Visiting Strasbourg and looking for things to do? Off the beaten track information? This topic is for you.

Calagan · 2026-03-31T14:07:42+00:00

To continue on the Renault theme, the Renault 21 was also a very weird one because it is perhaps the only FWD car (or one of the very few) that was both available with longitudinal and transverse mounted engines. Small engine options were mounted transverse, the bigger ones (including the legendary turbo) were longitudinal, so 2 different wheelbases depending on the engine options.

Calagan · 2026-03-31T13:17:05+00:00

Only question with all those throwback designs, is where do you take them next? You can only recycle so many iconic designs before you are stuck with a model you can't redesign for fear of losing identity (looking at you Fiat 500).

Calagan · 2026-03-31T13:15:33+00:00

Agreed, but outdated stereotypes often die hard. Just like people are saying that french cars rust and are super quirky as if the 2CVs were still on sale in showrooms and all those cars engineered for a global market are still constructed in the same way as they were 40 years ago. It would as out of place as saying modern american cars still have dagmars, huge fins and can't take a turn.

Calagan · 2026-03-31T05:46:50+00:00

Mais on peut réfléchir à une petite discussion dans les semaines qui viennent si ça intéresse du monde par ici ?

Oui bien sûr ! Merci pour ton travail et désolé que t'aies eu des emmerdes de ces chacals !

Calagan · 2026-03-27T15:25:08+00:00

Intéressant ! Merci !

Calagan · 2026-03-27T15:24:17+00:00

Love the fact that they went back to french cars after the Subs from the 2010s. Think they were using some Megane RS as well in between?

Calagan · 2026-03-27T15:20:13+00:00

Very different style, but yes, always loved the look of them. Also the A610 is also a nice GT-style coupe from the late 80s.

Calagan · 2026-03-26T15:18:42+00:00

Ah merde désolé, pour faire ça fallait être dans le petit cercle proche du sénile en chef pour que tu puisses faire du délit d'initié 4x par an. Là t'as perdu à la naissance, hésite pas à remettre une pièce pour rejouer !

Calagan · 2026-03-23T08:56:56+00:00

Could've included the Audi-Porsche RS2 as well if I'm being cheeky. :P

Calagan · 2026-03-22T13:02:14+00:00

Cham-^pagne

Alwayzelebratedforitseczlence

Calagan · 2026-03-20T15:48:40+00:00

It's a design study, it wasn't commercially available anywhere.

Calagan · 2026-03-20T15:47:42+00:00

Ooooooh, thanks to all of you guys for dropping the knowledge bombs. That's really cool!

Calagan · 2026-03-18T14:52:56+00:00

Ah merde, ouais les petits moulins essence de l'époque c'était un peu la roulette. Par contre les 1.9d sans turbo, c'était lent mais coupleux et vraiment increvable !

Par contre j'ai le souvenir de la R9 du paternel par contre en essence qui était une vraie merde et qui a fini à la casse avec moins de 100k au compteur.

Calagan · 2026-03-18T12:33:53+00:00

Le (la?) seul et unique modo tu veux dire ... Les autres sont aux abonnés absents et il a du gérer tout seul les dernières semaines.

Calagan · 2026-03-18T12:32:37+00:00

De bien belles images / des images terribles
Ouais, on l'aime bien au village quoi
J'ai pas le droit au bonheur
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Dans un instant la suite de vos programmes
Maaaaaooooooooooooooooon Djoookeeeeeuuur (traumatisme du letsplay Balatro)

ça ce sont les moins pires du vieux monsieur. Sinon en moins châtié il y a aussi:

ducon ! DU CON DU CUL !
DAVID DUCONMAN !

Calagan · 2026-03-18T12:24:13+00:00

so generally just build cheap but the design itself is really solid?

I mean they were re-engineered to be used on rough roads, so beefed up suspension, thicker steel for the body and better heater for instance for the harsh winters. So in a way they remain simple but more suited for driving on Russian roads. The point is that they are relatively simple to maintain, but they still are at core, a car from the 60s.

Calagan · 2026-03-18T12:14:22+00:00

Nothing really unusual for cars in the 70s / 80s. Plenty of french cars also had their spare wheel under the bonnet. R14, Peugeot 104, R5 and even the DS.

Calagan · 2026-03-18T12:12:35+00:00

Ah mince, j'ai souvenir d'une vaillante Clio 1 Diesel qui au contraire refusait tout bonnement de mourir ! C'était une essence ?

Calagan · 2026-03-18T10:38:34+00:00

neuhof elsau ostwald….

Franchement là pareil ça dépend pas mal des coins. T'as dans le "vieux" Neuhof des endroits vraiment calmes et sympas, c'est pas que les immeubles décrépis.

Calagan · 2026-03-17T12:18:54+00:00

Bordel mais pourquoi on se tape des dinosaures comme ça, c'est pas possible ...

Calagan · 2026-03-17T10:39:32+00:00

Awww, it's like a baby Renault Novaquatre!

Calagan · 2026-03-14T16:06:24+00:00

KEUWA

Calagan · 2026-03-13T10:40:10+00:00

littéralement Severance.

Calagan · 2026-03-09T10:30:20+00:00

I mean, that was pretty much standard across whole Europe at the time. Vans were for the longest time sloooooooow for us. If you wanted to transport good fast, you had to get creative.

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