kruumuedgars
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Hello guys!
My name is Edgars and I am from Latvia (small eastern Europe country in Baltics
) where Renault's and all other French cars aren't very popular. Basicaly old models here are non existent, but I'm one of those funny people who likes and respects old French cars. 
My french car story started about 28 years ago, when my father bought his first car that I remember - red 1986 phase 1 Renault 21 with 2.0 liter non turbo gasoline engine. After some time when 21 were failing, he bought cherry red Renault Safrane with 2.2 liter gasoline engine. Sadly both of those cars have long since been recycled into spoons..
Ever since those days i've always loved the french angular cars of the 1980s. And approx 15 years ago I started to dream about owning myself a 5, 9, 11 or 21 Turbo version, and about 5 years ago I started irregulary looking for one of these models, but as already said at the beginning - French cars are not popular in Latvia, so getting one became quite unrealistic.
But then October 2022 came around and I saw a beautiful black R21 Turbo at our local sale site for relatively small money. A call to the seller immediately followed and an appointment was made a couple of hours later. I took my friend-mechanic with me and we went to look at it. Basically, walking around the car it was clear that I was buying it, to which my friend echoed with the words "this is a must have". For the car's years it was in excellent condition. The owner took us for a couple of laps around the territory and told that it had not been on the road since 2007 or 2008, but before he stopped using it, the car was previously repainted, a new turbine and summer tires was installed, the engine was refreshed and many other small things were done and used only original Renault parts. Also one very interesting thing - the seller had worked at the Renault dealership as a mechanic for many years and gave me an almost complete set of original Renault maintenance books. And the next day there it was - my first Renault Turbo.
The first photo where R21 Turbo is in my possession:
Along with some goog looking MB W210 after first wash.
1980s cabin interior - superb looking square spaceship
My name is Edgars and I am from Latvia (small eastern Europe country in Baltics
) where Renault's and all other French cars aren't very popular. Basicaly old models here are non existent, but I'm one of those funny people who likes and respects old French cars. My french car story started about 28 years ago, when my father bought his first car that I remember - red 1986 phase 1 Renault 21 with 2.0 liter non turbo gasoline engine. After some time when 21 were failing, he bought cherry red Renault Safrane with 2.2 liter gasoline engine. Sadly both of those cars have long since been recycled into spoons..
Ever since those days i've always loved the french angular cars of the 1980s. And approx 15 years ago I started to dream about owning myself a 5, 9, 11 or 21 Turbo version, and about 5 years ago I started irregulary looking for one of these models, but as already said at the beginning - French cars are not popular in Latvia, so getting one became quite unrealistic.
But then October 2022 came around and I saw a beautiful black R21 Turbo at our local sale site for relatively small money. A call to the seller immediately followed and an appointment was made a couple of hours later. I took my friend-mechanic with me and we went to look at it. Basically, walking around the car it was clear that I was buying it, to which my friend echoed with the words "this is a must have". For the car's years it was in excellent condition. The owner took us for a couple of laps around the territory and told that it had not been on the road since 2007 or 2008, but before he stopped using it, the car was previously repainted, a new turbine and summer tires was installed, the engine was refreshed and many other small things were done and used only original Renault parts. Also one very interesting thing - the seller had worked at the Renault dealership as a mechanic for many years and gave me an almost complete set of original Renault maintenance books. And the next day there it was - my first Renault Turbo.
The first photo where R21 Turbo is in my possession:
Along with some goog looking MB W210 after first wash.
1980s cabin interior - superb looking square spaceship
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