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My dad had a P reg Maxi 1750 when we were kids, which we all remember fondly. It was reliable, practical, went quite well, and was the first car I'd ever seen with a five speed gearbox! :-)
This was replaced by a T registration Princess 2 2.0 HL. By far and away the best riding, most spacious car I remember from my childhood. This was also reliable and served us well. I seem to remember dad bypassed the thermoswitch on the rad that controlled the cooling fan, and installed a manual toggle switch on the dash, but other than that I don't recall a single problem with it until the MOT man took exception to the extent of the rot and condemned it. The car wasn't even seven years old when this happened.
As well as these two, we also had an Allegro for a while. The Allegro was the only BL car I seem to recall deserved its reputation. It was a dog of a car. Burned and leaked enough oil to need weekly top ups, leaked like a sieve in any more than light drizzle, bits fell off it constantly, and what didn't fall off rotted into nothing in an incredibly short time.
The Maxi and Princess were both ace, though! :-)
Edited by DP on 04/04/2010 at 23:45
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