So glad my dad bought a Sierra...

[SR06]

Im so my glad my dad went for a Sierra instead of one of these. I would have been beaten to a pulp back in the 80's if he had dropped me off at school in one of these monsters!

[fathomfive]

There's nothing wrong with the Fuego.

[stephen300o]

Rather those two than a Sierra.

[plasticpig]

I like Fuego's . The turbo's went reasonably well.

[davepoth]

It might have been the 910 Bluebird, which is a whole other proposition, as it still holds the lap record at the old Mount Panorama circuit...

[Mr Roper]

Is this an ongoing conversation or a bit of a tangent?

I'm so glad my dad bought a car to take me to school and not a unicycle.

Personally In the eighties the only car I wanted to be seen in was KIT, manufactured by Knight Industries. Alas my dad kept fobbing me off with a crappy Renault Alpine

[Garlick]

Odd post.

Anyway, I like both cars pictured.

[soxboy]

A Fuego Turbo, designed by Robert Opron who styled the Citroen SM, and which car featured the other day in A View to A Kill and which gave its tail lights to the later wedge TVRs.

Or a hearing aid beige Sierra 1.6L.

Hmmm

[Beefmeister]

OP said:

Something about his dad and a Sierra

[Petrolhead_Rich]

My dad had a number of sierra's, and I recall being glad when he decided to get the bluebird as it was much comfier and had navigation lights

He also had a Citroen BX.....

We let him off on the basis he also had a range rover, TVR, Merc, Another TVR, BMW etc

he just used to do Crap Car, Fun Car, Crap Car, Fun Car....

Point being, Nissan Bluebird was better than the ford Sierra IMO!

Edit - Include Pictures:

Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Wednesday 22 September 14:14

[Sixpackpert]

I used to get dropped off in a black one of these.

[DavidHM]

My Dad had a Sierra for two weeks as a courtesy car.

True fact that.

[GBS2K]

I walked to school.

It gave me time to learn how to use apostrophes.

[plasticpig]

Mr Roper said:

Is this an ongoing conversation or a bit of a tangent?

I'm so glad my dad bought a car to take me to school and not a unicycle.

Personally In the eighties the only car I wanted to be seen in was KIT, manufactured by Knight Industries. Alas my dad kept fobbing me off with a crappy Renault Alpine

Your dad had an A310 then? At least the Sierra would be more likely to get you to school.

[IROC-Z]

GBS2K said:

I walked to school.

It gave me time to learn how to use apostrophes.

I was about to write a post along similar lines, only about not ending up obese.

[Garlick]

Didn't get a lift to school very often, but if I did it was in a Cavalier. We had every model as Dads company gave him a new one every couple of years.

We started with a early 1.3L and ended up with an SRI. I think we literally had every incarnation.

The first was like this



He had a numberplate made up saying 'PAUL 1' and used to attach it for me at the weekend (I was about 10 at the time) and I used to stand next to it/ sit in it for hours feeling proud of the plate on 'my' car.

[Plotloss]

Garlick said:

He had a numberplate made up saying 'PAUL 1' and used to attach it for me at the weekend (I was about 10 at the time) and I used to stand next to it/ sit in it for hours feeling proud of the plate on 'my' car.

Ace!

[esuuv]

I saw a kid getting dropped off at a school this morning in a bluebird exactly that colour!!

[Munter]

The only day a car dropped me off at school it was an AUDI 100. And that only came about because the silly cow driving had just run me (and my push bike) over.

[Mr Roper]

plasticpig said:

Mr Roper said:

Is this an ongoing conversation or a bit of a tangent?

I'm so glad my dad bought a car to take me to school and not a unicycle.

Personally In the eighties the only car I wanted to be seen in was KIT, manufactured by Knight Industries. Alas my dad kept fobbing me off with a crappy Renault Alpine

Your dad had an A310 then? At least the Sierra would be more likely to get you to school.

Yes I agree, but there was a lever at the front which opened the rear window, not a button, not a handle but an actual lever like you see in space ships. I kid you not! Dad always said it was the turbo lever, so for years I thought turbo meant more noise.

I remember my Dad going through a few Peugeot 504 estates. He would always brag about how good a car it was, but that didn't stop 3 visits that I know of from pikeys offering to take it away. It really was awful.

Now, the comma van....