Some headstone

[Chid 6,439]

Just now, Daniel cain said:

Be worth a bob or 2 as well

My dad had a few maestro's .. they was shit and rot boxes but see them nowadays like you say £££s .. always fancied a maestro turbo , could get some serious power out of them .

[Daniel cain 44,594]

3 minutes ago, Chid said:

My dad had a few maestro's .. they was shit and rot boxes but see them nowadays like you say £££s .. always fancied a maestro turbo , could get some serious power out of them .

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At one time,the fastest/powerfulest front wheel drive car was a modified maestro mg turbo...joyriders dream along with the red top Sri cavaliers ,not many of either left now.

[Nicepix 5,650]

On 27/03/2022 at 16:17, Chid said:

My dad had a few maestro's .. they was shit and rot boxes but see them nowadays like you say £££s .. always fancied a maestro turbo , could get some serious power out of them .

I had the misfortune to work at an Austin Rover dealership in those days. We never sold a  new Maxi, Allegro,  Montego, Ambassadeur, Princess or Maestro. The only things we could shift were Metros, Minis, Rover SDIs and Triumph Acclaims. I once sold an Ital and the sales manager paid for a meal for my wife and myself. Every month or so the guy from the Honda dealers used to pop in for a chat and made a big deal of wiping up the oil that had leaked onto the showroom floor from brand new Austin Rover cars.

[tinytiger 822]

On 23/03/2022 at 06:44, lurcherman 887 said:

One things for sure they don’t forget there dead like a lot do and are there like clockwork year in year out our lady’s island he’s buried at. Beautiful place it is. 

I cut the grass in the local graveyard,there's a few travellers buried in there . Christmas,Valentine's,father's day, load of flowers,cards etc. A bit over the top but nice to see in another way.

[Elchapo 3,150]

On 27/03/2022 at 15:17, Chid said:

My dad had a few maestro's .. they was shit and rot boxes but see them nowadays like you say £££s .. always fancied a maestro turbo , could get some serious power out of them .

Can’t beat a good maestro , my sister ex fella always let me f**k about in his cars , maestro ,  nissan blue birds , metro turbo , Citroen ax , Astra gte , cavalier sr130 , escorts etc etc , now they worth a fortune , 

[mackem 25,344]

11 minutes ago, tinytiger said:

I cut the grass in the local graveyard,there's a few travellers buried in there . Christmas,Valentine's,father's day, load of flowers,cards etc. A bit over the top but nice to see in another way.

I have a mate who does it for a council, strims round all of the stones and ride-on cuts the large areas, he sub-contracts, always makes good cash but always complains about the flowers and urns he has to move while strimming, can't remember how many cuts he does each season, starts in Feb and finishes end of October, goes to florida for the winter. 

[tinytiger 822]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

I have a mate who does it for a council, strims round all of the stones and ride-on cuts the large areas, he sub-contracts, always makes good cash but always complains about the flowers and urns he has to move while strimming, can't remember how many cuts he does each season, starts in Feb and finishes end of October, goes to florida for the winter. 

Won't be going to Florida on my wages lol. 

[downsouth 7,092]

On 27/03/2022 at 11:35, chartpolski said:

Talking of 

Talking of grotty places, I was once on a three day layover in Bangkok, and bumped into an old pal who was going down to Pattaya to play a darts match for money.

He was a tight f****r, so we got a baht bus down there and stayed in the Koala Bar hotel. What a shit hole ! I opened the wardrobe door and the rats scurried out of holes they had chewed in the back. Place was filthy, cockroaches everywhere, but my mate said "what do you want for 70 baht, (£1) a night " !

I stayed up all night at the bar, then got the bus back to Bangkok !

Cheers.

The good old days whn you got 70bhat for a quid

[mackem 25,344]

22 minutes ago, downsouth said:

The good old days whn you got 70bhat for a quid

44 now, I was there around 3 years back it was roughly the same. 

[mushroom 12,671]

21 hours ago, Nicepix said:

I had the misfortune to work at an Austin Rover dealership in those days. We never sold a  new Maxi, Allegro,  Montego, Ambassadeur, Princess or Maestro. The only things we could shift were Metros, Minis, Rover SDIs and Triumph Acclaims. I once sold an Ital and the sales manager paid for a meal for my wife and myself. Every month or so the guy from the Honda dealers used to pop in for a chat and made a big deal of wiping up the oil that had leaked onto the showroom floor from brand new Austin Rover cars.

My mum had an Austin Metro, fuucking engine fell out of it 

[dytkos 17,753]

32 minutes ago, mushroom said:

My mum had an Austin Metro, fuucking engine fell out of it 

I had a D reg one, was about 2/3 years old. Was a great little motor. When my van was off-road I pulled a trailer and had 5 up inside and it was  

Cheers, D.

[Nicepix 5,650]

1 hour ago, mushroom said:

My mum had an Austin Metro, fuucking engine fell out of it 

They were the best cars Austin Rover made FFS. Imagine if she'd bought an Allegro!

[downsouth 7,092]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

44 now, I was there around 3 years back it was roughly the same. 

Yeah I know and you dont get as much for your bhat.Not the cheap holiday destination that it was when I first went in the early 90s

[mackem 25,344]

11 minutes ago, downsouth said:

Yeah I know and you dont get as much for your bhat.Not the cheap holiday destination that it was when I first went in the early 90s

Early 90's were the good days

[dytkos 17,753]

2 hours ago, Nicepix said:

They were the best cars Austin Rover made FFS. Imagine if she'd bought an Allegro!

I bought an Allegro estate, S reg, prob about 3 years old, did up and down to Cheshire several times with the dog box in the back swapped it in for a 1960 Landy, only year it didn't snow in Lancashire

Cheers, D.