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Re: Is it jawa, a jag, or Mondeo man's wet dream?
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Re: Is it jawa, a jag, or Mondeo man's wet dream? -
03-22-2005
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A Marina was a tarted up Morris Minor. True, but the Ital was the Marina shell with a bit of polyfilla. Actually, that's a horrendous slur on the Morry Minor, which was a very advanced vehicle when launched. What BL did with the Marina was to go back to agricultural crap such as leaf springs, on a design supposedly thirty years more 'advanced', to save a couple of bob on build costs. Shame they also removed all trace of quality control. |
the best selling car in the UK - and arguably rightly so.
My niece has two ;-)
Problem was the fleet market were suspicious of FWD designs, and
preferred the Cortina, etc. So BL decided to make a 'conventional' car for
the fleet market. And had some success there. With possibly the worst car
they ever made. The only Marina I thought worthy in some ways was the 1800
auto - which was quite lively for a 'small' auto in the days when most
were snails.
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Yep, I've had 'em coming out the kiosk to see what's up - 90 litres, £70+, in a Cit XM. |
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I've owned several XMs, the tank capacity was only 80 litres.
My current CX has only 60 litres, good for about 500 km ;-(
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On 22 Mar 2005 16:11:45 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: Eiron (e1ron (AT) hotmail (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : a *Morris* Ital!! What a nice-looking little car! Subtlest use of sarcasm this week, fersure. No, wait, you're *SERIOUS*? It's a tarted-over Marina, ffs. A Marina was a tarted up Morris Minor. True, but the Ital was the Marina shell with a bit of polyfilla. Actually, that's a horrendous slur on the Morry Minor, which was a very advanced vehicle when launched. What BL did with the Marina was to go back to agricultural crap such as leaf springs, on a design supposedly thirty years more 'advanced', to save a couple of bob on build costs. Shame they also removed all trace of quality control. |
and a Maxi and it was no contest. I were only a lad but even I realised
the Maxi was a lot roomier and more comfortable in the back seat.
Halmyre
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Yep, I've had 'em coming out the kiosk to see what's up - 90 litres, £70+, in a Cit XM. Now that *is* surprising |
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Yep, I've had 'em coming out the kiosk to see what's up - 90 litres, £70+, in a Cit XM. I've owned several XMs, the tank capacity was only 80 litres. |
filling station lies to me. 85 is just after the light comes on, and that's
still 50 mile range.
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Yep, I've had 'em coming out the kiosk to see what's up - 90 litres, £70+, in a Cit XM. I've owned several XMs, the tank capacity was only 80 litres. Nominally 85 litres, but it will happily take more. Either that or every filling station lies to me. 85 is just after the light comes on, and that's still 50 mile range. |
So it's a Prestige? ;-)
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Yep, I've had 'em coming out the kiosk to see what's up - 90 litres, £70+, in a Cit XM. |
E39 only takes £65 of premium from reserve.
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Stewart Pinkerton wrote: On 22 Mar 2005 16:11:45 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: Eiron (e1ron (AT) hotmail (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : a *Morris* Ital!! What a nice-looking little car! Subtlest use of sarcasm this week, fersure. No, wait, you're *SERIOUS*? It's a tarted-over Marina, ffs. A Marina was a tarted up Morris Minor. True, but the Ital was the Marina shell with a bit of polyfilla. Actually, that's a horrendous slur on the Morry Minor, which was a very advanced vehicle when launched. What BL did with the Marina was to go back to agricultural crap such as leaf springs, on a design supposedly thirty years more 'advanced', to save a couple of bob on build costs. Shame they also removed all trace of quality control. My dad had had two 1100s and was looking to upgrade - he tried a Marina and a Maxi and it was no contest. I were only a lad but even I realised the Maxi was a lot roomier and more comfortable in the back seat. |
of line rather than the original which I gather had dodgy gearchange, dodgy
suspension, etc.
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