The Capri Lives on - !
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Not many left now😳
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“Over 640,000 Austin Allegros were built during its near ten-year lifespan and, at the time, it regularly appeared in the list of the top ten selling cars in the UK. As of 2022, there were just over 250 Allegros still registered, meaning it’s a rarity on British roads.”
Time Waster
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I am still hoping the true mini will be brought back instead of the fake BMW one. I had a big family MPV and had to look up at one BMW "mini" to see the driver at lights!! The real mini is a small car with a wheel on each corner. It is not much bigger if at all than fiat 500 / 600 car. I think one BMW "mini" is almost range rover sizeDD. That is not a mini car!! So I would like to see a modern, small mini come out in the old mold!!
PS I passed my test in my Mum's D reg mini MAyfair. I have fond memories of driving it with my arms tucked right in, my seat practically in the back and the gear knob was reached under my left knee. My Mum got a fiesta after that and when I drove that it felt weird not feeling jammed up against the door. I used to forget and have to remember that I did not need to drive with my arms tucked tight to the body. So if you saw in the 90s a tall guy flapping his right elbow while driving a fiesta it was just me remembering that I was in a big car now not the true mini!!
PS I passed my test in my Mum's D reg mini MAyfair. I have fond memories of driving it with my arms tucked right in, my seat practically in the back and the gear knob was reached under my left knee. My Mum got a fiesta after that and when I drove that it felt weird not feeling jammed up against the door. I used to forget and have to remember that I did not need to drive with my arms tucked tight to the body. So if you saw in the 90s a tall guy flapping his right elbow while driving a fiesta it was just me remembering that I was in a big car now not the true mini!!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
How new was the car when you had to do all that ? Pile of junk they were bought by people in need for an extensive visit to specsavers (sorry).
It was an M reg, (1974). Think I did the repairs in 1981, so would have been about 7 years old .
Alex321
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- South Wales
I am still hoping the true mini will be brought back instead of the fake BMW one. I had a big family MPV and had to look up at one BMW "mini" to see the driver at lights!! The real mini is a small car with a wheel on each corner. It is not much bigger if at all than fiat 500 / 600 car. I think one BMW "mini" is almost range rover sizeDD. That is not a mini car!! So I would like to see a modern, small mini come out in the old mold!!
PS I passed my test in my Mum's D reg mini MAyfair. I have fond memories of driving it with my arms tucked right in, my seat practically in the back and the gear knob was reached under my left knee. My Mum got a fiesta after that and when I drove that it felt weird not feeling jammed up against the door. I used to forget and have to remember that I did not need to drive with my arms tucked tight to the body. So if you saw in the 90s a tall guy flapping his right elbow while driving a fiesta it was just me remembering that I was in a big car now not the true mini!!
It is almost impossible to build a new car that size and shape which actually meets modern safety regulations.
ebikeerwidnes
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BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
Still got my denim jacket and flares, stored away somewhere, I am afraid, no longer enough hair for the massive perm, would a wig do? 😂
BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
They could incorporate some "designer" fibreglass patches and a can of WD40 in the glove compartment
BoldonLad
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- South Tyneside
I did briefly own a "pre-owned" 3 litre model, around 1974, don't remember any details, I must search for photographs one day.
I successfully made two trips Newcastle-upon-Tyne to St Tropez in it (yes, posing), before being forced by the then wife to buy something more "sensible", because we had children, a mortgage, and interest rates had just been increased again!
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ebikeerwidnes
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- Z’ha’dum
When I was about 18 my Dad had a 1.6 Calypso
basically a normal LS with wider wheels and a flashy (ish) paint job
great car to drive - not all that fast (obviously) but was nice
last car I ever drove without a 5th gear - except a 2CV which doesn;t really count!!
basically a normal LS with wider wheels and a flashy (ish) paint job
great car to drive - not all that fast (obviously) but was nice
last car I ever drove without a 5th gear - except a 2CV which doesn;t really count!!
Andy in Germany
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
Probably enough rusty bits distributed in hedgerows and garages throughout the country to make another fifty.
DRM
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- West Yorks
Ford made a pigs ear of the new Capri, yet VW have now released news of this, the new Karmann Ghia, Ford, hang your heads in shame!
View: https://youtu.be/-W2p88-S054?si=IhR7cIohGErBSH35
View: https://youtu.be/-W2p88-S054?si=IhR7cIohGErBSH35
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
And I thought it would be impossible with modern emissions regulations... oh, wait...
