** WHY DO THE SAME T.C's KEEP COMMING UP FOR SALE? **

[The original northen boy]

:roll: Had the radio on at work the other day and was listening to Radio 2
when out of the blue the Saturday girl chirped in and said "oh my Gran listens to this station,lots of old people like this stuff" the record in qustion that was playing was Sheyrl Crow's "All i wanna do" (1993)

Her Grandmother is 61 :roll:

Russ

Beckett Bros " keeps on burning"

[norway_triumph]

simple answer : change station
listen in to those hip-hoppers or whatever young people listen to these days. - buy a ford focus with some styling and blow 'em away
i'm staying with
springsteen, mannfred man, pink floyd, stones, (and some from the eighties)

[The original northen boy]

:roll: Thought about this one a for bit and have decided just to sack her,problem solved.....

Beckett Bros "just to clever by far"

[The Ancient Mariner]

I believe the same thing happened in the late 80's early 90's with classic cars (obviously not marinas then) but with other classics such as MK2 Jags, Minis, etc, all the yuppies were buying them at astronomical prices and expecting them to be like running a modern, and were sadly dissapointed when the salty roads in the winter caused blisters to break out and sometimes they wouldn't start, which would be a problem to the non mechanically minded. It's happening all over again, only the yuppie phenomena is long gone and its the 'life on mars' people who are buying up all the 70's cars and then wondering why it doesn't drive like a 2008 Corsa or something. They fail to remember that these cars are 29 years old and upwards, they have been through many hands in their life times, and unless you are lucky enough to buy one which has been cosseted by some old lady with a heated garage somewhere, you will find rust, things will break, and to own a classic like a Marina or a Viva, or an Avenger, it is only a practical proposition if you at least have some basic mechanical knowledge and appreciate that 1973 fast is nothing like 2008 fast, A Marina TC has 100 BHP as standard, A Vauxhall Astra VXR is turbocharged and has 240 BHP. If you buy something like a Marina or a Viva, you buy it because you like it, because you are genuinely interested in it, it represents a period of history which you are deeply interested in, and not because some retro drama on the telly had one in it (or even of the time). Thats my take on the whole thing anyway.

[The original northen boy]

Must agree whole heartedly about 70's fast is not 00ties fast,cars have come on in leaps and bounds since then,everything now is 9-out-of-10 time better than it was the 70's,yet so many new owners of older cars have become spoiled and will not relish the the absence of power steering,disc brakes on the front only (not all marina's have that either) heaters that don't,cars that leak water,road manners akin to a drunk on meths, the "4" speed gear-box oh the list goes on,yet i think the biggest problem for them is once again performance,after the standard six weeks of ownership the car's are again on Flea-bay,and the cycle starts again :roll:

Beckett Bros " we are what we are "