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41,297 · November 22, 2019

Purley/Croydon sept 1988; spot the Rancho

41,487 · November 22, 2019

That Avery Bedford lasted 13 years, tax was due in June '82, which isn't bad for one of those.

My aggressive salesman driving an Audi comment was very much tongue in cheek - I remember at the time Audis where advertised as a thinking mans car aimed at architects etc trying to muscle in on the SAAB market.

Now they are aimed at... well you fill your own thoughts in here.

15,088 · November 22, 2019

5 minutes ago, martc said:

..... I remember at the time Audis where advertised as a thinking mans car....

That image lasted up to when the first Audi A4 was launched. It all went to pot after that.

13,684 · November 22, 2019

2 hours ago, martc said:

Now they are aimed at... well you fill your own thoughts in here.

I find Audi's are often aimed at a rapidly diminishing gap in which they have no entitlement to be, in everybody else's opinion but that of the Audi driver.

17,265 · November 22, 2019

On 11/20/2019 at 12:01 PM, Tenmil Socket said:

It's only got one stabiliser...

Whoa, whoa, back the fuck up. What the hell is that?

No apologies for quoting the pic

15,088 · November 22, 2019

23 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I find Audi's are often aimed at a rapidly diminishing gap in which they have no entitlement to be....

....and without indicating?

4,460 · November 22, 2019

On 11/16/2019 at 2:45 PM, Eddie Honda said:

Dead easy. It's a Salamander.

From the Reliant Kitten Register Mewsletter No.43:

"The latter was commissioned by the Salford and Manchester Social Services (hence the name SALaMANder). Though based on a, somewhat modified, Kitten chassis, it used a Ford
1,100cc engine and C3 automatic gearbox, and with its flat floor, and doors opening right town to the bottom of the sill, made it easy to get in and out, ideal for the disabled, and easy to load a wheelchair into. They were built from about 1981 till 1984, by which time the Motability scheme had rendered a specialist disabled persons vehicle virtually obsolete. The GRP body was flimsy compared to the Reliant technique, but quite adequate."

mystery01 by E Honda, on Flickr

d487_1 by E Honda, on Flickr

ETA:And for completeness the registration mark of the car is GND 243Y

@barrett Eddie Honda PI has already solved the case...

13,684 · November 22, 2019

3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

....and without indicating?

Since when have they have indicators fitted?

17,265 · November 22, 2019

Amazing! A new one on me. I did look back through several pages of this thread but couldn't see any mention. Thanks all.

41,297 · November 22, 2019

Taxi @barrett

portsmouth 1988

41,297 · November 22, 2019

Crystal peaks , mosborough , Sheffield 1988

Capri base?

(no customised pink ford in the car park sadly)

But we do have a mildly customised one

41,297 · November 22, 2019

Market harborough 1993 (polonez facelift amongst others...)

13,203 · November 22, 2019

Lovely silver Datsun 280C at Croydon. It only made it 1993.

4,460 · November 22, 2019

Very late 131 there. We're getting into Regatta territory by then. In fact the only 131s I've seen on B plates are estates, when it was just marketed as the Fiat 'Panorama'. (according to my copies of 'Fiat World' from the time)

November 23, 2019

That Avery Bedford lasted 13 years, tax was due in June '82, which isn't bad for one of those.
My aggressive salesman driving an Audi comment was very much tongue in cheek - I remember at the time Audis where advertised as a thinking mans car aimed at architects etc trying to muscle in on the SAAB market.
Now they are aimed at... well you fill your own thoughts in here.

Says a lot for me had 4 in the last 12 years at work , tbh not a lot of choice in the diesel sector ,back in the day (80s) it was a full on Quattro or nothing else , since I couldn’t afford said Quattro it was Renault 5 with cardboard and cataloy inner wings and the likes for me

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