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Renault 5
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Yep I think thats me too with the nostalgia, my mother had one when I was growing up, a red one.
My father also had a few Renault 4 vans because he worked with Telecom Eireann. Heap of sh**e he said!! I remember them well. They were everywhere at one stage.
Would you believe I had a tailgater sit behind me too, I was in left hand lane of N7 doing about 100 and he sat behind me for a long time, went l.past eventually.
The car is back now after being out for the evening, 223kms on the clock and 125kms range remaining, 14.2kwh/100kms so range is pretty decent it'll be in around a 300km car between charges in summer, let's see how the heat pump works in the winter for keeping range decent.
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Hard to know, yeah the original was cramped but I only remember it as a kit and teenager so it didn't appear cramped to me then probably because It just wasn't on my mind.
My Aunt had one , got it new in 1981, think it was 45 Hp, when it was no longer of use I had great fun in 1995 driving it around the field before it was taken away to be scrapped.
We got along fine with the BMW i3, family of 4, had it got proper rear doors I would have kept it. So I'm sure the 5 would be fine, the problem is at times the boot was a bit on the small size but we no longer need buggies and all that so might not be so bad, I really rather a hatch than big heavy crap handling SUV especially around town.
The 5 in Green and Navy are real nice colours. My Aunt had a navy 5.
This was the colour 5 my Aunt had, looking at the old vs new It looks like the new one is more cramped but could be just the newer design.
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I'll get a pic of back seats in my driving position. Some of them must be told not to slate the back seats too much
Edit: in defence of the little R5 if I adjust my driving position by raising the seat, which isn't too bad feeling to be honest, there's a bit of space in the back and I fit, just about. Not really comfortable and I wouldn't want to do a long journey, but for 2 shorter people absolutely perfect.
1st pic, tavascan back seats in my driving position, 4.6m long mid size SUV, huge space
2nd pic, R5 back seats in a slightly uncomfortable driving position for me
Id say just try with your family members or friends you will carry in the car before buying. But its not as bad as I made out earlier!
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It was common enough to be practically knocking shoulders with your front seat passenger in many 70s and 80s cars.
Cars are wider now but most of us are wider now too 😮
Going down the nostalgia route, it'd be great if SAIC / MG produced an electric Metro for the 21st century 😄 like the original R5, a design classic imho, one of those cars that just looks right and like nothing else.
PS - the midnight blue R5 looks better in the metal than I expected (of course a sunny day makes any car look nicer…) I still think the yellow one is the one to have though…
I'm partial to your abracadabra,
I'm raptured by the joy of it all.
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I can’t express how gorgeous the metallic pop yellow looks.
Some initial thoughts.
It’s a lot of fun to drive. I’ve the 150 HP 52 kWh Techno trim and it has plenty of power for me.
The Renault App wasn’t working for me, but a factory reset of the head unit solved everything.
The wireless charger seems a bit weak, I may end us using USB C.
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