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Re: Car Knowledge and How You Got It
When I was a teenager [many moons ago] I leaned a lot from my father,who was a full time mechanic for a large fleet of cabsHe had a preference for Vauxhalls, but I was a BMC man...Yup,I owned Minis,1100's,1300's and even a Maxi. I briefly owned a Crayford-bodied Wolseley Estate[about 3 days actually,I got sold a pup there].
From there Iwent to Ford Cortinas and Capris, tinkering with an Essex powered Capri for drag racing until I grew out of it,and went for the severley tacky look of a 1980's customised Cortina with the obligatory Celica 5 speed gearbox conversion and mags and fluffy dice.....
I gave away my car obsession when I got married, not 20 years on,I'm just starting to pick little bits up again.Got to say though,theres much more to take into consideration with the newer cars.Glad I have a tame mechanic to hand when the going gets ugly.
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