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PeterD
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It's my own fault. I have been working from home for 2 weeks, effectively been in flat slippers the entire time.
Gramaisc
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Who didn't want a three litre Consul?I remember the Granada .
Ford dont make them like that anymore that's for sure
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
Who didn't want a three litre Consul?
Ford need to remake the Granada, in this style, and the MK3 Cortina. I would be at the front of the queue for both of them.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
I've always wanted a Granada Coupé, but never happened upon one in good enough condition yet.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Shaat it!Who didn't want a three litre Consul?
BobClay
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I remember hiring a car from Hertz at Heathrow after a long flight home. They were short on smaller cheapo cars so they offered me a Granada Ghia for the same price. I came home like a bat of hell … 
Had to return it to the Hertz Office in Stafford, somewhere up by where Tesco's is now, I was kind of sad to part with it.
Had to return it to the Hertz Office in Stafford, somewhere up by where Tesco's is now, I was kind of sad to part with it.
Gramaisc
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Dave Gorman's father always had Granadas, until he went all Lancia and Isuzu and Mitsubishi...I remember hiring a car from Hertz at Heathrow after a long flight home. They were short on smaller cheapo cars so they offered me a Granada Ghia for the same price. I came home like a bat of hell …
Had to return it to the Hertz Office in Stafford, somewhere up by where Tesco's is now, I was kind of sad to part with it.
He once told me that he had spent nearly a week trying to bleed the brakes, yet they were still 'soft'. I suggested to him that he should observe the behaviour of the (ventilated) front discs, as 'she' depressed the pedal. As I suspected, the ribs had corroded away and the two sides of the disc were being bent towards each other, giving the illusion of "air in the system", when they wasn't really any at all. He had poo-pooed the idea that this could happen, but came in (on his bike) the next day, as white as a sheet.
It was just a fluke that I had read a reader's letter in one of the office's communal magazines a few weeks before, revealing this possibility, but he listened to me a bit more for a while after that...
littleme
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Saw that today...Who didn't want a three litre Consul?
Trumpet
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The German market ones were real lookers at the time. Imagine Gramaisc's consul but about 10 inches shorter and with only two doors.
Gramaisc
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tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Used the motorway for the first time, only 24 hours after driving on my own for the first time. So far so good!
staffordjas
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Just seen a photo from inside sons work with the river water right up to the windows outside. Another manager who lives nearby waded through the flood water to see if the building was dry inside. So far it is as the building is raised.....
Praying the River Severn levels drop dramatically after todays Peak. Feel so sorry for those with flooded homes and businesses. But also so pissed off son's been working extra hours to build up bill funds, but now not earning anything at all since sundays evacuation until his store ceases to be part of the river
Going for another cuddle with fuss-cat now, whilst on cat-sitting duties , to cheer me up . (Hoping their neighbours didn't hear me singing lullabys to him yesterday
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Praying the River Severn levels drop dramatically after todays Peak. Feel so sorry for those with flooded homes and businesses. But also so pissed off son's been working extra hours to build up bill funds, but now not earning anything at all since sundays evacuation until his store ceases to be part of the river
Going for another cuddle with fuss-cat now, whilst on cat-sitting duties , to cheer me up . (Hoping their neighbours didn't hear me singing lullabys to him yesterday
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Mikinton
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When I moved to Stafford in 1982, I had a Mk3 Cortina - MHB 330P (amazing how you can remember your first cars' number plates but always have to check when you're arranging parking at the airport).
Had to downsize to a Talbot Sunbeam
when the missus got rid of her mini and wasn't happy driving the cortina to work every day.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
I can remember most of the number plates that Dad had right thru the 70s.(Mostly Hillman Avengers)When I moved to Stafford in 1982, I had a Mk3 Cortina - MHB 330P (amazing how you can remember your first cars' number plates but always have to check when you're arranging parking at the airport).
Had to downsize to a Talbot Sunbeam
And all that the ex and myself had.
But I have to have sticky notes round the house, reminding myself about keys etc. I swear I will end up being a patient at work before too long.
industryarch
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Had a Sunbeam Lotus in 1987. It had 'interesting' handling and reliability. Didn't keep it long.When I moved to Stafford in 1982, I had a Mk3 Cortina - MHB 330P (amazing how you can remember your first cars' number plates but always have to check when you're arranging parking at the airport).
Had to downsize to a Talbot Sunbeam
staffordjas
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My first car was a black 1963 mini . Bought it from someone in Merrivale road , and drove back home with the horn blasting everytime I went around the slightest of bends. Soon got rid of the horn feature !
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