It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Cars I remember in order:
Austin Cambridge Estate - don't remember it much as I was very young, though I did have a dream where I somehow reversed it off the drive.
Austin Maxi (brown) Its finest hour was losing a hubcap in Norfolk which left the road and was last seen vaulting a hedge half a mile from where it had left the car, to cheers from me and my sister.
Renault 16 - owned right up to me passing my driving test and seeing how quick it could cross a speed bump - there was a small oil leak quite soon after it bottomed out This was probably the worst car.
Toyota Corolla - survived me thrashing it around while it was supposed to be running in, and for quite a while afterwards.
Volvo 360 - probably the ugliest, but it kept going for ages, partly because I was breaking my own cars by this point and only drove it a couple of times.
Honda Jazz - survived long enough to be passed on to me last year (for free) with 55,000 miles on it Dad no longer safe to be behind the wheel.
It was a fine car in most respects but we ended every journey with terrible headaches and bright red faces. We gradually realised that the exhaust was leaking into the ventilation system in the rear passenger footwell. The best thing I can say about it is that it didn't end up killing us.
I only remember it breaking down once, but the leather seats stank. I think that car was the root of all my travel sickness since.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Austin_3-Litre_at_Glamis.jpg
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
It died when it did indeed get much hotter - they had a problem with the thermostatic valves in the cooling system sticking so it was always overheating, and one day the engine seized with a bang and a cloud of steam the Flying Scotsman would have been proud of .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
That said, it was just one of many Cortinas we ended up having and they were generally all reasonable reliable.
Everything was OK though, me Dad spent money on it, he had it re-sprayed Blue.
So crap everyone was made on a Friday and the old mans on Friday the 13th thing was the devils spawn. Dad was a rep so we always had ok family cars then we hit some 70’s recession and the company decided to economise.
Besides getting it started in winter took a morning spray with damp start a half hour procedure the main dealer could never resolve. It drank more oil than petrol just burnt it up. He would top up the oil 3 times per week and carry a large gallon can of the stuff.
it had the nastiest plastic interior with this hard plastic vinyl seats. The door handles came off on a regular basis usually Dad told us don’t touch the doors got in his side and opened the car for everyone to prevent them coming off.
once a month the hydraspastic suspension would go down on one side. The company had got lumbered with 15 or 20 on a deal as they were reps cars the warranty mileage or whatevet was quickly gone and In Year 2 and 3 the company spent a fortune keeping them on the road.
Truly the the worst car
and a social stigma for a young lad who had to tell his mates when asked what ya dad drive.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I only went in it once and he made me sit in the back so i could “appreciate” the hydraulic suspension “lifting” the car when he turned it on.
I always thought he was a nob from that point.
Indeed, it’s arguably worth creating a sock-puppet account solely for this confession.
As soon as my dad retired he bought himself one and hasn’t driven anything else since.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein