Jack Mortimer

Writes about cars for a living. Drives a 1977 Citroen 2CV6. All views my own.

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@sniffpetrol The Delivering Daylights

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@ChrisGoffey @UPnDOWNvids Or the number of times NSU Ro80 owners had to replace their engine!

[Steph @idriveaclassic]

It’s funny isn’t it, how when you’re a woman and have a strong opinion, there are certain men in our car community who will try and knock you back with insults about your body/appearance.

I’ve been misquoted here, completely, but I will do a video on MOTs 🧵

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@ChrisGoffey I believe this is because cars are more aerodynamic. I have a Smart ForFour which has quite a flat, stubby front and it's routinely covered in flies after a long journey. It's a shame as, not only are they an integral part of the food chain, they're a nightmare to clean off!

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@sniffpetrol So, for basically the same price as a run-out model F-Type 75, you could have some rally history. For an £80,000 miniMetro that's actually not bad!

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@franticplanet A common problem... Looking forward to watching the video, as always

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@QuentinWillson On a recent press trip to Rome, I found plenty of survivors, many still in daily use. What a fantastic piece of engineering - it still holds up nearly seven decades since its creation.

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@jonbentley90 @waleswestphoto When visiting Japan, I went to a used tech store called Hard Off. It had (and I'm not exhadurating) a whole aisle full of blue crates that were brimming with used film cameras, many for around ¥330 (about £1.50). I didn't buy any, but walked away with plenty of 80s video games.

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@Brian70362077 @QuentinWillson And plenty of Citroen Amis too!

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@game_whisperer Ah that would make sense!

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@game_whisperer What does the massive bat control slider do?

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@sniffpetrol @Carpervert You're too kind Mr Porter. By the way, while I've got your attention, I found some Ray Maddoc lore on the British Newspaper Archive. It turns out he had an 'occasional series' in the local paper, and it's all very Roy Lanchester-ish

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@sniffpetrol I think I'd change the alloys too. But, once you've got those sorted, you'd have a very classy little sportscar to take on this - found in the wild during the very same trip.

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@game_whisperer Here's my only finding from Sunday Night at the London Palladium so far, which dates to 1961. Nice interaction between Bruce Forsyth and Sammy Davis Jr at the start.

https://t.co/oIvBU6WKYj

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@game_whisperer That's incredible!

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@ChrisGoffey Would that have been from the Suez Crisis? My grandad is sadly a little too young to remember fuel rationing from then, but perhaps it helped to influence my family's decision to buy an Isetta in the late 50s.