RE: Renault Laguna Coupe GT | Shed of the Week
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Jordie Barretts sock said:
Hideous. No redeeming features at all.
Hideous is a bit strong. I think this would have (and still would) looked great in Paris parked up outside a boulangerie with some cougar getting out. Not quite the same effect outside the Barnsley Greggs with Karen getting her meat slice, I grant you.
fantheman80 said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Hideous. No redeeming features at all.
Hideous is a bit strong. I think this would have (and still would) looked great in Paris parked up outside a boulangerie with some cougar getting out. Not quite the same effect outside the Barnsley Greggs with Karen getting her meat slice, I grant you.
fantheman80 said:
Hideous is a bit strong. I think this would have (and still would) looked great in Paris parked up outside a boulangerie with some cougar getting out. Not quite the same effect outside the Barnsley Greggs with Karen getting her meat slice, I grant you.
Laugh out loud funny! 
Jordie Barretts sock said:
fantheman80 said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Hideous. No redeeming features at all.
Hideous is a bit strong. I think this would have (and still would) looked great in Paris parked up outside a boulangerie with some cougar getting out. Not quite the same effect outside the Barnsley Greggs with Karen getting her meat slice, I grant you.
I passed my driving test in 1985, which was a miracle because one of the Highway Code questions I was asked was "How far can you drive into common land before it becomes an offence?". Naturally I had no idea - would you?* - but it sprang to mind again this morning while reading SOTW over breakfast.
PH seems to have a narrow range of acceptability defined by parallel lines which, if you dare to cross them, leads into a minefield of ridicule and often downright abuse. How dare we like something unusual?
This Laguna sends anyone admiring it far into that minefield. It's French. It's a diesel. It's not RWD. So it must be quirky, unreliable and with build quality equal to that of an envelope, meaning you'll die in a crash. Celebrate instead that it's unusual, economical, goes well and you'll probably not see another any time soon.
*I asked my dad at the time - a serving police officer - and he had to look it up (no Google back then). I Googled it today: 15 yards, in case you were wondering. A yard is a bit like a meter, only stubbornly British and from c1000AD
PH seems to have a narrow range of acceptability defined by parallel lines which, if you dare to cross them, leads into a minefield of ridicule and often downright abuse. How dare we like something unusual?
This Laguna sends anyone admiring it far into that minefield. It's French. It's a diesel. It's not RWD. So it must be quirky, unreliable and with build quality equal to that of an envelope, meaning you'll die in a crash. Celebrate instead that it's unusual, economical, goes well and you'll probably not see another any time soon.
*I asked my dad at the time - a serving police officer - and he had to look it up (no Google back then). I Googled it today: 15 yards, in case you were wondering. A yard is a bit like a meter, only stubbornly British and from c1000AD
Simon Lee 100 said:
Very funny writing. Perfect for a Friday morning. I remember how desirable these were in the 1990s. If French can be tolerated, this is a pretty good shed.
They were never desirable and they weren't launched until the late 2000's?! Edited by HTP99 on Friday 22 March 08:19
fantheman80 said:
Jordie Barretts sock said:
Hideous. No redeeming features at all.
Hideous is a bit strong. I think this would have (and still would) looked great in Paris parked up outside a boulangerie with some cougar getting out. Not quite the same effect outside the Barnsley Greggs with Karen getting her meat slice, I grant you.
I remember echoing the thoughts that these looked very much like an Aston-Martin upon launch, and I remember seeing one in a car park for the first time and I found it so nice that I went over to have a look.
I have to say, looking at them now, I don't think they've aged too well.
It looks quite bloated to me, and nowhere nearly as much like an AM as I remember.
Having said that, I reckon this looks like a cracking shed for £2k and had I have not just bought a new daily (at significant more cost), I'd genuinely have been tempted by this.
I have to say, looking at them now, I don't think they've aged too well.
It looks quite bloated to me, and nowhere nearly as much like an AM as I remember.
Having said that, I reckon this looks like a cracking shed for £2k and had I have not just bought a new daily (at significant more cost), I'd genuinely have been tempted by this.
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