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DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2025 |
Lots of red, must be the rust!
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17th Sep 2024 8:11pm |
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Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3439 |
The demise of the British Car Industry in one photo
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17th Sep 2024 8:34pm |
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Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3439 |
Think I have said this before but my Dad had a 1983 1.3 Maestro in Zircon Blue. It was a pain in the bum from day one. The BL dealer in Norwich - Mann Egerton, was next to useless. They didn’t know how to repair it, and quite frankly that didn’t seem to bother them.
Procta is correct. BL / Austin Rover had some reasonably good cars and some of them were exceptional except their build quality, aftersales service and reliability were awful. I’m not saying that Vauxhall or Ford in those days were squeaky clean with great products that didn’t rust and didn’t breakdown, but they did seem to be less problematic. Before Rover went belly up, I believe they had some excellent products but without investment and basically having no money to develop new models, it was only ever going to go in one direction. Face lifting a car and changing the number wasn’t going to win any awards. The MG Rovers have never been rated up there with other hot hatches of the time. The Rover Sterling was a stunning drive. I loved the Rover 600 and when it worked, my Rover 214 was an excellent drive with a cracking engine. Pity I could never tell if the car would start again once I had stopped it. |
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18th Sep 2024 6:42pm |
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Barneyboy Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Exmoor Posts: 1606 |
Hi, one for Procta I keep seeing this one in Carhampton but hadn’t had a chance to photograph it until today , cheers Paul
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18th Sep 2024 6:44pm |
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custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20115 |
Has anyone seen a classic Renault 5 recently? NEVER SURRENDER! ⛽️🛢️👨🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧
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18th Sep 2024 7:29pm |
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ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1765 |
On the Rovers / MG's, I had a Montego turbo, torque steer was so bad you didn't need to turn the wheel to overtake, just plant your foot and the boost did it for you!
Last Rover I had was a 200 VVTI 1.8 bubble, apart from some 18" MG alloys it was a standard red 4 door, comfy and very very nippy. It was much better in terms of quality, design and performance than anything comparable price wise from Ford Peugeot or VW. Like most of the UK's manufacturing base, bad management and stupid working practices spelt their demise, very sad. |
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19th Sep 2024 12:37pm |
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Race.it Member Since: 27 Aug 2019 Location: Algeciras Posts: 802 |
I know some of you guys go down to Morocco etc, maybe you have stoped at this place - https://www.fundacionjorgejove.com/museo-a...oria-mahi/ seen it on a few YouTube videos the other day. Some really rare cars, or common cars that only a few exist. Searching for my first Defender...and started just as Covid hit, so talk about timing.
5 months after starting the search I found it, and here is the details |
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19th Sep 2024 2:03pm |
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Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3439 |
Amen to that |
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19th Sep 2024 4:31pm |
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Procta Member Since: 04 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5068 |
ah a phase 2 mine has just gone in for MOT Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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19th Sep 2024 8:36pm |
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