"Nice LeCrap." "Has your car SURRENDERED to rust yet?" "Claude, it seems my eclair has become stuck in your hood scoop." LeCar owners are conditioned to accept lines like these, to the point of admitting it in their listings. "If your [sic] looking for one of the worst cars ever made this is it." You, too, can have a car worthy of such praise for just $4,500. Find this 1982 Renault 5 LeCar for $4,500 in San Francisco, CA. Words by DT contributor slowcarSLOW-MPGlol.
They say heaven is where the engineers are German, the cooks are French, and the police are British, and hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, and the engineers are French. That's unfair criticism for a nation that's cranked out some decent cars, but for some reason bringing up a French car turns every American into a comedian. Anyway, the LeCar was good enough to land the titular role in the 2000 stoner comedy Dude Where's My Car.
Comparisons to the Mini are accurate, if you ignore the Renault's copious body roll. Both are simple to the point of being Spartan, efficient with space and gas, and full of quirk. This one lacks at least one quirk, the canvas sunroof, but rest assured it still has the clever unequal-length wheelbase.
This LeCar has new parts, no rust anywhere, and an engine bay you could distill Bordeaux in. It's likely the best driving LeCar you can get, if you're ready for all the "constructive criticism."
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slowcarSLOW-MPGlol knows how many licks it takes to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop, and he's not telling. As someone with a B+ blood type, he considers himself an optimist. Unless it has structural rust.
Wow, I guess DT isn't too afraid of demonstrating their ignorance. So if you don't speak the language, they must be stupid?
ReplyDeleteDid someone fart? Must have been the soupe à l'oignon.
DeleteIf the above anonymous is the same troll from yesterday's Volvo 1800ES post and last year's Porsche 914 market update, then I say:
DeleteRead the articles before going into roid-rage...
and stop hiding behind a shroud of anonymity.
Pick a name/alias so we can continue the debate. Any opinion is welcome here, but trolls aren't.
What say you?
Would you become king of the dying breed of Hipsters if you bought this? Can you fit a fixie in it somewhere?
ReplyDeleteNice to see that Anonymous has given DT another chance.
Dang! In more flush times, I'd snap this up, drive it across country and delivery to my brother for his birthday. What a gift that would be!
ReplyDeleteAnd, on a second, less automotive note, in the late 90's, I lived in Visitacion Valley just down the street from where this car is located. Just seeing the pictures brought back a flood of memories (mostly of driving my trusty 4-speed Dodge Van up and down the hills of SF with my Soapbox Derby car in the back...).
Someone needs to give this little slice of Paradise Lost a good home...
Concours de LeMons is just around the corner-- ante up, people!
ReplyDeleteIt's likely the best driving LeCar you can get, if you're ready for all the "constructive criticism."
ReplyDeleteI'll actually admit to having had 2 of these from new, so maybe, maybe not. The second one was nearly exactly like this one, save for mine had the sunroof. Didn't like it as much as the bright orange '78 (occasional electronic carb problems- unnerving when you're in LA and you live in San Diego), but it continued to serve until I rolled it over 3X in an accident on the 91.
I wouldn't mind this one at all if I had the space.