Wanderer
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Princess not the 1100 tho? Princess was a 2.2 litre, wedge, fukn horrible, still could go round 90 degree terraced street corners in 3rd, no other working class car could do that!Saw an ad. recently for a V.d.Plas Princess,fully restored asking ridiculous money. I'm a total sucker for burr walnut so I had a look. It was the badge engineered Austin 1100,cute,but take away the V.d. Plas bling & it's still a bloody Austin innit it. It also had what is quaintly described as picnic tables in the seat backs. Only useful for a canary's picnic,useless for a BBQ steak,fries,salad & a couple of pints on the side.
In those days the average super car was eons above the best mass prod car, now it's like every car co has its own super car, but I'm old school, not sure how how to quantify it now but rarity and exclusivity has to come into it, I will never accept a diesel Maserati, and I struggle with with 3.8 petrol, because irrespective of that, current Maserati's look like jutting angled Euroboxes like any other car.
Whoa rant!!!