Learner Cars

[Lee S]

^ Blimey, they'd never get away with an advert like that these days.

[humphrey]

I've had a fair few Skodas - several Estelles, a Rapid 136 and a Fabia. My Fabia came from your neck of the woods, Barmoor Garage, near Newcastle. Don't think they are a Skoda dealer anymore.

They haven't been a Skoda garage for years now, Barmoor is actually in Ryton, part of Gateshead on the south side of the river.

The Skoda dealers up here are owned by 2 garage groups now, their are 3/4 franchises in the area.

[Lee S]

^

[Azalea]

1978 Triumph Dolomite in British racing green. They don't make them like that any more.

[Lee S]

^ They sure don't.

Nice to see you, Diane

[Azalea]

Originally Posted by Lee S

^ They sure don't.

Nice to see you, Diane

Thank you

[biscuits]

Originally Posted by Marco

I used to own a Fiat Panda that not only had power steering that was barely needed for such a small lightweight car, but it also had this extra super-duper, turbo-charged level of power steering that you could switch onto, which would virtually allow you to control the steering wheel just by breathing on it from different directions lol.

That pointless button was in my Panda too! My Panda was possessed! In the middle of the night it would blare out music for hours! And after one rainy night, I got into it, pressed down on the break and clutch and water gushed out into the footwell and all over my feet!

Originally Posted by Your Mum

They marketed that feature on the Punto as "the girly button".

That's not a parody - it's an actual advert from the late 1990s.

That advert x30000.

I'm dead. Cause of death: 90s Fiat advert

[Lee S]

Originally Posted by biscuits

That pointless button was in my Panda too! My Panda was possessed! In the middle of the night it would blare out music for hours! And after one rainy night, I got into it, pressed down on the break and clutch and water gushed out into the footwell and all over my feet!

That was just the optional extra FIAT foot-wash facility