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COLVERT · 31st March 2019, 12:11

1940 CARS.

It was quite rare for the brakes to work on all 4 wheels at the same time.

If it rained then when you accelerated your wipers, when you needed them most, slowed down and occasionally stopped.

Those little turn indicator arms where nigh on invisible even when the 2 watt bulb was working.

Tyres were very often worn down to the canvas and steering wheels had INCHES of free play on them.

With my 1937 Standard Flying Nine you could sit in the back seat and watch the road going by through the holes in the floor under your feet.

The headlights were like a bunch of glow worms in a can.

I don't see how any of the statistics in the above posts are comparable.--

wraymond · 31st March 2019, 14:50

Do you mind. You are talking about my wedding car.

gadget1960 · 1st April 2019, 14:45

IF.... as stated earlier we the (UK) have agreed to come into line with all EU traffic laws it will mean we can all drive like they do in France, Spain, and Italy ... like total t**ts.

madeupname · 1st April 2019, 17:42

Hmmm. . . . does that mean we will have no speed limit on the motorways like the autobahns?

neilb740 · 1st April 2019, 21:00

Its not the speeding implications that worry me so much as the ability to track you.
You know that the government wont do this themselves, it will be a "partnership" with some internet behemoth such as Google.
We can look forward to loads of lovely "targeted advertising" based on a location tracker that it is against the law to turn off.
Drive to tesco, 20 emails with supermarket vouchers miraculously arrive.
Walking round a garden center, ping, have you seen the rande of garden tools on Amazon.

Heddy · 1st April 2019, 21:19

I like to drive, but it seems the pleasure I get from doing so is forever being diminished (forcibly) by law/legislation etc. The lawmakers, conservationists, governments, simply don't want us to drive, but the economy seems to want us to buy cars.

neilb740 · 1st April 2019, 22:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heddy

I like to drive, but it seems the pleasure I get from doing so is forever being diminished (forcibly) by law/legislation etc. The lawmakers, conservationists, governments, simply don't want us to drive, but the economy seems to want us to buy cars.

Its more the fuel they want us to buy I suspect. The tax on petrol/deisel is massive.
The same reason that you cant charge an electric car anywhere outside the London bubble, they make all the right PC noises about suporting electric vehicles but they dont really want you to buy them.
I live in a town of 100k people, it has 2 public charge points.

31st March 2019, 14:50	#12
wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,193 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	Do you mind. You are talking about my wedding car. __________________ member no. 235

1st April 2019, 17:42	#14
madeupname Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Connie Mk2 1.8 (Mo) Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,531 Thanks: 875 Thanked 335 Times in 289 Posts	Hmmm. . . . does that mean we will have no speed limit on the motorways like the autobahns? __________________ Mo was born Tuesday, 22nd June 2004 @ 08:32:41 This vehicle was the 99,307th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 5,377th 75 1.8 Connoisseur to be made out of 6,033 This vehicle was the 783rd 75 in Firefrost Red (code: CEV) to be made out of 2,089 Firefrost Red 75s

31st March 2019, 12:11	#11
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	1940 CARS. It was quite rare for the brakes to work on all 4 wheels at the same time. If it rained then when you accelerated your wipers, when you needed them most, slowed down and occasionally stopped. Those little turn indicator arms where nigh on invisible even when the 2 watt bulb was working. Tyres were very often worn down to the canvas and steering wheels had INCHES of free play on them. With my 1937 Standard Flying Nine you could sit in the back seat and watch the road going by through the holes in the floor under your feet. The headlights were like a bunch of glow worms in a can. I don't see how any of the statistics in the above posts are comparable.--

1st April 2019, 14:45	#13
gadget1960 Gets stuck in Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Maxton, Dover Posts: 519 Thanks: 183 Thanked 132 Times in 89 Posts	IF.... as stated earlier we the (UK) have agreed to come into line with all EU traffic laws it will mean we can all drive like they do in France, Spain, and Italy ... like total t**ts.

1st April 2019, 21:00	#15
neilb740 I really should get out more....... MG ZT 1.8 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Crewe Posts: 2,298 Thanks: 110 Thanked 362 Times in 237 Posts	Its not the speeding implications that worry me so much as the ability to track you. You know that the government wont do this themselves, it will be a "partnership" with some internet behemoth such as Google. We can look forward to loads of lovely "targeted advertising" based on a location tracker that it is against the law to turn off. Drive to tesco, 20 emails with supermarket vouchers miraculously arrive. Walking round a garden center, ping, have you seen the rande of garden tools on Amazon.

1st April 2019, 21:19	#16
Heddy This is my second home None Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: None Posts: 5,556 Thanks: 465 Thanked 1,161 Times in 924 Posts	I like to drive, but it seems the pleasure I get from doing so is forever being diminished (forcibly) by law/legislation etc. The lawmakers, conservationists, governments, simply don't want us to drive, but the economy seems to want us to buy cars.