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Keith’s Renault Avantime

 

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The Renault Avantime was a brave idea when new. And it’s even braver to own one now… We had fun with ours, but the ownership experience was cut short thanks to the arrival of a Citroen C6.

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Servicing the Avantime

22 February 2015 Keith Adams 0

Servicing is not something to take lightly, and yet sometimes there just isn’t time to fit it into my hectic life. Since my last trip to Paris, I picked up all […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Je Suis Charlie – going to Paris to remember

12 January 2015 Keith Adams 0

The events of the past few days have been highly affecting. And I am far from alone in feeling this way. Given the year is but a week old, and […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: That new rubber feeling

8 January 2015 Keith Adams 0

Last-minute tyre fitting for the Renault Avantime in anticipation for the trip to Paris. Okay, I’d put on a cheap set of  fronts just after I bought the car in […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Finally! United!

18 December 2014 Keith Adams 0

Thanks to various logistical issues, and the need for reasonably clear parking where I live, today was the first time that I managed to get my freshly titavated Citroen Xantia […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Carefully does it…

26 November 2014 Keith Adams 0

Oh dear. Here’s a small lesson I’ve learned during my short period of Renault Avantime ownership – be careful opening the door when the weather’s icy. Those fantastic frameless side […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog : Renault Avantime heads home

5 November 2014 Keith Adams 1

Bought on impulse, and without test or trial from a chap from the Internet, life with my 2003 Matra-built Renault Avantime is already interesting. I’d had good vibes about the […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Getting to know the Avantime

7 October 2014 Keith Adams 0

Had my first ‘proper’ drive in the Avantime today, and came away mildly impressed. You wouldn’t normally associate the car with my favourite local road, and haunt of evo photographers, […]

Keith's Renault Avantime

Blog: Welcome to the new Avantime

6 October 2014 Keith Adams 0

The fact that Classic Car Weekly ran a buying guide for the Avantime has no bearing on my decision to buy one of these bonkers millennial ‘coupes’ to serve as my […]

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MG Rover and the Chinese automotive group, China Brilliance, have signed a deal to create a new company building small and medium-sized cars. The venture will safeguard thousands of jobs in the UK both at [...]

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