Sinclair Microquartz?

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zeem

>In amongst the huge pictures, about 3/4 of the way down, I spotted the
>dashboard clock.


That sparks a memory. I seem to remember a review of a fairly upmarket
car in the dim and distant past which had a digital clock which was a
stuck-on Sinclair one. The reviewer was not impressed.

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On 2007-08-08, zeem wrote:

> In amongst the huge pictures, about 3/4 of the way down, I spotted the
> dashboard clock.

Probably the only bit if the car worth having, and even then it's not much!

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Ian Rawlings wibbled:

> On 2007-08-08, zeem wrote:
>
> > In amongst the huge pictures, about 3/4 of the way down, I spotted
> > the dashboard clock.
>
> Probably the only bit if the car worth having, and even then it's not
> much!

You have to admire the vendor's valiant effort to generate a bit of
enthusiasm though. I mean.... c'mon... it's a bleedin' Metro!! Anyone
who's ever driven a Metro will know that they were an absolute pile of
steaming dog deposits.

Remember the early ones had that rather unfortunate "this may burst
into flames and kill you" problem?

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On 2007-08-08, Matt Rudge wrote:

> You have to admire the vendor's valiant effort to generate a bit of
> enthusiasm though. I mean.... c'mon... it's a bleedin' Metro!! Anyone
> who's ever driven a Metro will know that they were an absolute pile of
> steaming dog deposits.

The best selling point for metros was "at least it's not an Allegro"....

Mind you my ancient old Lotus pile-o-parts has Allegro doorhandles,
although the Range Rovers also used to use them so I tend to say they
came from a Range Rover instead ;-)

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Even the Delorean had Allegro door handles. I learned to drive in a
Metro. The only one I'd touch now is the RV4.

On 2007-08-08, OwenBot wrote:

> Even the Delorean had Allegro door handles. I learned to drive in a
> Metro. The only one I'd touch now is the RV4.

My granny and grandad had an Allegro, and sold it to buy a metro.
They died some time ago, I'm not convinced these events are
unrelated.

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On 2007-08-08, Duncan Snowden wrote:

> Although to be honest the words "turd" and "polishing" do spring to mind.

I don't think Wood and Pickett (who used to screw up Range Rovers too)
have ever "polished" any turds, just glued festering turd onto the
base turd. The bodykit and interior trim is worse than the worst
halfords special..

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Ian Rawlings did eloquently scribble:
> On 2007-08-08, Duncan Snowden wrote:

>> Although to be honest the words "turd" and "polishing" do spring to mind.

> I don't think Wood and Pickett (who used to screw up Range Rovers too)
> have ever "polished" any turds, just glued festering turd onto the
> base turd. The bodykit and interior trim is worse than the worst
> halfords special..

And on that bombshell...
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:05:57 +0200 (CEST), "Matt Rudge"
wrote:

>Remember the early ones had that rather unfortunate "this may burst
>into flames and kill you" problem?

Didi they get recycled into London bendy buses? :-) (Which are
nicknamed "chariots of fire" because they have a similar problem.)