Track, Daily, Burn: Fun Car Edition

"Pacer Racer" (pacerracer) 09/16/2016 at 10:16 • Filed to: Track, Daily, Burn, Trabant, Tramp, Citroen, Mehari, Renault, Plein Air, Fun Cars, 1960s, Europe

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Citroen Mehari

Renault Plein Air

Trabant Tramp

I’d daily the Trabant (because everyone needs a litle totilatarian oppression in their life), track the Mehari (I’m sure there’s some hop up parts for a 2CV motor out there somewhere), and burn the Plein Air (cool name, but a pretty unspectacular looking fun car, IMO).

How about you, Oppo?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:21

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DD the Trabant

Track the Mehari

Burn the Plein Air

LongbowMkII > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:24

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DD trabant

Track Renault renault 4> 2cv seriously, go GIS Renault 4 rally car and tell me you don't want that with even more lunacy.

Burn Citroen

Hoccy > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:26

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DD Renault

Track/Rally Trabi

Burn Citroën

Sam > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:28

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1) Pick the two most valuable

2) Sell them

3) Buy a VW Thing, because it’s cooler (though this color gives it a bit of a ‘Wehrmacht’ feel)

Pacer Racer > Sam 09/16/2016 at 10:29

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I left the Thing off the list because I wanted the cars in question to be models never avaliable in the United States. The Thing was originally on the list but I decided to cut it in favor of the Renault.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:30

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Daily either the Mehari or the Plein Air depending on whether I feel like Chuck Heston or there are light-sensitive weirdos around.

Track the Trabbi until it burns, then track whichever was left from step #1.

Anybody saying DD the Trabbi had better plan on making adjustable seats, because you’re going to be sore every morning otherwise.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:36

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DD Citroen

Track the Trabi, because transverse FWD and light weight basically make it an East German Mini

Burn the Plen Air

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:42

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The Mehari was only virtually never available in the US. There was a US spec version with different headlights imported in a few hundred.

One model year only.

for Michigan > LongbowMkII 09/16/2016 at 10:42

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GIS’d “renault 4 rally car”. Decided to GIS “pontiac fiero rally car” while I was at it because of reasons. Found this! (Video owner disabled playback on external sites.)

Holy crap!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:43

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Daily the Trabi

Track the Renault

Burn the Citroen because ugly.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:48

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Track the Plein Air

DD the Fiat Shellette

Burninate the rest.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:52

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Burn, Burn, Burn. Enjoy bon fire.

just-a-scratch > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 10:55

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This reminds me of that ever so ‘90s movie Backdraft. In a parole hearing you get the following conversation between the firebug up for parole, and the fire investigator asking him a question.

This is how I feel about these cars.

Donald : What about the world, Ronald? What would you like to do to the whole world? Ronald Bartel : Burn it all.

AuthiCooper1300 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/16/2016 at 11:00

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Fun fact: companies which sell nowadays new ABS body parts for the Méhari sell also the US spec front and bonnet - which means you can build yourself a brand-new US spec one.

Fun Fact 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_de…

AuthiCooper1300 > LongbowMkII 09/16/2016 at 11:07

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I don’t dislike the Renault 4 at all – particularly the ones with the early grille, as shown – but I find the “Plein Air” truly hideous.

Having said that, compared with a Renault Rodéo the Plein Air attains BB levels of heart-stopping attractiveness.

(Note for the youths around these here parts: BB as in Bardot, Brigitte, not as in 365 Berlinetta Boxer or Buchmann’s BB “tuner”outfit )

Bluecold > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 11:37

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The Trabant is a product of a failed regime. It sucked in all the ways possible. It is not a cute underdog. It does not deserve sympathy. It symbolises repression and as such it deserves to burn and not glorified.

AMC/Renauledge > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 11:45

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DD the Renault (it’s better at being a car)

Track the Mehari (death-defying openness combined with comedy suspension travel)

Burn the Trabi (and choke to death on the toxic smoke from the Duroplast)

RT > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 12:26

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Daily the Renault, track the Citroën and burn the Trabbie.

However due to its duroplast construction, the Trabant would probably survive the burning and end up like this:

CaptDale - is secretly British > Pacer Racer 09/16/2016 at 20:11

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Walk, burn all 3

Pacer Racer > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/19/2016 at 11:32

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Thank you for gracing my life with the awareness of the Shellette. I did not know it existed until now, and I am a better man for being aware of it.