When Motoring Was Fun

greg2302 · 28-05-2004, 19:08

Do you remember ?

Before petrol cost over 80p a litre ....

Before speed cameras were behind every signpost ....

Before they invented the Renault Megane ....

***DGW*** · 28-05-2004, 19:11

Yes. In 1964 I used to pay 4 shillings a gallon for petrol; my Mercedes 300 did 16mpg (and ran on retreads); and there was no 70 limit.

tonylegg · 28-05-2004, 21:20

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Originally Posted by DGW

Yes. In 1964 I used to pay 4 shillings a gallon for petrol; my Mercedes 300 did 16mpg (and ran on retreads); and there was no 70 limit.

and the 300 cost about £ 800 which was a 3 x full annual salary

tell that to kids these days!

My first tank of fuel cost £3,50 in 1972 for 14 gallons!!!!! Then there was the first Yom Kippur war!

KLB · 28-05-2004, 21:21

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Originally Posted by DGW

Yes. In 1964 I used to pay 4 shillings a gallon for petrol; my Mercedes 300 did 16mpg (and ran on retreads); and there was no 70 limit.

4 shillings? I dreamed of paying 4 shillings! It had shot up to 5/6d a gallon (5 shillings and sixpence - 27.5p; just over 6p/litre) by the time I started driving three years later...

Stimps · 28-05-2004, 21:24

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Originally Posted by DGW

Yes. In 1964 I used to pay 4 shillings a gallon for petrol; my Mercedes 300 did 16mpg (and ran on retreads); and there was no 70 limit.

In 1964 I wasn't even a twinkle in my dad's eye!

Was everything in black and white when you started driving, Denis?

steve · 28-05-2004, 21:52

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Originally Posted by tonylegg

My first tank of fuel cost £3,50 in 1972 for 14 gallons!!!!!

And i was 2 years old

.

Steve

***DGW*** · 28-05-2004, 22:42

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Originally Posted by Stimps

Was everything in black and white when you started driving, Denis?

Don't be cheeky, Steve. My first car was blue; the 2nd and 4th - both Mercedes - were black. And they all came with sound.

Stimps · 28-05-2004, 23:08

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Originally Posted by DGW

Don't be cheeky, Steve.

Moi?

geordiesteve · 28-05-2004, 23:35

wasn't there a demand for sanitoria for consumption about then also? that should lose anyone under 30 !!

Alex · 28-05-2004, 23:39

It is my 22nd B'day next week but i suppose that doesnt help

Quinten · 28-05-2004, 23:53

When did motoring stop being fun? I squeeze about 80% fun into my journey's into work... the other 20% are being wasted filling up with petrol

.

Stimps · 29-05-2004, 00:20

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Originally Posted by Quinten

When did motoring stop being fun? I squeeze about 80% fun into my journey's into work... the other 20% are being wasted filling up with petrol

.

You either have a very short drive to work, or you take a long time filling up...

On the whole I enjoy driving too - although I have a 3 minute commute to work, and apart from that don't really drive anywhere at times when it's "busy"...

***DGW*** · 29-05-2004, 09:53

Unless you average 60mph door to door, making the distance 3 miles, surely that journey is walkable, Steve?

**JaneC** · 29-05-2004, 09:55

Walking - Steve

Stimps · 29-05-2004, 10:04

It's about a mile and a half, maybe two from my house to work, Denis. Unfortunately one section of road is lacking in the pavement department so it's not a good idea to try and walk along it... plus without the car I couldn't come home at lunch times!

Once we've moved (should hopefully complete in a week or two) it'll be about a mile, and I probably will walk most days

**roo** · 29-05-2004, 17:46

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Originally Posted by steve

And i was 2 years old

.

Steve

Thats nothing, I was -8

wonderbadger · 29-05-2004, 18:20

Motoring can still be fun... for instance a few weekends ago I was up at 6.30am and off round the Chesterfield/Bakewell/Cat & Fiddle route with hardly any other traffic! The Cat & Fiddle might be a 50 zone but its still damn good fun doing 50 round all the twisty bits! Maybe its just how you look at fun... if fun is going fast in a straight line then motoring is not as it used to be (Zzzzzzz), however if fun is quick accelaration and handling round the corners then its just as good, better in some cases as the cars handle much better these days!

steve · 29-05-2004, 22:40

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Originally Posted by rooboy

Thats nothing, I was -8

Cheers mate, i suppose ive got to get used to it

Im getting old, kids have started to take the p*ss and i've just been informed my chin's going grey

. Im off to the tattooist to get the top of my head coloured in

Steve
33 +three quarters,

AndyC · 30-05-2004, 16:39

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Originally Posted by wonderbadger

however if fun is quick accelaration and handling round the corners then its just as good, better in some cases as the cars handle much better these days!

My first car was a 1963 Triumph Herald. Accelertion? 0-60 took about half a day. Handling? Opposite lock round traffic islands at 25 mph! The tyres howled in protest and were bald after about 5000 miles.

Still petrol was 28p per gallon and Road Tax £25 per year. Insurance was £30 but I was still at school.

AndyC

Arctor · 30-05-2004, 20:30

I have just driven from Helsby to Moreton Hall; all 'A' roads beautiful countryside hardly a car on the road (50mpg in a Furby vrs).

There is still good driving out there to be had.

Witchfinder · 30-05-2004, 23:10

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Originally Posted by greg2302

Before they invented the Renault Megane ....

Keep your eyes open for that 225 BHP Megane. It could seriously embarass even a chipped Octy or Furby vRS.

Come on Skoda, where's the good s**t? You're holding out on us, aren't you?

steve · 30-05-2004, 23:21

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Originally Posted by Witchfinder

Keep your eyes open for that 225 BHP Megane. It could seriously embarass even a chipped Octy or Furby vRS.

Come on Skoda, where's the good s**t? You're holding out on us, aren't you?

I remember lusting after a 205 BHP Cossy 'cos it was the dogs blocks, now every shopping trolley has more, how the bar has been raised in 10 year's.
When im in my 40's 200 BHP will be a Grannys car

Steve

greg2302 · 31-05-2004, 15:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witchfinder

Keep your eyes open for that 225 BHP Megane. It could seriously embarass even a chipped Octy or Furby vRS.

Ha, just re-read my original post, I meant to say "before they invented the Renault Megane Scenic", and all the other Spazz-Wagons of that ilk. I know that's not terribly PC, but there you go .....

myvRS · 31-05-2004, 20:12

The scenic's a good car designed for a purpose. However, I remember when you could buy petrol on gallons and not litres. Now what is the point of that MPG but we will only sell in Litres

JimFord · 31-05-2004, 22:18

The A41 between Kings Langley and Tring (in Herts.) is good fun. Fast dual carriageway, no cameras and very rarely see the cops. There's also two long inclines (at Kings Langley and Bourne End) where my Octavia Vrs leaves most challengers for dead - and long straights where, if you were so inclined, you could exceed the speed limit by an indecent amount (so I'm told)!

Regards: Jim Ford

28-05-2004, 19:08	#1
greg2302 Briskodian Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lothian Posts: 1,158 Members Car: Audi TT 1.8T Quattro (225) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When Motoring Was Fun Do you remember ? Before petrol cost over 80p a litre .... Before speed cameras were behind every signpost .... Before they invented the Renault Megane .... __________________ An idiot is somebody who persists in holding their own opinion even after I have enlightened them with mine

28-05-2004, 19:11	#2
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,300 Members Car: Octavia 1.8T 4X4 Estate & Fabia vRS Thanks: 51 Thanked 208 Times in 157 Posts	Yes. In 1964 I used to pay 4 shillings a gallon for petrol; my Mercedes 300 did 16mpg (and ran on retreads); and there was no 70 limit. __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.57 mpg...

28-05-2004, 23:53	#11
Quinten Crossdresser Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,000 Members Car: Citroen C-Crosser 2.2HDI Thanks: 25 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	When did motoring stop being fun? I squeeze about 80% fun into my journey's into work... the other 20% are being wasted filling up with petrol . __________________ Awooga!!!

29-05-2004, 09:53	#13
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,300 Members Car: Octavia 1.8T 4X4 Estate & Fabia vRS Thanks: 51 Thanked 208 Times in 157 Posts	Unless you average 60mph door to door, making the distance 3 miles, surely that journey is walkable, Steve? __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.57 mpg...

29-05-2004, 09:55	#14
JaneC Beeming Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Essex Posts: 3,294 Members Car: Blue Z3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 17 Posts	Walking - Steve __________________ Jane.

28-05-2004, 23:35	#9
geordiesteve Briskodian Join Date: May 2004 Location: gateshead Posts: 269 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	wasn't there a demand for sanitoria for consumption about then also? that should lose anyone under 30 !!

28-05-2004, 23:39	#10
Alex Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Peak District Posts: 2,731 Members Car: Octy II Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	It is my 22nd B'day next week but i suppose that doesnt help

29-05-2004, 10:04	#15
Stimps Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 5,091 Members Car: Fabia 1.4 16v Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's about a mile and a half, maybe two from my house to work, Denis. Unfortunately one section of road is lacking in the pavement department so it's not a good idea to try and walk along it... plus without the car I couldn't come home at lunch times! Once we've moved (should hopefully complete in a week or two) it'll be about a mile, and I probably will walk most days __________________ Steve « Nature Green 1.4 16v Fabia Comfort »

29-05-2004, 18:20	#17
wonderbadger Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 129 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	Motoring can still be fun... for instance a few weekends ago I was up at 6.30am and off round the Chesterfield/Bakewell/Cat & Fiddle route with hardly any other traffic! The Cat & Fiddle might be a 50 zone but its still damn good fun doing 50 round all the twisty bits! Maybe its just how you look at fun... if fun is going fast in a straight line then motoring is not as it used to be (Zzzzzzz), however if fun is quick accelaration and handling round the corners then its just as good, better in some cases as the cars handle much better these days!

30-05-2004, 20:30	#20
Arctor Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have just driven from Helsby to Moreton Hall; all 'A' roads beautiful countryside hardly a car on the road (50mpg in a Furby vrs). There is still good driving out there to be had.

31-05-2004, 20:12	#24
myvRS Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Medway Posts: 156 Members Car: vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The scenic's a good car designed for a purpose. However, I remember when you could buy petrol on gallons and not litres. Now what is the point of that MPG but we will only sell in Litres __________________ The vRS has gone I want it back NOW Mark

31-05-2004, 22:18	#25
JimFord Briskodian Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Watford, Herts.. Posts: 114 Members Car: vRS - Rallye Red (what else is there?) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The A41 between Kings Langley and Tring (in Herts.) is good fun. Fast dual carriageway, no cameras and very rarely see the cops. There's also two long inclines (at Kings Langley and Bourne End) where my Octavia Vrs leaves most challengers for dead - and long straights where, if you were so inclined, you could exceed the speed limit by an indecent amount (so I'm told)! Regards: Jim Ford __________________ I was going to get a Golf GTI, but a back-to-front baseball cap wouldn't suit me!

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