Hoover: the deathmatch (19-04)
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Mar 2019
1:24pm, 22 Mar 2019
111,411 posts
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GregP
I had company Cortinas for a while in the 1980s. Big, they were - one was an estate that was about the size of Dunstable.
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Mar 2019
1:29pm, 22 Mar 2019
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GlennR
Cortinas? 1980s? I thought we were up to the Sierra by then, but I wasn't really paying attention.
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Mar 2019
1:35pm, 22 Mar 2019
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TRO Saracen
I bet you had company escorts as well Grep.....
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Mar 2019
2:10pm, 22 Mar 2019
35,291 posts
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Diogenes
Cars I remember my Dad owning: Standard 10 Hillman Imp Hillman Hunter Audi 80 (KCD 868P) Ford Escort Popular (VLK 47S) not with me it wasn't, not after the Audi. It was a company car). Then he had the non-running Princess (OPM 925R) which he ended up trading in for a Marina (HGT 763T). Now that was a terrible car. I learnt to drive in it, changing gear was a matter of guesswork and luck. My first car was a Triumph 1500TC (UYV 676M). That was a much better drive. |
Mar 2019
2:16pm, 22 Mar 2019
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TRO Saracen
Ford used to use the 'Popular' model as a euphemism for 'crappiest model in the range with naff all extras'
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Mar 2019
2:17pm, 22 Mar 2019
53,619 posts
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swittle
The base model.
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Mar 2019
2:29pm, 22 Mar 2019
18,473 posts
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TRO Saracen
I think they went Popular, L, GL, GLS then Ghia. Ghia went to vinyl roof/part wood dashboard levels of luxury. Can't recall where vinyl seats ended and cloth seats began...
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Mar 2019
2:30pm, 22 Mar 2019
53,621 posts
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swittle
I drove a Mini once, on which heater and key start were extras.
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Mar 2019
2:47pm, 22 Mar 2019
111,413 posts
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GregP
Popular Plus was the base model with a token frippery like a wing mirror on the passenger side IIRC?
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Mar 2019
3:08pm, 22 Mar 2019
18,474 posts
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TRO Saracen
I remember perusing a company car spec list and one car listed 'rubber mats' among the standard equipment for the vehicle.
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