Thread: death of the renault 19

the day has come chaps, the renault 19 (purple diesel BDTY wagon), is finally to be put to rest on friday morning.

its been a good 2 and a half years, we`ve had some life changing experiences, from picking up my girlfriend on our first ever day together, to ending up a ditch in pencoed, from scraping it on my own garden gate, to driving to london by accident, to making it home from birmingham at 4.45am in time for work, a reading festival, countless bristol gigs, taking 4 people and half a backline to london and back....

anyway, those close to the band will know the renault 19 has had it tough over the last few months, he takes half the band and my cab up and down the country on a regular basis at about 55mpg without fail..... but recently.... oil has started appearing under the hood...



ive had about 2 cars die of a similar fate, the signs were obvious..... (drama).

it leaked a shitload in aberdare on saturday, and left about a litre on lewis' driveway. we thought it was all over, we thought we might not even get home... turns out i made a mistake and didnt tighten everything up right... so the "massive" oil leaks, were in fact not....

cut a long story short.... its still leaking like a bugger, and ive given up. ive gone the way of the jay, and bought a blue 2003 peugeot 206 which i pick up on friday morning.

so, this will be a thread to not only say goodbye to the old car that gave us so many beautiful memories, but also to say hello to the new nicky mobile....


Renault 19 (1993 - Friday when it gets passed over to my Mother, who will thrash it around 2 miles a day until MOT time)


The newy. Peugeot 206 LX (2003- )

the beutiful "purple" car will be sadly missed. having many a memory of its good and bad times. RIP old boy

other interesting L893 DUH facts.


amount of times stopped by police: 2
new tyres: 7.
failed mot`s: 2.
AA callouts: 2 (1 i left krooklock on and lost key, 1 i slid on black ice down a hill)
amount of rust: quite a bit.
break lights fully functional: 1.

*spice girls - goodbye my friend hits*

goodbye

my mother will be using it, and she`ll only be parking it four houses down the street, but yes...

"GOODBYE, MY FRIEND.. LA LA LA LA LA ETC"

im gona cry

which reminds me.. this car actually rains inside when its really wet...

there is a tiny hole by the radio aerial, which means in extreme rain (quite a lot in wales), it can sometimes rain lightly INSIDE the car.

no mean feat i tell you

ah man that sucks. that car rocked!

ive been trying to contact you nick, i cant find your addy lol.

RIP 'DUH'

aw nice to see people will remember "DUH"
hey chris *waves*

"duh", i dont know why that name didnt come to me sooner.

i also remember stopping at some traffic lights, and chris saying "man, do you smell clutch?", then realising my clutch was fucked

see... thats better init.

i got tha but in baby blue!

an iv never had a drivin lesson in my life lol!

nicky we should go cruzin' in our matching rides

oh butt, should check mine out now. i got a soft 8 ball stuck on top of the aerial

p-i-m-p-e-d

chrome tailpipe as well man. wrecking the pandy crew.

My car was raining inside today because someone stuck a stick in the window and bent my door outwards while i was in work nuttin nicked and my car still there so they must have been disturbed !
and i didnt notice till i got home and thats only cause there was a big puddle on my passanger seat

correction to self: some bastard nicked my 8 ball off the aerial. i`ll get a new one in a day or two, and superglue it down