Greg, you are spot bollo*k on that one, well done, but I did make it easy. It was the worst car I have ever had, a total nightmare. The hub cap issue was a real problem, as the bloody things would just come off...the worst occassion being in Winchester. I came around a corner and was confronted by a set of red traffic lights so I stopped (as one does) in a gentle controlled manner. Problem 1, one of the hub caps came off and shot across the junction.
Problem 2. Crossing the junction was a convoy including Police cars and motorcycle outriders , and a High Court Judge who were involved in a major IRA trial at Winchester Crown Court.
Problem 3. it hit one of the motorbikes following the convoy.
I had an appointment and guess what..........I was late after a full document check and search, etc etc, and I still didn't get the cap back).
I had the car for about 2 months and then God smiled on me and promoted my boss, so I took over his job and got an upgraded car Ford Cortina1600 GL MK4 , and my life suddenly became good again.
The Allegro was returned to Head Office and I have no idea what happened to it after that, but it goes down as my worst ever car ever, and I have had some dogs.
This prompted me to do a list of all the cars I've ever had,
Austin Mini 850 (started green and ended up black)
Morris Mini Cooper (but it had an FG front)
Ford Cortina MK 1 (1300?) (smoking dog)
Ford Cortina Mk1 GT 1500 (great fun)
Morris 1100 (bought a house and had to be sensible )
Austin Allegro First free car but (the worst car ever had)
Ford Cortina 1600GL MK4
Alfa Romeo 1.6Ti Alfa Sud (brilliant car to drive)
Ford Fiesa 1.1L (company I worked for went bust and this was better than nothing)
Triumph Spitfire 1300 (for the wife and to avoid having to be seen in the Fiesta)
MGBGT (again for the wife, to replace the Spit)
VW Scirocco 1600 GLS (set up own business and could have what I wanted...easy to get big overdraft facilities then)
VW Scirocco 1800 GTi Black with red interior. (the business then and still would look good to-day)
Ford Escort XR3i White(God knows why I did this one, but seemed like a good idea at the time)
Ford Sierra 2.9 XR4X4i (couldn't afford a Cosworth in 1989)
Mitsubishi Shogun 2.5 TDi (big bugger with all the bits and hey I had kids now and it was great)
Mercedes 280C Sport (all the bits and some ,Silver of course)
Jaguar S Type 3.0SE (great styling then , but wish I had got a type R)
BMW 3.0i X5 Sport (Great bit of kit and still got it)
and of course the P Car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of stroll down memory lane...better do some work
regards
G
] and I thought that was cool, then a white XR3i....cringe, then a Red XR 4X4! OMG!
