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SparklyKid | 10:27 Sat 16th Apr 2022 | ChatterBank
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Just filled up with diesel £51.60. That is twice what I paid for my first car in 1961. Bond Minicar 3 wheeler.
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sorry you've had a bit of a shock SparklyKid . . .
10:29 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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. . . bet you moaned when you had to put a quid's worth in
10:31 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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1st car Mk1 Ford Consul £50 - 1965
2nd Mini 850 £50
3rd Ford Anglia 105E estate £75 happy days!
10:31 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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petrol 4/6 a gallon 22 1/2p
10:32 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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https://ibb.co/8ghtVVp
10:34 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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i want one
10:35 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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Wow, great picture.
10:35 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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A pal had a Bond. I think they had a motorbike engine - he had to open the bonnet to operate the kick start!
10:38 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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Villiers 2 stroke engine, 197 cc. Great times. I got pulled up by police several times, so I always carried my documents. I was stopped once and the police asked for my insurance, it said "social, domestic and pleasure"

He said " do you get aany pleasure driving this"

I was only 16 so said nothing.

It had no reverse so after passing my test I got a full motorbike licence.
10:40 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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There was a lever inside attatched to a cable to the kick start. Nearly broke my arm a few times.
10:41 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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I used to drive it to school and parked opposite. There were complaints from the residents.
The headmaster referred to my car as periparetic scrap iron.

Happy days.
10:47 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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My first car Vauxhall wyvern 1957 model
filled up weekly £10s worth of "Olympic "petrol 4 shilling a gallon
14:52 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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You were lucky to find any diesel...A friend couldn't find a filling station today that had any diesel or petrol.
14:57 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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I didn't pay anything for my first car, in 1968. I won it in a competition. It was a Hillman Imp. My wife and I had been married for 4 years then, and, although I had a licence, we didn't have a car. All our money went on the house. We didn't know how much it cost to run a car, so we decided to keep the Imp for a year and see how things worked out. We kept that car for 10 years, and we haven't been without a car since then.
15:47 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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Time was when diesel was only half the price of petrol. Just shows how much tax the govt puts on fuel.
22:46 Sat 16th Apr 2022
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I'm looking forward to getting my electric car in May. I'll get less range anxiety!
22:59 Sat 16th Apr 2022

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