Renault Spider: ke ola i ka malu - Nā kaʻa haʻuki

KA LOTUS ELISE MK1 i hana hewa weliweli. He māmā a akahai paha ʻo ia i ka hoʻokele, akā he pepehi kanaka ʻino ʻole ʻo ia, a ʻaʻahu ʻia kona mau lima me ka ʻaila mehana o kekahi kaʻa haʻuki liʻiliʻi hewa ʻole. ʻO Caterham 21 kāna mea i pepehi ʻia. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i mālama maikaʻi aku iā ia. Renault Punawelewele haʻuki...

La Nā Spiders - codenamed "Project W94" - ua wehe ʻia ma ka Geneva Motor Show ma 1995 a hoʻomaka i ka mākeke i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope, i ka manawa o ka hui ʻo Williams Renault F1 ma luna o ka circus me kā lākou mau kaʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia e Newey. ʻO ka manaʻo, noʻonoʻo loa, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kūleʻa haʻuki a me ka boom kaʻa o nā 10.000s. Akā ʻoiai ʻo Lotus i ʻike ma luna o 1 Series 1996 Elises, 1999 Sport Spiders wale nō i kūkulu ʻia ma waena o 1.685 a me 1996. A ʻoiai ua lanakila ʻo Elise i ka Performance Car of the Year ma XNUMX a lanakila i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka mīkini Car magazine, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka Renault Sport Spider i ka hopena. Inā ʻaʻole i ola ka Norfolk, ua ʻoi aku ka lanakila o RSS. ʻAʻole paha?

ʻO wau iho, he wahi palupalu koʻu no nā kaʻa haʻuki liʻiliʻi, māmā a pono ʻole. ʻO wau ke kumu o ka leʻaleʻa, hiki i ka Seven a i ʻole ka Atom ke ʻakaʻaka mau iaʻu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i kahi supercar. ʻO ka haʻuki, liʻiliʻi a māmā, no laila ʻO Renault Sport Spider loaʻa nā mea āpau āu e makemake ai e ʻoluʻolu iaʻu. Akā ʻo ka manawa wale nō aʻu e hoʻokele ai i ka wā i hala he ʻelima mau minuke i ka wā o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka hui ʻo Mégane 225 F1 i ka makahiki 2006, a hoʻomanaʻo wau he 5 km a ʻoi paha e ʻike ai ʻo ia nō hoʻokele kaumaha loa a kōkua ʻole ʻia, koi i nā poʻohiwi a me nā biceps mai ka poʻe haʻuki leo (inā ʻoe e haʻohaʻo ana, ʻaʻole wau he paepae wāwae. I mau manawa i koʻu hoʻāʻo ʻana, kū wau i kahi ʻē a nānā i ka pōpō me he mea lā he lima me ka pōkā i mākaukau. pahū). He ʻano pīhoihoi ia, e like me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hāpai i kahi pahu mai ka honua a ʻike ʻia ua hana ʻia ia me nā pōhaku paʻa, a e makaʻu paha ʻoe e hemo i kou poʻohiwi. Ua makemake au e holo hou i kēia holoholona laha ʻole a nani hoʻi, i kēia manawa ma nā ala maʻamau, a hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaopopo pono i kona ʻano.

Ke nānā nei i nā kiʻi, pili wau i ka mea mua āu i manaʻo ai no kēia kaʻa polū ʻo "no ka mea kekahū? Ua manaʻo wau he ʻoluʻolu ʻole kā lākou mea hoʻoiho ea i hoʻopiha i kou mau maka a me kou waha i nā nalo. " ʻO ka pane, aia nā 96 Punawelewele āpau i kūkulu ʻia no ka UK i ka pale aniani maʻamau (a ʻoi aku ka uku no € 8.000 ma mua o ka Elise). ʻO kēia ke kaʻa kaomi kumu i uhi wale i 7.000 km. Aia he aniani, akā ʻaʻohe puka aniani, a me ka hoʻomehana, kakaka a laila he ʻāpana kāpelu ia i ke ʻano o ka hale lole i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohana ʻia me ka wikiwiki ma luna o 90 km / h. No laila e ʻike ʻoe inā i kēlā kakahiaka anuanu ke pono wau e ʻānai i ka hau mai ka hale a hiki i ka puka a hoʻopili i kuʻu lima i loko e wehe iā ia (ʻaʻohe i waho pila) a ʻaʻole wau makemake i kahi kalaiwa ʻekolu mau hola ma ke alaloa me ka Renault Sport Spider.

Ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana, pono wau e hana i kahi hoʻoponopono liʻiliʻi: hemo i ka uluna Recaro no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kalaiwa me ke aniani i waena o kou mau maka. ʻOiai ʻo Richard Meaden, i kona wā e hoʻokele ai ia i ka makahiki 1996, ua ʻōhumu ʻo ia e like me ka hoʻolālā ʻia ʻana o ka Punawelewele no ka peke. I kēlā manawa, ua "laki" ʻo Richard e hoʻokele kaʻa me kahi deflector, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka ʻike: "Ua kuʻi koʻu mau lihilihi i ke ala nui e like me ʻelua mau pale ʻākala i waenakonu o kahi ʻino."

Kau ʻia e like me ka luina o ka ʻāina ʻē i loko o ka ʻino, hiki iaʻu ke lele i ka M1 me ka maloʻo ʻole ʻoiai ʻaʻole maikaʻi koʻu mau wāwae, a i koʻu hiki ʻana i Pickering mai Dean Smith ma kāna RS4, ua like lākou me ka paʻakikī e like me ke kinikini. Ma hope o ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka palapala ʻāina i ka mehana o ka Audi no nā minuke he ʻumi maikaʻi (ʻike maopopo wau i kahi e pono ai au e hele, akā i koʻu haʻalele ʻana. Nā Spiders ke hele nei koʻu mau wāwae, no laila manaʻo wau ua makemake koʻu mau wāwae e kō iki: ke hele nei mākou i mua o Blakey Ridge ma ka puʻu o nā kahawai o North York. ʻO kēia ke ala aʻu e hoʻomanaʻo ai i nā leʻaleʻa: ʻehiku mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua hele au i laila ma ka Elise Mk1 a me Mk2 ma ka ʻatikala.

Ke hoʻokele nei mākou i ka A170, ʻike koke wau i ka mea a ka Spider i hoʻomanaʻo mai iaʻu: kahi Lamborghini V12 liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole wau e ʻakaʻaka: e noʻonoʻo i kahi kaʻa ʻenekini kikowaena с hoʻokipa e piʻi aʻe nei a nā kāʻei noho no laila e hoʻi i hope pono ʻoe e huli a hiki ma laila. Aia he mau hihia ʻelua: ke kamaʻilio nei paha mākou e pili ana i ka bipi SantʻAgata, a i ʻole e pili ana i ka nananana Dieppe. Mahalo i kona kino ākea, pālahalaha e like me ka mea i kuʻi ʻia e kahi kaomi, ke nānā aku ka Punawelewele i ka maikaʻi me he supercar lā. He nānā alpine kona, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ua kūkulu ʻia ia i loko o kahi mea kanu alpine ma Dieppe. Minamina kēlā barbel ʻo nā piko kū pololei a kiʻekiʻe e hōʻino i nā aesthetics o ke kaʻa manaʻo.

maluna o pā papa kuhikuhi aia ʻekolu mau quadrants me ka kaomi aila, ʻano ke kaʻa a me ka mahana o ka wai. Inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i kou wikiwiki e neʻe nei, pono ʻoe e neʻe i kou mau maka a puni ka dashboard a loaʻa iā ʻoe mīkini uila (lawe ʻia mai ka Twingo kumu), he lohi iki naʻe e hopu me ka wikiwiki maoli. Eia hou, hāʻule ka maka i ka wahi i hoʻohui ʻia. hōʻano in aluminika. He hale nui, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana ma mua o ke kihi kihi - a me ka alumini - i hoʻopili ʻia a hoʻopili ʻia e Elise. Wahi a ka moʻolelo i ka wā i ʻike ai ka loea i ke kiʻi ʻōlohelohe Renault ua pīhoihoi loa ʻo ia i kona nui i manaʻo ai he kuhihewa paha ia, ʻaʻole paha ia ʻo ka mea maoli, akā ke ʻano i hoʻohana ʻia e hana ai.

Ma hope o ke kauhale o Hutton-le-Hole, hoʻomaka ke ala e piʻi. Ke hōʻea mākou i ka piko o ka puʻu, ʻike mākou iā mākou iho i mua o kahi ākea nui o ka heather aʻu i ʻike ai, hele ʻia e kahi ʻāpana lahilahi o ka aspal i nalowale ma ka ʻaoʻao. I kekahi mau wahi ma kahi mamao aku hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana o ka hau, a mai kēlā manawa kēia manawa e ʻohi aʻe kekahi a neʻe kekahi: huikau, a laila ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole kēia he hau, akā nā hipa ... ua kaulike ʻole ka papahele a aia i loko o nā lua, e like me ma ke alanui kuaaina maʻamau, akā i nā kauā nā levers pālua me nā puna Bilstein mai Nā Spiders nānā lākou iā ia me he mea lā ʻaʻole mea i hana ʻia. Kupaianaha ka kaohi a me ke anuanu e holo ai ʻo Renault i kēia tī Gruyere: paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi i ka tī maoli. haʻuki lawe ʻia i ka iwi.

ʻO ka hapa nui huila hoʻokele hoʻoponopono ʻekolu mau ʻōlelo i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, e pale ana i nā jerks a me nā jerks hikiwawe. Akā ke huli ʻoe iā ia e ʻūlū i nā kihi, lilo koke ia i mea nui, hoʻopiha ʻia ʻoe me ka ʻike a hānai koke i ka ʻikepili i ke kaʻa, e holo ana i ka hema a me ka pololei me ka hopohopo ʻole. ʻO ka millimeter o ka neʻe e lawa pono e hoʻokele i ke ala wili. Kupaianaha ka paʻa ʻana a paʻa ka Spider i nā kihi ma ka tarmac e like me kāu e manaʻo ai mai kahi kaʻa haʻahaʻa a ākea. ʻOiai ke hele wau i kahi kihi i ka piha piha a he nui ka poʻe ma hope oʻu e hāpai i ka huila o loko (i hiki iā Dean ke kiʻi i kahi kiʻi kupaianaha), Nā Spiders hōʻole e haʻalele i ke alahele i koho ʻia. ʻO ka manawa wale nō e hilinaʻi iki ai i ke ala ʻo ia ka wā e hoʻomaha ai i ka hopena o ka huli ʻana, i ka wā o ke kaumaha o hope - e hoʻohana ana i ka manawa - hiki ke hana i kekahi pilikia.

Lo hoʻokele ʻoi aku ka māmā ma mua o ka mea aʻu i holo ai i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, keu hoʻi i nā wikiwiki i ka wā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā biceps gym e hoʻohuli i ke kaʻa. Mahalo kēia i nā pākūʻaʻole nā ​​Michelin Pilots kumu hou, akā ʻo ka mea hoʻokaumaha ʻo Michelin Primacy HP. ʻO kēia kahi hoʻololi hoʻokipa no ka mea ʻaʻole i loli ka paʻa, akā he māmā a hoʻokele ka hoʻokele.

ʻO ke kaumaha o ka pedal waena kaumaha loa. I ka manawa mua āu i hahau ikaika ai iā mākou, e makaʻu ʻoe no ka mea e nāwaliwali ka hopena, me he mea lā ʻaʻohe booster wili. Pono ʻoe e paʻa i ka lālau paʻa a pahu ikaika a paʻakikī hoʻi, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi mālie i ka ikaika o ke kiki, me he mea lā e ʻulupā ana ʻoe i kahi lole māū. Akā ke maʻa iā ʻoe, maopopo iā ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kali maʻalahi lākou a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi e hoʻohana. MA ʻO ka wikiwiki me nā kapa ʻelima, ʻoluʻolu ʻole. ʻO ka manawa pinepine ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kapa ke lawe ʻoe i kou wāwae mai ka paʻa. A laila ka pilikia hope. Aia kahi hiʻohiʻona i hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia i mua o ka leve lole e like me kahi mea mai kahi puke hula kahiko. ʻOiai wau e hoʻokele hope loa e noʻonoʻo pono ʻoe e huli i ka pahu kī i ka hapahā huli i ka ʻaoʻao hema a laila neʻe mua ka lever i ka hema a laila i mua, lōʻihi ka manawa e kiʻi pololei. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi e hōʻalo i nā kaʻa kaʻaahi hope a i ʻole nā ​​maneuvers ʻano ʻē.

Hoʻokumu ka ʻenekini transverse 2-lita mai Clio Williams i ka 148 hp. ma 6.000 rpm, kahi e noʻonoʻo pono nei he 120 hp wale nō ka Elise mua. Akā Nā Spiders kaupaona nō hoʻi ia 930kg (166 ʻoi aku ma mua o ka Elise), a ʻo kēia, me kāna puʻupuʻu kupaianaha e paʻa ai, mālama ka Spider mai kona hiki ʻana, kahi hilahila maoli. ʻAʻole hiki ke kani ke kani: e lohe i kahi memo maikaʻi, pono ʻoe e huki i ka ʻāʻī e like me ka wā ma mua.

A ʻoluʻolu nō naʻe ka Punawelewele ke neʻe ʻo ia i kēlā ʻāpana o ka asphalt ma waena o ka heather poni a me ka lani polū, me ka makani anuanu e pā mai ana i koʻu alo. Hoʻohui ia, kākaʻikahi (i kēia manawa aia ʻelua ma ke kūʻai aku ma UK, a ʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o ko Elises mua) a he moʻokūʻauhau haʻuki me nā mea nani āpau (ua hoʻomaka lākou i ka hoʻokūkū mono-brand ʻEnelani. . Plato e Priaulx). No laila he minamina kēia Renault lilo kona ola i ka malu o kahi lotus liʻiliʻi.

Me ia hoʻokele и ke kali ʻaʻole ia he hoʻokūkū no ka nimble a me ka māmā Elise, akā ʻoi aku ka pane a pololei hoʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa ma ka mākeke i kēia lā. A i nā ʻano he nui he kū hoʻokahi kēia: e kānana i kou mau mākala i ka wā hōʻano pili ia i ke ala ma nā kihi ʻoi loa, a me ke hoʻokele me nā neʻe ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻokele kaumaha e like me ka hakakā, kahi hakakā pololei. Hāʻawi ka Sport Spider iā ʻoe i kēlā ʻano ʻike hoʻokele piha e hāʻawi ʻia e kekahi mau hoa paio, kahi ʻike aʻu e aloha nui ai.