models, the immobilizer is in the key fob, which dealers can’t replace.. so as much as I like Renaults do not recommend one that has an electronic key fob (the ones with infrared tech). You can’t start the car with the ignition key unless the key fob is working!
Great video love these cars,,in netherlands were i live,there all looking like new out off showroom even ones fromm 1999 there very carefull with cars over here and look well after them iam going to buy one in few months for shopping and will only pay not more than 1000 euros problay alot less but you get a fantastic little car with very little kilometers,or miles back home.thanks again
Twingos tick all the boxes for me. Colorful, small, sorta cutesy, and most importantly of all it's an odd duck. Sadly getting cars that fullfill all that require importing, and is risky besides in the land of $100,000 pickups. That Twingo plush is quite entertaining to see as well.
love the video! coorrr that radio looks fancy, how did you manage to install that?
I had professional help from an attractive young fellow!
Yeah so I am a little obsessed, because I love the practicality, small cars, and small atmospheric engines. I wanted it as a first car, dad called bullshit, it's French, and I got a Felicia now, but hey, one day a fun little project car, you know, lighter wider wheels, stabiliser, external foglights, if I will be able to find it I would go for a fabric roof one. Oh boy :D One day, I tell you, one day :D
Honestly, I think they're so worth it. They're from an age where French cars didn't have such horrid reliability, these old engined ones are so basic that there's little to go wrong.
@@GarageofLuke Have you seen the French Twin'Cup series? It's a bunch of Clio/Mégane swapped twingos with full rollcages and unified bodykit, cool stuff. Personally I'd go towards phase 2 as it is safer and slightly more modern, and the sunroof is also nice.
@@vitsalava1251 you know I've not seen that, but I have been toying with the idea of swapping a D4FT into one, so similar idea
@@GarageofLuke Yeah that's a bit more practical, from what I gathered for this race series it's 1.6l engine that I cannot find, but I've read about multiple F7P swaps, and that's soo much overkill and it barely fits.
@@vitsalava1251 just put a K -series then. The 1.4 16v is 98hp and the 1.6 16v from a newer Twingo RS managed 133hp, which would make a mk1 an absolute rocket
In the netherlands there are suprising many of Those old Twingo’s. I got a twingo 2 by myself and its a fun car to drive.
I just bought one, it's amazing
I love my twingo! I drive it daily at work and film myself doing so! I wouldn't recommend driving like I do though!
I just bought two weeks ago one, also yellow, where I live, in Spain, for 990 €, and I love it.
Very nice video. Are you still driving it? Do these have timing belts? How difficult is routine maintenance?
It was very good keep it up and yes just yes I would like one now
Thank you for the video❤, my dream is to buy twingo renault ✨
In 1 word - adorable
Wow I can see how much u luv dis car cuz u even use it as ur pfp nice
I was about to buy one as the first car that I actually OWN (been driving my dad's car for over three years at that point) and it was so pretty, also yellow (my favorite color), with a huge sunroof, great condition, but unfortunately the owner got into an accident a couple days before I contacted them so I ended up buying a blue VW Lupo instead.
That was uhhh... Intense... Sold it after only a couple of months bc it died basically, but I just saw the same Twingo being on the market again and I swear, if it will still be there by the time I'll get my finances sorted out (shout out to Lupo for stealing all my money lol) I'm definitely gonna buy it :3
I have 2006 mitsubishi colt, and it also has this moving back seat featuring actually. And they are completely removable as well.
Finally!!!
Merci Twingo!
Nice! Which wheels and tyres have you fitted?
Idk why they don’t have these in America looks very practical
The car is so beautiful that I wish I had it.
I’ve been browsing ‘TheParking’ sooo much over the last few days and I’ve seen plenty of them on sale mainly in France (obviously) and Germany.
£250 - £800 can get you a ‘93 (many of that year have still survived) - 99/00 in a Knackered but ready to drive state. 01-07s command a bit more because of the update/refresh, but nothing to break your pockets. (All sub 4.5K)
I’m just anxious about the whole import headache because I would take a day trip to France/Germany, but one from a dealer and drive back, but then the car would be gridlocked in Dover until I send off 500 documents to the DVLA/HMRC.
People take the piss with selling English registered cars. I saw a ‘96 with a 6K asking price yesterday. That’s Mk5/6 GTi money right there 😂
im debating on importing one but i don’t know if i can get maintenance parts here in the US
Man you have the Autoplush Twingo there in that right seat support (yellow) i also have one. Twingo is my fav. car because is so cute. And yellow.
You need matt black on the bumpers to fit the look of the wheels.
That car will really pop then!
Such a shame you only made 3 videos!
I tell ya people, listen to him and buy a classic Twingo before it's too late and prices skyrocket. cause these little guys have all the makings of a new Mini - cheap, HUGELY practical, and simply CUTE. So dont miss out and go save as much of them as you can!
Btw we had a Twingo for 7 years and i shiver at the amount of stuff i transported in that thing! think two full sized bicycles (one of them a beach cruiser) just shoved in, no taking wheels of and rubbish, and all that with BOOT CLOSED!
then there was a time we moved house. Then i hauled sacks on sacks of basically old firewood in the thing. And the fuel consumption was RIDICULOUSLY LOW. for like 3€ i could fill it and it's run me a day.
Oh, and it WAS reliable. never once let us down. And it could go up to 162km/h.
My only complaint it was too generic to drive - neither sluggish nor spirited, neither comfortable or not comfortable, neither interesting nor boring. just... yea.
I had a 1994 version for 16 years - 400k kms same engine and gearbox!
Also slept in mine a few times as the back seats recline - take off front head rests and recline front seats - double bed :-)
The bed thing is fantastic, I spent a night in Bruges in mine!
@@stevenlawrie7819 I didn't know you could do that! Thanks for the tip, mate.
Hi Luke, my father bought one of these in the same yellow color but with the folding roof. I am getting ready to fly and bring it to him. It is going to be a 600 km trip with my father and I bet it going to be a lovely drive back home. I know I will have to change the tires and I will do that before getting it on the road. Can you please tell me what kind of tires did you get? I know it came with 155/65R14 but I was thinking that maybe you got a better setup. Thanks!
Hi Tudor - I actually ended up putting 165 65 14s on my new wheels but I don't like how it sits, so I'm actually going back to the 155s as they're still pretty cheap :)
The series 1 looks unique but I think the series 3 is more distinctive. It's definitely an improvement.
Hey, think of it this way - if it's left hand drive then that's the only way you're gonna survive in a crash.
I'd be hoping not to crash in the first place, but cheers for the vote of confidence.
"China has not been responsible for anything bad for the past year or so" LOVE IT LMAO satire is great
There are many classic cars that aren't too expensive or soon to be classic.
I have several of them.
Six of them are older than 1995 and I not even paid more than 4000€ for all of them together.
Go for the unappriciated cars.
Mitsubishi build some wicked cars in the 80s and 90s which are very reliable (my 1988 model still has it's original belts on) a lot of fun to drive, light, repairable and a very exclusive classic car and still not expensive.
Also very cheap insurance.
If you want luxury, go for a W210 Mercedes.
Look out for rust but other than that mechanically very reliable if you avoid the 102 and 125hp first generation CDi engines.
115 and 143hp are already second generation CDi.
The list goes on.