Shite in the piss boiler

[richardthestag]

amusing, but not for the supurb array of motors, not even the miss quotes and generally poor journalism, but mainly for the OMG ALL BRITZ CAR IS SHIT comments.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ction.html

[cort16]

The Dailymail even managed to get a mention of Princess Diana into an article about shite old cars. I'm surprised they haven't claimed that Madeleine McCann was recently spotted in a Talbot Sunbeam.

[plasticvandan]

i was going to reply with a barrage of abuse at the sheep,but then thought no,it keeps the prices down

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

EPIC NUMBER CRUNCHING. They compared total production figures with the number of cars still left in the UK.

[John F]

That must be a particularly rare Hillman Avenger too, it seems to use the Imp body shell

[autofive]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22525103

 

a few bell-ends on breakfast, one missing though

[Partridge]

"Despite its sleek-looking front, the Rover SD1 has just 310 lucky owners now†err...

Cack reporting Daily Mail! And old cars are disappearing from the UK’s roads???? Never!!!

[RedSparrow]

Apparently 1.5million Metros were built from 1980 to 1981. Bloody good year for BL then.

What a shit newspaper, really.

 

Here is all that's worth reading:

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

That's still useless because it compares global/pan-European production figures with the amount of cars remaining on UK roads.

[aldo135]

Seen the bit on BBC breakfast this morning, laughably crap! I almost got excited when I seen what was "coming up next" but should have known it would be the usual half arsed 2 minute cringefest! The "expert" Steve Berry saying how Montegos were cool and set to become sought after, he should try selling one!

[Wilko220]

He was right about the cool bit anyway...

TBH, I thought Steve Berry made a refreshing change to Quentin Willson, whose Brylcreemed head usually provides the rent-a-quote gob for these things.

[Pillock]

Plus they've probably used HowManyLeft which is as accurate as thinking of a number, doubling it, and taking away your age in hours.

[AnthonyG]

The statistics are a bit shit, because the earlier stuff would have been exported in a big way, and even the 1970s cars such as the Avenger were popular in places in like New Zealand. As an example, about 20-30% of Cortina 1/2/3 production was exported.

Montegos really are rare though, only two turned up at Pride of Longbridge. I also how many of the surviving Maestros are the hand assembled ones from the late 1990s. Also surprised at how few Rover SD1s are left.

[Junkman]

What are the survival rates of non-British chod of the period in comparison?

 

The article is 100% useless.

[Alexg]

Where do they get their stats? Even Howmanyleft.com state there are nearly 500 Allegros knocking about including SORN examples. Plus the BBC use a Vanden Plas, a car that wouldn't even be counted in those figures. Nice to see some chod get a mention though.

[mcqueenmachine]

He was right about the cool bit anyway...

TBH, I thought Steve Berry made a refreshing change to Quentin Willson, whose Brylcreemed head usually provides the rent-a-quote gob for these things.

 

Yes, i agree - absolutely

[Cavcraft]

I didn't read it and won't be bothering. It's just half-arsed, lazy bastard 'journalism' to fill a few inches, these things always are no matter what the paper.