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Whats the crappest bike you've ever owned and why?
Green1:
That was probably my nan with the Mini because thats what she used to do with hers.
I remmember when I was young sitting in the back with my little sister who always sat behind my nan. The car lerching back and forth everywere it went.
On day my nan turned around to my mum and said why does she keep hitting me on the head? Mum turns around and said its your crap driving. The car stutering used to cause my sister to fall of the seat. ;D
That was an early Mini in white, hinges on the outside of the doors and pull cord handles. That was stolen to order the day after my Grandad put a new engine in it >:(
She was a crap driver she managed to crash in to a shopping trolly in an empty car park.
She had three or four and they all rusted away I used to poke my fingers through the tops of the wings
Woodside:
Didn't every BL car come with a clothes peg for the choke
Bryanj:
Nah, that was Hillmans.
Having started the stories link, my uncle had a garage not far from park bakeries in Oldham and had 2 Mk1 escorts in on the same weel, both 3 yrs old and registrations close to each other, one a reps car and one the typical old ladies car, reps in for a service, old ladies in for new engine
cooleronthecoast:
A good work friend of mine had a beige Ford Escort Mk2 back in the early 80's. It was only an 1100, but it would probably be worth a few bob these days if he still had it. Anyways I digress. He came into work one morning with a broad smile on his face and I asked what was so amusing. He said the previous evening he had left work as normal at 5pm and got into his car to drive home. About half a mile after leaving the car park he switched on the radio and thought to himself WTF!! Radio 2! I never listen to Radio 2 (he was in his early 20's at the time). Then he looked on the passenger seat and saw a copy of that days Sun newspaper. WTF! I don't buy the Sun!! Then he realised it wasn't his car. He turned around and went back to work to find his car about 5 spaces down from where he had driven off in someone elses (obviously) more or less identical Escort. Long before remote key fobs, his Escort keys fitted the 'other' Escort's door and ignition barrel perfectly. I can't recall if he ever met and told the other cars owner what had happened.
SteveD CB500K0:
I had a MkII Escort that would open and run using the key from my 550K3 :)
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