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Old 7th October 2016, 08:24 PM
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Default Channel 5 - cars that made Britain great/Guilty pleasures...

So, classic Friday night in TV....tonight's episode includes a wee spot on the Prisoner and Portmeirion (As in " I am not a number, but my car is {an 8} ".

Also included the MG Maestro Turbo, definitely a guilty pleasure - my dad had one, and there's one for sale on eBay ! - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-MG-Ma...3D191277072572

Now on the Dolly Sprint! - luvverley...
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Old 7th October 2016, 08:41 PM
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I loved my Dolly! Only car I have ever bought new with my own money.
Though it was "only" an 1850HL with overdrive, still great fun to drive.
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1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 7th October 2016, 09:56 PM
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Got this in the planner ready to watch, my first car was an Austin Maestro 1.6 Vanden Plas, I loved it at the time, it was black but the woman in the computer used to tell you random stuff like the door being open and that there was no fuel while you were doing 70 down the M1 with a full tank.

Even worse was the XXX mint that was stuck in the air vents and sounded like the national lottery machine when the fan was on.

I always hankered for a British Racing Green MG Maestro - glad I never got one lol
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Old 8th October 2016, 04:55 PM
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Ah.. The Maestro... Could be worse.. I had a 2.0 Montego for a while, not even fuel injected.
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Old 8th October 2016, 05:29 PM
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Ah.. The Maestro... Could be worse.. I had a 2.0 Montego for a while, not even fuel injected.
At the risk of sounding like one of The Four Yorkshiremen, I had worse. I had the Montego's predecessor, the Morris Ital.




"Who'd a thought, thirty years ago, we'd all be sittin' here ....... " driving '8s?
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Old 8th October 2016, 06:15 PM
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I had a 2.0 Montego for a while, not even fuel injected.
I had two 2.0 (fuel-injected) Montego estates in sequence, fairly quick and handy with 3 young kids; I had the extra rear-facing seats in the back which got a fair bit of use on short journeys.
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 9th October 2016, 08:46 AM
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I learnt to drive in a base model Maestro with the 1.3 Litre engine. When I passed my test I went to the Austin dealer to look at buying one because I was familiar with it, I ended up buying a brand new Metro.

The Maestro was bad, but a lot of cars were back then. I remember driving through a puddle on a driving lesson, the HT system got soaked and we ground to a halt. The car was not even a year old, and would frequently stall when it was damp.

The Metro it turned out was just as bad, difficult to start in the wet and I was always under the bonnet with can of damp start to hand. The Metro was sold at 18months old and replaced by a Vauxhall Astra, much better and more reliable.
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Old 9th October 2016, 11:06 AM
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I learnt to drive in a base model Maestro with the 1.3 Litre engine. When I passed my test I went to the Austin dealer to look at buying one because I was familiar with it, I ended up buying a brand new Metro.

The Maestro was bad, but a lot of cars were back then. I remember driving through a puddle on a driving lesson, the HT system got soaked and we ground to a halt. The car was not even a year old, and would frequently stall when it was damp.

The Metro it turned out was just as bad, difficult to start in the wet and I was always under the bonnet with can of damp start to hand. The Metro was sold at 18months old and replaced by a Vauxhall Astra, much better and more reliable.
Its funny how we've had British Leyland as starts to our driving histories, Austin in particular as a brand, it must point to our patience with car problems nowadays.

My car after the Maestro was a MK1 1.6 Astra SRi (basically the same as the MK1 GTE but with a 1.6 carb engine, bodykit was all the same)

A vauxhall was a huge step up for me in terms of quality and reliability as you say
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Old 9th October 2016, 05:58 PM
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My first was a 1.3 mk 1 astra in pine green metallic, with lovely brown seats
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Old 10th October 2016, 07:19 AM
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My dad had a MK1 Astra, i remember the registration plate to this day. A544 RBM, it was a nice shade of yellow with the brown interior. I also remember the radio only did MW and LW, and the tape deck was not autoreverse. He did 60K miles in it, in just 18 months as he was a service engineer and it was replaced by a Cavalier at that point.
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