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Rover Metra 1.4 GTA. (British racing green)
Light on its feet, 1.4 engine and RED seatbelts, because thats what make its a gta.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Mine was a 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, v8 318, with a moonroof. [^]
Fun car.
Scott
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A 1962 Lincoln Continental. (A 12 year old car at the time.)
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A clio II [^]
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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73 Ford Gran Torino Station Wagon[^]. It used to get me, 10 friends, and as much ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) as we could fit, into the drive movies and a fairly regular basis.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I assume it does not count if you could not reach the pedals. As a 2 or 3 year old. I somehow obtained the keys and was able to get my dads truck started and in gear.
And the real answer was my first car was a 2002 Ford Escape although I had regularly parked and driven cars around the block for close to 20 years before I had a license (which I obtained at 30).
John
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1989 Buick LeSabre T-Type (http://www.lesabret.com/[^])
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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A 1983 Talbot Horizon - it drove forwards and backwards, that's probably all I can say about it compared to my current 7 air bag, pre-tensioning force limiter seatbelt, all-in-one satnav, stereo, car computer, reversing camera equipped car.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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My Mum's Rover 90[^]
Gawd but that was a pig to drive when I was 12! Heavy steering or what?
But the first car I owned was a Lancia Beta HPE 2000[^]
Which was an education...in so many ways. 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Which was an education...in so many ways
I'm guessing not to buy Lancias, or the need to better avoid puddles 
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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That and more: that you should never assume that all cars of a certain make, model, year, and specification will share common components: Lancia fitted whatever came to hand. Trying to replace the distributor cap the first time...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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My mother's dark green MkII Ford Cortina.
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Oddly a Ford Transit Van. When I was 14. I almost rolled it in a tight turn and I wasn't allowed to drive it after that. No, we weren't on the public highways!
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I discovered my Ford Focus has a neat little anti-theft feature that renders the bonnet unable to open if the lockj behind the blue badge is fiddled with . The problem is it also renders my bonnet unable to open if you cross a speed bump too quickly, park on the kerb or look at it in a funny way (seriously - neither me nor the missus have done anything harsh to the car, other than the speed bump thing, even that wasn't bad). I had a quick look, couldn't get it open, researched online and it turns out the best solution on the t'interwebs could provide involved a 12" screwdriver to smash the assembly that keeps the thing locked, or a drill bit that Dirk Diggler would find intimidating.
Anyhoo, got some advice off my normal local garage, who actually advised me to take it to the dealership as they have an actual tool to sort this as the fault was so common. So the missus booked the jalopy in, explaining the problem in surprising detail for someone with a social sciences background.
I hied me off to in the car on Saturday morning and caught the bus (transport of delight 50% charver free) back into town. About 2 hours later the dealer got back in touch - with a detailed report "The anti-theft bonnet latch mechanism has probably been accidentally triggered and we need to break into the car from underneath, then replace the latch". 2 hours, to basically tell us what we'd told them. Also, that the exhaust mount had gone (which we'd also asked them to look at) but also the cat had come loose internally. New exhaust system? £700. I can fit an after market stainless steel one myself for less than half that.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Keith Barrow wrote: who actually advised me to take it to the dealership as they have an actual tool to sort this as the fault was so common
So basically, I steal a Ford, cannot open the bonnet, go to the first Ford dealership around the corner, and he opens it for me with a special tool which must probably not be something Ford-official ? Sounds about right.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I'm more worried about a bonnet lock design that basically fails silently and stops be from checking things like fluid levels. If this had happened at winter it would have caused huge problems as the salt-spray means I have to re-fill the washer bottle about once a fortnight. Once a thief has got a car, they are pretty much going to be able to do what they want with it, unless it is the bat-mobile. That thing kicked ass.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Drive a Chevy. They shut off for the same reasons.
Just had my ignition replaced on recall.
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I had one - or at least a re-badged Daewoo.
Worst car I ever owned, and I owned a car screwed together in Birmingham on the late 70s.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Keith Barrow wrote: Worst car I ever owned, and I owned a car screwed together in Birmingham on the
late 70s.
They used screws?? Luxury! Our family's '79 midlands mobile was held together with spit and sticky tape. Eventually the rust helped add stability.
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Sounds like software to me: a legally bought product that may be locked off accidentally because of a stupid DRM mechanism, and essentially can only be used properly with the DRM removed by hackers .... 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
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LOTUS - Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
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