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My god, people are STILL driving Austin Maxi's... dread to think how many gearboxes they've had to fix / change !!
If Wisdom is the coordination of "knowledge and experience" and its deliberate use to improve well being then how come "Ignorance is bliss"
lol, 20 Morris Ital HL models around as well. Hopefully the one I had is long gone, worst car I have ever drivenOriginally Posted by SeriousSam
Yes maxi's gearboxes were a let down
and typical british leyland thought getting the italians to change the door handles would make the marina a better car lol.
This website was featured on Top Gear lastnight, i'm surprised they found it so quick really, usually they are slow on the uptake with news.
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that webby makes me sadcars suffering entropy
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Spotted this on Pistonheads, only 23 left, time to go MK2 Cav Hunting now
PS. http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk is my new favourite website
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http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle...s_300e-24_auto
112 left, looking at the breakdown I own the ONLY 1995 model left on the roads.
Run, run in fear for I am the future of the NHS.
The Ital was an amazing car in so many ways.
When I turned the lights on, some of the dashboard switches got so hot from the backlighting that you had to jab at them to turn them on/off for fear of burning your finger.
Under heavy breaking you had to really fight to keep the thing in a straight line, the back would try and overtake the front.
Going around a corner was just not advisable. the suspension was that bad.
I once noticed the hose to the air filter was directed into the inner wing in the engine bay, so I strapped it pointing forwards into the incoming air next to the radiator (like a proper car). The boost in power from the 1.7 engine was enough that the following weekend I pointed it back into the inner wing so I wasn't so scared
Most of the sparkplugs could be removed with a standard plug spanner, but one of them required a special tool to get past the distributor.
Even for a student car it was just awful!
For some reason people kept breaking into it. I assume they thought if I was stupid enough to buy an Ital I was stupid enough to leave £200 in the glove box
There won't be too many of them left if Top Gear get their way lollol, 20 Morris Ital HL models around as well. Hopefully the one I had is long gone, worst car I have ever driven
the one that shocked me is the number of morris minor 1000s.
i though it'd be WAY less.
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