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Thread ID: 123707	2012-03-12 05:48:00	Marlborough people and their cars	prefect (6291)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1264524	2012-03-12 05:48:00	Stuff Marlborough Express Only ruined by the inclusion of some Jap cars issuu.com	prefect (6291)
1264525	2012-03-12 06:12:00	Half those cars were a crock of crap anyway, the British Leyland MG was rubbish, the Mk2 Escort was no better nor was the Avenger (I had one). The Jap cars were far superior the what the English were making	gary67 (56)
1264526	2012-03-12 06:14:00	:horrified	prefect (6291)
1264527	2012-03-12 06:15:00	Yes I'm English and I know how bad they were and still are today	gary67 (56)
1264528	2012-03-12 07:36:00	I remember my mother owned a Austin A50 which was bought brand new. There used to be dealers in Invercargill for Austin, Volksxwagen and perhaps other British cars. Japanese cars were a rarity in the late 1950s. Now the tide has turned and there are a lot of Japanese car dealers around and British car dealers are a rarity.	Bobh (5192)
1264529	2012-03-12 18:51:00	We have owned an A30, Morris Oxford, Austin Cambridge A60. All required repairs every 6 months. The motor would do 100000 miles. That's it, Dead. Wheel bearings lasted about 5 minutes. Switches - shall I mention Lucas switches? Still, I did like the Cambridge. It was as solid as. Was hit by a bus in it, had a Valiant pull out on me....tiny little minor dents in the Cambridge were the results. The Valiant on the other hand.....	pctek (84)
1264530	2012-03-12 20:05:00	The thing that british cars couldn't resist was the dropping of the preferential tariff. Once they were on a level playing field they got what they had so richly earned, and vanished from the market. GST being levied equally did what Lucas had to do on its own up to then - stopped the new british cars in their tracks.	R2x1 (4628)
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