Are you worried yet.

[midlifecrisis]

It’s getting like Facebook on here. I thought we were all supposed to be a bit more intelligent than this. Disappointing.

Unfortunatley Wattie-like characters get in. It's called inclusivity.
Keep up the good work doodlebug, all (-1) of us appreciate it.

 

[philw696]

 

[philw696]

 

[Felonious Crud]

Unfortunatley Wattie-like characters get in. It's called inclusivity.
Keep up the good work doodlebug, all (-1) of us appreciate it.

Yes, this. @doodlebug,

 

[philw696]

When Johnson was describing the Serco track and trace system as “World beating”, this was probably his inspiration.

 

[midlifecrisis]

When Johnson was describing the Serco track and trace system as “World beating”, this was probably his inspiration.
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It was a good car in its day, just not in the 21st Century.

Am I right in thinking that the BMW 1-Series was supposed to be a Rover 25 replacement or at least a badge engineered version.

 

[Oneball]

The Metro was a brilliant little car. I had a 1.3 VdP, also had a van version at work. Way better than a Renault 5, Fiat Uno or that hideous Citroen thing.

 

[Phil the Brit]

It was a good car in its day, just not in the 21st Century.

Am I right in thinking that the BMW 1-Series was supposed to be a Rover 25 replacement or at least a badge engineered version.

Thread drift!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Thread drift!

Thank **** for that!

 

[midlifecrisis]

Hardly, I am worried...that the UK's car industry is being taken over by foreign companies....or am I thirty years too late to worry about that....

 

[Oneball]

Hardly, I am worried...that the UK's car industry is being taken over by foreign companies....or am I thirty years too late to worry about that....

Brexit thread is the other door

Back on track

 

[midlifecrisis]

Brexit thread is the other door

Back on track

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One way to keep the heat in the tyres!

 

[Oneball]

One way to keep the heat in the tyres!

Strange isn’t it all the journalists are now moaning about turbos but 25 years ago they were all raving about them.

 

[GeoffCapes]

It was a good car in its day, just not in the 21st Century.

Am I right in thinking that the BMW 1-Series was supposed to be a Rover 25 replacement or at least a badge engineered version.

No it wasn't it was f*cking awful! A mate had one, it broke down so often that when he said he'd drive us to the pub we said, "nah, we'll walk, we want to get there!"

 

[safrane]

It was a good car in its day, just not in the 21st Century.

Am I right in thinking that the BMW 1-Series was supposed to be a Rover 25 replacement or at least a badge engineered version.

Yes it was, BMW took it when they left.

 

[Oneball]

Yes it was, BMW took it when they left.

And the Mini and all the development work on the X5.

You’d have thought they’d have a little bit of gratitude since their first car was a licence built A7

 

[safrane]

Well they did still suppy diesel engines for the range rover for a few years.

 

[Wack61]

Well they did still suppy diesel engines for the range rover for a few years.

Quite a bit more than the engines , it was an X5 squared off with a lump hammer , the electronics were all bmw , I bought a android radio which was dual fit X5- L322 and not just electronically , even the shape of it fitted both dashes

 

[midlifecrisis]

Yes it was, BMW took it when they left.

I did wonder, as the z-axle was on the 75. So it worked both ways. Shame it ended in such a $hit-show with the Phoenix Consortium.

 

[Oneball]

Quite a bit more than the engines , it was an X5 squared off with a lump hammer , the electronics were all bmw , I bought a android radio which was dual fit X5- L322 and not just electronically , even the shape of it fitted both dashes

More the other way round. The cynical would say Land Rover was the reason BMW bought into Rover. So it could develop a 4x4 for them. Once that was done they threw it away.