What was the un-coolest car your parents had?
20 June 2006, 11:33 AM
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dunno what the fukc it was but it reminded me of a mini pick up truck, my basturd of a father used to make me and my brother sit in the back of it with nothing holding us in, and took us to school in it.
before you ask, yes i was bullied!
before you ask, yes i was bullied!
20 June 2006, 11:55 AM
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My dad had a Morris 1300 van when I was a kid, but I had to sit on an old orange box behind the drivers seat because 'it is illegal for kids to go in the front'!!
Always had splinters in my **** as a kid!!!
Never stop givin him **** about it now tho!!!
Always had splinters in my **** as a kid!!!
Never stop givin him **** about it now tho!!!
20 June 2006, 12:08 PM
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Red Morris Marina 1.3, Cream Austin Mini 998.......automatic 
, 4 Metros 
. My old man, God rest his soul, was a workshop manager with Mumfords who sold BL wares. The counselling has helped 
. His saving grace was a yellow and black MK1 Capri...though I was barely a twinkle in his eye. 
, 4 Metros . My old man, God rest his soul, was a workshop manager with Mumfords who sold BL wares. The counselling has helped . His saving grace was a yellow and black MK1 Capri...though I was barely a twinkle in his eye.
20 June 2006, 12:12 PM
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My dad had an orange Lada which he bought off my Uncle for a couple of hundred quid, the heater was broken so we used to freeze in the winter.
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20 June 2006, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BlkKnight
Another Morris Marina 1.3 here - which was then given to me as my first car.
I hope you did the decent thing, and wrote it off!
20 June 2006, 12:53 PM
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Christ, where to start
My stepdad had a Simca (1502?), followed by a couple of Austin Maxi's and then a Talbot Alpine, afer that he progressed to volkswagen passats which were OK.
My dad on the other hand had 2.5Pi Triumph, followed by a Lancia Beta HPE a couple of SD1 rovers, and a couple of Range Rover.
Until quite recently my mum had a 1.6 Maestro Automatic, a truly awful car
There have been a few good ones as well, including original cooper s and lancia fulvia
My stepdad had a Simca (1502?), followed by a couple of Austin Maxi's and then a Talbot Alpine, afer that he progressed to volkswagen passats which were OK.
My dad on the other hand had 2.5Pi Triumph, followed by a Lancia Beta HPE a couple of SD1 rovers, and a couple of Range Rover.
Until quite recently my mum had a 1.6 Maestro Automatic, a truly awful car
There have been a few good ones as well, including original cooper s and lancia fulvia
20 June 2006, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
Did anyone else try and get their dad to drop you off as far away as school as possible?
2 x Austin allegro's
1 x yellow Maxi!!!
2 x Austin Monetgo's (the first, and estate was nicked and used in a ram raid)!!!!! FFS it was Champagne beige!!!!
Now they have 2 VW campers!!!!
Oh and they photo's of all the Allegro's and Maxi!!!
20 June 2006, 04:37 PM
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My Dad's total car's bought with his own money history:
Hillman Hunter -
Gold Chrysler Avenger - New
Purple Morris Marina - New
Vauxhall Viva E - New
Austin Princess - New
First company car - Chocolate Brown Volvo 240GL with beige velour(Nice!)
Lots of Cortina/Escort/Sierras company cars then
Nissan Stanza 1.8GL with purple red velour interior and matching dash, parents loved this one and still talk about it fondly, remains the only road car I've ever spun. - secondhand
Sierra 1.6GL - secondhand
Corsa 1.4s x 2 - new
Rover 25 1.1 - new
Rover 25 1.4 - new
Ford C-Max 1.6 - secondhand
Pretty much managed to dodge cool everytime
Hillman Hunter -
Gold Chrysler Avenger - New
Purple Morris Marina - New
Vauxhall Viva E - New
Austin Princess - New
First company car - Chocolate Brown Volvo 240GL with beige velour(Nice!)
Lots of Cortina/Escort/Sierras company cars then
Nissan Stanza 1.8GL with purple red velour interior and matching dash, parents loved this one and still talk about it fondly, remains the only road car I've ever spun. - secondhand
Sierra 1.6GL - secondhand
Corsa 1.4s x 2 - new
Rover 25 1.1 - new
Rover 25 1.4 - new
Ford C-Max 1.6 - secondhand
Pretty much managed to dodge cool everytime
20 June 2006, 05:55 PM
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I win............SKODA ESTELLE.......orange with black vinyl roof............and.................in-car clock..............!
Doubt anyone could beat that................
Si - still carry the emotional scars.
Doubt anyone could beat that................
Si - still carry the emotional scars.
20 June 2006, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
My mate had one of them when I was at college. It's still the only car I know that you can do a J turn in without touching the steering wheel
20 June 2006, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
I had one of these
Cool
Cool
That is stunning I love it
Worse car my Dad had, A Hillman Minx
Cheers
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20 June 2006, 07:04 PM
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I'm struggling to decide which is the worst car my dad had:
Escort MKIII 1.4 Estate - meh
Frontera Sport "s" - oh dear
Rover 216SLi (bubble shape) - we have a winner
Escort MKIII 1.4 Estate - meh
Frontera Sport "s" - oh dear
Rover 216SLi (bubble shape) - we have a winner
20 June 2006, 07:11 PM
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Austin A30 803cc and 28bhp. Hydro-mechanical brakes. What little synchromesh the gearbox had had in 1955 had long gone. 5.20 x 13 remould crossply tyres. A dynamo that punted out 18 amps maximum, so if you drove in traffic you couldn't have the headlights and heater blower on at the same time 
803cc and 28bhp. Hydro-mechanical brakes. What little synchromesh the gearbox had had in 1955 had long gone. 5.20 x 13 remould crossply tyres. A dynamo that punted out 18 amps maximum, so if you drove in traffic you couldn't have the headlights and heater blower on at the same time
20 June 2006, 07:50 PM
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all fords but a few good uns xr4i, followed by an xr4x4 followed by a xr4x4 turbo technics(200bhp) then a saphire cosworth4x4 then it went down hill mondeo 2.5 v6 and graually got worse
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xr4i, followed by an xr4x4 followed by a xr4x4 turbo technics(200bhp) then a saphire cosworth4x4 then it went down hill mondeo 2.5 v6 and graually got worseron
21 June 2006, 08:10 AM
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The Ones I remember
Hillman Husky
Ford Anglia (Pale Blue with White Roof and a Bright Orange Fibreglass flip front!!!)
Morris Marina 1.3 Coupe
Rover P6 2200SC
Austin Allegro (Bought as temporarary run around and had for 5 years, in the end there wasn't a straight panel on it and it used more oil than petrol, oh, and it had the square steering wheel)
Renault 12 (Hand painted yellow, again it was another temporary run around that lasted till it wouldn't pass an MOT)
And finally another Morris Marina cheapy but at least it was the 1.8 this time
Hillman Husky
Ford Anglia (Pale Blue with White Roof and a Bright Orange Fibreglass flip front!!!)
Morris Marina 1.3 Coupe
Rover P6 2200SC
Austin Allegro (Bought as temporarary run around and had for 5 years, in the end there wasn't a straight panel on it and it used more oil than petrol, oh, and it had the square steering wheel)
Renault 12 (Hand painted yellow, again it was another temporary run around that lasted till it wouldn't pass an MOT)
And finally another Morris Marina cheapy but at least it was the 1.8 this time
21 June 2006, 10:38 AM
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I love all these old 70s cars! The Marina coupe was quite groovy... no worse than a capri really. In some ways at least. And the Princess was a good car in many ways... lovely ride, hugely spacious in the back, not a bad family car I reckon.
I'd quite like one now, a 2200 perhaps... king of the road in one of those babies.
And surely a p6 isn't uncool? Icy!
I'd quite like one now, a 2200 perhaps... king of the road in one of those babies.
And surely a p6 isn't uncool? Icy!
21 June 2006, 01:42 PM
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If the P6 had been a V8 or any colour other than brown and not an Auto I might have left it off the list but I don't think it was the best one to go for. My Dad was a typical mechanic, spent all his time working on cars so only worked on his own when it broke, and any car he bought was always done on the spur of the moment because the last one was beyond repair. I don't ever remeber him selling a car for more than it's scrap value! Still, the overall depreciation of everything he's ever owned has probably been less than some people have on a year old STI