Avant wrote: '...it must have been a Rover 75 - the only car I know that was named after the average age of its drivers.'
All that proves is age brings wisdom.
As HJ said at the time, if a BMW badge was stuck on the back of Rover 75, everyone would have said what a tremendous vehicle it was.
Even that clown Clarkson thought the sports versions pretty good.
My brother had one - delighted with it.
I drove a couple, bit too big for me, but a very agreeable way to get about.
Of course, if this elderly couple were really clever, they'd drive an Audi or a VW, because they never break down, do they?
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Fair enough, I think the 75 was a good car, although the 1.8 I once hired was uninspiring: it needed one of the bigger engines.
But you have to be of a certain age to be happy driving behind the panelled dashboard and those sepia-coloured instruments - the effect being like a 1940s front parlour which only got used if Great-Aunt Bertha came to stay or there was a death in the family (or both).
Edited by Avant on 14/06/2008 at 11:51
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....if Great-Aunt Bertha came to stay or there was a death in the family (or both)...
If Great Aunt Bertha had come to stay and died we would have been so excited in our house someone would have nipped out and bought two Rovers.
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McLaren in limp home mode.
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Well, what interesting responses - and some very funny. I lift my glass to ...... nortones2
He was, indeed, driving a Reliant Robin.
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