And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Very impressive! Looks like Renault have changed a lot, and for the better!
My memories of them stem from a friend that had one back in the early 60's: when I tried to get into it, the passenger doorhandle came off in my hand. Later, another Renault took me and several other guys up to a mountain camp, and every curve was an adventure: the rear wheels were cambered out to extremes, and the car would bottom out on the smallest bump. Corners were a series of zig-zags, with the steering wheel spinning from side to side. It was a miracle we arrived intact, and I refused to return the same way, but went back in a much more reliable Ford Woody (which I lusted after, both then and now.)
Back then, I would only have recommended a Renault to someone I hated!
I'll take two - one for me and one for my buddy, CW.
ReplyDeleteAnd we'll taunt the Highway Patrol as we whiz by.
DeleteFaster than a speeding (ticket) bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap small buildings with a single bound.
DeleteVery impressive! Looks like Renault have changed a lot, and for the better!
ReplyDeleteMy memories of them stem from a friend that had one back in the early 60's: when I tried to get into it, the passenger doorhandle came off in my hand. Later, another Renault took me and several other guys up to a mountain camp, and every curve was an adventure: the rear wheels were cambered out to extremes, and the car would bottom out on the smallest bump. Corners were a series of zig-zags, with the steering wheel spinning from side to side. It was a miracle we arrived intact, and I refused to return the same way, but went back in a much more reliable Ford Woody (which I lusted after, both then and now.)
Back then, I would only have recommended a Renault to someone I hated!