The Poverty Spec Enthusiasts' Thread

[mr_spock]

My first car was a Ford Cortina MKIII 1.6L. Daytona Yellow, 4 doors. Manual everything, I think the "L" meant reclining seats. That was it. Great car until it rusted to death.

[W00DY]

chris333 said:

none of those things, but a specific slab of wood to match the exact switches fitted rather than the horror of blank bits of plastic. The brilliance and madness of the old-school Mercedes.

It shows how Merc used to build cars by making them as good as they could be.

It's a cliche, but nowadays the marketing and sales people would hate the idea and insist blank switches sell options, I'm sure.


I bet my current car had a list price around 3 times that of the red one which seems crazy.