Car Dealers

My uncle bought a new Allegro every 2 years from start to finish LOL , my parents had a Princess with twin Su's that just pissed petrol out over the engine , Nice :biggrin: the joys of the 80's !

 

I'll take your wartburg and raise you a baby shit yellow Austin maxi. RXD 365L I hope you made a better bean can / toaster / fridge in the afterlife than you did a car...

British leyland were living proof of the idiocy of buying a vehicle based on nationalism

 

Late 70s I worked in a garage as a Saturday job that sold BL.

I said to the salesman once, "Don't you hate selling crap like Marinas and Princesses to people? Wouldn't you rather be selling something like a Mercedes?"

"Nah!" He said. "Any git can sell a Mercedes. It takes class to sell this shit!"

He enjoyed the professional challenge.

 

I've got 3 Marinas

One modified.



One 19k from new, one owner concours.



And erm, one other........

 

That's more how I remember them.

You're not kidding with the name, are you?

 

I've had 3 Hillman Imp's, 1 runner and the other 2 to keep it going, but I did "hot" it up tho', could do 120mph on a long enough road, was like driving a glass house, mega fun

 

or common sense, depending on how you looked at it.

 

which one is which?

 

I can beat that, how about a Bubble Car..... And to the OP, I would buy the dealer rather than the car, cant think there are many bad small cars around now

 

So Char, what have you narrowed it down to?

 

I would take the Peugeot looks wise over the Toyota

 

Common sense should be kept at least eight words away from British leyland.

It's simply staggering people kept buying such utter dross - there is simply no valid reason to buy anything they, or Austin rover made. I mean, come on, what sort if thought process led to someone walking past the Honda accord, Nissan bluebird, and even Vauxhall cavalier to buy a montego... It's unfathomable

 

Don't see many FSO's about. Got a photo???