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587. 1990 Honda Prelude EX auto Seen in Horley, Surrey on 20th August. Previously appeared as number 229 in this thread, back in 2020. Current owner since it was three months old. H79 YHR ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 November 2024 ✓ MOT Expires: 21 March 2024 Vehicle make HONDA Date of first registration 13 December 1990 Year of manufacture 1990 Cylinder capacity 1958 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREY Number of previous owners: 1 Current owner since Mar 1991 Mileage at last MOT: 149,000 Mileage since previous MOT: 984

@RetroShite in his thread provides us with a suitably wintry December calendar suggestion:

Astra saloon was probably already rare when the photo was taken!

586. 1966 Triumph TR4A Seen in Framlingham, Suffolk on 26th August. NBY 125D ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 June 2024 MOT Exempt Vehicle make TRIUMPH Date of first registration 1 February 1966 Year of manufacture 1966 Cylinder capacity 2138 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour MAROON Number of previous owners: 7 Current owner since May 2022

I hope the fix is as easy as the diagnosis!

@Captain Mainwaring in the news 24 thread

I don't think the car from John Shuttleworth's "Austin Ambassador Y reg" song has been mentioned in this thread. GPP649Y was a 1.7L and I was reminded about it in this Facebook post: Which also illustrates XJU322Y, another one not on the list!

FTFY

Wonderfully shonky Anglia!

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has more info on the Sprite, including a picture of the sole survivor. Interesting that in 1954 the Sprite, with a 1.6 litre engine, was considered a breakthrough for automatic transmissions in smaller engined cheaper cars. A decade later, BMC were offering 848cc Minis with automatic gearboxes!

I'll start with @Six-cylinder 's latest acquisition in his motoring notes thread.

585. 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 J246 OGS ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 April 2024 Incorrect tax status? ✓ MOT Expires: 6 August 2024 Vehicle make PEUGEOT Date of first registration 17 September 1991 Year of manufacture 1991 Cylinder capacity 1905 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREEN Number of previous owners: 6 Current owner since Oct 2020 Mileage at last MOT: 63,192 Mileage since previous MOT: 787 Took four attempts to pass the MOT this year because of brake issues.

Yes, Mark 2 was launched in March 1975 during the N registration.

Yes, generally speaking it was only the lowest trim level that didn't have reversing lights. The oldest Escort brochure I have, from 1971 shows "Standard" (lowest trim) and "Saloon" (second lowest) doing without, while L, XL and GT did get them. Flickr : March 1971 brochure

Reversing lights weren't standard on all Escorts until 1980.

Looks like it was very successfully reversed into the ditch to me! I'm guessing it was less good at driving out again. Anyway, I nominate the 2007 Volvo V50 that I had until last month and only replaced because of the bastard ULEZ. I thought it would be worthy but dull. Actually quite a decent drive. 2 litre diesel gave it a decent turn of speed and it actually handled quite well too. Decent amount of space in the back but quite compact overall. Of course Volvo gave up making these smaller estates years ago, so I've ended up with a Seat as its replacement!

Possibly a contender for longest gap between generations, HC finished in 1979 then rather short-lived revival 2015-19.

584. 1962 Ford Consul Classic four door Seen in Redhill, Surrey. Current keeper for 42 years! 311 NAR ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 May 2024 MOT Exempt Vehicle make FORD Date of first registration 5 November 1962 Year of manufacture 1962 Cylinder capacity 1498 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREEN No MOT history, suggesting it was off the road from before 2006 (start of computerised MOTs) to at least 2018 (start of MOT exemption for 40+ year old cars) Number of previous owners: 3 Current owner since Feb 1981

Very odd advert, attracting negative comments because of the selfish message. But there seems to be a school of thought in marketing that if people are talking about your company then that's good, even if most are slating it!

We did. Peugeot even did separate UK brochures for the 3 door and 5 door. Flickr link to 3 door brochure

Bad news from AROnline EDIT: Just realised there is this thread on this subject.

583. 1983 Porsche 928S Seen in Hove, West Sussex on 28th July. FNB 393Y ✓ Tax Exempt ✓ MOT - Expires: 22 May 2024 Vehicle make PORSCHE Date of first registration 1 May 1983 Year of manufacture 1983 Cylinder capacity 4700 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour BRONZE Number of previous owners: 6 Current owner since May 2023 Mileage at last MOT: 84,793 Mileage since previous MOT: 52

582. 1990 Mitsubishi Colt GLX auto Seen in Crawley Down, West Sussex on 21st July. G364 DPK ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 January 2024 ✓ MOT Expires: 23 March 2024 Vehicle make MITSUBISHI Date of first registration 28 February 1990 Year of manufacture 1990 Cylinder capacity 1468 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour SILVER Number of previous owners: 2 Current owner since July 2022 Mileage at last MOT: 71,297 Mileage since previous MOT: 5,336

581. 1983 Mercedes 230E auto Seen in Crawley, West Sussex on 11th July. CDH 277Y ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 May 2024 ✓ MOT Expires: 24 February 2024 Vehicle make MERCEDES Date of first registration 25 January 1983 Year of manufacture 1983 Cylinder capacity 2299 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour CREAM Number of previous owners: 7 Current owner since May 2023 Mileage at last MOT: 119,233 Mileage since previous MOT: 13

This made me chuckle. Maybe we're not quite ready for the cashless society!