Renault 16 population of UK increases by 1

[mnde]

Here are the pictures my friend Chris sent me of his mission to France to repatriate a UK R16!



The story is that I spotted this car posted on the eBay Tat thread that was a RHD car being advertised for sale en France, and sent a message to Chris who's crazy about 16 TXs and has one already (and has had several 16s in the past). Then at some point he sent me a message saying he'd agreed to buy it and was going over to France to get it, and that it was all my fault! I did create him an account on here a while back because he'd had trouble joining, but he doesn't seem to log in... Anyway I asked him to take some pics of the trip back last weekend, and here they are:



Loaded on the trailer by the trusty John - they went over with his Xantia estate.



On the ferry.



About to be unloaded onto the drive. Gosh this driveway has housed some epic shite over the years.



In good company. His existing 16TX at the front, and behind that a 5 'Le Car'.

I must go over soon to be introduced to the new 16 and the 5 too



Mark.

[Shep Shepherd]

Très cool

I wonder how it ended up in France in the first place. Expat owners?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Nice work! He’s done well not to get a tug off VOSA with that rig, even though it looks (and no doubt is) perfectly safe. I understand the law now is that if you tow a trailer thats capable of taking more weight that your max towing weight, you’re up the creek, even if you put nothing, or something very light, on it. Mind boggling.

I remember this 16 off the eBay thread, do you know where he had to travel to, to collect it? Has it got a UK identity?

[dollywobbler]

Ah, nice work by Chris there! I knew he was planning the rescue - he sold his lovely Mk1 BX (with stunning beige interior) to make way for it.

[theorganist]

Great work and what an ace selection of cars on that driveway!!

[trigger]

Great shite saving mission!, Those TX's with the twin lights do look classy.

[Electric Leyland]

Living the dream!! You don't get better than a 16TX. The car matches the hosue in the first pic.

10/10.

[dieselnutjob]

and it's an automatic

[worldofceri]

I understand the law now is that if you tow a trailer thats capable of taking more weight that your max towing weight, you’re up the creek, even if you put nothing, or something very light, on it.

Shirley not! Are you sure you're not confusing with the license restrictions on newer car licenses which only take into account the max gross weight of the trailer?

Some twin axle trailers gross over 3 tons but you can surely pull them with a 3.5t Transit that has a train weight of 5.5t?

But, we digress. Excellent tat-recovering exploits. That driveway shot is excellent!

[boobydoo]

That is Save Of The Year! I'm suitably humbled.

I'm sure those body stripes were a dealer fit item from the 1970s Renault 'Boutique' range of accessories . You could have them on a 12 and a 16.

[nigel bickle]

I believe Sir Testes is correct- sadly. I dont believe they envisaged the law being used that way, but the current strict interpretation means that its a 4wd to tow anything bar a toy trailer, hereon.

[wuvvum]

Either that or buy an old and / or home made trailer which doesn't have a weight plate on it. Or tow with something that's so old that Plod have no clue what the permissible weight is. Anyone know the maximum towing weight of a 1974 Citroën DS23 pickup? 3,000kg I reckon - honest, Officer.

[peteh]

Fair play on Chris for bringing back a TX, id love one to keep my TL company, ive driven his other TX many moons ago and it is a lovely car without a shadow of a doubt. Chris if you ever want a babysitter for either of them you know my number

[DSdriver]

Gosh this driveway has housed some epic shite over the years.

I agree, here is a pic of when I visited

and on the road outside, our daily drivers

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hey I've never noticed those funy little spoilers above the rear window before, how cool is that?