a Marina won their TG ice driving challenge the other week...
...let's face it, a generation of British cars from the 1970s/80s were crap, a fact not lost on the public.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:18, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Then they smashed it
I'm not saying the Marina's a good car because it's not. But smashing them up for no reason when there aren't many left is quite cuntish. They are a part of British motoring history whether people like it or not and until we start flattening BNP members with pianos I think we should lay off the Marinas
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:20, Reply)

You have a point....
...there are plenty of Allegros left, not to mention those awful Rootes Group monstrosities that haven't yet died.

Given the choice of seeing a Marina bite the dust or a Lancia Stratos, I know which I'd rather see get crushed by a piano.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:23, Reply)

Can I throw in the
Triumph Dolomite too?! I hate that car!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:26, Reply)

The Dolly Sprint wasn't bad...
...Twin cams and sixteen valves, the BMW 3 series of its day.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:28, Reply)

I guess I just never want to see
cars destroyed for no reason if they are taxed and MOT'd.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:29, Reply)

To be fair, I think that anything British Leyland had a hand in should be ritually crushed, burned and fired in to outer space.
Except the Land Rover.

I might be being deliberately contentious here...
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:31, Reply)

Or the Mini...
...they may have rusted with a fanatical zeal, but they were great to drive.

Actually, the Princess was much maligned too and deserved a better press - if only the strike-happy communists building it had put as much effort into their job as they did striking then the British car industry might not be a historical footnote.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:33, Reply)

Gooooodbye
Minis!

Damn just remembered the Triumph GT6 will be gone too... and I guess the Stag is gone too... *has a little cry*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:33, Reply)

Nah, the mini can sod off too.
I mean, I liked the original minis, but they can't be excused for spawning the new overpriced monstrosities that are driven solely by people who pop their collars up.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:35, Reply)

You do have a point on Triumphs though.
They can stay. Am I reasonable, or what?
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:36, Reply)

Ah but then there is the TR7
It was described by an incredulous six year old PJM as "shit", a judgement that I stand by to this very day.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:39, Reply)

There's a choice
The TR7 or the Fiat X1/9

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_TR7
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_X1/9
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:50, Reply)

I'll have the X/19
Within the unappealing wedgy 70s blandness was a mid-engined two seater with a revvy engine and an entertaining character.

The TR7 was simply a donkey.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 29 Jul 2009, 14:54, Reply)

I'm not a fan on Minis either
any incarnation of them. Especially the clubman.

Still wouldn't get a nice working one and fire it through a caravan though.

And yeah you're soooooooooo reasonable
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:41, Reply)

Absolutely
look at the Herald for example.

But, I liked these things when I was a nipper

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO17
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:45, Reply)

My first car
Was a Triumph Acclaim. It was ace.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:52, Reply)

What Slip Digby and PJM said
I owned a couple of old school minis before the cost of upkeep became prohibitive. (By prohibitive I mean no amount of luck, money or sexual favours to the mechanic would keep it on the road) and they were filled with epic win despite being a bit shit. You might have wet feet where the sills had rusted and the rain was coming in, but you could go round corners faster than the speed of light with your arse less than 18 inches off the floor. Ideally making zooming noises despite being in your 20s.

The new so called minis are not minis in any sense of the word - they're BMWs, often driven by stereotypical BMW drivers. Bah. Cocks, in other words.
Also, now I drive a purple fiesta small children, students and other mini drivers don't wave at me any more :(
(berk, Wed 29 Jul 2009, 13:47, Reply)