what was your parents most embarassing car?

what was your parents most embarassing car?

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richardxjr

7,561 posts

209 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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I win.

A Skoda Estelle 1100, a Lada 1500 estate, and a Yugo 511.

All at the same time, when I was in my mid-teens.

Oh the shame cry


Redneck Rocket

998 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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The oldest one on the right.

scoobykev15

Original Poster:

406 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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was he a member of the communist party mate?cos if he was spying for the russkies your driveway was a bit of a giveaway for special branch or mi5!

littleandy0410

1,745 posts

203 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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My Dad's collection since I've been alive:

Austin Maxi
Citroen Dyane

Talbot Alpine Stereo

Mk3 Cavalier 1.6
mk3 Astra 1.4 (the most gutless car ever - I remember taking them to the airport in it, and having to change down a gear to keep it going, on the M11!)
Currently drives a mk4 Astra 1.4 in that god-awful metallic brown.

In case you hadn't noticed, he's not really a petrolhead!

Strawman

6,463 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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littleandy0410 said:
Citroen Dyane
I was going to add a 2CV6 to this thread, my mother had an orange one with a large vinyl flower on the back, but your Dyane beats it, the 2CV's even uglier cousin biggrin

JaymzDead

1,216 posts

199 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Pea Green Morris Marina, I was nearly born in that, can you imagine the indignity!
A Rover 820i fastback, he had 2 800 saloons before and they seemed fine, this however was the face-lift model and was a steaming pile of dog doo-doo and he had the bloody cheek to try and sell it to me!
Ford Cougar, not that awful really but he had the 2.5 V6 and my 1.9 TDi 130 Passat was faster!

Munter

31,319 posts

240 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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have to choose between the Beige Lara Riva (died from no oil pressure)and the White Lara Riva(died from knackered distributer and no available parts) or the Hyundi Pony x2 1.5 Automatic....And my brother who purchased a Corsa 1.4 Automatic. (Currently awaiting delivery of his Focus ST...the git)

Silverbullet767

10,680 posts

205 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Nissan or datsun cherry, in brownish red.

lovley

edx

1,852 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Strawman said:
littleandy0410 said:
Citroen Dyane
I was going to add a 2CV6 to this thread, my mother had an orange one with a large vinyl flower on the back, but your Dyane beats it, the 2CV's even uglier cousin biggrin
Mine had a 2CV for a while, in a rather tasty french blue, I always thought it was pretty cool though and it was especially fun for hammering round fields.

boxedin

john_r

8,353 posts

270 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Ford Scorpio Ultima.


Oh the shame...
getmecoat

Edited by john_r on Thursday 1st November 14:35

uk89camaro

1,399 posts

232 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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scoobykev15 said:
by the way uk89camaro,was it the same fetching shade of bathroom beige as in the photo?
more of a cream colour.

H2DaE

1,338 posts

205 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Some really old sick green Skoda, he used to take me and my mates to footy training in it and we used to duck when we saw people we knew

Vodka Margarine

6,627 posts

213 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Montego estate. Managed to get 300k out of it though.

bodhi

10,331 posts

228 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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My dad had a particularly embarassing 1980's. He had (in quick succession I might add)

1984 MG Maestro 1600 - Used to tell you to do your seatbelts up if it went over a bump. Also had the legendary hot-starting problem.
1985 MG Montego EFi - Broke down on the way home from the garage when it was brand new. I kid you not.
1988 Vauxhall Belmont SRi - It was a Belmont. Nuff said.

Luckily when the 90's hit he saw sense and bought a Rover 416GTi, then one of the first of the E36 325i's. Cracking car, shame the Rover was better made....

Killer2005

19,594 posts

227 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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My dads had a selection including Lada's and Maestro's redface

BigBen

11,610 posts

229 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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uk89camaro said:
sweetie in the post.
I would look at the URL for your picture before playing fast and loose with your sweets wink

OT my dad had a string of Austin Maxis (3 of them) luckily I was mostly too young for it to be that much of a problem.

Ben

CraigW

12,248 posts

281 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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just like this one, yeuurrgggghh


love machine

7,609 posts

234 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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White 2CV.

My folks were petrolheads, the first car I had a ride in was a very tuned Midget. I remember the conversation "I think we're going to have to sell the MGBGT, the children are getting to big for it". I remember being 4 and thinking NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I remember it sat in the garage waiting to be sold and I used to go and sit in it. Then they just lost it. Renault 4 van (which was quite cool) then a whole bunch of 2CV's and Dyanes. Then the real rot set in , a Visa 10E and it just got worse from there.

Being picked up by dad in his new-secondhand 2CV and him saying Yoo-Hoo from the window in front of all my mates was a crushing experience. All lads like to have a great dad and it was like Julian Clary turning up.

MaximumJed

745 posts

231 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Wow, all the hate I had for my parents buying a Fiat Uno Diesel has suddenly been lifted while reading this thread!

Thudd

3,100 posts

206 months

Thursday 1st November 2007
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Two kids at Uni = Green Fiat Uno 1.1!

Oh the shame.