It's small, it's red... it's a Renault 5!
Just as my other half and I had decided not to buy a cheap Nissan Micra that had been offered to us, on the grounds of not really being able to afford it, this offer came up: A 1995 red Renault 5, manual for GBP 100. How could we say no?
I haven't driven a manual car, let alone on the wrong side of the road, in quite a while, so getting behind the wheel of our new car was a weird sensation. And I never thought that reverse gear and I could ever be friends, but we seem to have called a truce. It's still got a cassette deck though, which I find is kinda cute.
The picture above is not the actual car we bought - as you can see, the steering wheel is on the wrong side for Britain - but it is the kind of car we just got.
For that little money, I wasn't expecting a lot. But the car is in good shape, starts everytime, sounds good engine-wise and handles nicely. It does need an awful lot of cleaning though!
The side mirrors are covered in a thin layer of moss. There are cobwebs on the sun visors, dust settled in every little crack and covers the dashboard and the floor doesn't seem to have seen a vacuum cleaner in years - gravel, dirt and even some screws can be found underneath every seat.
The dashboard is stained and there's white paint on the backseat and one of the hooks to keep the shelf in the boot in place has been broken off. Oh yeah, and the passenger seat belt is way too short for some reason.
But really, all it needs is some strong chemical cleaners and a day devoted to it, to make it look shiny again. I will post some before / after pictures at some point, so that you can then judge for yourselves!
It's a good little car, and I can't wait to take it round Britain!
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Glad you like it!
It's amazing how many cars are out there for next to nothing, as long as you're not being choosy and know where to look.
For the price of Britain's most expensive rail ticket - that's £1000 between Newquay and the Kyle of Lochalsh - you could have bought a whole fleet of these, and still have enough left over for fuel and road tax.
Now that's what I call travel!
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