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[MR MISTER]

That one is nearing the end of it's life, 393 miles on the clock.

[VXL V6]

I'm afraid I said goodbye to the days when my car would stall at every junction when I sold my Morris Ital, and I'm not going back!

I thought I had...  ...but then I bought a 3.2 Elite that does that with annoying regularity....

Eh? Only time I've known a 3.2 'stall' is when the crank sensor waves goodbye to this world. Any idea what the issue is?

A grumpy LPG that I can guarantee will stall every morning whilst I slow down for the junction just outside the (ex) Bronnley Soap factory, about 0.75 miles from here.

Ah, maybe you should run it on that petrol stuff for 1/2 a mile more....... 

[Andy B]

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I believe they called it 'quartic' at the time.

 ......

It was indeed ..... but you'd already Googled it https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=quartic+steering+wheel&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9JxAUp3VLM6UhQfh5ID4Dw&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=959&dpr=1

The VDP version was particularly 'handsome' 
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT-rUv8Hmzg6gd6Fh9mbbDA1IYVGVdkYmuyuI71WKUaMI7CDGlOAQ especially in the dog turd brown that was popular at the time 

[05omegav6]

Is any one else relieved that the seventies are getting further away

[aaronjb]

That must have been a fancy Allegro.. I don't remember mine having a clock, or a radio, or even a rev counter..

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

That must have been a fancy Allegro.. I don't remember mine having a clock, or a radio, or even a rev counter..

Possibly a 1750 HL.......I believe that HL stood for 'Highline'

[Sir Tigger KC]

That must have been a fancy Allegro.. I don't remember mine having a clock, or a radio, or even a rev counter..

Possibly a 1750 HL.......I believe that HL stood for 'Highline'

Or could it have stood for 'Hydrolastic' as in that bloody awful suspension that BL used......

More probably it stood for Hasta Luego!! 

[MR MISTER]

That must have been a fancy Allegro.. I don't remember mine having a clock, or a radio, or even a rev counter..

Possibly a 1750 HL.......I believe that HL stood for 'Highline'

Or could it have stood for 'Hydrolastic' as in that bloody awful suspension that BL used......

More probably it stood for Hasta Luego!! 

[I_want_an_Omega]

Just been to McDonald's for a burger for the lad, quite a queue there. Behind me was a small VW with start/stop. Every time we inched forward I could hear his engine (a small diesel) splutter i to life, only to stop again about three feet later. It must have done it 7 or 8 times while I was there.
Surely this cannot be good for the battery/starter?

I didn't think they allowed motor cars inside McDonalds.....

Wouldn't it have been better to park outside and then walk in?......

It's a new-fangled, American thing Opti, a drive-through. Doubt it will have reached Lincolnshire yet.

You are very wrong there old chap - the McDonalds in Sleaford is one of the most profitable in the whole country I was informed recently 

[05omegav6]

Good to see all those benefits hard earned taxes being spent on food

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

That must have been a fancy Allegro.. I don't remember mine having a clock, or a radio, or even a rev counter..

Possibly a 1750 HL.......I believe that HL stood for 'Highline'

Or could it have stood for 'Hydrolastic' as in that bloody awful suspension that BL used......

More probably it stood for Hasta Luego!! 

It was the  luxurious HL version of the All-aggro that made the girls  all wet and needy.

.......or could I be confusing the humble Austin with the Ferrari Daytona?.....

[aaronjb]

.......or could I be confusing the humble Austin with the Ferrari Daytona?.....

I think that's what Rover did when they came out with the SD1, no?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.......or could I be confusing the humble Austin with the Ferrari Daytona?.....

I think that's what Rover did when they came out with the SD1, no?

Yes, Aaron.....a blatant copy.

However, no SD1 lubricated 'girly bits' as well as the Daytona.

[bigegg]

and also dont let us buy from outside, or from foreigners or even parts (a long list of rules)   I learned to buy parts from abroad but had problems with customs..

Is Turkey not in the EU <spit> then?
Thought .govs weren't allowed to restrict cross-border trade?
Or does that only apply to importing into Britain?

[aaronjb]

Is Turkey not in the EU <spit> then?

Nope: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/turkey/index_en.htm