The Autoshite Xmas Quiz

[lancashireclamper]

Didn't know it was compulsory in the back

Drove a cab myself from 1998 to 2003ish, never wore a seatbelt round town, funny it took me 5 minutes to get out of the clunk click procedure, about 8 months to get back into it!

[warren t claim]

Its a gold Rover 2600...In the Sheffield 'New Romantic' group the Human League's vid Don't You Want Me?

 

Well done! I believe the car still exists in a somewhat shit state.

 

Being a massive Human League fan, that car is one of my Holy Grails, as is the Saab 99 Turbo driven by band-member Jo Callis in the video, a car which surely has to survive somewhere

 

Ans for a bonus point what's the dash light illuminated on the SAAB? Clue. Think 31/1/83

[lancashireclamper]

erm; fasten seatbelt?

[warren t claim]

erm; fasten seatbelt?

Erm.. Yes. Not yet law when video filmed.

[Felly Magic]

Seems everyone has overlooked my question

[warren t claim]

Seems everyone has overlooked my question

 

Seat Ibiza?

[lancashireclamper]

erm; fasten seatbelt?

Erm.. Yes. Not yet law when video filmed.

 

Have to say I didn't know that;

Remember my 1977 Volvo 244 having an incredibly annoying flashing light that stayed on till you belted up though,

amazing how Volvo foresaw UK legal amendments 6 years hence,

Makes you think doesn't it Comrade?

[Shep Shepherd]

erm; fasten seatbelt?

Erm.. Yes. Not yet law when video filmed.

 

I imagine that most Saab and Volvo owners were wearing their seatbelts at that point, just to stop the flashing and clicking

[warren t claim]

erm; fasten seatbelt?

Erm.. Yes. Not yet law when video filmed.

 

Have to say I didn't know that;

Remember my 1977 Volvo 244 having an incredibly annoying flashing light that stayed on till you belted up though,

amazing how Volvo foresaw UK legal amendments 6 years hence,

Makes you think doesn't it Comrade?

 

The sad thing is I wormed a lifetime exemption cert of my old GP and I left it when I moved.

[lancashireclamper]

Well I've never been cautioned for clicking...................................................

Sorry, Shep, couldn't resist,

[warren t claim]

Give us a clue Felly!

[Felly Magic]

Seems everyone has overlooked my question

 

Seat Ibiza?

 

Wrong. He bought it in France due to the French at the time being on strike. I believe he still owns it too. Think quirky....

[Richard]

If you take the bulb out of the seat belt light on a Volvo the ticking stops.

 

As you were.

[Richard]

Is it the DS he uses in the Cars video?

[warren t claim]

Ami?

[Felly Magic]

Is it the DS he uses in the Cars video?

 

We have a winner! If you notice, the car still is on French plates

[Richard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDX8r2WKI_M

[warren t claim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDX8r2WKI_M

 

Your turn. Question please!

[Richard]

What kind of car is featured in the Macc Lads 'No Sheep Till Buxton' video?

[warren t claim]

What kind of car is featured in the Macc Lads 'No Sheep Till Buxton' video?

 

Hillman Hunter. K reg.

[Shep Shepherd]

If you take the bulb out of the seat belt light on a Volvo the ticking stops.

 

As you were.

 

Not on my two; the clicking is provided by their flasher units

[warren t claim]

Which member of the royal family owned a mk2 Escort RS2000?

[Shep Shepherd]

Prince Andrew? I recall that he was a bit of a Ford fan in his younger days

[warren t claim]

Prince Andrew? I recall that he was a bit of a Ford fan in his younger days

 

Well done! A sunburst Red Custom with a vinyl roof IIRC.

 

Your turn.

[Shep Shepherd]

A Custom with a vinyl roof? Awesome! I wonder if it still exists?

 

What was Detective Sergeant Harriet Makepeace of "Dempsey and Makepeace" fame's car of choice before she got into Escort Cabriolets?

[lancashireclamper]

Think she was into Leyland Minis, a red one that got crushed, (with her and Dempsey almost still in it) and a later black one.

[Shep Shepherd]

Correct, although it was the black one that was crushed; the red one was rolled into a ditch by Special Branch officers in the pilot episode

[lancashireclamper]

Of course, the black one being crushed was in the closing titles every week

Next question, in Randall and Hopkirk deceased, what type of car knocks down and kills Marty Hopkirk?

[warren t claim]

Humber?

[lancashireclamper]

Indeed, care to take a stab at the model?