:applause: I was also going to point that out, but the poor old boy hasn’t been well so thought I’d let it go 🙂

had lots of cars over the years, but one that i wish I’d held on to was my 1964 Ford Falcon …

falcon by GUZZINEIL, on Flickr

couple of years after that, I got back into ‘bikes so any cars i owned were just ‘domestic appliances’ 🙂

Suppose so, was using its earlier name, but the v4 was the corsair, either way he destroyed the poor thing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Corsair

they did do a V4 Consul in the original Granada range… 🙂

, LISTERS of Boston I take it?,

yep.. 🙂

“Things like that don’t happen on new cars”.7

Jim was he trying to fob you off, or expressing surprise? could be taken either way ? Not that I’ve had any experience of main dealers in the past, but the MINI lot in Boston have been pretty good… was impressed that before the warranty was due to run out they did a freebie check over of the car to make sure there weren’t any problems that might be covered prior to expiry…

spare wheel?? seem to be an optional extra these days, which came as a bit of a surprise to me when i ventured into the world of newish cars… bottle of gunge and a compressor seems to be what you get now days… 😮

As Posted, Do you think kids today, are as hands on as we were when we were kids, do they spend too much time on their game stations, and on their mobiles, when they could be doing other more useful things?.Things like getting their hands dirty by helping Dad to repair the family car etc, if you get my drift.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

I think a lot of them are Jim, its just a different sort of ‘hands on’ – my Nephews are happy to pull computers to bits and add go-faster bits which is outside my comfort zone or even interest.. 🙂 there are less oportunities for traditional tinkering, so i think us oldies should encourage any youngsters who do show a bit of interest…

All the best Jim… hope you’re up and about soon to give that new car of yours a good thrashing!