Shopping centers

[twintubdexter]

I promise no more off-topic posts...

I have destroyed Cole's original Shopping Center thread. Having watched this feel-good movie many times, I'm always reminded of my Aunt with this scene. This really could pass for a snapshot of Aunt Dorothy. She had that exact same "do." Even the fabulous frock from Mr. Pinky's "Hefty Hideaway" looks familiar. How she ever squeezed into a Renault Dauphine was beyond me. 

 

[whirlcool]

I once rented a R5 (Le Car) in Europe for about 10 days during a vacation there. At first I laughed at it, told the agent they couldn't be serious that was the car they are giving me, but it was. They told me to try it, if I didn't like it I could bring it back.

I drove it and I actually liked it. It was typically French, lots of strange positioning of controls, etc. The dashboard looked like something out of a toy, But it did have pretty good acceleration even up in the Alps. It handled very well. It would just zip around corners. But while it was small it did have good head room.
Another strange thing was that it carried the spare tire on top of the engine up front freeing up the trunk for storage.

But back in America you didn't see them here for long. They usually rusted out by the time they were five or six years old.

 

[wayupnorth]

Everyone I knew with a Le Car absolutely hated it and had more trouble than it was worth. Finally the local Renault dealer threw up his hands and closed the dealership after that slow boat from France with the probably wrong parts never made it and customers were very mad!