I drove a Micra,
back when I lived with my mum. It was one of the old-style square ones.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:46, archived)

I've also handled a Fiesta in my time, and a Corsa.
I don't mind a good CORSA.

Don't think much of the new design, mind.
( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Tue 19 May 2009, 21:47, archived)

I haven't driven anything other than that one Micra.
It was faster than you'd expect for something with a 998cc engine.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:48, archived)

K10?

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:50, archived)

looks like it,
I don't know.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:52, archived)

Corsas are pants.
HAVE AN IMAGINATION, MAN!
( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:50, archived)

I drove a Micra straight into a pile of scrap cars once
it snapped.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:49, archived)

Although saying that, it might have been a Hyundai Pony

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:49, archived)

Hyundai Pony?
:(

Haven't seen one for years, must have all rotted away.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:51, archived)

That was the deal with this one
I got given it for banger racing, but both sills were so rotten it wasnt even worth stripping for spares, so I dumped it into reverse and drove it backwards into the scrapyard and into the nearest pile. Got 20 quid.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:53, archived)

Can't argue with that.

( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:55, archived)

hahahahaha
actually I don't know why I found that so funny.
( TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:53, archived)

my mum got rear-ended by a Subaru Justy in one,
the Justy was a right off, the Micra needed a bit of straightening out.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:53, archived)

I liked Justys
especially the 4x4s.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:58, archived)

Wasn't that the same as a Suzuki Swift?

( Major Turd for tonight only, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:59, archived)

ehhh, urrr, hmmmm, uhhh
there was a LOT of pinching and swapping going on with those two back then.
Which one made the Bedford Rascal van in a 4x4 version? Was that Subaru too?
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:03, archived)

Bedford was General Motors, wasn't it?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:04, archived)

Was based on the Suzuki Carry, according to Wikipedia.
You could be thinking of the Daewoo Damas.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:10, archived)

Actually, I'm thinking of the Subaru Libero
the one they made 4x4 just so they could say every car in the range was available as AWD.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:13, archived)

Looks like the Mystery Machine.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:14, archived)

Yeah, but these big manufacturers swap old plans around all the time
Daewoo Nexia is an Opel Astra, Daewoo Espero was an Opel Ascona, Mazda 121 was an old Ford Fiesta (yes, I know, Ford own Mazda); it wouldn't surprise me if the crafty Asians didn't buy a redundant blueprint or go 50/50 on the design for exclusive production rights on each continent.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:10, archived)

Daewoo and Opel are both GM.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:12, archived)

They are now
they weren't back then.
(Daewoo also owned FSO, the Polish factory, about 5km from my flat)
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:16, archived)

My mum inherited an FSO from my granddad.
It was crap.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 22:18, archived)

it was a AWD

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 19 May 2009, 21:59, archived)