National Renaultsport Meeting 17th April 2011 - some pics

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Had a great day at Gaydon yesterday for the National Renaultsport meeting. Was an early start as I met up with 6 other Clio owners at Leicester Forest East at 8.30am. Then we convoyed to Warwick services to meet up with about 4000 Stoke and Bolton fans and about 30 other Renaultsports.

Spent some time chatting to Oirish Kev and admiring his R26R and got the chance to have a nosey at the two cars I am aiming to buy one day soon, a Renault Sport Spider, and a Mk2 V6 255.

Here are some pics: -

Part of Renault's own display Clio Williams No. 0001



Thats what I'm talking about V6 255 in Liquid Yellow



'Primer' Grey Clio 200



The gorgeous Spider ( I want Yellow though )



Line of Clio 197's



Line of Clio 200's



Inside line - one way



and the other way



Rare Alien Green 200 - only one on show



Suprisingly only one Clio Trophy showed up



Stunning Grey V6



and a Black one - not so sure about the cream leather though



Classic Renault GTA



and 2 very rare GTA Le Mans - gorgeous







Very nice Liquid Yellow Clio 197 F1



and a nicely lowered Blue 197



My car and its twin (mines on the right)



Very nice metallic red V6



and another Blue Spider





Loads of Twingo's, but this was a nice colour



another classic Alpine A610



Great looking Avantime



V6 in full Trophy livery



Two Megane R26R's, there were five on show in all



The Maxi owners club were on the other side of the museum



and this gorgeous Mini GP was in the car park



Hope you like the pics.

Also this is not my pic, but an awesome shot of the event, have a look at this at hi-res: -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwigley/5631894435/...

Regards

Tim

[withoutabix]

Some cracking pics there dude!

Glad you liked my GP

Edited by withoutabix on Tuesday 19th April 08:32

[matt1269]

Excellent pictures!

[GrumpyTwig]

Thanks for the pub Tim, was nice to meet you face to face at last (only just realised you were... you!)

Edited by GrumpyTwig on Tuesday 19th April 20:37

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

was there a massive lack of 5 GTT's there? cant see any in the background...

[Daggerpie]

autofocus said:

WOW, that colour looks awesome,what does it actually look like in the flesh?

We're thinking about getting a 200 (probably in either blue or white) but this looks completely different. Anyone know how rare they are?

Great pics btw, it always seems to be sunny at Gaydon.

[michaelw3628]

Daggerpie said:

WOW, that colour looks awesome,what does it actually look like in the flesh?

We're thinking about getting a 200 (probably in either blue or white) but this looks completely different. Anyone know how rare they are?

Great pics btw, it always seems to be sunny at Gaydon.

Storm Grey in my opinion is superb, especially in the bright sunlight. By looking at the colour on the Renault colour chart it looks dull but in the flesh it's great and it really shows off the lines and curves of the car especially with the black Speedlines and possibly black roof. Rare too, Only ever seen one other on the road.

[Daggerpie]

Nice one, I noticed last night the guy from Racing & Waiting has just bought one is this colour also:

http://www.racingandwaiting.co.uk/2011/04/our-cars...

I spose chances of picking up a decent spec 2nd hand one this earlier are pretty slim I would have thought. Really dont want to be buying brand new..

[aspen]

I saw a Storm Grey 200 recently, I wasn't too impressed unfortunately. From photos I thought it would look quite good but its very flat. It wasn't a bright day but I don't think it did the car any favours at all. I'm a big fan of Racing Blue for obvious reasons but I also like Alien Green a lot. RB was a no cost option though so that made it an easier decision

[hy789]

Daggerpie said:

Nice one, I noticed last night the guy from Racing & Waiting has just bought one is this colour also:

http://www.racingandwaiting.co.uk/2011/04/our-cars...

I spose chances of picking up a decent spec 2nd hand one this earlier are pretty slim I would have thought. Really dont want to be buying brand new..

I've just bought a megane 250 Cup and the dealers 200 demo is in that colour:

http://www.makeandmodel.co.uk/used-cars/renault/cl...

[clarki]

Those GTA Le Mans cars truely are a thing of beauty - stunning!!

[Hools]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

was there a massive lack of 5 GTT's there? cant see any in the background...

Not sure about that, there was a Gordini, Steve's Raider, my white GTT and several normal 5's but we were shoved a little out of the way.