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Renault 21 Turbo Collection: Part 2! All is not as it seems...
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Jan 1, 2025
Well it took a little longer than anticipated, apologies it's been a busy few weeks at work! The #renaultclassic 21 Turbo is back in the UK, the journey back was terrible...For me at least. But the 21 is an absolute peach!
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[Music]
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a mile mild exhaust
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blow huh
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close how you
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feel he loves it hope I like it in a
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weird way right let's get stuck in off
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[Music]
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these seats
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are
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[Music]
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rad
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dude how much do you love this car I
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love it it's
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incredible so uh there many people
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watching this will have bought or sold
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cars to either of us we are the most you
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[Music]
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just we are the most chilled car buyers
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in the world and that that was chilled
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by us that was CH yeah that was very
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chilled by our standards 21 turbo this
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thing's Wicked it's Mega straight Mega
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solid the Interiors are like good
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condition it's amazing isn't it yeah
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we're going to have some fun with this I
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love this it's got a blitz tur got turbo
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timer cuz this old school AFR gaau
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I mean we like there's a lot going on
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here I don't know what's going on with
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this seat but I know that it's not
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right
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oh
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check
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gangster dude why do we go on these
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Adventures we can buy super cool
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cars that was full acceleration
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[Music]
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all it needs to do is make it the I
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meant to be on you're on the wrong side
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right now oh I want to be there okay how
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are you going to get oh you are never
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going to get around
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[Music]
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there don't dink the
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wheel you're about to meet it
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no uh we talked about this previously
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and I think
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we in in a minute we should do our like
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why we do this and what we're all about
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J yeah definitely cuz this is what we're
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all
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about two absolute ultimate petrol
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heads who just live the dream oh no it's
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broken already I'm sure it worked I'm
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sure it worked when he sold
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it
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pass passport control done tickets to
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get on the fer
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done uh dinner booked for seven done not
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parking in the back of a Yaris
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done uh fuel
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POS the windows go up and down one
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touch [ __ ] what not not
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quite I am Harry Potter
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you're we have we have to do six hours
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in the engine room each engine room and
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we can
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sleep oh
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right oh no I right what a dearle what a
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dearle I have fallen foul of this before
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and I'm so used to my 309 that I'm
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wondering that if I open this glove box
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will it
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close you playing with fire whoa
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treasure
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treasure what else is in here oh look at
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there they knew we were going to film
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this brake horsepower 175 top speed 139
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okay n to 60 7.3 seconds so Source Auto
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Car September 1990 at four bar of Boost
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at four bar of Boost I don't [ __ ]
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think
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so at no point has a Renault 21 turbo
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ever survived four bar of
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Boost we just got to sit and enjoy now
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so there's a couple of things that are
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going to happen with the 21 turbo Paul's
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going to be made aware of these as I go
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through
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them we are going to have a French
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sporting saloon car Showdown because
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what you guys don't know but some of you
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know is I've got a 300ish horsepower
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perso 309 GTI Goodwood with a 2 L eight
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valve turbo swap in it and I've also got
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a 16 valve citrum
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BX so we're going to have a race
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and you know where you're going to
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finish
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first he's already got the certificate
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ready no I already came second I didn't
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even
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enter so now we get to look through
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these gems and
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treasures that is not a book this could
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be a so what's interesting
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is that's the same log book
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twice so what's really interesting is
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for me I associate you with Rena 21s
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because before be before we became such
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close acquaintances I only know of you
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as Paul with the 21 turbo that's who
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that's who you were to me for the first
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10 years of my life I only had it for a
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short while yeah I know but Roger goes
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on about it as like Roger tells me
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stories on a daily basis so like I've
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always known you as being in a 21 turbos
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so now that you've got a 21 turb about
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it feels well I did have one for a very
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short period of time unfortunately hous
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work killed that dream but this is a
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great car these are massively
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underrated everyone lusts after 5 GT
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turbos these are a far better deal far
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better I've got to say I quite like it
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in a what have you done that's a battery
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you know the French battery terminals
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where they're the screw on type just one
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of them I've not broken anything so I'm
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sat in this I get this Vibe because it's
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as badly built as my 309 Goodwood right
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and how good are these
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seats like how good again I'm comparing
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them to my 39 Goodwood they're good does
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your side does yours tighten up is that
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a tightening or a L Lumber
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support is that a tightening of the
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sides it's nothing I don't know I feel
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like that should tighten the bolsters up
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don't you oh it's a lumber oh is it yeah
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mine's lumbar mine's got the indentation
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for it but nothing there I'm have to
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get you need a really bougie you need
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like a proper bougie 80 sound system for
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this
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like it's got blinds on the rear window
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which is cool when are
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you I've got to say the interior stuff's
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like really nice on it it's a shame
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about this but that's not like gone this
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sunroofs around is not gone that just
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needs blasting and painting the weird
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for m a
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roof
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Ste
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[Music]
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blow yeah this thing's
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cool the interior condition on it is
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really good to be fair
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we surpass very good I think but like
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you the context of what it is and how
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old it
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is and like they weren't you know they
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weren't a premium build when they put
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them together were built for a price
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so they weren't a cheap car though were
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they w a super cheap car but oh were
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they no they weren't a super cheap car
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but you know they're not they're not
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famed for their build quality
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what a thing what a thing yeah I like
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that it's got a um like Renault loved
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this kind of slightly squarey gear knob
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didn't they with the it got the cable
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it's got the the like Bowen cable that
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runs through it oh I don't know for lift
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up for reverse weirdly and very frenchly
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I think the ashtray and the lid to open
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it is probably the most premium thing in
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the car that was designed for consistent
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use he wants you to move I think
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and I'm unsure if he's aware hang on
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give him a second cuz we don't want an
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unnecessary
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start [ __ ] me it did
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it are we getting on the
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ferry oh we're getting on yeah are we
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are we getting on yeah
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[Music]
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yeah could it why don't you do the
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sunroof I just I
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like we we are in fact getting
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[Music]
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on all we've got to do is get off the
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other end I mean is
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this where's my split it
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Go such ride quality
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send
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[Music]
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it I cannot wait for the great French
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family car
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race genuinely I reckon this versus the
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six valve BX that's going to be one hell
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of a matchup
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[Music]
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[Music]
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location over here thank
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you why have you done why have you gone
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under your leg to do that cuz I was like
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this in my
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[Music]
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hey you nearly got two then cuz you're
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doubly cool right I've heard great
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things about this buffet and as anyone
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who knows me knows I I really enjoy a
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buffet you do enjoy it buff and you will
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enjoy this one thank you and while while
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we're doing this I'm just speaking about
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a Laguna V6 oh for God's sake Paul you
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have got mental issues
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like genuinely you've got problems yeah
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yeah just a pure acceptance of yeah I
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have to resend a statement I made
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earlier that Patrick was a little dry
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when I spoke him yesterday via messenger
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because in person he's a dude he he's a
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really nice guy to be fair yeah should I
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go should I I think next time we should
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uh go and actually visit his collection
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of yeah
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toys she really pissed off well we would
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have been pissed off if You' have
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scraped your bags across the front of
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the Renault 21 turbo right so the
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Renault 21 turbo has successfully made
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it onto the ferry so at this point we
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are we are golden because no matter what
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happens at the other end back in
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England Alcoholics Anonymous can deal
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with it from there
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um
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interesting dear
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guest so yeah uh we're now on the ferry
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it's like an overnight Ferry and we're
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sleeping in a cupboard so catch you soon
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there you are my bed Paul's
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bed attach ladder to
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Knob
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[Applause]
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way so close
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reverse right
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spec Ultimate Car specs right so
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everyone played top trumps when they
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were a kid but we're now playing top
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trumps with our actual
13:37
cars so you pick pick anything you pick
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anything full oh well you know you're
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going to do me on horsepower that's not
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fair
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158 16 valve Citron BX versus a 21 turbo
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158 173 Two jener Pieces come on then
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MPG 32
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33
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Dam oh we need to slide further down
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this this maybe or should we just go top
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speed top
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speed 135 141 wow so so on paper you are
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four points up yep go on o aerodynamic
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drag coefficient I will win that 0.35
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0.31 no
14:32
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specs is 16 Val citen ZX versus Alpine
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GTA this will surprise
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you I'm going to get him in the nuts
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horsepower 165
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14
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158 your turn top speed
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136
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146 it's a lot of money for 10
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horsepower n to 62 8 and a half seconds
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62 8 seconds dead
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oh no we're not right we worked out last
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night that boats are not my thing
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because I was sick and came back and
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just lay here for 12 hours feeling sick
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now I've woken up
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and I'm already feeling sick again you
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got a
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key my dinner last night that was my
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dinner last night have you got a key
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yeah so now we're going to just trundle
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that way across and I think we've
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realized
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that I think we've realized that boats
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and storms don't go together too well
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also do you like how my hairs just
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stayed like this all night even though
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sick it's great isn't it all right let's
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go and get some breakfast and a
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toothbrush ninky
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n we're only going to make this a very
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short very small segment but you need to
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understand that I [ __ ] hate
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boats there's nothing else to add to
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that is there h no you really do hate
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boats I hate
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boats
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uh we have arrived we're back in North
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Shields I've just ordered a cam belt but
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no tensioner for the 21 turbo uh it was
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a horrendous horrendous Journey it was
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really choppy and swelly that was sick
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it was awesome I didn't get to eat my
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Buffet which really pissed me off and
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then I had breakfast which wasn't as
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good as last night's dinner buffet Paul
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paid for both
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result so it was Mega stormy last night
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and generally quite horrible and every
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time that Paul and I were laying in bed
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separately not together every time we
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heard a a bang or a crash or anything
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like that we were expecting bits of
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Renault to be
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um we were expecting down
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here we were expecting bits of Renault
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to just be smashed
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up I don't really know what's happening
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ah
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we I am really happy we're about to get
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off this God awful vessel of death look
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at that the door's gone down but the
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boat's still
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moving I really don't get on well with
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boats boats are suboptimal plus side
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Rena 21 turbo cool as anything very cool
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try cool or timing belt Audrey Audrey
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I've already ordered a c oh who from
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well that's what I'm trying to find out
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now right ready I was born ready
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yep
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whoa get us off this
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boat she fired straight up like a good
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girl I'm I'm nearly off the water can I
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be off the
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water no you are I have never been so
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happy to see North
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Shields yes now we just need to get uh
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passported we're all good to
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[Music]
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go prepare for
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[Music]
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bumed oh yes now we've got an old dude
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and he's going to love the Renault
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morning morning
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hello you've got mine haven't you that
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one and that
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[Music]
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one yes
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hello y you haven't asked him to take
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his hat off tell him to take his hat off
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Crossing was was
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interesting thank you
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it's the first time you've not been
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asked to take your hat
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off poor old
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girl thank you very much cheers thank
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you
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cheers nothing to declare and don't
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stop that's where the secret bum
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[Music]
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happens and that my friends is how you
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go that's how you get a car back into
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England you drive it back on the ferry
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and then you drive straight
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through done no dmage done and done done
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and done it fits it ships to the petrol
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station are you happy now I'm happy now
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we're here I'll be happy when we've got
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it tucked up it will be tucked up
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I can't believe it's
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happened you've been threatening to buy
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this car for a really long time now
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you're going strong m [ __ ] s it's
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been back in England 200
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yards so far everything's going
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okay don't forget we are driving this
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[Music]
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directly to anot
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I've Got Confidence You Got Confidence
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sure position
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one
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no treat yourself to a tilt a full open
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is ambitious get used all the time so
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they always come up and stick up so when
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they've been sa there that's why my pers
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sunroof is the best with its
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pneumatic with its seals
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[Music]
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right everything's going well so
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far we are back the planned sequel to
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this production didn't quite go as
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smoothly as I thought it would do not
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that there's anything wrong with the
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Renault 21 turbo it's absolutely Wicked
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just really busy with work so we're back
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the car didn't go through anot it went
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there and then came straight back here
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with a short list of things to do and
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now the car's going off to Dave sibl who
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is Renault 20 one Legend it's going to
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him hopefully in January to get all the
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bits done so that she's ready to hit the
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road and also the previous owner of the
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cars being in touch and this isn't what
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we thought first off let's give you a
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little walk around Le
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[Applause]
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21 it's a very nice very clean Renault
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21 and I would like to say it's also a
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very original 21 but that would be a
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lie one of the things that I've come to
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appreciate on this car since it arrived
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and I've started looking at them is the
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condition of the
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Interior I've got to be honest looking
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at what else is out there on the
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market this is exceptional
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it is also very low
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miles and there is a reason for
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that these two things down here and this
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might give you an idea on that one the
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previous owner of this car got in touch
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and everything that's been spent on this
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car is under
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here so one of the things that we were
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blissfully unaware of in the purchase of
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this car
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was that the previous owner the last
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person to have it in the UK spent an
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absolute Fortune modifying this
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basically tried to turn it into an
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absolute monster and he got to the point
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where it was ready to go it just needed
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tuning and then I think life just got on
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top and he sold the car and that's when
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it ended up in
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Amsterdam that's a charge
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cooler it's also got a custom downpipe
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on it
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all of the Silicon hoses are
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here and I think but don't quote me
24:09
because I'm a little bit fuzzy about the
24:10
conversation I think the guy said it's
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had something done with the turbo as
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well we've also then got a side mount
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intercooler tucked down
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there dump valve love a dump valve
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but crucially for me the ecu's been what
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we in the trade cuz I'm a tuner call
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socketed so it's had the flash memory
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removed and then it's had a base put on
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so that it can be chip tuned easily
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without the needs to program every
24:45
single time and go Direct on the circuit
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board you can just pop the chip out put
24:49
it in a chip reader tune it put it back
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in so I'm really excited about that cuz
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that's my kind of
24:56
thing I've got a bit of a soft spot for
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this thing already I love
25:06
it so we're going to be going a little
25:08
bit dark on this one for a couple of
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weeks until it goes to Dave sibl because
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to be totally honest with you he is the
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guy and when you've got him in your
25:15
phone book why send it anywhere else so
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we're going to go down to Brian wh side
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today to buy my Renault 16
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yeah so stay tuned for that stay tuned
25:25
for some stuff on the twingo and also
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maybe we'll do something with the aen
25:28
time who knows I don't think we'll be
25:31
driving the GTA anytime soon though the
25:33
roads are too salty
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