Cars of the seventies and eighties that you still like the look of

[Drago]

It's actually "considerable psychological stress" when travelling. Anxiety alone won't get you th blue badge.

One doesn't get a blue badge for alcoholism per se, but because of any qualifying effects that the condition has wrought upon them.

 

[Chris S]

Correct, blue badges can be issued for anxiety or for alcohol dependency, which a friend of mine had one for.

Should he have been driving if he had an alcohol dependency? People who get to that stage could still be over the legal limit even if they hadn't had a drink that day.

 

[grldtnr]

I'm 6'4" and muscular and tattooed and you may have have seen me park and go lumbering off after slipping the blue badge on the dash,

Yet if you arent around half an hour later you wouldn't see me return pushing Mrs D in her wheelchair.

Yes, but you have put your blue badge on display, then lumbered off to cart the missus back, in her wheelchair.
I am saying ,that many abuse the blue badge, tattooed or not.
I absolve you unca Drags, on account your an ex member of the forces, and speak the truth.
It's known the blue badge is exploited and abused.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I'm 6'4" and muscular and tattooed and you may have have seen me park and go lumbering off after slipping the blue badge on the dash,

Yet if you arent around half an hour later you wouldn't see me return pushing Mrs D in her wheelchair.

Exactly - my Dad was disabled and on occasion we would go down the High Street and he would feel worse than he thought
So - once I had passed my test - I would go back and get the car and he would have a sit down and then go a short distance to a nearer car park

Before I first did this he made sure I was OK with the rules - I was allowed to use the orange badge (as they were then) on his behalf

I get annoyed about disabled bays ever since my Mum went out one Saturday and my Dad checked she had gone then told me to get ready quickly
He had planned to leg it down to Chester and get her Christmas present - he normally had to ask a relative )often my Mum's sister) to get something for him so for once he wanted to be able to get her something special himself and choose it properly - and I was just old enough and big enough to help him
But we got to Chester as all the disabled parking spaces were full - so we had to turn round and go home.
My Aunt got the present as usual
That was the first time I realised some of the hidden ways that my Dad was disabled - not physically which was obvious but in what he could do and how he was limited - which he hated
I had never seen it like that before

and I would bet half those spaces were taken by people with no orange badges - or who were using them in ways that was not allowed




so - sorry about the rant - but people using disabled bays when they do not need to annoys me!

 

[grldtnr]

Exactly - my Dad was disabled and on occasion we would go down the High Street and he would feel worse than he thought
So - once I had passed my test - I would go back and get the car and he would have a sit down and then go a short distance to a nearer car park

Before I first did this he made sure I was OK with the rules - I was allowed to use the orange badge (as they were then) on his behalf

I get annoyed about disabled bays ever since my Mum went out one Saturday and my Dad checked she had gone then told me to get ready quickly
He had planned to leg it down to Chester and get her Christmas present - he normally had to ask a relative )often my Mum's sister) to get something for him so for once he wanted to be able to get her something special himself and choose it properly - and I was just old enough and big enough to help him
But we got to Chester as all the disabled parking spaces were full - so we had to turn round and go home.
My Aunt got the present as usual
That was the first time I realised some of the hidden ways that my Dad was disabled - not physically which was obvious but in what he could do and how he was limited - which he hated
I had never seen it like that before

and I would bet half those spaces were taken by people with no orange badges - or who were using them in ways that was not allowed




so - sorry about the rant - but people using disabled bays when they do not need to annoys me!

My point exactly, jits poorly policed by the agents for owners of parking ranks.
But the benefit of doubt exists, purely because not all disabilities are visible.

 

[stephec]

It's actually "considerable psychological stress" when travelling. Anxiety alone won't get you th blue badge.

One doesn't get a blue badge for alcoholism per se, but because of any qualifying effects that the condition has wrought upon them.

That's what I suspected, but the badge must surely be issued dependent on the current condition rather than the underlying cause.

I've no knowledge of the assessment procedure but if you can prove that say, your legs don't work, do they ask why not?

And if they do, do you get treated differently if you say you're an alcoholic, rather than if you say you were run over saving a little puppy from a runaway JCB?

 

[grldtnr]

You do have to be assessed by a health care professional, my dear old ma was in a bad way, but steadfastly refused to undergo the indignity of being prodded and poked for the badge, even if her last year's were spent being wheeled about in a chair

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good morning,

I once worked for a company that ran classic cars for the directors, the head of IT had an E-Type Jag, the thinking was that overall it was cheaper to run than say a new Ford Granada/Scorpio which would depreciate massively.

A bit lower down they used a number of Reliant SS1s, lots of Ford Escort type bits in a "sporty" body.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364218869874
and they were a lot better than might be expected ...... and they depreciated even faster than a luxury Ford as nobdy seemed able to take them seriously. It's a Reliant so it must be a three wheeler!

This was around the time of TR7s and X-19s so the angular shape was sort of modern and if they had sold well then maybe the Mark II would have looked better.

Bye

Ian

 

[rogerzilla]

The 100NX was an odd one. Pretty much a Sunny with a different body plonked atop. The 1.6 wasn't bad, but was spoiled by the horrible electronically controlled carburettor. It was a bit of a let down after the N13 Sunny Coupe.

I had a Micra made with the non-ECC version of the Hitachi carburettor. In weather like we're currently having, it had the entertaining and forgotten problem of carburettor icing. Engine starts fine from cold, drive half a mile and it splutters then stops. Sit there for a few minutes until heat soak melts the ice blocking the venturi, and you're off again. Doesn't do it once warmed up, as it takes in hot air from around the exhaust manifold - but there's not enough of that from a cold start.

 

[Jameshow]

Good morning,

I once worked for a company that ran classic cars for the directors, the head of IT had an E-Type Jag, the thinking was that overall it was cheaper to run than say a new Ford Granada/Scorpio which would depreciate massively.

A bit lower down they used a number of Reliant SS1s, lots of Ford Escort type bits in a "sporty" body.
View attachment 758535
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364218869874
and they were a lot better than might be expected ...... and they depreciated even faster than a luxury Ford as nobdy seemed able to take them seriously. It's a Reliant so it must be a three wheeler!

This was around the time of TR7s and X-19s so the angular shape was sort of modern and if they had sold well then maybe the Mark II would have looked better.

Bye

Ian

I had a scimitar great cars!

 

[figbat]

I had a Micra made with the non-ECC version of the Hitachi carburettor. In weather like we're currently having, it had the entertaining and forgotten problem of carburettor icing. Engine starts fine from cold, drive half a mile and it splutters then stops. Sit there for a few minutes until heat soak melts the ice blocking the venturi, and you're off again. Doesn't do it once warmed up, as it takes in hot air from around the exhaust manifold - but there's not enough of that from a cold start.

I once suffered a breakdown that kept occurring at the same place on my commute. It would clear again and I could drive normally. On inspection I discovered that the diaphragm in the auto carb heating mechanism had failed, meaning that cold air was continuously feeding the carb and the place I broke down was at the highest altitude of my commute (this was over a few days in cold, damp weather). Peugeot 205 with the twin-choke carb engine.

Later, a motorbike I had was notorious for carb icing in cold, damp weather - it used a ram-air feed to the carbs with no carb heating.

 

[rogerzilla]

I once read a story about a Scimitar owner who had no end of trouble with it. It ended one day when he was driving on the motorway and smoke started coming from under the bonnet. He pulled up on the hard shoulder, got out and called the emergency services. By the time the fire brigade arrived, the car was well alight. As they unrolled their hoses, he went up to them waving his hands.

"Stop. Let the f***er burn."

 

[gbb]

Good morning,

I once worked for a company that ran classic cars for the directors, the head of IT had an E-Type Jag, the thinking was that overall it was cheaper to run than say a new Ford Granada/Scorpio which would depreciate massively.

A bit lower down they used a number of Reliant SS1s, lots of Ford Escort type bits in a "sporty" body.
View attachment 758535
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364218869874
and they were a lot better than might be expected ...... and they depreciated even faster than a luxury Ford as nobdy seemed able to take them seriously. It's a Reliant so it must be a three wheeler!

This was around the time of TR7s and X-19s so the angular shape was sort of modern and if they had sold well then maybe the Mark II would have looked better.

Bye

Ian

Colleague many moons ago actually won a SS1 in a competition. He didn't have anything bad to say about it other than it didn't really suit his lifestyle. Very light and nippy I suspect.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That's what I suspected, but the badge must surely be issued dependent on the current condition rather than the underlying cause.

I've no knowledge of the assessment procedure but if you can prove that say, your legs don't work, do they ask why not?

And if they do, do you get treated differently if you say you're an alcoholic, rather than if you say you were run over saving a little puppy from a runaway JCB?

My Dad was injured in the war - a bomb casing fell out of a Stirling (or Halifax - not sure) when he was bombing it up and hit him in the head

shockwave travelled down his spine and broke it quite low down - absolute break - no cure even now

but he still had a visit from a Ministry of Pensions doctor every couple of years to check he was still eligible for a disability pension

he normally started with something like "Hello - so you're here to see if my spine has healed up then"

still - better they check too many people sensitively rather than allow hordes of people to have them for no reason and fill up the spaces and make companies unwilling to provide spaces and other things

 

[Gunk]

Being a 911 Obsessive, I’ve always loved the Ruf 911’s Ruf to Porsche is a bit like Alpina is to BMW.

The 1980’s BTR IMO is to die for, absolutely stunning, this one recently sold for just under £400,000