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nice FiatsDemocratic vehicles in my life, last weekend .... black (94) has 460, 000. Red (97) 283,000.
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Come and gone .. those are ks not miles[/QUOT
Oh, kilometers? Ummm....
We have the nonsense of buying petrol in litres and calculating fuel used in miles per gallon.
Only we could endure this....
The kids are ok with metric but, I have little perception of distance, width, height weight in anything other than imperial.
John
Democratic vehicles in my life, last weekend .... black (94) has 460, 000. Red (97) 283,000.
MM
nice Fiats
Morris Marina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ANY country that has this piece of junk inflicted on it and not go into civil war must be democratically stable.
The ultimate test of democracy is the humble Morris Marina.
I rest my case gentlemen.
John
Morris Marina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ANY country that has this piece of junk inflicted on it and not go into civil war must be democratically stable.
The ultimate test of democracy is the humble Morris Marina.
I rest my case gentlemen.
John
The cars were not of any use in winter. No heat no defrost and they just seem to rot away at accelerated speeds with salted roads they were also very labour intensive. Myself I've for the most part always driven sub compacts since 68 after my 66 Mustang (Piece of Crap) accidentily fell in the river so its not at all the size that matters but reliabilityJust like American cars don't work in the UK - parking spaces are too small for them, roads are too twisty for suspensions optimized for long distance comfort, and they consume too much petrol compared to smaller cars typically found on UK roads.
Myself I've for the most part always driven sub compacts since 68 after my 66 Mustang (Piece of Crap) accidentily fell in the river so its not at all the size that matters but reliability
Was young , there was a party down by the river the parking brake didn't take and it rolled over a 30ft cliff into a 100' of water with a 15mph current , now this left me with payments and no car . The statute of limitations is long gone now and the thief nor car was ever recovered.Alright... I'll bite. How does a perfectly good car "fall in the river"?
Morris Marina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ANY country that has this piece of junk inflicted on it and not go into civil war must be democratically stable.
The ultimate test of democracy is the humble Morris Marina.
I rest my case gentlemen.
John
so its not at all the size that matters but reliability
I had two of these John, first was a coupe which served it purpose the second an estate which developed spider web paintwork as well as a number of mechanical problems, the final straw was the gearstick coming away in my hand on afternoon on the way home from work.
You cannot forget that memorable piece of british engineering, the Leyland P-76.
My engineer brother reckons that the trouble with Brit cars was not that they couldn't build an oil seal to keep out trouble (though thats my opinion), rather, that they did not incorporate planned obsolesence like the Japanese do. Eveything was designed to be fixed, or replaced, but everything wore out at a different rate.....result.....a vehicle that would leak oil allover your driveway AND continually break down because stuff broke at a different rates to each other....one day you had a broken uni joint, the next day an oil seal to the gearbox is gone, but just the week before it was fine......very frustrating... I remember doing three separate slave cylinders in a month, even though ecah time the mechanic checked all of them and said just one needed replacing......
(signed)
Proud (former) owner of an Austin Healey Sprite MkIII.....1986-99. and acquirer of the last known new stroker crank for the 1275cc engine in Australia.
The Marina was British Leyland trying to do a Ford number, ie sell very basic cars instead of the technically clever cars like the 1100/1300, Mini, Maxi etc that they produced historically.
BL failed where Ford succeed and became a laughing stock.
Ah, oil leaks. My project cars are always A series as I like the character of the unit. But, oil tight? I have never succeed. The usual culprit is the gear rod seal at the bottom of the gearbox.
The stroker crank was a rare find !
John