| Tell you what, being young was brilliant.
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| | regress back to being a seven year old
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| Yes, I know I'm only 24 now, but I'm
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| | and long for something socially
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| talking about when I was six or seven and
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| | acceptable to feel like this all the
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| could play with my toy cars, build
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| | time. Seventeen years later and it
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| vehicles that defied the laws of physics
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| | appears the local Renault dealer is on
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| out of Lego and race my dad on
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| | hand to make this story come full circle.
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| Scalextric. Sitting in the cinema
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| | Due to the success of Renault in Formula
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| recently I watched Speed Racer (I believe
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| | One in recent years and that their
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| I make up exactly 100% of the world's
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| | production cars are selling like hot
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| population that has viewed said film) and
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| | cakes thanks to creative styling,
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| I really rather enjoyed it. Set in the
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| | competitive pricing and good reliability
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| future, the crux of the film revolved
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| | some bright spark in marketing thought up
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| around a lad handily called Speed Racer
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| | a way of combining the lovable Clio with
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| who raced around a full size Scalextric
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| | Fernando Alonso and co as they tear up
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| track in a futuristic car. Many gravity
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| | the track around the globe. Welcome to
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| defining minutes later, with bright neon
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| | the RenaultSport Clio 197 F1 R27 -
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| lights whizzing past my eyes I was hooked
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| | catchily named it's not. Aimed squarely
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| - the drive home never seemed so slow and
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| | at men wanting to regress to childhood
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| boring.
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| | and competing against the likes of the
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| This got me thinking, is it socially
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| | Honda Civic Type R, Mini Cooper S and
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| acceptable for a 24 year-old man to push
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| | Golf GTi, the hot Clio has a lot to
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| toy cars around the floor? Or how about
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| | contend with to be successful.
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| digging out some Lego again? After much
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| | I like to remain impartial when reviewing
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| deliberation I decided against this as I
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| | a car, but put simply the R27 looks so
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| hope to hold on to my latest girlfriend
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| | jaw-droppingly awesome that even if the
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| and crying to her over swallowing a Lego
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| | rest of the car was rubbish it wouldn't
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| brick isn't attractive. Finally then I
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| | matter. Finished in the brightest yellow,
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| opened the dust covered box to my
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| | fitted with a wide-arch body kit, more
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| Scalextric and I'm not ashamed to say I
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| | air vents than a skyscraper, Recaro
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| spent all weekend assembling, tweaking
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| | racing seats, unique graphite alloy
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| and then racing around and around until
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| | wheels and the most gorgeous F1 inspired
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| my trigger finger went numb. The
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| | rear diffuser, the R27 instantly sent me
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| collection of cars I'd amassed surprised
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| | back to 1991. The fun however doesn't
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| me too, I have everything from NASCAR,
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| | stop on the outside as the R27 sits on
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| Formula One, super cars, British Touring
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| | Renault's latest racing chassis which is
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| Cars and Le Mans racers. Despite this
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| | 27 percent stiffer at the front and 30
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| clearly showing I was spoilt rotten when
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| | percent at the back than previous sport
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| I was a lad, it also drove home the point
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| | versions and makes the car feel like it's
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| that the only car I can remember was not
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| | on rails, turning every road into a giant
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| the shiny Ferrari or limited to 100
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| | Scalextric track.
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| edition of the Jordan Formula One car,
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| | The driving experience gets better when
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| but the 1991 Renault powered Benetton
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| | you consider why it's got 197 in its name
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| Formula One car with the front wing
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| | - that'll be the amount of horses crammed
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| missing due to a high speed collision
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| | under the bonnet. A six speed gearbox
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| with my dad.
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| | helps get the power to the road as
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| I think it's the circumstances
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| | quickly as possible although you'll want
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| surrounding me acquiring the car that
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| | to drive as slowly as you can, not only
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| made it my favourite. Having been dragged
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| | to show off your racing decals but to
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| from car dealership to car dealership
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| | conserve petrol as it's probably rocketed
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| with my parents I finally found a nice
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| | another ten pence a litre as I write
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| seat to be bored on at a Renault dealer.
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| | this.
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| In front of me stood a glass cabinet
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| | Only 500 will be made available in the UK
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| towering upwards and halfway up I could
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| | through your Renault dealer, with equally
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| see this brilliant toy. The Renault
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| | limited availability worldwide meaning a
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| dealer knew the score and struck up a
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| | £1,500 ($3,000) topping up of the
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| deal that involved me getting the car and
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| | price. Put simply this car made me feel
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| my dad parting with lots of pictures of
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| | seven again and that - to quote a well
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| the Queen for a turbo-charged Renault 25.
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| | known television commercial - is
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| Even now when I think of that story I
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| | priceless.
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