Metal Guru

Looks more like the Hindustan Ambassador.

You obviously don’t live 50 miles from the nearest dual carriageway or motorway and spend all your time on twisty A and B roads stuck behind people who can’t or won’t overtake tractors doing 15 mph.

I’d love to park that next to some T5 twat , watch them put up their little pop up roof , and then see their faces when it does that.

I like that 2 door Orion, closely related with another space themed name. Some resemblance to a 80s BMW 3 series at the back.

That’s pretty terrible even for two strokes. What’s the mix 1:1?

We used to go to an Italian ice cream place further along for Knickerbocker glories.  
I saw a shark washed up by those fisherman’s huts. It was probably about 2-3 foot long but seemed huge as I was only about 7 at the time. There was a big crowd there , must have been the most excitement in Hastings since 1066. 

They just the scripts from Sorry!

I’m notin’ it’s a bit shit.

We used to go to an Italian ice cream place further along for Knickerbocker glories.  
I saw a shark washed up by those fisherman’s huts. It was probably about 2-3 foot long but seemed huge as I was only about 7 at the time. There was a big crowd there , must have been the most excitement in Hastings since 1066. 

That’s pretty terrible even for two strokes. What’s the mix 1:1?

Well it was just a Cortina really.

My Dad was a Ford man like that. Popular , Cortinas , Granadas but “deflected” to Volvo (740), because they stopped making estates with the mk3 (Scorpio).

It doesn’t matter how technologically advanced or even how great to drive a car is, if it doesn’t start every time you end up hating it. Reliability sells . That’s how the Japanese got their foot in the door. Early stuff was weird looking and rusted badly even by 70s standards, but they started every time and people want that more than anything else.

Let’s face it. We (this forum) are a minority. Most people aren’t that interested in cars other than the convenience of getting from A to B (or B&Q), without going via C and D  and smelling other people’s BO.
They prefer internet connectivity to handling  and cup holders to performance. 
Brand snobs are even worse. They pretend they know about cars but they wouldn’t know a 118d from an M3, all they know is their BMW is better (I.e more expensive) than your Ford.

It doesn’t matter how technologically advanced or even how great to drive a car is, if it doesn’t start every time you end up hating it. Reliability sells . That’s how the Japanese got their foot in the door. Early stuff was weird looking and rusted badly even by 70s standards, but they started every time and people want that more than anything else.

Try ceoemail.com. I’ve used it for several companies when customer (non) service have been useless. I’d assume CEOs do not want to deal with such matters and are pissed off to receive  such emails and someone further down the  food chain get a rocket.
Usually works well but I’ve never used Virgin .

Try ceoemail.com. I’ve used it for several companies when customer (non) service have been useless. I’d assume CEOs do not want to deal with such matters and are pissed off to receive  such emails and someone further down the  food chain get a rocket.
Usually works well but I’ve never used Virgin .

Let’s face it. We (this forum) are a minority. Most people aren’t that interested in cars other than the convenience of getting from A to B (or B&Q), without going via C and D  and smelling other people’s BO.
They prefer internet connectivity to handling  and cup holders to performance. 
Brand snobs are even worse. They pretend they know about cars but they wouldn’t know a 118d from an M3, all they know is their BMW is better (I.e more expensive) than your Ford.

Let’s face it. We (this forum) are a minority. Most people aren’t that interested in cars other than the convenience of getting from A to B (or B&Q), without going via C and D  and smelling other people’s BO.
They prefer internet connectivity to handling  and cup holders to performance. 
Brand snobs are even worse. They pretend they know about cars but they wouldn’t know a 118d from an M3, all they know is their BMW is better (I.e more expensive) than your Ford.

Hastings?

Can’t have been Mark Thatcher. He would have got lost on the way there.

It doesn’t matter how technologically advanced or even how great to drive a car is, if it doesn’t start every time you end up hating it. Reliability sells . That’s how the Japanese got their foot in the door. Early stuff was weird looking and rusted badly even by 70s standards, but they started every time and people want that more than anything else.

I know the originals were about 40bhp but that Commer won’t have had much more than 50 and that looks a heavy body. The add says it can seat 9 with an additional ton load. It would barely move! 
We had a Bedford CA when I was growing up. Went on holiday with a family of 7, ( and dog) towing a caravan. I don’t know how that moved with 53? bhp, but we got as far as John O’Groats from Kent.

Unwritten rule of women in cars broken here. Any pic of an Elan must have Dianna Rigg in it.

Can’t have been Mark Thatcher. He would have got lost on the way there.