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  • 89 of 89 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 the_mad_cabbie

    Member since 06/12/2000

    Reviews written: 678

    4 Stars The Herald - A True British Triumph Review with images 16/12/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Ahead of its time

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Handled very poorly. Slow.

    ~ ~ When I was a teenager back in 1963, the first car my father ever bought was an old Ford Anglia in which I learned my basic driving skills. Three years later it was traded in, and a brand spanking new car arrived on the doorstep. A Triumph Herald 12/50, in lovely gleaming white, matching white colour-coded rubber bumpers, with a canvas slide-back sunroof, and to top it all, a RADIO. This was nirvana for a 15-year-old boy heavily into the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and all the popular music of the time, and a vast improvement on the old Dansette transistor radio that had sat on the ... more
  • 47 of 47 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 BNibbles

    Member since 08/10/2000

    Reviews written: 564

    3 Stars Heralding in A New Era With Old Parts Review with images 11/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Ease of maintenance. Running costs. Quite advanced in many ways

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Strange mixture of old and new ideas. 'Odd' cornering to say the least

    I guess we all remember our first cars with a degree of affection, especially when the rose-coloured glasses of a thirty-three-year passage of time enhance that memory. SOB STORY I didn’t have anyone to treat me to driving lessons on my 17th birthday – I’d come from a non car-owning family, and so it all had to wait until I could afford it myself, driving lessons, vehicle purchase and insurance. In the end, I passed my test and bought a car sometime around my 21st birthday. NO PLEASE, DON’T THROW MONEY – I’LL GET MY OWN I was determined that I wasn’t going to go down the route of ‘decrepit old ... more
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