RE: Shed Of The Week: Rover Metro Chairman
Discussion
Shed's job is 30% consumer advice, 70% entertainment - this really is something different. Well done. We don't need to be told that a 400,000 mile 5 series can be bought for under a g every single week, despite what some seem to think.
One of these used to live somewhere near me; I may have seen it 20 times, and never once with more than the driver aboard.
One of these used to live somewhere near me; I may have seen it 20 times, and never once with more than the driver aboard.
Not perhaps the best way of reminding people that the Metro was a landmark car - but we'll take what we can get.
Compared to other small cars at the time (the supermini hadn't really been invented so we're talking Fiesta, R5 and Nova) it was a LOVELY drive - it rode and handled better by a country mile.
I saw some kids around a 100 at a car meet recently - the (new) owner was telling them he'd gotten it from a old man (it was really tidy) and how he was going to 'slam and tint it'. I suggested he was actually going to RUIN it but go ahead, it would just make the other remaining cars more valuable. Seen it a few times since - no mods yet - fingers crossed he doesn't f
k it up(*)
(*) there's a growing interest in retro 'factory' cars in the local car community - quite a few nice old Polos and Fiestas which are factory and mint - I like this a lot.
Compared to other small cars at the time (the supermini hadn't really been invented so we're talking Fiesta, R5 and Nova) it was a LOVELY drive - it rode and handled better by a country mile.
I saw some kids around a 100 at a car meet recently - the (new) owner was telling them he'd gotten it from a old man (it was really tidy) and how he was going to 'slam and tint it'. I suggested he was actually going to RUIN it but go ahead, it would just make the other remaining cars more valuable. Seen it a few times since - no mods yet - fingers crossed he doesn't f
k it up(*)(*) there's a growing interest in retro 'factory' cars in the local car community - quite a few nice old Polos and Fiestas which are factory and mint - I like this a lot.
CDP said:
Shirely this is more like it?
Can't help thinking you could be on to a little earner if stick a portaloo in the back and rent it out for garden parties?
That is the Anglia from Peter Jackson's movie Bad Taste! One of the most movies ever. I should've bought a Holden 😂😂😂Can't help thinking you could be on to a little earner if stick a portaloo in the back and rent it out for garden parties?
Regarding the (old?) Top Gear comments, I wonder how hard it would be to track down all the remaining chairmans (there can't be many about surely?) and then stick some touring car drivers in them, possibly with the controls moved to the rear for extra comedy value and then stick them on a race track, seems the most obvious thing to do in my eyes.
myhandle said:
CDP said:
Shirely this is more like it?
Can't help thinking you could be on to a little earner if stick a portaloo in the back and rent it out for garden parties?
That is the Anglia from Peter Jackson's movie Bad Taste! One of the most movies ever. I should've bought a Holden ??????Can't help thinking you could be on to a little earner if stick a portaloo in the back and rent it out for garden parties?
Are they Ministry of Works? Nah, they're moving too fast...
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