From A to B: Tales Of Modern Motoring (1993)

[Matt]

Couldn't find this posted here already. 47 minutes of not very interesting people talking about cars that probably weren't very interesting at the time.

 

 

H711 PDW - 1991 Cavalier at 7:05

Tax: Expired October 1994

 

F946 GRJ - 1988 Vauxhall Carlton at 7:44

Tax: Expired January 1^st 1995

 

J46 NBM - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier CD 2.0i at 12:27

Tax: Expired January 1^st, 2003

 

J200 JDS - 1992 Ford Sierra LX 2.0i at 12:30

Tax: Expired December 2003

 

K637 UPK - 1992 Volvo 440 GL at 12:40

Tax: Expired September 2003

 

H931 FKN - 1991 Rover 214Si at 12:49

Tax: Expired April 2001

 

H831 DRG - 1991 Ford Sierra GLX

Tax: Expired April 1994

 

K179 VBD - 1992 Mercedes 200E Auto at 13:01

Tax: SORN

MOT: Failed & expired July 2014 at 174,786 miles - Bonus points to anyone that can find it.

 

H674 CMF - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier at  17:11

Tax: Expired May 2004

 

Cheeky lad in the XR2i not wearing his seatbelt!

 

Oh god they're talking about their bloody coat hangers now.

 

J33 EVE - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier at 34:01

Tax: Expired March 2001

 

H192 OAR - 1991 Ford Sierra at 34:11

Tax: Expired September 1999

 

J773 AWG - 1992 Rover Meastro at 37:44

Tax: Expired October 1994

 

K849 ARD - 1991/2 BMW 320i

Nowt, gone without a trace.

 

 

[Matt]

Less new stuff (at the time):

 

[UltraWomble]

Somewhere kicking about I have these on DVD that someone was kind enough to burn for me an aeon ago.

[sierraman]

Id love to know what happened to the fat rep that was banging on about his cavalier? The background shows the M1 passing Meadowhall area.

[Eddie Honda]

That salesman with the Maestro Clubfoot diesel is an all-time classic. If you don't have time to watch the lot, just watch this one. It's fab. It still makes me cry with laughter.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCFeoR9oSg

 

Take that tie off. Yes, take it off...

[trigger]

 

 

 

[Vin]

Always a classic, I remember it from when it was first on. I have that book too...

 

I got the dvd of the series that was burned by a member...(checked my PMs...it was '109landys3' during February 2012...)

 

Hilarious as they are, the biggest laugh out loud moment for me was during the end credits of the 'families' one, when one of the Landrover kids tells the story of one of them pissing their pants....from the mouths of babes and all that...

[sierraman]

If love to have been a salesman in the 1990's, tumping my Cavalier 1.4 Merit about with gay abandon.

[HH-R]

I reckon the Maestro guy drove it into a wall after incessant pisstaking from the office.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Couldn't find this posted here already. 47 minutes of not very interesting people talking about cars that probably weren't very interesting at the time.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQsMFQZa8os

 

H711 PDW - 1991 Cavalier at 7:05

Tax: Expired October 1994

 

F946 GRJ - 1988 Vauxhall Carlton at 7:44

Tax: Expired January 1^st 1995

 

J46 NBM - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier CD 2.0i at 12:27

Tax: Expired January 1^st, 2003

 

J200 JDS - 1992 Ford Sierra LX 2.0i at 12:30

Tax: Expired December 2003

 

K637 UPK - 1992 Volvo 440 GL at 12:40

Tax: Expired September 2003

 

H931 FKN - 1991 Rover 214Si at 12:49

Tax: Expired April 2001

 

H831 DRG - 1991 Ford Sierra GLX

Tax: Expired April 1994

 

K179 VBD - 1992 Mercedes 200E Auto at 13:01

Tax: SORN

MOT: Failed & expired July 2014 at 174,786 miles - Bonus points to anyone that can find it.

 

H674 CMF - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier at  17:11

Tax: Expired May 2004

 

Cheeky lad in the XR2i not wearing his seatbelt!

 

Oh god they're talking about their bloody coat hangers now.

 

J33 EVE - 1991 Vauxhall Cavalier at 34:01

Tax: Expired March 2001

 

H192 OAR - 1991 Ford Sierra at 34:11

Tax: Expired September 1999

 

J773 AWG - 1992 Rover Meastro at 37:44

Tax: Expired October 1994

 

K849 ARD - 1991/2 BMW 320i

Nowt, gone without a trace.

BeeJeebus, apart from the odd exception, the mk2 Cav era of dailies really didn't hang around, did they?

[Pillock]

Three years at the hands of a sales rep isn't great for longevity....

[Lord Sterling]

Always a classic, I remember it from when it was first on. I have that book too...

 

I got the dvd of the series that was burned by a member...(checked my PMs...it was '109landys3' during February 2012...)

I've got the same DVDs also from 109landys, in fact, I might even have it twice...

 

Good to know the Merc is still going. Sounded good even for a 2.0.

 

There was a book? WANT!

[fatharris]

I've never heard of this series, but fuck me I giggled at the Maestro one.

 

If anyone sees fit to burn a cheeky copy of their DVD, I'd be happy to cover costs

 

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[Dave_Q]

CAVALIER TWO LITRE INJECTION

[flat4alfa]

Still got the tapes full of the series!

[robinmasters]

That salesman with the Maestro Clubfoot diesel is an all-time classic. If you don't have time to watch the lot, just watch this one. It's fab. It still makes me cry with laughter.

 

 

 

Take that tie off. Yes, take it off...

I was about to say that the world was very different when this was made, but it actually wasn't. With just a few minor amendments, it can be brought up to date.

 

'Like most reps, I'd hang my coat up in the back turn my fog lights on; basically as a status symbol'

 

'I'll try to be as inconspicuous as I can, even to the extent of removing my tie fake tan, trying to look like Mr Average, a family man, rather than a company car financed BMW driver'

[richardmorris]

I'm afraid to say that I remember watching that when broadcast originally.

[Sloth in a bowl]

You could not script this, it is so full of self important arse speak. 

 

Epic chod in every shot and just hilarious from beginning to end. 10/10 would rofl again.

[Clanger]

OMFG

 

What a bunch of vacuous turd burglars.  Having watched that whole film I now want to self harm...

 

I cannot decide which of them was the worst, the vapid ball-licker in the XR2i, the potato headed monkey in the Cavalier at the half hour mark, or the loathsome self important lady boy in the BMW...

[Richard]

Has anybody ever come across anybody with any connection to this programme? It's been discussed quite a lot over the years on various forums and I've never seen anybody claiming to know somebody in it. It almost seems to exist in a vacuum, even the style has never been seen before or since.

[PiperCub]

Remember watching it when it was originally broadcast, generally a good little series and confirmed what I'd experienced via work with salesman, bunch of thick, pretentious, self-absorbed, arrogant, egomaniac twats that I was right to hate (& still do). 

[Petrolize]

Strange that last year when I first saw the series I looked up the white XR3 cabriolet in this clip and it was SORN with its MOT having expired in May 2009 (as I remember random stuff like this), however looking up on the new MOT site it hasn't been MOT'd since August 2007 at 42k or perhaps 142k (no advisories) - sitting in someones garage?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4sGrHPMkoc

[Matt]

even the style has never been seen before or since.

 

No wonder, did you notice how much time was spent in silence looking at absolutely bugger all?

[garethj]

Whereas now all that time would be filled with some craayzee guy shouting wooo-hoooOOooo like he's won the fucking football pools, but all he's actually done is driven past a tree or something.

 

I imagine life on the road in a Maestro diesel is a lot like time spent in silence, looking at absolutely bugger all.

[UmBongo]

The blob with the very bad haircut...

 

His ideal car is a braaat red Caleebra!

 

Yes!

[sierraman]

Astra 1.6 CDI... saloon. New shape.

[scruff]

The girl with the Capri is one of my fave episodes.

[anonymous user]

I remember these from when they were originally on, especially poor Maestro Diesel man. Is there one with a girl in a 2CV and a family with an Espace?

[Vin]

2CV girl...  "...and the whole of the inside had scrunkled up..." GENIUS

 

You'll have to watch it on youtube as it won't link to the thread...

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlWtu60lkw

[captain_70s]

2CV girl...  "...and the whole of the inside had scrunkled up..." GENIUS

Car was last on the road in '98, wonder if it ran out of oil again...

 

Wonder if she's married to Chris and has oodles of children and dogs yet.