The 10 is pretty rare these days, I suspect many donated their doors for Renault 8 restoration projects. The Renault Classic car club is probably a good place to start for advice in these. I'm a member of that club and the Renault owners club. The Laguna 3 coupe was always going to be a bit of a white elephant. Nice cars but probably not going to have the same sense of jeopardy for a long road trip. I actually drive from Yorkshire to Belgium and back in my 97 Mégane coupe 1.6e and it was comfortable and returned over 40 mpg. Peugeot 406 with a 3.0 V6 petro and manual gearbox is a great drive and I'm told can return 30 mog in a long run. The R11 is a car I always liked with its wrap around rear glazing. Nice meeting you yesterday all be it briefly at the end of the day.
Wow, Laguna Coupe, that's Renault's best-kept secret - had mine, the 205GT, for 15 years. The diesel is boring, and the 2L petrol has a much better gearbox. Also, don't be fearful of the 4whl steer GT, it makes long-distance driving a breeze!
Like the tartan headlining. Floor mats looked a bit ‘out there’ too. Got my tick of approval. ✅
Enjoyed another great chat with GBC at the PC Resto show. As always something to look forward to! Thanks Geoff!!
Always fun to sit down for a show chat with you!
The 10 is pretty rare these days, I suspect many donated their doors for Renault 8 restoration projects.
The Renault Classic car club is probably a good place to start for advice in these. I'm a member of that club and the Renault owners club.
The Laguna 3 coupe was always going to be a bit of a white elephant. Nice cars but probably not going to have the same sense of jeopardy for a long road trip. I actually drive from Yorkshire to Belgium and back in my 97 Mégane coupe 1.6e and it was comfortable and returned over 40 mpg.
Peugeot 406 with a 3.0 V6 petro and manual gearbox is a great drive and I'm told can return 30 mog in a long run.
The R11 is a car I always liked with its wrap around rear glazing.
Nice meeting you yesterday all be it briefly at the end of the day.
"just going to have a look" is such a dangerous game 😂
Famous last words indeed
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Wow, Laguna Coupe, that's Renault's best-kept secret - had mine, the 205GT, for 15 years. The diesel is boring, and the 2L petrol has a much better gearbox. Also, don't be fearful of the 4whl steer GT, it makes long-distance driving a breeze!
Great looking cars and underrated. They’ll be another 406 coupe, when they are gone we’ll wonder why we didn’t buy one!