There are people who need different coloured number plates to be able to work out which end of a car they are looking at?

(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 15:42, 4 replies)

I wouldn't know which way to face otherwise

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 15:42, closed)

^This^

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 15:43, closed)

It might be
an Austin Allegro
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 16:17, closed)

but you're not old...

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 16:20, closed)

I actually saw one of those the other day.
On the road. Moving, and everything.

I was slightly amazed. It makes me wonder - slightly - whether there're any functional Maestros (Maestri?) or Montegos still around.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 16:22, closed)

My parents went through a phase of buying Montegos when I was a child.
All second-hand, all in various shades of blue, all estates, and all like driving a grumpy brick. And they all fell apart after a few short years. One in particular seemed to hate me (as much as an inanimate object can): it broke down twice and burst one tyre, all on times when I needed to be somewhere for something very important. I hated that car. It was a git.

But still, they were all better than the vomit-coloured Marina they had when I was really young.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 16:41, closed)

Anorak mode on!
There's 12 Austin Allegros still on the road and 17 Maestros.

Base models only - I'm not including the 1.6 Auto etc. in the numbers.
(azgiles, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 17:10, closed)

There's one in Dundee
An Allegro, that is. And this makes me feel really old - I learned to drive in a Maestro!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 23:29, closed)

I can believe it
Having just today encountered an unusually high number of idiots driving cars while apparently being totally unaware of how they work.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 21:49, closed)