A sad day?

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Wed 13 Nov 2002 19:47
A sad day? - Highway Star
I got my Cavalier scrapped today to make room for something classier. It's worrying to think how much it cost new and now I had to pay somebody to take it away. I wasn't sorry to see it go - it was heavy, sluggish and so full of rust and filler that it wasn't even magnetic anymore. Anyone else been glad to see the back of a car?
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 11:55
A sad day? - Clear Spot
My Ford Explorer - what a heap - the biggest and most expensive (motoring) mistake of my life - so a happy day (apart from the big hole in my bank account)
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 12:42
A sad day? - peterb
Renault Megane 1.4e

I have an old fashioned belief that applying pressure to the RH pedal should make the car go faster...
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 18:00
A sad day? - Steve S
Chevette

I had an equally old fashioned belief that when you turned the key it should start!
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 13:31
A sad day? - volvoman
Yep, my 1986 Rover 820e fastback. Low mileage, spotless bodywork and nice to drive but what a pile of rubbish ! Lost ££loads on it but at least had the satisfaction of getting rid !
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 14:35
A sad day? - volvod5_dude
I wasn't sad when I got rid of my 1977 Lancia Delta HPE. What a rust bucket!
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 14:41
A sad day? - madf
I sold my 1967 Lotus Elan S3 two years ago. great fun.. went like #### off a shovel. Great noise, very uncomfortable, not very reliable...but who cared..

Shame...
madf
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 15:06
A sad day? - terryb
I was sad to scrap my first ever car - a 1961 Ford Popular 100E, but the suspension was about to shoot through the front wings so it had to go. Replaced by a 1959 105E Anglia - much more fun and much more troublesome.

Terry
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 16:45
A sad day? - BrianW
Terry
We started off with the same first two cars.
After the Anglia you didn't by any chance graduate to a Mk1 Cortina, by any chance?
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Thu 14 Nov 2002 18:45
A sad day? - Derfel
The car I was most releived to see the back of was a Renault 5 1.4GTL bought new in 1986. Trouble from start to finish. Terrible quality engineering.
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Fri 15 Nov 2002 10:01
A sad day? - terryb
Brian

No, a Mk II 1500 Super!
Then a Mk I Capri 1500 XL... with me so far :o)
Terry
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